Pink Rooms is a great venue. Its somewhere Ive had my eye on for a while but Ive never managed to get down there previously because a) I'm usually booked for something for the weekend, and b) I found it hard to find someone to come along with me. However this changed about 3 weeks ago with a random message through the MIM MySpace saying that The Pink Rooms were looking for new DJs and I should enquire. I did! And after a meeting with the lovely owner of the place I went down the 2 weekends to get the 'vibe' of the place and to see what I could do for them (the previous weekend I came down with that evil head-cold thingy) , I was impressed!
As you may be aware The Pink Rooms is a gay club but in saying that straight people are welcome and it has a real nice chilled atmos about the place. Its also busy, that particular weekend was quite slow in the kingdom of Swindonia but the club had hit its capacity (300) by 1am.
So last Thursday I did a wee trial for them, got the feel of their decks and mixer (a loverly DJM600 with fantastic effects processor) and after a few tunes testing the system I got into the swing of it. I did something right as I was asked to do the following bank holiday Saturday!
Saturday came and I had probs with my CD burner so my newly transferred vinyl cuts were unusable on the night :( bad times. Luckily though I have enough material to keep me going all night (the club closes at 5am so its a looong set).
Got to the club, stocked up on water and fired up the system for 11pm, started off gingerly with some cheesy pop and some really camp tunes so some of the older clientele keep moaning for, thought it best to keep 'em happy. Then I got requests for some 80's stuff which as luck would have it I keep a good stock of, the result? A good dance floor well before midnight, good going for a debut. I steered away into more indie then into the electro/nu-rave sounds, a slow start as the 80's bods pulled out but enough stayed on and few more added to the floor to make it worthwhile as I started blasting out some Crystal Castles and Boys Noize and the floor erupted again. More requests for RnB came in which is bit of a Pink Rooms staple, I did my best to oblige and the room was bouncing. I shifted up a gear and started hitting the house and dance (with a bit of pop thrown in) and I must say I was really motoring, its a great thrill to see a packed dance floor going mental to your tunes and you just feed off it. A great crowd makes your night.
I handed over to one of the residents 'Dion' at about 3.30am, 4 and half hours at it and I felt ecstatic! I proceeded to enjoy Dion's and get royally trashed! In the club I had several people congratulate me and I was bowled over by the genuine good feelings of people in there.
This was one of the best nights DJing Ive had in Swindon for a long time, I hope Ill be back down there soon for another blast of a night :D
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