FAQ DJ DANIEL

Of course you can request songs for your wedding or your party.

To give me an idea of your musical tastes, lists of your favourite songs are very valuable. Nowadays, I usually get the song lists in the form of a «Spotify playlist», which I can transfer to my DJ software Serato via Tidal. This allows me to listen to and prepare for your event and have all the songs ready to stream.

Your guests can also spontaneously request songs at the party. As your DJ, I always try to integrate any requested songs as long as they make sense and fit the situation. Music requests are often very helpful for us DJs. Usually only a few songs are requested anyway.

No, I won't be handing out music wish cards in the evening.

I deliberately do not offer this service as an event DJ. First and foremost, it's important that there's a good atmosphere at the party. People should go home after the party and say: Wow, the DJ played good music with a good selection of songs (and not: Yay, the DJ played my favourite song).

With the request cards, many songs are requested that I would play anyway as a DJ. Or songs are requested that I don't play for very good reasons or that I don't even have in my music catalogue.
In addition, guests regularly come to the DJ booth: "Hey, you haven't played my favourite song yet. That can understandably be annoying.

Even though as a DJ I don't offer request cards: I always try to play spontaneous music requests from guests. In addition, as an experienced event DJ, I respond fully to the mood and music preferences of the audience at every gig.

Yes, of course - absolutely!

If you have songs that absolutely have to be played in the evening, I recommend limiting this to 5 songs. The more songs you list, the more difficult it will be to guarantee that they can be played during the party. You can't plan a party in advance and every party turns out differently than you think.

By the way, as your DJ I am also very happy if you tell me your songs that I am not allowed to play under any circumstances.

Yes, you can actually hear some of my mixes as a DJ.

However, a DJ mix should be treated with caution. You can never compare a live performance by a DJ with a DJ mix. Nevertheless, a DJ mix gives a good picture of the DJ. After all, you can hear how his transitions and the structure of the DJ set are.

With a DJ mix, you don't have to react to the audience and you usually concentrate on a specific theme: either a style, a time period or something similar. A live performance is of course completely different.

By the way, I often record my set at events and then have it uploaded.

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General information

As an event or wedding DJ, I prefer to play as varied music as possible. Especially when different age groups come together on the dance floor.

It would be boring for me if I had to play the same style all evening. I also really enjoy playing old music. I don't really have a «favourite style».

I tend to feel very comfortable mixing in the «disco», «house», «electro swing» and «pop dance» genres. This is due to my background as a DJ. But I play the whole «bpm» spectrum and am also very stylistically confident in «Hip-Hop», «RnB», «Reggaeton» and «Dancehall». I also often play «oldies» and get people dancing with rock ‘n’ roll or doo-wop.

By the way, I really like playing Afrobeats, Amapiano or Afro House. Meanwhile, songs by African artists (e.g. Burna Boy) are also regularly in the charts, which also helps. Nevertheless, I rarely play Afro at private events.

At home, I listen to a very wide range of music, depending on my mood and the time of day.

Above all, I listen to music a lot and often. On the one hand, I follow «DJ Gilles Peterson» and his radio shows (including Worldwide FM) and on the other, the music blog «Pitchfork.com». Practically every day. There's a lot of good music to discover on both platforms and it's very wide-ranging. However, most of it is more for listening than for DJing.

I like to listen to jazz, soul, reggae, indie, afrobeats and all kinds of electronic styles. Or I listen to mixes from DJs via mixcloud or soundcloud.

I also still buy records on a regular basis. These are usually just for listening to and not for playing.

I currently have just under 14,000 tracks on my laptop. But I only need some of them for DJing. I've just been clearing out again in the last few months and deleted more than 4,000 titles.

I also own around 2,200 records.

Yes, as a DJ I can now also stream music tracks via Tidal in Serato.

However, I still prefer to buy and download the important music tracks. But as a wedding DJ, I've often been happy to be able to stream music requests from guests at a wedding.

As a DJ for many years, I have a close relationship with «background music» and also play an extremely wide range of music.

I used to be an enthusiastic «lounge DJ» and gained a lot of experience with many regular DJ gigs in hotel bars.

Background music is fairly quiet and barely noticeable. Nevertheless, its influence on the mood of the guests is enormous. Therefore, it should not be neglected.
I like to play a mixture of different styles and eras, especially at weddings. I almost prefer to play old music from the 60s and 70s. I prefer bossa nova, soul, swing, jazz and pop. But even that can vary - especially if I know the bride and groom's preferences well.

Yes, I also make public appearances as a club DJ. However, I have massively reduced these in the last two years. Current dates in my Agenda.