DJing my High School's Winter Formal Dance

If you wanna get the kids "hyped" then play music that will get them "hyped." Youre DJing... Dont really know what else you could do...

Make sure you take request and actually listen to them. Nothing pissed me off more in middle school than when 40 year old DJ's would play the typical pop bullshit that was all over the radio.

Make sure your ipod is fully charged.

if you really want those awkward freshman dudes to get pussy then just play drunk in love, bitches love that song

Always have a insane amount of backup music. You can never have to much music.

Put every Death Grips album on shuffle, tap into the teen angst

haha you idiot, take that $375 spend it on liquor and weed and take some shitty speakers for the dance, use that liquor and weed for an after party. do the right thing op

You are doomed to fail

i couldn't have said it better

You need alcohol.

Only play super bass

That is all

since you're not actually a DJ, just download some terrible top 40 dance mix and play it..It's a highschool dance -- no ones like good music anyways / they actually want to get down to "shots"..

Glow sticks are retarded. Even if you are on ecstasy.

Anyways, if this thread was about what to do with the money, use it to buy a real DJ, or better yet, buy booze for the afterparty. Anything else will be a waste.

If booze is not an option an you're set on being "the DJ", then just buy good food. If the kids can't get drunk, let em eat

Just play edited songs so they don't kick you out. But most kids won't get down to biggie, not really dance music. Play dark horse and Miley Cyrus repeatedly also

serious follow up actually..

if you're looking for suggestions as to how to create a vibe (hype), you can't do it. If you're not gonna take control as the DJ, just take requests...If the music is gonna be cheesy highschool vibes anyways, let it be the songs the kids actually want to dance to

don't forget to practice your best bass voice and yell D-D-D-DJAAAAYYY WILLY GEEEEE every few minutes

yeah this

E40. Nothing but E40.

Play the shit that's popular right now, but throw in a lot of classics too. Nothin gets me vibin like ignition remix.

PLEASE dj shitty songs like "gas pedal" for example, its sets the mood for grinding and what do you know PUSSY

Also: "no party is complete without Will Smith" - JWoods

a super cheap idea and a good way to bring back the crowd if you start to lose them...

Dude you're a DJ, read the crowd and make chicas act like sloots for the greater good

juicy j

molly*

Hahahahah thanks for all the suggestions guys. And BTW I am a real DJ. Well, I try to be. I DJ at my local ski resort every friday night, have DJed at local bars/clubs, and other various events for some time now. I will actually be mixing with Traktor software and a Traktor S2 controller. But I lol'd at the ipod and itunes comments lolol. Ignition is brilliant and so is sandstorm. Might have to try out that TP gun

Ok so heres what were going to do.

$400 of


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now youre going to dissolve all that mdma in to a gallon or so of water.

Fill the sprayer with the molly water and soak those mother fuckers with Serotonin

Bruno Mars, Justin Bieber, and Miley Cyrus...oh and that dumb bitch Ke$ha too for good measure.

Sounds like a high school shin dig to me

does your school screen everyone for alcohol upon entry?

Speaking from experience... powerful strobes, trippy lights, fog machines, lots of techno, bass, avicii, black lights, gangnam style, more avicii, last friday night, lil jon, david guetta, sandstorm, pretty much just google "popular dance songs"

That's why you must remix

Play electro remixes of well known, sucky ass, pop songs that people like- Bitches love it and You get to scream REMIX at the top of your lungs

Just play 138 bpm trance.

I hear Christian Rock is popular with the youth

start off by gettin the ladies wet wit sum 2live crew





then get shit hyped up wit some DMX


wit a sprinkle of sum treach


this 1 gets the ladies hyped 4 sure



gotta hav this 4 all dem ladies clappin w/o hands

hahahahahahahah i love ns idk why i haven't logged on in a year.
And NO my school doesn't screen for alc but they do greet at the door and get fairly close to smell

Honestly if you call "Twerk off" there is a good chance you will get the crowd hyped. The DJs from my school do it, and it provides a nice show. Also make a facebook event and invite as many people possible and take requests via the page, actually use the songs they suggest as said before (unless theyre absolutely awful for instance dont play Wrecking Ball) and work in some good trap. The thing that kills dances is soft music and shitty transitions, so work on that. Remixes are a good way to go but make sure they're good to dance to. Good luck man, this will make or break your rep at your school

oh my god it's just a dance...

Deep house is the answer.



No one will like it but screw em.

Record music with Vocaroo >>


You forgot the horn bruhh

Got you

Record and upload voice >>

My high school had a song suggestion list at the table that we bought our tickets at, you could see if you could make that happen. Also play this because I requested it my entire senior year and it was never played so now im forced to live vicariously through you.

Like someone else said you'll want songs that will get the girls wet to do do some dirty grinding. Since Dark horse has a trappy beat and girls love it that's a good song to base other selections off of.
Other songs off the top of my head: Tyga-Molly, House party, My nigga,Schoolboy q:Man of the year, Clappers, Tom Ford, and some classics like Get Low, teach me how to dougie, etc. Those are all rap songs so you'll want some variety of drunk girl anthems and throwbacks.

Hopefully everyone turns up shitfaced for a real sloppy hs dane experience

go oh twerk team's youtube channel and use those songs

But seriously check out soundcloud (you probably do) and fratmusic.com. They have some good playlists and some funny throwback song ideas that everyone loves grinding to

If things die down, girls start leaving the dance floor, there's only one thing you can do…

1. Don't do anything stupid
2. Take requests, tell people that you're taking requests
3. Don't play top 40 the whole night, high school kids actually have a wider range of music knowledge than you might expect
4. Play some of these songs, usually in groups of 3 or 4 in each category before switching, but it depends on how the genre goes over. This is a cheat sheet I use mostly for weddings and corporate events, for a school dance you'd obviously want to cut out a lot of the old stuff. Also I haven't updated this list for a couple months so the top 40s a bit out of date (Sorry for the excessive post)

Slow/Romantic Country
Lonestar – Amazed
Bryan Adams – Everything I do (Rock, slow)
Luke Bryan - First Love Song (Slow, Country)
Anne Murray-Could I Have This Dance (Slow, Vocal, Country)
Alison Kraus Union Station - When You Say Nothing At All (Slow, Vocal)

Faster Upbeat Country
Alan Jackson - Chattahoochee
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Fishin' In The Dark (Strong Beat, Dance, Country)
Keith Urban - Somebody Like You (Strong Beat, Country)
Gretchen Wilson - Redneck Woman (Strong Beat, Thick Country)
Sugarland - Stuck Like Glue (Country/Pop)
Big & Rich - Save A Horse (Country, Well Known)
Brooks & Dunn - Boot Scootin' Boogie (Country, Line dance, Upbeat)
Brooks & Dunn – My Maria

Modern Country
Eric Church – Springsteen (Moderate, not fast, not slow)
Toby Keith - Red Solo Cup (Slow, well known)
Eric Church - Drink In My Hand (Good follow up)
Luke Bryan - Drunk On You (Good follow up, slows it down)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Cadillac Ranch
Luke Bryan - Country Girl (Shake It For Me) (Upbeat country)
Colt Ford & Gord Bamford - Chicken and Biscuits (Upbeat, positive)
Tim McGraw – Truck Yeah

Slow, Romantic, Old
Etta James - At Last (Slow, Romantic, 50s)
Natalie Cole - Unforgettable W- Nat King Cole (Slow, Romantic, Old)
Eric Clapton - Wonderful Tonight (Slow, Romantic)
Percy Sledge - When A Man Loves A Woman (Slow, Romantic)
Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (Slow, Romantic)
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me (Slow, Romantic)
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody (Slow, Romantic)
Chris DeBurgh- Lady in Red

More Upbeat, Old
Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood (Faster, Still Old)
Beatles - Twist And Shout (Faster, well known)
Chubby Checker - Let's Twist Again (Good pair w/twist and shout)
Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire (Old, upbeat)
Isley Brothers- Shout (Upbeat, well known)
The Foundations- Build Me up (Buttercup) (Upbeat, Old)
Bobby Day- Rockin robin’
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Goode
Jive Bunny- Swing the mood
Aretha Franklin – Respect
Ritchie Valens - La Bamba
Simon And Garfunkel - Cecilia
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline

Disco
John Travolta Olivia Newton John - The Grease Megamix (Long, Well known)
Abba - Dancing Queen (Moderate)
Bee Gees- How Deep Is Your Love (Slower)
Bee Gees- More Than a Woman
Bee Gees - Stayin Alive (Moderate)
Boney M – Rasputin (Upbeat, well known)
Village People - Y.m.c.a. (Disco)
The Trammps- Disco Inferno (Upbeat Disco)
Yvonne Elliman- If I Can’t Have You (Upbeat)
WALTER MURPHY & THE BIG APPLE BAND - A Fifth Of Beethoven (Upbeat)
KC and the Sunshine Band- Boogie Shoes (Upbeat)
Michael Jackson - Beat It (Pop)
→ B-52's - Love Shack (Pop/Disco)
Gloria Estefan – Conga (Pop)
Sly & The Family Stone- Thank You

Funk
EWF- September, Boogie Wonderland, Let’s Groove (Funky)
Average White Band- Pick Up the Pieces, Cut the Cake (Funky)
Average White Band- Let’s go round again (Funk/disco)
James Brown- Papa’s Got a brand new bag (Funky)
James Brown- I Feel Good
Curtis Mayfield- Superfly
Stevie Wonder- Superstition
Barry White- Can’t Get enough of your love (Romantic)
Barry White- You’re my first, my last, my everything (Romantic)

1990’s Pop
Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way (Moderate)
Whigfield - Saturday Night (Upbeat, poppy)
Spice Girls – Wannabe (Upbeat)
La Bouche - Be My Lover
Spice Girls - Stop

Hard Rock
Ac/dc - Thunderstruck (Hard Rock)
Nickelback - Bottoms Up (Hard Rock)
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood (More Hard Rock)
Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n Roll (Hard Rock)
Metallica - Turn The Page (Hard rock)
Meat Loaf - Paradise By The Dashboard Light (Chiller)
Bryan Adams - Summer Of '69 (Bit chiller)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Don Mclean - American Pie (Chiller)
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Chiller)

Rock
Billy Idol - Mony Mony (4:54)
Kenny Loggins – Footloose

Classic Rock
Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction
Bachman-turner Overdrive - Takin' Care Of Business
Eagles - Life In The Fast Lane (Old, funky)
Dire Straits - Walk Of Life (Chill, bouncy)
Zz Top - Sharp Dressed Man
Nickelback - Just To Get High
Thin Lizzy – Boys are back in town

Hip Hop
2 Pac Featuring Dr. Dre - California Love
Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina (Strong beat, older)
Young MC - Bust A Move
Nelly, P.Diddy & Murphy Lee - Shake Ya Tailfeathers
DMX - Party Up (Up Here) (Loud)
Nelly (Feat City Spud) - Ride Wit Me (Radio Edit)
Eminem - The Real Slim Shady (Clean Edit)
Notorious B.I.G. – Hypnotize
Notorious B.I.G – Big Poppa
Mr. C The Slide Man - Cha Cha Slide
Jay-Z – Empire state of mind
Jay –Z- Forever young
Cupid- Cupid Shuffle
Ludacris- Representin
Salt n’ Peppa- Push it
A-Trak- Ray ban vision
Dr. Dre- Still DRE
LL Cool J- Mama said knock you out
Will Smith- Gettin jiggy with it
House of pain- Jump around
Mc Hammer- Can’t touch this
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby (Good transition)
Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back (Skip intro)
Snow – Informer (Almost reggae, old school, catchy)
Sean Paul - Get Busy (Reggae, catchy)
Rihanna- Umbrella
UB40 – Red red wine
Bobby Mcferrin- Don’t worry be happy
Nelly Ft P Diddy - Shake Ya Tailfeather (Modern hiphop, well known)
Usher Feat. Lil' Jon & Ludacri – Yeah (Modern, strong chorus)
Chris Brown- Look at me now
Drake- Take care
Macklemore- Can’t stop us

Top 40
Beyonce - Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it)
LMFAO & Lil Jon - Shots
Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger [Clean Edit]
Far East Movement - Like a G6
Nicki Minaj feat Ester Dean - Super Bass
DEV- Bass down low
Lil Jon- Get Low
Usher feat. Pitbull - DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F) [Album Version]
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe [Almighty Radio Edit]
Darude- Sandstorm
B.E.P- I gotta feeling
Lady Gaga- Poker face
LMFAO- Sexy and I know it
Rihanna and Calvin Harris- We found love
Nicki Minaj- Starships
Skrillex, Avicii
Pitbull, Jenn Lopez- Dance again
The Wanted- Glad you came, I found you
Calvin Harris- feel so close
Carly Rae- Call me maybe
Katy Perry- Last Friday night
LMFAO- party rock anthem
Bieber- Boyfriend, beauty and the beat
Chris Brown- Turn up the music
Robin Thicke- Blurred Lines
Pitbull- Back in time, Don’t stop the party
Flo Rida- Wild ones, whistle
Pink- Raise your glass, give me a reason
Far east- Dirty bass
Maroon 5- One more night
Nicki Minaj- Va va voom
Taylor swift
PSY- Gagnam
Rihanna- Diamonds
Kesha- Die young, crazy kids
David guetta- Titanium
Daft Punk- Get lucky
Selena Gomez- Come and get it, slow down
2 Chainz, wiz- We own it
Icona Pop- I don’t care
Armin van buurenn- This is what it feels like
Bieber- #ThatPower
Bruno Mars- Treasure
Capital cities- safe and sound
C2C- Down the road
One Direction- One thing, what makes you beautiful

Top 40 (Alt)
Fun- We are young, some nights
Gotye- Someone that I used to know
Mumford- I will wait
Muse- Madness
Monsters Men- Little talks
The Lumineers- Ho hey
Imagine dragons- It’s time

Top 40 (Slow)
Rihanna- Stay
Bruno Mars- When I was your man
Cassadee Pope- Wasting all these tears
Adele- Someone like you
Hedley- For the nights I can’t remember
Train- Drops of Jupiter
Boys like girls- Two is better than one

5. Play for the ladies, and focus on their requests. Not because you want to get some, but because they're actually going to dance to the music they request. Most guys will request a song, then when you play it they'll shuffle to the back of the gym and start bobbing their heads like they're the shit and not dancing. Then you have to go kick them in the dick, which takes time, time that you could have spent focusing on what songs to play next
6. If there's a popular song out there that has a questionable beat and is tough to dance to, probably best not to play it- e.g. please don't play inner ninja. please. Also songs like wake me up are a little sketch because of the long vocal intro, everyone ends up standing around awkwardly until the beat kicks in
7. Profit