Post #6 Spring Break Pt. 2

The second half of this spring break we were hired to DJ another Perkiomen Valley freshman party. It was supposed to be relatively small, just under 30 people RSVP'd but as the night went on students continued filtering in until there were around 50 at the peak of the night. Overall, It was another success. We managed to keep the crowd dancing throughout the night and received many of the same compliments as the last gig we did. One student even joked that we were officially hired for every PV party from now on. The feeling of people genuinely enjoying the music you choose to play and mix, then telling you about it, and enough to tip you, is unlike any other. To compare it to school, it's as if each event is a project in itself, as we must be prepared and bring our A game, and the compliments we receive afterwards are our grade.

Again, we did not perform our live remix of Ball So Hard, but this time we did test out our scratching skills live near the end as the night was winding down. The audience seemed to enjoy it, quietly bobbing their heads to the constant beat of the instrumental. Below is a picture of us.

Clearly not the most flattering picture of me, but I suppose it gives a bit of insight into the energy and vibe of the night. The very next day Aayush and I met to finally get to it and hash out our TED talk. We met at around 5PM at his place and immediately began working...or so we tried. Now that he had his own DJ equipment, the urge was simply too strong to resist. We just couldn't keep ourselves away from the controller and music, especially given then opportunity with each other present, teaching one another new tips and tricks we had figured out and played around with on our own. While practice is never a bad thing, especially together, it greatly hindered any progress we originally intended to make relative to the actual TED talk that night. We DJ'd until dinner and realized how much time we really had spent DJing. We honestly tried to get to work, but it kept getting pushed back as we moved from playing and mixing into scratching. Fortunately while scratching we were able to flesh out the final product we are planning on performing live during our TED talk. By time we actually sat down and managed to get more than a bullet point written before returning to the controller, it was around 11:30PM. We had been DJing all night but saw the great necessity to get our script done as early before our TED talk as we could in order to refine and practice as much as possible, so we worked on it until 4AM. Then we essentially blacked out as we were simply exhausted. When we awoke on sunday morning and looked to see what we wrote, let's just say it wasn't our best work and would need A LOT of editing. But I had to go and he was having people over so it would have to wait until a later time.