5 top tips for creating the perfect playlist!

A lot of people ask me for help in creating the perfect playlist for their party and believe me it’s a lot harder than you would first think!

#1 – Go for floor fillers!

Looking back through the years many songs have lodged themselves firmly in the “party floor filler” genre and you will hear them pretty much at every party you go to.

The reason for this is that upon hearing these songs it is highly likely that people will get up and head toward the dance floor for a boogie.

Fine examples of such songs are Dancing Queen, Build Me Up Buttercup, It’s Raining Men, Billie Jean, etc. These are without a doubt tried and tested party classics and whilst you might not want to listen to these tracks outside of the party atmosphere, all taste, decency and dignity certainly need to be left at the front door as you make your way onto the dance floor!

You’ll find a huge list of these types of songs in my top 100 most requested tracks post! You’ll also have access to my “Ultimate Party Hits” playlist in my app when you book! Over 30 hours of guaranteed party anthems!

#2 – Choose songs you can dance to!

Try to think of songs that you can dance to rather than songs you like to listen to.

A good example of this could be Dire Strait’s Money For Nothing, a fantastic song to listen to, but not so great to dance to. Try listening and dancing to the songs, you’ll be surprised! Some of the best songs in the world are just really awkward to dance to.

Look at the age range of your guests, and work out what songs were in the charts when they were growing up. Try to keep your list of tracks to songs that people will instantly recognise, there’s nothing worse than playing a song to a packed dance floor and then everyone looking at each other thinking “What’s this?”, before you know it they’ve all wandered off and we have to start all over again!

#3 – Choose songs you know your friends and family will like!

For too long now DJs have decided on what songs are played at people’s parties and sometimes it is best left to the party organiser to come up with their own list, after all, you know your friends and family far better than we will so it makes sense.

What we’re not asking you to do is choose every single song for the whole evening because that’s telling a DJ that you have no confidence in their ability or experience to choose the correct songs.

#4 – Pick LOADS of songs!

Now, here’s a thing.

Speak to most DJs these days and they’ll tell you that they don’t want you to pick songs for the whole night, and you can only pick ten songs, and you can only let your friends pick ten songs, and the DJ knows best, blah blah blah.

Me personally? I don’t work like that.

I want you to pick LOADS of songs.

I often get lists of 200-300 tracks and I love it! My app allows you to get there really easy because I make sure you have the right tools to help you.

What I will say though is that when you’re picking songs, don’t do it on the train on the way home from work, or when you’re sat on the Sofa bored because your partner’s watching Eastenders. Get your mates round, load up my app, have a few drinks and a couple of pizzas. Dim the lights and get picking. When you’re in the “party zone” you make better choices. When you’re with your mates, you make better choices (sometimes).

Don’t settle for this old-fashioned attitude from DJs who impose limits on how many songs you choose.

#5 – Timing…

Playing a song at the wrong time can seriously impact the success of your party. You can read more about this in my blog post timing is everything!

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