A unique perspective to all of those of you digesting the minutae of tracks and tracks ... pre NYE party nerves and preparation from the mouth of one of Britain's top DJs!Firstly note the new layout of t&t - thanks to an error by Blogger transferring data from the old site to the new one the sidebar was nobbled. Rather than whinge we've redesigned it, giving it a better feel and look. Displacement activity of course!
We've got the Bath Arms do tonight, and in our normal professional way we've been trying out new tracks over the last two nights, putting in 6 hours practice. Today we slept late and have tried to not play anything! NYE is a funny event as you're up so late so it's not a good idea to fall asleep at the decks. And there's stuff like doing the countdown and putting on Andy Stewart at midnight. And balancing a certain amount of grade A tross with the good stuff.
Last year's NYE do was at Horningsham Village Hall and was well tacky. We had a 70s DJ who had never used two decks before, and in a one hour set played one song three times! We also had a couple of geriatric teenagers playing all through the break the same record (some Bob the Builder tross that was number one last year) until I went up and threw 'em off the stage. And when twelve o'clock came everyone started going home! So you can see why I'm a little apprehensive about tonight! Truth is though everything's totally different this year - I'll be sharing the set with Trin, it's an 11pm start and it's in much more salubrious surroundings - and we're getting paid well for it! Last year was a freebie ...
And New Year morning I'll be up in time for the New Year's Day Concert from Vienna.
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