Issue 182 - May 2017 - The Music Issue

ISSUE 182 MAY 2017

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THE

MUSIC

ISSUE

THE

MOBILE BEAT TOP 200 POWERED BY DJ INTELLIGENCE

PLUS...

Songlists on Social Media Looking Back at Video Out-of-the-Box Song Choices

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MUSIC ISSUE PLAYLIST T R A CK O N E.................................................................. 4 YO U, D I S R U P T E D......................................................... 6

Breaking DJ Complacency

By Todd Mitchem

TRACK ONE

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es, we cover music in some way in every issue; it would be odd if we didn’t, as a magazine for mobile DJs. But way back when, we established a yearly tradition of putting the spotlight on what people are requesting DJs to play, by way of the Mobile Beat Top 200. In days of yore, our readers would dutifully pencil in their top requests based on their own gig logs. Then, we provided handy emailed and online forms to fill out. Ultimately, Mobile Beat partnered with DJ Intelligence, the provider of leading management tools for entertainers’ websites, to present what is likely the most accurate view of what’s really being played out there. So enjoy the lists, as well as the other music-related info inside! ~ Dan Walsh, Editor-in-Chief

T H E W E E K DAY G A M E.................................................... 8

Power Up Your Trivia Up-Sell

By Rob Johnson F E AT U R E . . .................................................................. 10

ADVERTISERS

What Do I Do with These Screens?

By Steve Sharp F E AT U R E . . ................................................................... 1 2

Good Times Never Seemed So Good

By Mike Ficher S O C I A L M E D I A K N O W H O W.. .........................................14

The Magical, Musical Unicorn List

By Staci Nichols S PE C I A L F E AT U R E.......................................................16

The Mobile Beat Top 200 POWERED BY DJ INTELLIGENCE P L AY S O M E T H I N G W E CAN DAN C E TO!........................ 30

Stepping Out of the Box

By Jay Maxwell T H E S P I N D O C TO R . . .................................................... 32

Keep On Trucking?

By Mike “Dr. Frankenstand” Ryan F E AT U R E . . .................................................................. 34

Blizzard Lighting

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Bose

www.bose.com

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DigiGames

www.digigames.com

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Electro-Voice

www.electrovoice.com

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Famous Stages

www.famousstages.com

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Frankenstand

www.frankenstand.com

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Innovative LED

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Mobile Beat Cruise

www.mobilebeatcruise.com

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Odyssey Innovative Designs www.odysseygear.com

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PSWCDT Book

www.mobilebeat.com/store

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QSC

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You, Disrupted

www.toddmitchem.com

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Is It Sound or Is It Noise?

By Matt Martindale F E AT U R E . . .................................................................. 36

Ready to Play, Come Rain or Come Shine

By Stu Chisholm B R I L L I AN T D E D U C TI O N S............................................ 37

Coming Transactions: A Cashless World

By Mark E. Battersby T H E L AST W O R D.. ....................................................... 38

Examine Your Margins

By Jason Weldon

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Publisher Ryan Burger Mobile Beat Editor-in-Chief Dan Walsh

Gear Editor Jake Feldman Circulation Manager Kitty Harr

Editorial Assistant / Writer Rebecca Burger Events Director Emeritus Michael Buonaccorso

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YOU, DISRUPTED

Breaking DJ Complacency START BY CHALLENGING EVERYTHING

By Todd Mitchem

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hen I entered the Mobile DJ world, I had one thing on my mind: to make a mark.

It was not within me to simply settle for being average or basic in my approach to the craft of DJing. I remember the most creative time in my young life back in the early nineties. DJs of the nineties had to be agile, creative and entertaining.

We could only rely on our skills in interaction, mixing, and properly designing music playlists that took the audience on a journey. A DJ, either in a club or at a private event, had to be smart and there were many ways to differentiate oneself from the others in our field.

As time went on, I created the longest running DJ/MC comedy show in Chicago: Comedy You Can Dance To, and then went on to entertain at countless weddings, corporate events and concerts as the warm-up act. When I finally stopped DJing in early 2005, I had moved on to become a behavior and cultural change leader in the corporate world. However, the drive to disrupt everything around me remained intact.

So, modern-era DJ, I have returned to challenge you with some transformative insights. I feel the need for this is dire because I've been watching an unprecedented level of complacency taking hold in the DJ world.

I first saw this issue about two years ago, here in Denver, when I took my team to a local club. As I stood watching the DJ behind the booth, it was apparent after a few minutes that something was off. The music was playing and was mixed perfectly—but maybe a little TOO perfectly. Also, the DJ’s movements were not consistent with someone who was actually programming and mixing

For more than 17 years, Todd has coached executives on dynamic leadership, structural excellence, and strategic business applications at some of the top brands in the world, including Microsoft, Apple, Starbucks, Anheuser-Busch, H&R Block and more. His skill in helping corporate leaders and many others reach breakthroughs to greater success led to the creation of his new book, You, Disrupted: Seizing the Life You Want by Shaking, Breaking, and Challenging Everything.

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music. I went up to him, introduced myself and hung out in the booth for a short period of time. It was then that I saw... that he was playing a prerecorded set! The entire night was a sham. I then saw this same behavior at a wedding a year later and, again, the DJ was playing premixed tracks.

These DJs have effectively become pieces of technology rather than artists.

WHO—OR WHAT—IS REALLY IN CHARGE? To kick off this series of articles I am writing for Mobile Beat, I want you to consider one important thing: Are you truly working to take your skills, abilities and shows to a level of disruption that inspires the audience? Or are you simply going through the motions and letting technology do the work? Don’t get me wrong about technology. A laptop, with all your music stored on it, is far more convenient than all the CDs and gear we had to carry around in the nineties—but mixing and programming are being lost.

Performance skill is being killed off and the only person who can save it is you.

So here is your lesson for this month—your assignment, if you want to truly stand out from the thousands of lazy DJs around the world. Your disruptive assignment in three steps: • Write (or type) the top ways you can engage the audience differently. For example, “I will work the room to take more requests and then integrate these into a playlist.” Or “I will stop the music at least twice a night to walk in front of the audience and get their focus.”

• Next, destroy any pre-made playlists, sets or groups of tracks that you have so very carefully placed on a pre-mix.

Get rid of them. The action of deleting the set will force your mind to program music in the moment, rather than simply lazily hitting “play” and faking it.

• Lastly, and this one is the most important, look for opportunities to program actual playlists in a way that takes the audience on a journey. If someone requests a slow song, then after you play it, begin to take the crowd on a journey into music they will love—all building to a climax. Take your time, rather than attempting to slam the dance floor with a packed group.

In the next article, I will explore more ways for you to stand out from the pack and truly disrupt your thinking. Let’s take this disruptive journey together!

THE WEEKDAY GAME

PRESENTED BY

How to Fill Your Calendar with Cash

Power Up Your Trivia Up-Sell

By Rob Johnson

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s we prepare for the summer months and likely lots of weddings and other music-based events, midweek trivia nights should also be busy, providing you with some gravy to go on your meat and potatoes.

To be busy, marketing and selling yourself are important.

So, in this article we are going to look at some key elements for successfully up-selling your trivia services to enhance your DJ business. These ideas will help build your confidence by showing you when and how to approach the subject with your clients.

TIMING IS KEY The first thing you really need to consider is WHEN to do the up-selling. There are two ways to look at it. If the gig is going to be a one-off, say, a wedding or graduation party or something along those lines, then the upselling could need to happen at the initial stage. Don’t overdo it; below we will look at some examples of how you can really up-sell discretely.

If the gig is the start of a long-term project, then maybe delay it until you have been in the gig for a few weeks first. Once you have built a rapport with your booking client then really go for the big up-sell! It comes down to your credibility and your reputation. (For more info, check out “Build a Rapport with Your Booking Client” on the DigiGames blog.) If you are credible and respected, you will be listened to more. If you are listened to more, then it is an easier job. If your trivia shows are boring, mundane, and appear to be thrown together at the last second, then you may have a problem with up-selling.

clever, you can engineer this in a way where even when getting the reduction, you achieve the rough sales target you are hoping for.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES / TAG-TEAMING Up-selling can also involve boosting your business by bringing in more revenue streams. You probably do this anyway, but make sure you offer any appropriate additional services to current customers.

For example, if you are doing trivia in a bar that you know features a DJ on the weekends, try and combine it. Again, wait until your trivia has been a success first; then try to increase your services.

UP-SELLING WITH TECHNOLOGY One element that can really help you upsell is cutting-edge technology. If you have been reading this column for a while, then you will know the benefits of using technology. You need to be selling this aspect to your venue owners as well. If they have only booked a standard pen and paper night you should show them your technology. Show it off. Have videos of you using it.

Have facts and figures about how the technology has helped your other customers. Sell the benefits of an authentic TV-style game show and make sure they understand how the technology can help them to make money. My company, DigiGames ( www.digigames.com ), can help you make sure you have a wide range of options to wow them with, like the Trivia Cubes wireless buzzer systems, Trivia Pads or Extreme Bingo.

GETTING A SECOND NIGHT

If all you do in your business is host trivia nights (and there’s nothing wrong with that), then that is what you should be up-selling. If 10 weeks has gone well, then try to get them to book you for another night during the week that you aren’t already working DISCOUNT FOR LONGER BOOKINGS on. Suggest themed trivia nights that you can try on these other For longer engagements, offering a discount is a powerful way to nights. If they can see that you are bringing in money and making up-sell. For example, if I usually charge $400 a night, I may offer profit on one night, then you can use it to bolster your sales pitch. the client a package for 10 weeks for $3,600; yes I am now only As you can see, the sales aspect of your trivia hosting charging $360 a night—but I have secured the work. If you are business—especially the ability to up-sell—is as important as all the other elements. If you have great trivia and a great system with superb Rob Johnson has hosted trivia parties and game shows for over 17 years. He is the current hosting, but sales technique is not in spokesperson for DigiGames and uses their equipment exclusively. He has performed throughout place to support the performance side, the United States, Europe and the Caribbean. Rob is the owner of The Music Man, Inc. and performs you may find yourself with not enough comedy stage hypnosis shows as The Hypno Man. He has also presented his “Midweek Money” gigs to live the lifestyle you want. Sales seminar at many conferences and conventions, including Mobile Beat, WEDJ, Wedding MBA and various ADJA events. If you would like Rob to speak at your local event or demonstrate DigiGames is not natural to everyone and may not gear to your group, contact him at 701-710-1657 or rob@digigames.com. Don’t hesitate to contact come easily; but with time and practice Rob if you are looking for ways to increase your bottom line and put more money in your pocket. you can get it right.

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FEATURE

What Do I Do with These Screens?

DJS AND MUSIC VIDEOS, PART 1: BACKGROUND

By Steve Sharp

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s if DJs didn’t have enough to keep them busy, there’s always more: music videos! Music video can be: the “edge” that puts you above and beyond your competition; or some other dumb thing everyone does that no one pays much attention to; or...BOTH. Based on my experiences, I have ideas to share about how to make it more of the former and less of the latter. But first let’s look at how we got to today, in terms of music video’s development The age of music video EXPLODED in the early 1980s, parallel to the explosion of cable television. Did you know: that people used to have antennas on the roofs of their homes in order to get a maximum of 12 channels (often grainy, depending on your location) out of thin air for free?

These channels did NOT include most of today’s favorites such as: Fox, ESPN, A&E, Comedy Central, HBO, MTV, or Youtube, as NONE of these existed yet.

Enter, cable TV, which could pipe into you home HUNDREDS of channels in clear, near digital-quality (originally), with rich stereo sound! Content providers scrambled to feed this sudden explosion in demand for new content and niche channels. For the first time, you could hook up your television to your stereo system, and it wouldn’t sound like a tinny AM radio. Televisions of the time were VERY SMALL by today’s standards, with the primary part being a large, fat and round picture tube. It’s pretty hard to describe the impact these multiple improvements would have and how exciting it was at the time.

One of the most exciting new cable content providers was MTV, originally an acronym for Music Television. At first, almost no American bands were making music videos, so MTV played lots of British bands. This was the major force behind what’s now referred to as the Second British Invasion. The subscriber base grew, as

Steve Sharp has been entertaining Southern Californians since 1981, and is noted for his extensive music knowledge and music video programming skill. He is also a primary DJ product demonstrator for Hercules.

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their promos told everyone who didn’t have it already to call up their cable company and tell them “I Want My MTV.” This slogan would eventually also be used as a song hook for a music video, made popular on the ever-expanding channel, called “Money For Nothing,” by Dire Straits. Nevermind that the song and video was mostly a slam of the channel itself; it was also a hit ON said channel.

And where MTV went, radio followed. Because of the channel, tons of new bands from the UK, America, and the rest of the world connected with fans in an unprecedented way. It didn’t take long before almost EVERY song had a music video to accompany it. It also didn’t take long to figure out which bands embraced music video and which bands made videos because they HAD to. Image had always been important, but never so much as now. And for the bands that didn’t enjoy it, the evidence is still around to prove it. Compared to today, where downloads and streaming have DRASTICALLY reduced the income potential for even really big hit songs and artists, there was big money in the music business, and record labels spent HUGE amounts of money making music videos.

Sometimes they actually spent more for a four-minute music video than some movie studios were spending on full-length motion pictures -- and then bragged about doing so. Even stranger is how MOST of this material wasn’t (at least initially) a PRODUCT in and of itself, but merely a means to promote selling a record, cassette or CD. Selling the music videos themselves was an afterthought.

Soon MTV would realize its own power in the music business, and despite threats of antitrust actions and complaints from competitors (both other video channels and even radio stations) about unfair practices, MTV regularly had exclusive content, and would often heavily promote exclusive new video premieres that would usually debut right after kids would be getting home from school. It was an exciting time to grow up in, and music video played a huge part in your very IDENTITY as a young person in that era.

Sadly, as so often happens, mobile and club DJs were an afterthought at best, when it comes to technology. The video technology available to most was VHS or Beta (aka Betamax). Neither could be manipulated very easily overall, and certainly not for DJ use. With no practical way to put your hands INSIDE the cartridges to cue, alter the pitch, or perform an instant start, video “mixing” essentially meant playing two music videos, back to back.

The ability to manipulate and mix images in the same way as we would music was a long way away. And by the time it became easy and convenient to do, the public was no longer so (relatively) easily entertained. The future always brings challenges you never anticipated.

FEATURE

Good Times Never Seemed So Good “SWEET CAROLINE”—PARTY ANTHEM FOR ALL GENERATIONS

By Mike Ficher

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ou are playing at a wedding reception. The moment is right. You hit play. Neil Diamond blasts from the powered speakers. The crowd quivers in anticipation and many start singing along. All voices join in, shout-singing the first line of the chorus. The moment arrives. You kill the volume, then—“Bah! Bah! Bah!” Good times certainly never seemed as good as this moment, for this joyous crowd. The next Saturday: The moment is right. You hit play...

“Sweet Caroline” is one of the most enduring and popular songs of all time. A #4 pop and #3 adult contemporary hit in June 1969—then Diamond’s first top ten hit since 1966—the track has appeared on the Mobile Beat Top 200 since its inception, and shows up at #6 this year. Based on the millions of client requests on the DJ Intelligence system, “Sweet Caroline” is the only pre-1970s song to consistently reside in the Top 10 of the the Top 200…

“WHERE IT BEGAN, I CAN’T BEGIN TO KNOWIN’...”

Now, the $64,000 question: Who inspired the song? Well, it depends on which Neil Diamond you listen to—the 2007 or 2014 version.

“I’ve never discussed it with anybody before—intentionally,” Diamond told the Associated Press in 2007. When he finally met the now Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, and Josh Kantor, Boston Red Sox organist: “It’s a silly, cheesy song, but I think it’s a fun song when everyone sings along with it.”

performed the song for her 50th birthday in 2007, Diamond indicated that the only surviving child of John and Jacqueline Kennedy was song’s inspiration.

A few quotes from the songwriter: “I thought maybe I would tell it to Caroline when I met her someday.”

“It was a number one record and probably is the biggest, most important song of my career, and I have to thank her for the inspiration.”

“I’m happy to have gotten it off my chest and to have expressed it to Caroline. I thought she might be embarrassed, but she seemed to be struck by it and really, really happy.”

According to 2007 Neil, it wasn’t an 12

in-person encounter but a photograph of the then nine-year-old Caroline in a magazine caught the singer’s eye. “It was a picture of a little girl dressed to the nines in her riding gear, next to her pony,” the Brooklynborn singer said. “It was such an innocent, wonderful picture, I immediately felt there was a song in there.”

However, in an interview on NBC’s Today show, prior to the release of his first new album in six years in October 2014, Melody Road, Diamond said that he was aware of Caroline Kennedy, but, well, another woman inspired the title character. “The song was about my wife at the time,” he explained.

“Her name was Marsha—and I couldn’t get a ‘Marsha’ rhyme.”

Also according to the artist: “I was writing a song in Memphis, Tennessee, for a session. I needed a three-syllable name.

‘Sweet Caroline’—yes! That was it. And that’s what it’s been.”

After 26 years of marriage, Diamond and former television production assistant and song muse, Marsha Murphey, divorced in 1995. Although the full amount of the divorce settlement was never publicly disclosed, Diamond was quoted at the time: “She deserves half my fortune. I wish her all the happiness $150 million can bring.”

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A business analyst by day, Mike Ficher is an actor, voice artist, MC, sportscaster, public address announcer and former mobile entertainer. He is also the host of the weekly syndicated radio program, The Ultimate Oldies Show. Mike synthesizes these varied experiences to illuminate historic connectivity and fresh perspectives on the mobile entertainment profession. More info at www.mikeficher.com.

“WHO’D HAVE BELIEVED YOU’D COME ALONG?” The song’s methodical build, underlying urgency, simple lyrics, audience participation opportunities, and catchy hook have made “Sweet Caroline” not only a DJ staple but a fixture at Fenway Park. Mobile jocks actually have the Sox to thank for pumping up the crowd singalong potential already built into the song.

In 1997, facility music director Amy Tobey started playing “Sweet Caroline” at select Red Sox games—simply because she liked the song.

It turned out that so did the Beantown baseball fans. A lot.

So strong was their love for the anthem, that when new ownership took over in 2002, the incoming management ordered Tobey to play the song at every game. Like “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in the middle of the seventh, “Sweet Caroline” fills the air in the middle of the eighth inning at the home of the Green Monster.

David Wells, former pitcher and briefly Boston Red Sox: “I don’t know. It’s catchy.”

Ironically, a song by a singer from New York with no discernible connection to Boston—lyrically, musically, and apparently, in origin.

When Megan Kaiser became the game day music programmer in 2004, she upped the ante, cutting the volume on the song to allow the fans to sing the brief but blaring horn section riff (“Bah! Bah! Bah!”), as well as the vocal echo “so good, so good, so good” without accompaniment.

Never a bunch to look a gift horse in the mouth, mobile entertainers borrowed the trick for live events. Love it or loathe it, “Sweet Caroline” continues to stand the test of time as a guaranteed crowd-pleaser in the mobile DJ’s musical arsenal.

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SOCIAL MEDIA KNOWHOW

The Magical, Musical Unicorn List CREATING & PROMOTING PLAYLISTS TO GENERATE LEADS

By Staci Nichols

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’mon Staci...isn’t everyone else already doing this?” Ehhh...if they are doing it, they likely are not doing it well. Let’s not allow PopSugar and BuzzFeed to beat us at our own game (they make tons of popular wedding playlists on Pinterest). DJs make better playlists than bloggers, right? Well, we will now!

CREATE A UNICORN PLAYLIST The internet has started burping up generic Garter Toss and Cake Cutting song playlists because it is too full of them. You are going to have to dig deeper. The single most popular playlist I ever created was “34 Gringo-Friendly Spanish Dance Songs for an Intercultural Mexican Wedding.”

Is that specific enough for you? This playlist has generated 4,753 hits to my website in the last 30 days (800 of those on Cinco de Mayo). My other superstars are: 2) “Spanish MotherSon Dance Songs,” 3) “The Ultimate Eclectic, Rustic, Indie, Feel-Good Wedding Playlist,” 4) “Boudoir Playlist: The Perfect Music for Your Sexy Photo Shoot,” and 5) “The Ultimate 90s R&B Wedding Playlist.”

Ask yourself, “What is the playlist that /i/ only I /i/ could create?” This is your “unicorn” playlist. Maybe it’s “7 Overlooked Death Metal Jams for Your Wedding.” Maybe it’s “The Geek’s Movie Score Playlist for Your Wedding Cocktail Hour.” I’ll tell you what it isn’t: “10 Country Father-Daughter Dance Songs.”

Nope. Someone get the internet some Pepto!

TYPE UP YOUR PLAYLIST IN CANVA Canva is a free program with a gazillion Pinterest pin templates.

Find one that vibes with your brand, colors, etc. Type up the first half of your playlist on the pin, then write at the bottom: “Click here to see the rest of the playlist.” The pin is just clickbait to get the brides to your website.

DJ Staci Nichols is based in San Diego and specializes in spinning “country fusion,” Latin/Spanish, and mainstream music.

Her know-how has appeared in San Diego Style Weddings, Offbeat Bride, Wedding Planner Magazine, and Book More Brides. She offers consulting at WeddingBizConsultant.com or check out her DJ biz at SanDiegoDJStaci.com. IG/FB/ Pinterest/Twitter: SanDiegoDJStaci

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CREATE A PLAYLIST OF YOUR SONGS ON YOUTUBE The next step is to create a playlist of the songs you’ve selected on YouTube. To do this, go to YouTube (make sure you are logged in). Go to a video of the first song on your list. Below the video, click on “Add to.” In the box, type the name of your playlist. It’s difficult to rearrange the order of the songs in a YouTube playlist, so try to add the songs in the order you want them to appear.

When you are finished loading all the songs to the playlist, click on the three lines next to the YouTube logo (top left). Under “Library,” click on the name of the playlist you just created. In the top center, click the gray “Share” button. Then click “Embed” and copy that code to your blog post (next to or below the Canva playlist pin).

Most DJs who incorporate a way for visitors to preview a playlist do it with Spotify. I recommend YouTube instead because Spotify doesn’t give you any SEO juice, not everyone is familiar with or uses Spotify (whereas YouTube is the 2nd most popular website in the world), and because people can watch AND listen on YouTube (plus like, share, comment, etc).

PROMOTION AFTER PUBLICATION So you’ve published your unicorn playlist with the Canva pin and embedded the YouTube version -- now what? Share your pin to Pinterest linking back to your site (as well as sharing it on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc.)

If you don’t have a “Playlists” category on your blog, be sure to add one and start posting them. Keep your ears to the street for great playlist opportunities; I use my brides’ Cocktail Hour playlists all the time as pins/posts (my playlists #3 and #5 above were literally copied and pasted straight from my brides).

Now I know you are wondering, “Staci, do you actually get bookings from your playlists?” Yes, I do! Not only do they book, but we tend to “get” each other right off the bat. They are instantly “sold” because they already trust my musical judgment, AND I know they are the kind of couples I want to work with because they like my taste in music. Win-win!

Staci will be speaking about Pinterest Marketing at the Wedding MBA Conference in Las Vegas, October 2-4, 2017 (www.weddingmba.com).

More Fun with Lists

Want to take it up even one more notch? While you should obviously include the full playlist in your blogpost, you can also type it up on a branded PDF and require visitors to opt-in if they’d like a free printable of the list.

Have an Amazon or iTunes affiliates account? Link each song title in the written playlist to the Amazon/iTunes page for that song.

How do you like them apples?

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THE

MOBILE BEAT TOP 200 POWERED BY DJ INTELLIGENCE DJ INTELLIGENCE®

TOP 200 MOST REQUESTED SONGS RANK

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SONG

ARTIST

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UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

2

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

JOURNEY

3

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

4

CUPID SHUFFLE

CUPID

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ompiled by analyzing millions of actual client requests made through the DJ Intelligence music request system for weddings and parties around the world, you will not find a more accurate representation of what songs are actually being requested by audiences and played by mobile entertainers at live events.

Want to include your requests in next year’s tally? Add the DJ Intelligence music request system to your website at www. djintelligence.com and gain access to an entire suite of online event booking, planning, and management tools. An make sure to download the Fun Wedding app for iOS or Android, to have up-to-the-minute versions of these charts at your fingertips, updated in real time.

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THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

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THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

JORDAN, MONTELL

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EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK)

BACKSTREET BOYS

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SWEET HOME ALABAMA

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

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MY HOUSE

FLO RIDA

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SEXYBACK

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

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WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

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PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

LMFAO FEAT. LAUREN BENNETT AND GOON ROCK

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DIE A HAPPY MAN

RHETT, THOMAS

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P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING)

JACKSON, MICHAEL

COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)

BRYAN, LUKE

5

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

HOUSTON, WHITNEY

6

SWEET CAROLINE

DIAMOND, NEIL

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SHAKE IT OFF

SWIFT, TAYLOR

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8

WOBBLE

V.I.C.

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CAN’T FEEL MY FACE

WEEKND

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

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CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

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10

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

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PARTY IN THE U.S.A.

CYRUS, MILEY

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THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

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TIMBER

PITBULL FEAT. KESHA

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YEAH

USHER FEAT. LUDACRIS & LIL’ JON

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AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

GAYE, MARVIN & TAMMI TERRELL

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YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

AC/DC

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JUMP AROUND

HOUSE OF PAIN

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HAPPY

WILLIAMS, PHARRELL

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CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

PRESLEY, ELVIS

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CHA CHA SLIDE

DJ CASPER

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DANCING QUEEN

ABBA

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LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER

BON JOVI

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IGNITION

KELLY, R.

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MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

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HOT IN HERRE

NELLY

18

SHOUT

ISLEY BROTHERS

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BROWN EYED GIRL

MORRISON, VAN

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DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH

JACKSON, MICHAEL

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SUGAR

MAROON 5

59

WATCH ME

SILENTO

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FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

BROOKS, GARTH

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PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC

WILD CHERRY

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LOVE SHACK

B-52’S

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FIREBALL

PITBULL FEAT. JOHN RYAN

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HEY YA!

OUTKAST

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BYE BYE BYE

N SYNC

24

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

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ICE ICE BABY

VANILLA ICE

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SEPTEMBER

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

64

BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP

FOUNDATIONS

26

BABY GOT BACK

SIR MIX-A-LOT

65

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

27

FOOTLOOSE

LOGGINS, KENNY

66

MOVES LIKE JAGGER

MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA

28

TWIST AND SHOUT

BEATLES

67

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS

WONDER, STEVIE

29

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

DJ SNAKE FEAT. LIL JON

68

OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL

SEGER, BOB & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

30

BILLIE JEAN

JACKSON, MICHAEL

69

LOW

FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN

31

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME

DEF LEPPARD

70

GET LUCKY

DAFT PUNK FEAT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

32

WANNABE

SPICE GIRLS

71

AT LAST

JAMES, ETTA

33

WE FOUND LOVE

RIHANNA FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS

72

MARRY ME

TRAIN

34

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

BEYONCE

73

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

JACKSON, MICHAEL

35

MY GIRL

TEMPTATIONS

74

ALL ABOUT THAT BASS

TRAINOR, MEGHAN

36

CAKE BY THE OCEAN

DNCE

75

THRILLER

JACKSON, MICHAEL

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THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR

HARRIS, CALVIN FEAT. RIHANNA

126

WORK

RIHANNA FEAT. DRAKE

77

JUST DANCE

LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O’DONIS

127

IN DA CLUB

50 CENT

78

CHICKEN FRIED

BROWN BAND, ZAC

128

DYNAMITE

CRUZ, TAIO

79

SEXY AND I KNOW IT

LMFAO

129

SWEET CHILD O’ MINE

GUNS N’ ROSES

80

RAISE YOUR GLASS

PINK

130

THRIFT SHOP

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ

81

PUSH IT

SALT-N-PEPA

131

I’M YOURS

MRAZ, JASON

82

WAGON WHEEL

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

132

CHEAP THRILLS

SIA FEAT. SEAN PAUL

83

BLURRED LINES

THICKE, ROBIN FEAT. PHARRELL & T.I.

133

UNCHAINED MELODY

RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

84

SUMMER OF ‘69

ADAMS, BRYAN

134

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

85

BRICK HOUSE

COMMODORES

135

GETTIN’ JIGGY WIT IT

SMITH, WILL

86

GIVE ME EVERYTHING

PITBULL FEAT. NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYER

136

HONEY, I’M GOOD

GRAMMER, ANDY

87

COME ON EILEEN

DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

137

FLY ME TO THE MOON

SINATRA, FRANK

88

ONE DANCE

DRAKE FEAT. WIZKID & KYLA

138

GOLD DIGGER

WEST, KANYE FEAT. JAMIE FOXX

89

COTTON EYE JOE

REDNEX

139

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

90

STAYIN’ ALIVE

BEE GEES

140

CLOSER

CHAINSMOKERS FEAT. HALSEY

91

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

141

GANGNAM STYLE

PSY

92

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

QUEEN

142

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

AMERICAN AUTHORS

93

Y.M.C.A.

VILLAGE PEOPLE

143

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

TAYLOR, JAMES

94

CHEERLEADER

OMI

144

BUST A MOVE

YOUNG M.C.

95

SHOTS

LMFAO FEAT. LIL JON

145

I WANT IT THAT WAY

BACKSTREET BOYS

96

ELECTRIC BOOGIE (ELECTRIC SLIDE)

GRIFFITHS, MARCIA

146

THE TWIST

CHECKER, CHUBBY

97

CRAZY IN LOVE

BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z

147

FEEL SO CLOSE

HARRIS, CALVIN

98

I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING

AEROSMITH

148

TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE

CALIFORNIA SWAG DISTRICT

99

FOREVER

BROWN, CHRIS

149

ABC

JACKSON 5

100

DANZA KUDURO

DON OMAR FEAT. LUCENZO

150

ONE MORE TIME

DAFT PUNK

101

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

LAUPER, CYNDI

151

WANT TO WANT ME

DERULO, JASON

102

CALL ME MAYBE

JEPSEN, CARLY RAE

152

I DON’T DANCE

BRICE, LEE

103

NO DIGGITY

BLACKSTREET FEAT. DR. DRE

153

DEAR FUTURE HUSBAND

TRAINOR, MEGHAN

104

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

154

BANG BANG

JESSIE J + ARIANA GRANDE + NICKI MINAJ

105

JESSIE’S GIRL

SPRINGFIELD, RICK

155

CRUISE

FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE FEAT. NELLY

106

SAVE A HORSE (RIDE A COWBOY)

BIG & RICH

156

FIREWORK

PERRY, KATY

107

HO HEY

LUMINEERS

157

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

108

MACARENA

LOS DEL RIO

158

LET’S GET IT STARTED

BLACK EYED PEAS

109

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

MARS, BRUNO

159

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

110

24K MAGIC

MARS, BRUNO

160

FAITHFULLY

JOURNEY

111

TREASURE

MARS, BRUNO

161

DON’T STOP THE MUSIC

RIHANNA

112

LOVE ON TOP

BEYONCE

162

ALL MY LIFE

K-CI & JOJO

113

GOD GAVE ME YOU

SHELTON, BLAKE

163

CLUB CAN’T HANDLE ME

FLO RIDA FEAT. DAVID GUETTA

114

(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE

MEDLEY, BILL & JENNIFER WARNES

164

RESPECT

FRANKLIN, ARETHA

115

HOTLINE BLING

DRAKE

165

WAKE ME UP!

AVICII

116

BEAT IT

JACKSON, MICHAEL

166

BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD

RASCAL FLATTS

117

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

QUEEN

167

TAKE ON ME

A-HA

118

STAND BY ME

KING, BEN E.

168

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

BIEBER, JUSTIN

119

TRAP QUEEN

FETTY WAP

169

LET’S STAY TOGETHER

GREEN, AL

120

BOOT SCOOTIN’ BOOGIE

BROOKS & DUNN

170

FANCY

AZALEA, IGGY FEAT. CHARLI XCX

121

KISS

PRINCE

171

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU

ROMANTICS

122

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES

172

POKER FACE

LADY GAGA

123

TIME OF OUR LIVES

PITBULL FEAT. NE-YO

173

WILD ONES

FLO RIDA FEAT. SIA

124

U CAN’T TOUCH THIS

HAMMER, M.C.

174

MY BEST FRIEND

MCGRAW, TIM

125

AMAZED

LONESTAR

175

FROM THE GROUND UP

DAN + SHAY

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176

LIKE I’M GONNA LOSE YOU

TRAINOR, MEGHAN FEAT. JOHN LEGEND

20

UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

177

CAN’T HOLD US

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. RAY DALTON

21

SHAKE IT OFF

SWIFT, TAYLOR

178

DON’T LET ME DOWN

CHAINSMOKERS FEAT. DAYA

22

SWEET CAROLINE

DIAMOND, NEIL

179

I WON’T GIVE UP

MRAZ, JASON

23

ELECTRIC SLIDE (SHALL WE DANCE) ‘92

GRANDMASTER SLICE

180

SUIT & TIE

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN FEAT. JAY-Z

24

BLURRED LINES

THICKE, ROBIN FEAT. PHARRELL & T.I.

181

DJ GOT US FALLIN’ IN LOVE

USHER

25

TEACH ME HOW TO DOUGIE

CALIFORNIA SWAG DISTRICT

182

PONY

GINUWINE

26

CALL ME MAYBE

JEPSEN, CARLY RAE

183

GET DOWN TONIGHT

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND

27

SAVE A HORSE (RIDE A COWBOY)

BIG & RICH

184

GOOD FEELING

FLO RIDA

28

PARTY IN THE U.S.A.

CYRUS, MILEY

185

SHE’S EVERYTHING

PAISLEY, BRAD

29

HOT IN HERRE

NELLY

186

DRUNK IN LOVE

BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z

30

SHOUT

ISLEY BROTHERS

187

ON THE FLOOR

LOPEZ, JENNIFER FEAT. PITBULL

31

ICE ICE BABY

VANILLA ICE

188

OMG

USHER FEAT. WILL.I.AM

32

DANCING QUEEN

ABBA

189

I LOVE IT

ICONA POP FEAT. CHARLI XCX

33

SEXY AND I KNOW IT

LMFAO

190

I WILL WAIT

MUMFORD & SONS

34

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

DJ SNAKE FEAT. LIL JON

191

SUPER BASS

MINAJ, NICKI

35

STAYIN’ ALIVE

BEE GEES

192

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BUBLE, MICHAEL

36

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME

DEF LEPPARD

193

LEAN ON

MAJOR LAZER FEAT. MO & DJ SNAKE

37

SHOTS

LMFAO FEAT. LIL JON

194

TITANIUM

GUETTA, DAVID FEAT. SIA

38

LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER

BON JOVI

195

LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO

GOULDING, ELLIE

39

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

BROOKS, GARTH

196

STARSHIPS

MINAJ, NICKI

40

CHEERLEADER

OMI

197

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

CHEAP TRICK

41

HOTLINE BLING

DRAKE

198

WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

SLEDGE, PERCY

42

GOLD DIGGER

WEST, KANYE FEAT. JAMIE FOXX

199

LUCKY

MRAZ, JASON & COLBIE CAILLAT

43

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

200

SORRY

BIEBER, JUSTIN FEAT. J. BALVIN

44

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

45

BRICK HOUSE

COMMODORES

46

HEY YA!

OUTKAST

47

COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)

BRYAN, LUKE

48

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

AC/DC

49

PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC

WILD CHERRY

50

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

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“DO NOT PLAY” SONGS

18

1

MACARENA

LOS DEL RIO

2

CHA CHA SLIDE

DJ CASPER

3

CHICKEN DANCE

SORTA CRACKERS BAND

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4

Y.M.C.A.

VILLAGE PEOPLE

5

CUPID SHUFFLE

CUPID

6

COTTON EYE JOE

REDNEX

1

UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

7

GANGNAM STYLE

PSY

2

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

SONGS OF THE 2010’S

8

ELECTRIC BOOGIE (ELECTRIC SLIDE)

GRIFFITHS, MARCIA

3

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

9

HAPPY

WILLIAMS, PHARRELL

4

SHAKE IT OFF

SWIFT, TAYLOR

10

LOVE SHACK

B-52’S

5

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

HAPPY

WILLIAMS, PHARRELL

11

WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

6

12

WOBBLE

V.I.C.

7

MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

13

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

8

SUGAR

MAROON 5

14

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

9

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

15

BABY GOT BACK

SIR MIX-A-LOT

10

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

DJ SNAKE FEAT. LIL JON

16

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

BEYONCE

11

WE FOUND LOVE

RIHANNA FEAT. CALVIN HARRIS

17

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

JOURNEY

12

CAKE BY THE OCEAN

DNCE

18

ALL ABOUT THAT BASS

TRAINOR, MEGHAN

19

WATCH ME

SILENTO

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

LMFAO FEAT. LAUREN BENNETT AND GOON ROCK

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MY HOUSE

FLO RIDA

10

IGNITION

KELLY, R.

15

DIE A HAPPY MAN

RHETT, THOMAS

11

BYE BYE BYE

N SYNC

16

COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)

BRYAN, LUKE

12

HOT IN HERRE

NELLY

17

TIMBER

PITBULL FEAT. KESHA

13

LOW

FLO RIDA FEAT. T-PAIN

18

CAN’T FEEL MY FACE

WEEKND

14

CHICKEN FRIED

BROWN BAND, ZAC

19

WATCH ME

SILENTO

15

JUST DANCE

LADY GAGA FEAT. COLBY O’DONIS

20

FIREBALL

PITBULL FEAT. JOHN RYAN

16

CRAZY IN LOVE

BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z

21

MOVES LIKE JAGGER

MAROON 5 FEAT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA

17

FOREVER

BROWN, CHRIS

22

GET LUCKY

DAFT PUNK FEAT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

18

SAVE A HORSE (RIDE A COWBOY)

BIG & RICH

23

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAME FOR

HARRIS, CALVIN FEAT. RIHANNA

19

I’M YOURS

MRAZ, JASON

24

ALL ABOUT THAT BASS

TRAINOR, MEGHAN

20

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

25

MARRY ME

TRAIN

21

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

26

ONE DANCE

DRAKE FEAT. WIZKID & KYLA

22

GOLD DIGGER

WEST, KANYE FEAT. JAMIE FOXX

27

BLURRED LINES

THICKE, ROBIN FEAT. PHARRELL & T.I.

23

IN DA CLUB

50 CENT

28

GIVE ME EVERYTHING

PITBULL FEAT. NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYER

24

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

29

SEXY AND I KNOW IT

LMFAO

25

ONE MORE TIME

DAFT PUNK

30

RAISE YOUR GLASS

PINK

26

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

31

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

27

LET’S GET IT STARTED

BLACK EYED PEAS

32

WAGON WHEEL

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

28

DON’T STOP THE MUSIC

RIHANNA

33

SHOTS

LMFAO FEAT. LIL JON

29

BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD

RASCAL FLATTS

34

CHEERLEADER

OMI

30

SHE’S EVERYTHING

PAISLEY, BRAD

35

DANZA KUDURO

DON OMAR FEAT. LUCENZO

31

POKER FACE

LADY GAGA

36

CALL ME MAYBE

JEPSEN, CARLY RAE

32

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BUBLE, MICHAEL

37

24K MAGIC

MARS, BRUNO

33

LUCKY

MRAZ, JASON & COLBIE CAILLAT

38

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

MARS, BRUNO

34

THEN

PAISLEY, BRAD

39

TREASURE

MARS, BRUNO

40

HO HEY

LUMINEERS

35

GET LOW

LIL’ JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYZ FEAT. YING YANG TWINS

41

GOD GAVE ME YOU

SHELTON, BLAKE

36

COME AWAY WITH ME

JONES, NORAH

42

LOVE ON TOP

BEYONCE

37

ALL SUMMER LONG

KID ROCK

43

HOTLINE BLING

DRAKE

38

ROCK YOUR BODY

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

44

TIME OF OUR LIVES

PITBULL FEAT. NE-YO

39

MR. BRIGHTSIDE

KILLERS

45

TRAP QUEEN

FETTY WAP

40

TIK TOK

KESHA

46

WORK

RIHANNA FEAT. DRAKE

41

MY WISH

RASCAL FLATTS

47

CHEAP THRILLS

SIA FEAT. SEAN PAUL

42

RIGHT ROUND

FLO RIDA FEAT. KEISHA

48

DYNAMITE

CRUZ, TAIO

49

THRIFT SHOP

MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ

43

HOME

SHARPE, EDWARD & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS

50

HONEY, I’M GOOD

GRAMMER, ANDY

44

I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE

DARKNESS

45

LET’S GET MARRIED

JAGGED EDGE FEAT. RUN OF RUN DMC

46

HIPS DON’T LIE

SHAKIRA

47

COUNTRY GRAMMAR

NELLY

48

YOU AND ME

LIFEHOUSE

49

TOXIC

SPEARS, BRITNEY

50

WHATEVER IT IS

BROWN BAND, ZAC

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TOP 50 MOST REQUESTED

SONGS OF THE 2000’S 1

CUPID SHUFFLE

CUPID

2

WOBBLE

V.I.C.

3

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

4

YEAH

USHER FEAT. LUDACRIS & LIL’ JON

5

CHA CHA SLIDE

DJ CASPER

6

HEY YA!

OUTKAST

7

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

BEYONCE

8

SEXYBACK

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

9

PARTY IN THE U.S.A.

CYRUS, MILEY

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SONGS OF THE 1990’S 1

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

BROOKS, GARTH

2

BABY GOT BACK

SIR MIX-A-LOT

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20

3

WANNABE

SPICE GIRLS

4

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

JORDAN, MONTELL

5

EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK)

BACKSTREET BOYS

6

JUMP AROUND

HOUSE OF PAIN

7

ICE ICE BABY

VANILLA ICE

8

COTTON EYE JOE

REDNEX

9

NO DIGGITY

BLACKSTREET FEAT. DR. DRE

10

I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING

AEROSMITH

11

MACARENA

LOS DEL RIO

12

U CAN’T TOUCH THIS

HAMMER, M.C.

13

BOOT SCOOTIN’ BOOGIE

BROOKS & DUNN

14

GETTIN’ JIGGY WIT IT

SMITH, WILL

15

AMAZED

LONESTAR

16

I WANT IT THAT WAY

BACKSTREET BOYS

17

ALL MY LIFE

K-CI & JOJO

18

MY BEST FRIEND

MCGRAW, TIM

19

PONY

GINUWINE

20

SUAVEMENTE

CRESPO, ELVIS

21

I’M GONNA BE (500 MILES)

PROCLAIMERS

22

MAMBO NO. 5 (A LITTLE BIT OF...)

BEGA, LOU

23

POISON

BELL BIV DEVOE

24

CALIFORNIA LOVE

2PAC FEAT. DR. DRE AND ROGER TROUTMAN

25

HYPNOTIZE

NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

26

TOOTSEE ROLL

69 BOYZ

27

MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!

TWAIN, SHANIA

28

RETURN OF THE MACK

MORRISON, MARK

29

I CROSS MY HEART

STRAIT, GEORGE

30

SHOOP

SALT-N-PEPA

31

IT’S YOUR LOVE

MCGRAW, TIM WITH FAITH HILL

32

JUMP ON IT

SIR MIX-A-LOT

33

WONDERWALL

OASIS

34

LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT

DJ KOOL

35

NO SCRUBS

TLC

36

TEARIN’ UP MY HEART

N SYNC

37

THUNDERSTRUCK

AC/DC

38

ALL THE SMALL THINGS

BLINK-182

39

(EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU

ADAMS, BRYAN

40

WHAT IS LOVE

HADDAWAY

41

I’LL BE

MCCAIN, EDWIN

42

DECEMBER 1963 (OH, WHAT A NIGHT)

FOUR SEASONS

43

MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS

NOTORIOUS B.I.G. FEAT. PUFF DADDY & MASE

44

BACK THAT THANG UP

JUVENILE FEAT. MANNIE FRESH & LIL’ WAYNE

45

MY BOO

GHOST TOWN DJ’S

46

HOLD ON

WILSON PHILLIPS

47

BABY ONE MORE TIME

SPEARS, BRITNEY

48

THE HUMPTY DANCE

DIGITAL UNDERGROUND

49

LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA

MARTIN, RICKY

50

TRULY MADLY DEEPLY

SAVAGE GARDEN

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SONGS OF THE 1980’S 1

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

JOURNEY

2

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

HOUSTON, WHITNEY

3

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

AC/DC

4

LIVIN’ ON A PRAYER

BON JOVI

5

LOVE SHACK

B-52’S

6

FOOTLOOSE

LOGGINS, KENNY

7

BILLIE JEAN

JACKSON, MICHAEL

8

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME

DEF LEPPARD

9

P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING)

JACKSON, MICHAEL

10

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

11

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

JACKSON, MICHAEL

12

THRILLER

JACKSON, MICHAEL

13

PUSH IT

SALT-N-PEPA

14

SUMMER OF ‘69

ADAMS, BRYAN

15

ELECTRIC BOOGIE (ELECTRIC SLIDE)

GRIFFITHS, MARCIA

16

COME ON EILEEN

DEXY’S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS

17

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

LAUPER, CYNDI

18

JESSIE’S GIRL

SPRINGFIELD, RICK

19

(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE

MEDLEY, BILL & JENNIFER WARNES

20

BEAT IT

JACKSON, MICHAEL

21

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES

22

CRAZY LITTLE THING CALLED LOVE

QUEEN

23

KISS

PRINCE

24

SWEET CHILD O’ MINE

GUNS N’ ROSES

25

BUST A MOVE

YOUNG M.C.

26

FAITHFULLY

JOURNEY

27

TAKE ON ME

A-HA

28

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU

ROMANTICS

29

LIKE A PRAYER

MADONNA

30

1999

PRINCE

31

AFRICA

TOTO

32

IT’S TRICKY

RUN-D.M.C.

33

LET’S GROOVE

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

34

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT

MONEY, EDDIE

35

ALL NIGHT LONG (ALL NIGHT)

RICHIE, LIONEL

36

COPPERHEAD ROAD

EARLE, STEVE

37

WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO

WHAM!

38

LET’S DANCE

BOWIE, DAVID

39

LET’S GO CRAZY

PRINCE

40

ROCK WITH YOU

JACKSON, MICHAEL

41

YOUR LOVE

OUTFIELD

42

FISHIN’ IN THE DARK

NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND

43

NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP

ASTLEY, RICK

44

UPTOWN GIRL

JOEL, BILLY

45

IT TAKES TWO

BASE, ROB & D.J. E-Z ROCK

46

GET DOWN ON IT

KOOL & THE GANG

47

WHITE WEDDING

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FOREVER AND EVER, AMEN

TRAVIS, RANDY

49

MONY MONY

IDOL, BILLY

50

RED RED WINE

UB40

DJ INTELLIGENCE®

TOP 50 MOST REQUESTED

SONGS OF THE 1970’S 1

SEPTEMBER

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

2

SWEET HOME ALABAMA

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

3

WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

4

DON’T STOP ‘TIL YOU GET ENOUGH

JACKSON, MICHAEL

5

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

6

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS

WONDER, STEVIE

7

OLD TIME ROCK & ROLL

SEGER, BOB & THE SILVER BULLET BAND

8

PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC

WILD CHERRY

9

DANCING QUEEN

ABBA

10

BRICK HOUSE

COMMODORES

11

Y.M.C.A.

VILLAGE PEOPLE

12

STAYIN’ ALIVE

BEE GEES

13

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

QUEEN

14

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

TAYLOR, JAMES

15

ABC

JACKSON 5

16

LET’S STAY TOGETHER

GREEN, AL

17

GET DOWN TONIGHT

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND

18

I WANT YOU BACK

JACKSON 5

41

FAMILY TRADITION

WILLIAMS, JR., HANK

19

I WANT YOU TO WANT ME

CHEAP TRICK

42

GOT TO GIVE IT UP (PT. I)

GAYE, MARVIN

20

GREASE MEGAMIX

TRAVOLTA, JOHN & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

43

WALK THIS WAY

AEROSMITH

21

LET’S GET IT ON

GAYE, MARVIN

44

MARGARITAVILLE

BUFFETT, JIMMY

22

PIANO MAN

JOEL, BILLY

45

MOONDANCE

MORRISON, VAN

46

GET UP OFFA THAT THING

BROWN, JAMES

23

THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)

COLE, NATALIE

47

DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT

KING HARVEST

24

SUPERSTITION

WONDER, STEVIE

48

MEAT LOAF

25

ISN’T SHE LOVELY

WONDER, STEVIE

PARADISE BY THE DASHBOARD LIGHT

26

BENNIE AND THE JETS

JOHN, ELTON

49

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING

BEE GEES

27

FAT BOTTOMED GIRLS

QUEEN

50

CRAZY LOVE

MORRISON, VAN

28

BOOGIE SHOES

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND

29

YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND

QUEEN

30

YOUR SONG

JOHN, ELTON

31

SHOUT

DAY, OTIS

1

SWEET CAROLINE

DIAMOND, NEIL

32

HOOKED ON A FEELING

BLUE SWEDE

2

BROWN EYED GIRL

MORRISON, VAN

33

HOTEL CALIFORNIA

EAGLES

3

TWIST AND SHOUT

BEATLES

34

INTO THE MYSTIC

MORRISON, VAN

4

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

35

TINY DANCER

JOHN, ELTON

5

MY GIRL

TEMPTATIONS

36

I WILL SURVIVE

GAYNOR, GLORIA

6

AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

GAYE, MARVIN & TAMMI TERRELL

37

SOMEBODY TO LOVE

QUEEN

7

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

PRESLEY, ELVIS

38

COME AND GET YOUR LOVE

REDBONE

8

BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP

FOUNDATIONS

39

PROUD MARY

TURNER, IKE & TINA

9

AT LAST

JAMES, ETTA

YOU’RE THE ONE THAT I WANT

TRAVOLTA, JOHN & OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN

10

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

11

STAND BY ME

KING, BEN E.

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SONGS OF THE 1960’S

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21

12

FLY ME TO THE MOON

SINATRA, FRANK

13

UNCHAINED MELODY

RIGHTEOUS BROTHERS

14

THE TWIST

CHECKER, CHUBBY

15

RESPECT

FRANKLIN, ARETHA

16

WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

SLEDGE, PERCY

17

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

BEATLES

18

L-O-V-E

COLE, NAT KING

19

I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH)

FOUR TOPS

20

CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU

VALLI, FRANKIE

21

AIN’T TOO PROUD TO BEG

22

RUNAROUND SUE

23

JAILHOUSE ROCK

PRESLEY, ELVIS

5

UNFORGETTABLE

COLE, NATALIE WITH NAT KING COLE

6

I WALK THE LINE

CASH, JOHNNY

7

JOHNNY B. GOODE

BERRY, CHUCK

8

ALL SHOOK UP

PRESLEY, ELVIS

9

HOUND DOG

PRESLEY, ELVIS

10

LA BAMBA

VALENS, RITCHIE

11

LOVE ME TENDER

PRESLEY, ELVIS

12

THIS MAGIC MOMENT

DRIFTERS

TEMPTATIONS

13

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE

LEWIS, JERRY LEE

DION

14

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

SINATRA, FRANK

DO YOU LOVE ME

CONTOURS

15

YOU SEND ME

COOKE, SAM

24

RING OF FIRE

CASH, JOHNNY

16

TEQUILA

CHAMPS

25

IN MY LIFE

BEATLES

26

HERE COMES THE SUN

BEATLES

17

(WE’RE GONNA) ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK

HALEY, BILL & HIS COMETS

27

GOD ONLY KNOWS

BEACH BOYS

18

VOLARE

MARTIN, DEAN

28

(SITTIN’ ON) THE DOCK OF THE BAY

REDDING, OTIS

19

MACK THE KNIFE

DARIN, BOBBY

20

SWAY

MARTIN, DEAN

29

SUGAR, SUGAR

ARCHIES

21

BLUE SUEDE SHOES

PRESLEY, ELVIS

30

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE

WONDER, STEVIE

22

LITTLE BITTY PRETTY ONE

HARRIS, THURSTON

31

I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND

BEATLES

23

I ONLY HAVE EYES FOR YOU

FLAMINGOS

32

YOU CAN’T HURRY LOVE

ROSS, DIANA & THE SUPREMES

(YOUR LOVE KEEPS LIFTING ME) HIGHER AND HIGHER

24

PENGUINS

33

WILSON, JACKIE

EARTH ANGEL (WILL YOU BE MINE)

25

ROCKIN’ ROBIN

DAY, BOBBY

34

WOULDN’T IT BE NICE

BEACH BOYS

26

WHEN I FALL IN LOVE

COLE, NAT KING

35

OH, PRETTY WOMAN

ORBISON, ROY

27

TUTTI-FRUTTI

LITTLE RICHARD

36

(I CAN’T GET NO) SATISFACTION

ROLLING STONES

28

DREAM LOVER

DARIN, BOBBY

37

I GOT YOU (I FEEL GOOD)

BROWN, JAMES & THE FAMOUS FLAMES

29

ONLY YOU (AND YOU ALONE)

PLATTERS

38

LET’S TWIST AGAIN

CHECKER, CHUBBY

30

THE BANANA BOAT SONG (DAY-O)

BELAFONTE, HARRY

31

ALL THE WAY

SINATRA, FRANK

39

JUMP IN LINE (SHAKE, SHAKE SENORA)

BELAFONTE, HARRY

32

ALL I HAVE TO DO IS DREAM

EVERLY BROTHERS

40

GOOD VIBRATIONS

BEACH BOYS

33

GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY

LITTLE RICHARD

41

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

GAYE, MARVIN

34

SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL

HALEY, BILL & HIS COMETS

42

I’M A BELIEVER

MONKEES

35

WHAT’D I SAY (PART 1)

CHARLES, RAY

43

I SAW HER STANDING THERE

BEATLES

36

WALKIN’ AFTER MIDNIGHT

CLINE, PATSY

44

BEYOND THE SEA

DARIN, BOBBY

37

YOUNG AT HEART

SINATRA, FRANK

45

HAPPY TOGETHER

TURTLES

38

DON’T BE CRUEL

PRESLEY, ELVIS

46

I’VE GOT YOU UNDER MY SKIN

SINATRA, FRANK

39

ANKA, PAUL

47

BAD MOON RISING

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

PUT YOUR HEAD ON MY SHOULDER

48

MUSTANG SALLY

PICKETT, WILSON

40

CHANTILLY LACE

BIG BOPPER

49

PROUD MARY

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL

41

WHY DO FOOLS FALL IN LOVE

LYMON, FRANKIE & THE TEENAGERS

50

I GOT YOU BABE

SONNY & CHER

42

HEY, GOOD LOOKIN’

WILLIAMS, HANK

43

YAKETY YAK

COASTERS

44

PEGGY SUE

HOLLY, BUDDY

45

IN THE STILL OF THE NITE

FIVE SATINS

46

WAKE UP LITTLE SUSIE

EVERLY BROTHERS

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TOP 50 MOST REQUESTED

SONGS OF THE 1950’S

22

4

1

SHOUT

ISLEY BROTHERS

2

COME FLY WITH ME

SINATRA, FRANK

3

THAT’S AMORE

MARTIN, DEAN

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FIRST DANCES

1

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

2

DIE A HAPPY MAN

RHETT, THOMAS

3

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

4

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

PRESLEY, ELVIS

5

I DON’T DANCE

BRICE, LEE

47

MAKING MEMORIES OF US

URBAN, KEITH

48

YOU AND ME

MATTHEWS BAND, DAVE

49

CAN’T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU

VALLI, FRANKIE

50

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

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TOP 50 MOST REQUESTED

FATHER DAUGHTER DANCES 1

I LOVED HER FIRST

HEARTLAND

2

MY LITTLE GIRL

MCGRAW, TIM

3

MY GIRL

TEMPTATIONS

4

BUTTERFLY KISSES

CARLISLE, BOB

5

MY WISH

RASCAL FLATTS

6

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

7

CINDERELLA

CHAPMAN, STEVEN CURTIS

8

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

9

ISN’T SHE LOVELY

WONDER, STEVIE

10

IN MY LIFE

BEATLES

11

HUMBLE AND KIND

MCGRAW, TIM

12

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

SIMON, PAUL

LONESTAR

13

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

TENNESSEE WHISKEY

STAPLETON, CHRIS

19

I CROSS MY HEART

STRAIT, GEORGE

14

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME (THEME FROM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL)

DION, CELINE

20

LIKE I’M GONNA LOSE YOU

TRAINOR, MEGHAN FEAT. JOHN LEGEND

15

IT WON’T BE LIKE THIS FOR LONG

RUCKER, DARIUS

21

BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD

RASCAL FLATTS

16

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

22

MEAN TO ME

ELDREDGE, BRETT

17

DAUGHTERS

MAYER, JOHN

23

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

18

LANDSLIDE

FLEETWOOD MAC

24

STAND BY ME

KING, BEN E.

19

STAND BY ME

KING, BEN E.

25

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

20

JUST FISHIN’

ADKINS, TRACE

26

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

21

I HOPE YOU DANCE

WOMACK, LEE ANN

27

INTO THE MYSTIC

MORRISON, VAN

22

UNFORGETTABLE

28

WANTED

HAYES, HUNTER

COLE, NATALIE WITH NAT KING COLE

29

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

23

BROWN EYED GIRL

MORRISON, VAN

30

MARRY ME

TRAIN

24

WALK WITH YOU

MCCAIN, EDWIN

31

HEY PRETTY GIRL

MOORE, KIP

25

YOU’LL BE IN MY HEART

COLLINS, PHIL

32

GOD GAVE ME YOU

SHELTON, BLAKE

26

SWEET CHILD O’ MINE

GUNS N’ ROSES

33

CRAZY LOVE

MORRISON, VAN

27

WILDFLOWERS

PETTY, TOM

34

COMING HOME

BRIDGES, LEON

28

STEALING CINDERELLA

WICKS, CHUCK

35

LET’S STAY TOGETHER

GREEN, AL

29

GOD ONLY KNOWS

BEACH BOYS

36

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

30

DANCE WITH MY FATHER

VANDROSS, LUTHER

37

H.O.L.Y.

FLORIDA-GEORGIA LINE

31

FOREVER YOUNG

STEWART, ROD

38

THE ONE

KODALINE

32

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

COCKER, JOE

39

YOU & I (NOBODY IN THE WORLD)

LEGEND, JOHN

33

DAUGHTER

WAINWRIGHT III, LOUDON

40

LUCKY

MRAZ, JASON & COLBIE CAILLAT

34

JOEL, BILLY

41

I DON’T WANT TO MISS A THING

AEROSMITH

LULLABYE (GOODNIGHT, MY ANGEL)

42

FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE

BRIGHT EYES

35

YOUR SONG

JOHN, ELTON

43

I CHOOSE YOU

BAREILLES, SARA

36

DADDY’S LITTLE GIRL

MARTINO, AL

44

SHE’S EVERYTHING

PAISLEY, BRAD

37

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY

STEWART, ROD

45

UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

38

HERE COMES THE SUN

BEATLES

46

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

39

THERE GOES MY LIFE

CHESNEY, KENNY

40

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

JOEL, BILLY

6

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

7

FROM THE GROUND UP

DAN + SHAY

8

THEN

PAISLEY, BRAD

9

AT LAST

JAMES, ETTA

10

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

11

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

12

I WON’T GIVE UP

MRAZ, JASON

13

MY BEST FRIEND

MCGRAW, TIM

14

SAY YOU WON’T LET GO

ARTHUR, JAMES

15

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

16

HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU

GOULDING, ELLIE

17

AMAZED

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41

TOUGH LITTLE BOYS

ALLAN, GARY

42

TUPELO HONEY

MORRISON, VAN

43

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

TAYLOR, JAMES

44

YOU’RE GONNA MISS THIS

ADKINS, TRACE

45

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND

TAYLOR, JAMES

46

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

47

THERE YOU’LL BE

HILL, FAITH

48

HE DIDN’T HAVE TO BE

PAISLEY, BRAD

49

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

50

ONE CALL AWAY

PUTH, CHARLIE

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MOTHER SON DANCES 1

24

34

UNFORGETTABLE

COLE, NATALIE WITH NAT KING COLE

35

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND

TAYLOR, JAMES

36

THE DANCE

BROOKS, GARTH

37

HE GETS THAT FROM ME

MCENTIRE, REBA

38

YOU’RE GONNA BE

MCENTIRE, REBA

39

JUST THE WAY YOU ARE

JOEL, BILLY

40

WIND BENEATH MY WINGS

MIDLER, BETTE

41

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

42

THAT’S WHAT MAMAS DO

MATTHEWS, JASON

43

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

44

ISN’T SHE LOVELY

WONDER, STEVIE

45

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN

CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG

46

BLESSED

JOHN, ELTON

MY WISH

RASCAL FLATTS

47

THE BABY

SHELTON, BLAKE

48

I CROSS MY HEART

STRAIT, GEORGE

49

(THEY LONG TO BE) CLOSE TO YOU

CARPENTERS

50

AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

GAYE, MARVIN & TAMMI TERRELL

2

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

3

SIMPLE MAN

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

4

HUMBLE AND KIND

MCGRAW, TIM

5

A SONG FOR MAMA

BOYZ II MEN

6

I HOPE YOU DANCE

WOMACK, LEE ANN

7

IN MY LIFE

BEATLES

8

YOU’LL BE IN MY HEART

COLLINS, PHIL

9

DAYS LIKE THIS

MORRISON, VAN

10

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

11

BECAUSE YOU LOVED ME (THEME FROM UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL)

DION, CELINE

12

NEVER ALONE

BRICKMAN, JIM FEAT. LADY ANTEBELLUM WITH HILLARY SCOTT

DJ INTELLIGENCE®

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WEDDING PARTY DANCES 1

UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

2

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

3

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

4

WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

5

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

13

DON’T BLINK

CHESNEY, KENNY

6

WOBBLE

V.I.C.

14

LIKE JESUS DOES

CHURCH, ERIC

7

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

15

STAND BY ME

KING, BEN E.

16

FOREVER YOUNG

STEWART, ROD

8

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

LMFAO FEAT. LAUREN BENNETT AND GOON ROCK

17

GOD ONLY KNOWS

BEACH BOYS

9

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

18

YOU RAISE ME UP

GROBAN, JOSH

10

CUPID SHUFFLE

CUPID

19

LANDSLIDE

FLEETWOOD MAC

11

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

BROOKS, GARTH

20

MOM

BROOKS, GARTH

12

I WANNA DANCE WITH SOMEBODY

HOUSTON, WHITNEY

21

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

TAYLOR, JAMES

13

TWIST AND SHOUT

BEATLES

22

HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY

STEWART, ROD

14

LET’S GET IT STARTED

BLACK EYED PEAS

23

LOVES ME LIKE A ROCK

SIMON, PAUL

15

THIS IS HOW WE DO IT

JORDAN, MONTELL

24

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

16

BOOGIE SHOES

KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND

25

93 MILLION MILES

MRAZ, JASON

17

SUGAR

MAROON 5

26

MAMA’S SONG

UNDERWOOD, CARRIE

18

EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK)

BACKSTREET BOYS

27

YOUR SONG

JOHN, ELTON

19

IN MY LIFE

BEATLES

28

YOU ARE THE SUNSHINE OF MY LIFE

WONDER, STEVIE

20

LOST IN THIS MOMENT

BIG & RICH

21

BOOT SCOOTIN’ BOOGIE

BROOKS & DUNN

29

INTO THE MYSTIC

MORRISON, VAN

22

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

30

THE WONDER OF YOU

PRESLEY, ELVIS

31

THEN THEY DO

ADKINS, TRACE

23

I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE

DARKNESS

32

FIND YOUR WINGS

HARRIS, MARK

24

SWEET CAROLINE

DIAMOND, NEIL

33

DO I MAKE YOU PROUD

HICKS, TAYLOR

25

CHA CHA SLIDE

DJ CASPER

26

CAKE BY THE OCEAN

DNCE

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WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT, THE

FRANK SINATRA

20

P.Y.T. (PRETTY YOUNG THING)

JACKSON, MICHAEL

28

THRILLER

JACKSON, MICHAEL

21

THIS ONE’S FOR THE GIRLS

MCBRIDE, MARTINA

29

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

22

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

QUEEN

30

FOOTLOOSE

LOGGINS, KENNY

23

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

BLONDIE

31

DANCE WITH ME TONIGHT

MURS, OLLY

32

HEY YA!

OUTKAST

24

LADY MARMALADE

AGUILERA, LIL’ KIM, MYA & PINK, CHRISTINA

33

RAISE YOUR GLASS

PINK

25

OH, PRETTY WOMAN

ORBISON, ROY

34

GOD GAVE ME YOU

SHELTON, BLAKE

26

EYE OF THE TIGER

SURVIVOR

35

LEAN ON ME

WITHERS, BILL

27

ANY MAN OF MINE

TWAIN, SHANIA

36

BUST A MOVE

YOUNG M.C.

28

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD

BENATAR, PAT

37

CALIFORNIA LOVE

2PAC FEAT. DR. DRE AND ROGER TROUTMAN

29

CALL ME MAYBE

JEPSEN, CARLY RAE

38

TOOTSEE ROLL

69 BOYZ

30

HOLLABACK GIRL

STEFANI, GWEN

39

I DO (CHERISH YOU)

98 DEGREES

40

I DON’T WANNA MISS A THING

AEROSMITH

41

LET’S STAY TOGETHER

AL GREEN

42

I SWEAR

ALL-4-ONE

43

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

AMERICAN AUTHORS

44

SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND/WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS

BEATLES

3

LET’S GET IT ON

GAYE, MARVIN

4

DANGER ZONE

LOGGINS, KENNY

45

YOU SHOULD BE DANCING

BEE GEES

5

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME

DEF LEPPARD

46

LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD

BENATAR, PAT

6

HOT IN HERRE

NELLY

47

11-JUL

BEYONCE

7

SHARP DRESSED MAN

ZZ TOP

48

FORMATION

BEYONCE

8

CHERRY PIE

WARRANT

49

LOVE ON TOP

BEYONCE

9

SEXYBACK

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

50

CRAZY IN LOVE

BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z

10

SEXY AND I KNOW IT

LMFAO

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GARTER TOSS SONGS 1

PONY

GINUWINE

2

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

QUEEN

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BOUQUET TOSS SONGS 1

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

BEYONCE

2

DEAR FUTURE HUSBAND

TRAINOR, MEGHAN

3

GIRLS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN

LAUPER, CYNDI

WHERE THEM GIRLS AT

GUETTA, DAVID FEAT. FLO RIDA & NICKI MINAJ

4 5

RUN THE WORLD (GIRLS)

BEYONCE

6

MAN! I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN!

TWAIN, SHANIA

7

WANNABE

SPICE GIRLS

8

MOVE B***H

LUDACRIS FEAT. MYSTIKAL

9

HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

BENATAR, PAT

10

IT’S RAINING MEN

WEATHER GIRLS

11

LADIES NIGHT

KOOL & THE GANG

12

COUNTRY GIRL (SHAKE IT FOR ME)

BRYAN, LUKE

13

MILKSHAKE

KELIS

14

FORMATION

BEYONCE

15

SOMETHIN’ BAD

LAMBERT, MIRANDA DUET WITH CARRIE UNDERWOOD

16

NO SCRUBS

TLC

17

LOVE ON TOP

BEYONCE

18

HAVEN’T MET YOU YET

BUBLE, MICHAEL

19

LITTLE WHITE CHURCH

LITTLE BIG TOWN

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11

YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG

AC/DC

24

SWEETEST THING

U2

12

EYE OF THE TIGER

SURVIVOR

25

LOVE ON TOP

BEYONCE

13

FOXEY LADY

HENDRIX, JIMI

26

WHEN I’M SIXTY-FOUR

BEATLES

14

THEME FROM MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE

CLAYTON, ADAM & LARRY MULLEN

27

HO HEY

LUMINEERS

15

YOU SEXY THING

HOT CHOCOLATE

28

MARRY ME

TRAIN

16

WHATTA MAN

SALT-N-PEPA

29

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

17

LEGS

ZZ TOP

30

MY BEST FRIEND

MCGRAW, TIM

18

U CAN’T TOUCH THIS

HAMMER, M.C.

19

IT’S RAINING MEN

WEATHER GIRLS

20

BIG PIMPIN’

JAY-Z FEAT. UGK

21

GET LUCKY

DAFT PUNK FEAT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS

1

MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

22

WHO LET THE DOGS OUT

BAHA MEN

2

I GOTTA FEELING

BLACK EYED PEAS

23

HOT FOR TEACHER

VAN HALEN

3

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

24

KEEP YOUR HANDS TO YOURSELF

GEORGIA SATELLITES

4

UPTOWN FUNK

RONSON, MARK FEAT. BRUNO MARS

25

BAD TO THE BONE

THOROGOOD, GEORGE & THE DESTROYERS

5

BRING ‘EM OUT

T.I. FEAT. JAY-Z

26

SUIT & TIE

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN FEAT. JAY-Z

6

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

27

EARNED IT

WEEKND

7

FOREVER

BROWN, CHRIS

28

GIRLS

BEASTIE BOYS

8

HAPPY

WILLIAMS, PHARRELL

29

SINGLE LADIES (PUT A RING ON IT)

BEYONCE

30

OH YEAH

YELLO

INTRODUCTION SONGS

9

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

AMERICAN AUTHORS

10

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS

WONDER, STEVIE

11

LET’S GET IT STARTED

BLACK EYED PEAS

DJ INTELLIGENCE®

12

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES

13

CELEBRATION

KOOL & THE GANG

CAKE CUTTING SONGS

14

THUNDERSTRUCK

AC/DC

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1

SUGAR

MAROON 5

15

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM

2

HOW SWEET IT IS (TO BE LOVED BY YOU)

TAYLOR, JAMES

LMFAO FEAT. LAUREN BENNETT AND GOON ROCK

3

CAKE BY THE OCEAN

DNCE

16

SUGAR

MAROON 5

4

SUGAR, SUGAR

ARCHIES

17

CRAZY IN LOVE

BEYONCE FEAT. JAY-Z

5

POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME

DEF LEPPARD

18

I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE

DARKNESS

6

I CAN’T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE, HONEY BUNCH)

FOUR TOPS

19

GOOD TO BE ALIVE (HALLELUJAH)

GRAMMER, ANDY

7

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

20

THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)

COLE, NATALIE

8

MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

21

LEVELS

AVICII

9

L-O-V-E

COLE, NAT KING

22

TURN DOWN FOR WHAT

DJ SNAKE FEAT. LIL JON

10

YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND

QUEEN

23

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

IMAGINE DRAGONS

11

HOW SWEET IT IS

BUBLE, MICHAEL

24

24K MAGIC

MARS, BRUNO

12

HONEY BEE

SHELTON, BLAKE

25

WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

13

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

26

NOW THAT WE FOUND LOVE

HEAVY D. & THE BOYZ

14

THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)

COLE, NATALIE

27

SEXY AND I KNOW IT

LMFAO

15

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

28

SEPTEMBER

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

16

CUT THE CAKE

AVERAGE WHITE BAND

29

THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL

JACKSON, MICHAEL

17

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

30

SEXYBACK

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

18

LOVE YOU MADLY

CAKE

19

LUCKY

MRAZ, JASON & COLBIE CAILLAT

20

LOVING YOU EASY

BROWN BAND, ZAC

21

LOVE AND MARRIAGE

SINATRA, FRANK

1

DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

JOURNEY

22

THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT

SINATRA, FRANK

2

CLOSING TIME

SEMISONIC

23

I CHOOSE YOU

BAREILLES, SARA

3

(I’VE HAD) THE TIME OF MY LIFE

MEDLEY, BILL & JENNIFER WARNES

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LAST DANCE SONGS

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SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BUBLE, MICHAEL

19

COME AWAY WITH ME

JONES, NORAH

5

LAST DANCE

SUMMER, DONNA

20

HOPPIPOLLA

SIGUR ROS

6

PIANO MAN

JOEL, BILLY

7

SWEET CAROLINE

DIAMOND, NEIL

8

FRIENDS IN LOW PLACES

BROOKS, GARTH

9

BYE BYE BYE

N SYNC

10

TAKE ME HOME TONIGHT

MONEY, EDDIE

11

WONDERFUL TONIGHT

CLAPTON, ERIC

12

ONE MORE TIME

DAFT PUNK

13

DIE A HAPPY MAN

RHETT, THOMAS

14

WAGON WHEEL

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

15

SHOUT

ISLEY BROTHERS

16

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

17

AT LAST

JAMES, ETTA

18

WE ARE FAMILY

SISTER SLEDGE

19

TIME OF YOUR LIFE (GOOD RIDDANCE)

GREEN DAY

20

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

21

GLAD YOU CAME

22

THE TIME (DIRTY BIT)

23

I DON’T WANT THIS NIGHT TO END

BRYAN, LUKE

24

SHUT UP AND DANCE

WALK THE MOON

25

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

26

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

27

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

28

HAPPY

WILLIAMS, PHARRELL

29

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

QUEEN

30

TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS

DENVER, JOHN

CEREMONY RECESSIONAL SONGS 1

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS

WONDER, STEVIE

2

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

AMERICAN AUTHORS

3

MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

4

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

5

THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)

COLE, NATALIE

6

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES

7

I DO

CAILLAT, COLBIE

8

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

IMAGINE DRAGONS

9

HOME

SHARPE, EDWARD & THE MAGNETIC ZEROS

10

I CHOOSE YOU

BAREILLES, SARA

11

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE

BEATLES

SINATRA, FRANK

12

YOU’RE MY BEST FRIEND

QUEEN

WANTED

13

LOVING YOU EASY

BROWN BAND, ZAC

BLACK EYED PEAS

14

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

15

HO HEY

LUMINEERS

16

EVERYTHING

BUBLE, MICHAEL

17

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

18

CAN’T STOP THE FEELING!

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

19

HAPPY TOGETHER

TURTLES

20

SUGAR

MAROON 5

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CEREMONY PROCESSIONAL SONGS

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1

MARRY ME

TRAIN

2

CANON IN D

PACHELBEL

3

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

4

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

5

HOW LONG WILL I LOVE YOU

GOULDING, ELLIE

6

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE

REINHART, HALEY

7

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

8

WITHOUT YOU

PIANO GUYS

9

I CHOOSE YOU

BAREILLES, SARA

10

HERE COMES THE SUN

BEATLES

11

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

12

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

13

FORREST GUMP THEME

SILVESTRI, ALAN

14

FIRST DAY OF MY LIFE

BRIGHT EYES

15

BLESS THE BROKEN ROAD

RASCAL FLATTS

16

I WON’T GIVE UP

MRAZ, JASON

17

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

ARMSTRONG, LOUIS

18

AT LAST

JAMES, ETTA

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CEREMONY SONGS

1

MARRY ME

TRAIN

2

A THOUSAND YEARS

PERRI, CHRISTINA

3

MARRY YOU

MARS, BRUNO

4

BEST DAY OF MY LIFE

AMERICAN AUTHORS

5

OVER THE RAINBOW

KAMAKAWIWO’OLE, ISRAEL ‘IZ’

6

ALL OF ME

LEGEND, JOHN

7

CANON IN D

PACHELBEL

8

THINKING OUT LOUD

SHEERAN, ED

9

SIGNED, SEALED, DELIVERED I’M YOURS

WONDER, STEVIE

10

MAKE YOU FEEL MY LOVE

ADELE

11

I CHOOSE YOU

BAREILLES, SARA

12

YOU ARE THE BEST THING

LAMONTAGNE, RAY

13

THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)

COLE, NATALIE

14

BETTER TOGETHER

JOHNSON, JACK

15

I DO

CAILLAT, COLBIE

16

HO HEY

LUMINEERS

17

I’M YOURS

MRAZ, JASON

18

YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE

HALL, DARYL & JOHN OATES

19

I WON’T GIVE UP

MRAZ, JASON

20

CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE º

REINHART, HALEY

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PLAY SOMETHING WE CAN DANCE TO!

Stepping Out of the Box

By Jay Maxwell

P

eople ask me what I find most rewarding about the mobile DJ business. My answer is knowing that the client was completely satisfied. How does one accomplish this? In one way it seems obvious: Simply meet their expectations that you’ll be playing music to keep people on the dance floor.

However, the DJ, who often serves simultaneously as the master of ceremonies, may also be viewed by the client as the coordinator of the entire event. Thus, a client’s expectations of what the DJ will be doing often extend beyond his or her role as the entertainer, including situations that have nothing to do with music or entertainment. This is why the DJ must be willing and able to “step out of the box.”

Stepping out of the box means understanding that the main purpose people hire a DJ is to /i/ enhance the experience /i/ at their event. If they only wanted music played, they could have achieved that goal by attaching an iPad to a speaker. For many years, the availability of technology to easily provide music without a DJ has existed, and many have sounded alarms about Mobile Beat’s resident musicologist since 1992 (issue #11), Jay Maxwell runs the multi-talent entertainment company, Jay Maxwell’s Music

by Request, LLC, in Charleston, South Carolina.

He is also a professor of Business at Charleston Southern University. His passion for detail and continuous research of clients’ requests can be found not only in this column, but also in his annually updated music guide, Play Something We Can Dance To.

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the demise of the mobile DJ business as a result. Nonetheless, mobile DJs continue to thrive because their primary purpose is to provide an experience. Although music is an essential tool, a DJ’s other primary tools are intelligence, leadership ability and people skills.

Stepping out of the box is a holistic viewpoint. There are times when the entertainer is expected to go beyond “typical” DJ duties. This requires him or her to walk a fine line, keeping all the pieces together while avoiding interfering with another vendor’s purview.

For example, at one of our recent wedding receptions, the bride expected the wait staff to go to each table individually to release guests to go through the buffet line. Immediately after the blessing, I made an announcement that after the bride and groom are served to please wait patiently until someone comes to your table directing you to proceed to the buffet. When the bride and groom returned from getting their food, it soon became apparent that the staff was not involved in releasing the guests. When I gently asked the head staff member to assist with this activity, she stated that this was not part of their job.

However, since it was an expectation of the bride’s to have the tables called, I immediately stepped out of the box and met that expectation of the bride. Although it would have been easy to make an announcement to release the tables from left to right in an orderly fashion, letting the guests decide for themselves when the best time to proceed, it was not part of the experience the bride had anticipated.

Remembering the “big picture” that a DJ’s job is not limited simply to entertainment, but is about serving the client and creating an overall experience, makes stepping out of the box an essential philosophy. It is comfortable for anyone to stay inside their box. It’s safe—a sure bet.

DJs often approach music the same way, always playing what is safe and a sure bet. However, stepping out of the box means playing songs that still get people on the dancefloor, but perhaps have not been played for a while. This issue’s list features a handful of songs like this to try out the next time you need to get audience members out of their respective “boxes” and onto the dancefloor. Keep them handy the next time someone shouts, “Play Something We Can Dance To!”

OUT OF THE BOX Song Lists DECADE

SONG TITLE

ARTIST

1

1960

DEVIL WITH A BLUE DRESS ON

RYDER, MITCH

2

1960

HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME

CARTER, MEL

3

1960

MONY MONY

JAMES, TOMMY

4

1960

LOCO-MOTION

LITTLE EVA

5

1960

LAND OF 1000 DANCES

PICKETT, WILSON

6

1960

WANDERER

DION

7

1960

SHAKE A TAIL FEATHER

PURIFY, JAMES & BOB

8

1960

I’VE BEEN LOVING YOU TOO LONG

REDDING, OTIS

9

1960

DREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF ME

MAMAS & PAPAS

10

1960

SHERRY

FOUR SEASONS

1

1970

KNOCK ON WOOD

STEWART, AMII

2

1970

COLOUR MY WORLD

CHICAGO

3

1970

BOOGIE NIGHTS

HEATWAVE

4

1970

LONG COOL WOMAN IN A BLACK

HOLLIES

5

1970

HOT LEGS

STEWART, ROD

6

1970

MR. BIG STUFF

KNIGHT, JEAN

7

1970

STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU

STEALERS WHEEL

8

1970

GOT TO GIVE IT UP

GAYE, MARVIN

9

1970

TAKIN’ CARE OF BUSINESS

BTO

10

1970

GOOD TIMES

CHIC

1

1980

I FEEL FOR YOU

KHAN, CHAKA

2

1980

LET IT WHIP

DAZZ BAND

3

1980

UPSIDE DOWN

ROSS, DIANA

4

1980

BACK TO LIFE

SOUL II SOUL

5

1980

LET THE MUSIC PLAY

SHANNON

6

1980

SLEDGEHAMMER

GABRIEL, PETER

7

1980

NEW SENSATION

INXS

8

1980

HOW WILL I KNOW

HOUSTON, WHITNEY

9

1980

CANDY

CAMEO

10

1980

FANTASTIC VOYAGE

LAKESLIDE

1

1990

YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY

SPEARS, BRITNEY

2

1990

STAYIN ALIVE

N-TRANCE

3

1990

WANNABE

SPICE GIRLS

4

1990

WALKING ON THE SUN

SMASH MOUTH

5

1990

VIRTUAL INSANITY

JAMIROQUAI

6

1990

EVERYBODY (BACKSTREET’S BACK)

BACKSTREET BOYS

7

1990

RHTHYM IS A DANCER

SNAP!

8

1990

2 LEGIT 2 QUIT

HAMMER

9

1990

I WANT IT THAT WAY

BACKSTREET BOYS

10

1990

STEP BY STEP

NEW KIDS ON BLOCK

1

2000

LETS GET LOUD

LOPEZ, JENNIFER

2

2000

SWEET ESCAPE

STEFANI, GWEN

3

2000

COUNTRY GRAMMAR

NELLY

4

2000

DROP IT LIKE ITS HOT

SNOOP DOG

5

2000

CHECK ON IT

BEYONCE

6

2000

GOOD LIFE

WEST, KANYE

7

2000

DANCING IN THE MOONLIGHT

TOPLOADER

8

2000

FAMILY AFFAIR

BLIGE, MARY J

9

2000

BRING ‘EM OUT

T.I.

10

2000

SUMMER LOVE

TIMBERLAKE, JUSTIN

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THE SPIN DOCTOR

Keep On Trucking?

IN THE SPIRIT OF MB’S OLD “NIGHTMARE” STORIES, THE DOCTOR SHARES HIS TRAVEL TRIALS

By Mike “Dr. Frankenstand” Ryan

I

n the movie Forrest Gump the title character says (shortening the common phrase), “It happens!” Well, “it” happened to me back in March, while traveling to and from Las Vegas to exhibit at the Mobile Beat show with my company, Frankenstand. I rented a 24-foot Penske cargo truck, this being the “smallest” truck with a lift gate for moving pallets. After loading my show product, I headed to Los Angeles to pick up three pallets of Wade Novin’s speakers for his Novin Audio booth and continued my trip to Sin City and the Tropicana hotel-casino.

Halfway through the Mojave Desert I stopped to fill up the truck’s fuel tank with diesel. As I started up the glow plugs (diesel spark plugs) I kept my eyes glued to the left side mirror to avoid hitting the pumps but misjudged the building to my right. Then I heard the gut-wrenching sound of metal scraping; flashing a look to the right side mirror I saw parts of the building’s roof flying like confetti in the air and noticed the loooong scratch on the truck’s container from front to back.

Wanting to survey the damage I stopped at Peggy Sue’s 50s Diner, an

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original roadside malt shop featuring a huge gift shop full of 1950s memorabilia and rock & roll music, along with an odd dinosaur park facing the freeway. Upon inspection of the truck’s side I mumbled out loud, “That’s gonna cost me.” (And it would.) Thankfully, the rest of my trip was uneventful and I made it to the Tropicana’s back lot to unload.

The show was well attended but I was disappointed not to see the usual San Diego contingent, other than the always-smiling Eric Sands of Sundance Productions.

I was thrilled to meet Andrew Cho of the Bosch Corporation, the Senior Product manager for EV portable speakers, who voiced a strong interest in my Frankenstands (shameless plug).

John Hsiao of Odyssey cases and bags also stopped by.

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DJs from around the country. But when the show is over I’m like a horse chomping at the bit to race back to the barn. It was time to head back to “Cali.”

Wade Novin and I were furiously shrink-wrapping our show products on pallets on the show’s floor, when seemingly out of nowhere a fork lift driver passed by and ran over the side of one of my favorite Cole Haan Men’s Montgomery Plain Oxford Lace Up Black Suede Dress Shoes. My left foot—it hurt like heck! No serious damage was done but I still have a bruise. The forklift operator nearly had a cardiac arrest. Me too!

Truckin’, I’m a goin’ home, whoa whoa baby, back where I belong / Back home, sit down and patch my bones, and get back truckin’ on.”

—“Truckin’,” The Greatful Dead

Mike Ryan started out writing for news radio, and has been a DJ in the SoCal radio market on KGB and KSDS. He mobiles as Mike on the Mike. He is also the inventor/ owner of Frankenstand Powered Speaker Stands.

It was almost 7:00 PM and I was facing a long drive home.

After saying goodbye to friends I started the truck and backed it up, aiming for the convention freight door. This time, I misjudged it and backed right into a parked car! No heavy damage but enough to warrant a long labored investigation by the hotel’s security team and a call to my insurance broker. I was starting to seriously wondered if a black cat had recently crossed my path.

After crossing the border back into the Golden State, I stopped again to top off the fuel tank. Unbeknownst to me there are two kinds of diesel fuel – one for vehicles and the other of lesser quality for non-vehicle engines. While filling up I noticed a warning sign on the tank that explained the difference and that using the wrong kind diesel could cause severe engine damage.

Hmmm.

I climbed back into the cab to continue my trip and after a few miles noticed the check engine light on. What now? Second guessing myself, I feared that I might have put the wrong diesel fuel in and started having visions of being stuck, late at night, in the Death Valley, in a truck filled with valuable speakers and stands. I really wanted to be back home. Fortunately Penske has a helpline phone number with a live person who was very reassuring in his assessment that because I just filled up I probably didn’t tighten the gas cap all the way.

I arrived home a little after 1:00 AM, got some sleep, and in the morning returned to the rental location to hear the bad news.

And it was BAD. The rental clerk explained that I was covered by their insurance...but with a $5,000 deductible. The damage was assessed at $1,500 and that didn’t include the rental that was just shy of five hundred dollars. Like I said !@$% happens. Next time I’m flying to Vegas and shipping my product to the show.

A POSITIVE PART TWO I have a personal mantra about life, kind of reverse psychology: For every negative experience, an equally positive one happens.

Thankfully, it did happen this time around.

The week after the Mobile Beat show I got a call from a DJ friend who asked if I could fill in for him at the Hotel Del Coronado, the classic wooden structure featured in the movie Some Like It Hot, starring Marilyn Monroe. I jumped at the offer.

The wedding reception was held in the stunning Crown Room, which features a towering 30-foot Oregon Sugar Pine domed ceiling that makes the place look like an old train station. The room’s namesake crown chandeliers were designed by Wizard of Oz author L. Frank Baum.

I swear if this wedding didn’t cost a hundred thousand dollars then it sure was close. I shared the stage next to David Patrone and his Jazz Quartet, a group of pro musicians with Wrecking Crew-level talent. Patrone’s singing blew me away and his use of a coffee cup making it sound like a trumpet was amazing. He does a great Satchmo too. It was an awesome gig!

Next, I got a call from a local school to do their Halloween carnival. This year’s event was scheduled on a Saturday but the school decided to change the date to the Friday before—a Friday the 13th, thus the perfect date for a Halloween party, plus it freed up my Saturday. To top it off, the same day I heard from a realtor friend who wanted me to DJ her upcoming office party. What a turnaround from an ill-fated convention trip!

What was it that Forrest Gump said about life and a box of chocolates?

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FEATURE

Is It Sound or Is It Noise?

KNOW THE DIFFERENCE, WHEN IT COMES TO THE VENUE AND THE LAW (PART 2 OF 2)

By Matt Martindale

C

ontinuing our look at how to deal with the sound versus noise issue, it’s important to understand the factors that go into common venue sound compliance agreements. Remember, the word “noise” is really subjective, with the three ingredients that distinguish between sound and noise (the listener’s perception, their interpretation, and the circumstances in which the sound is heard). A competent wedding DJ will know the difference. He or she will repeatedly walk the room to monitor the sound. They’ll also know how to read the crowd and able to keep guests involved and engaged without the need to “crank up” the sound levels to get attention. They’ll know how to set a standard, and measure it, then work with the venue to maintain it.

and installer of venue sound systems, expressed the entertainer’s responsibility succinctly: “The performer, whether a band or DJ... has the obligation to know what responsible levels are; to understand how sound is propagated; and to measure their sound and play it at responsible levels so their business activities are within the law. That is just smart business for the venue, and for the performer.”

KEEPING IT LEGAL AND ASSURING SAFETY One reason behind the compliance agreement is the reality that neighbors of the venue have a right not to be disturbed.

A noise ordinance protects their rights as citizens. Venues have a legal responsibility to comply with local noise ordinances, as well OSHA standards for sound exposure, for guests and staff alike..

Venues also have a responsibility to make sure that bands and DJs can also perform their duty at reasonable levels. They have to be within the law because, in the end, it’s the venue’s name on the line beyond just this single event.

Ben Stowe, owner of NLFX Pro Audio, a leading supplier

Matt Martindale has been a professional DJ and MC since 1989, performing at more than 1,400 wedding receptions since then.

Along with running his award-winning, multi-DJ company, Amoré DJ Entertainment (www.amoredjentertainment.com), he has accumulated extensive entertainment experience including training in audio production, sound engineering, lighting and design, improv comedy, voice over artistry, magic, and much more.

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A noise ordinance is nothing more than a law which limits the allowable noise in different zones of a municipality at various times during a day with a measurable standard.

One doesn’t need to know the math and physics behind the sound level measurement, the decibel (dB), since it provides a simple number as a reference. (A little math is helpful though.

The decibel scale is not linear but logarithmic, meaning that each number indicates a larger and larger jump in magnitude. For more info go here [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel#Acoustics ].)

Now, assuming the performer is responsible in managing volume to a “reasonable” level as defined by the law outside, this can also be easily done by managing their volume inside.

What is considered “safe?” According to OSHA, the limit for four hours of continuous exposure is 88 dB; it is 85 dB for up to 8 hours. The louder the noise, the faster hearing damage occurs over time. To put this in perspective: • •

A normal conversation at three feet is 55 dB A barking dog, TV or alarm clock is around 75 dB

Staying On the Level Mobile entertainers have to do four things to maintain proper sound levels: 1) Know what responsible levels are 2) Understand how sound is propagated 3) Own and know how to use a decibel meter to measure sound.

4) Play a t responsible levels (OSHA says 88 dB for up to 4 hours, 85dB forup to 8 hours)

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A lawn mower is 85 dB Riding a motorcycle is 100 dB A normal rock concert is 110 dB

“A trend beginning to sweep the country is concerning. Many noise ordinances are shifting AWAY from a decibel standard -that easy-to-read number that can be measured -- to a “plainly audible” standard, because municipalities are tired of being in the middle of disagreements. What is music to one person, is noise to another and neighbors have a right not to hear it too. This means if any sound is heard outside the property line, it’s against the law. That also means ‘guilty until proven innocent,’ with zero tolerance, and zero grace.” He also mentioned a buffet table’s worth of court cases based on this trend. Clearly something DJs should get ahead of.

You now also have groups like Noise Free America. It’s a nonprofit organization with chapters in 27 states, whose members proactively work to reduce “noise pollution” in local communities, and push legislation at the local, State and Federal level.

The reality is, as a professional DJ or band, we have an obligation to ensure that our business activities are within the law and do not infringe on the rights of others. Neighbors also have a right not to be disturbed. We have a right play it, but they ALSO have a right not to hear it.

So, how do know your number? You’ll need to obtain a dedicated device (not a smartphone app) called a decibel meter.

Most venues are now getting them to help ward off noise complaints from neighbors by managing a performer’s sound level inside. It measures sound instantly and assigns a number as a quick, measurable standard. While most venues have their own dB meters and many take their own measurements throughout an event, a professional DJ should also have their own meter and should take regular measurements every 20 to 30 minutes as well.

“Noise ordinances aren’t just about you, the venue or the party,” says Ben Stowe. “It’s about everything that makes noise: a loud Harley Davidson motorcycle, a band practicing at home, etc. It’s about everything! It’s really a law about responsibility -- responsibility on both the part of the venue to adequately insulate their venue, and to look for noise abatement or acoustic treatment options, as well as the performer’s responsibility to educate themselves on the law in the areas they play; to train their ears and monitor their own sound and remain willing to comply with the law and adhere to OSHA indoor standards too.”

Here’s the reality: many venues around the country require the bride, and band or DJ to sign a sound compliance agreement at least 30 days in advance of the event. It outlines their standards, and requires signatures confirming that all parties will adhere to OSHA guidelines, as well as agree to know and comply with the local law. For example should the DJ be told to turn it down, and refuses to comply or intentionally delays in doing so, then chances are, the agreement states that the music will end and the performer will forfeit the opportunity for retention of future events. It also outlines who is responsible for fines. We’ve heard about as much as a $1,000 fine for the first warning by law enforcement in some municipalities. Lastly, it helps to protect the venue’s legal rights to remain in business long term, by setting an acknowledged and agreed upon standard.

BEYOND ORDINANCES Being responsible and proactive in sound measurement and control is important for another reason. According to Ben Stowe, WWW.MOBILEBEAT.COM • MAY 2 0 1 7

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FEATURE

Ready to Play, Come Rain or Come Shine

By Stu Chisholm

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o, this happened: A banquet facility here in Michigan built a gorgeous, landscaped outdoor pavilion specifically for wedding ceremonies. When my helper and I arrived to provide PA, I was impressed by the thought that went into it. There was a bar-like area that served as a DJ booth for weddings, or an actual bar for, say, an evening outdoor patio party for the golfers at the club. With a pergola overhead and a twocircuit outdoor electrical box close by, it seemed like an ideal situation. But then the dark clouds rolled in.

HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN...AND AGAIN Setting up my outdoor ceremony rig for the wedding scheduled in a half an hour, I didn’t really notice that the sun had been obscured by a bank of grey, threatening clouds. After a quick sound check, I hastily covered my gear and went into the hall to see if the staff had a contingency plan for bad weather. They had begun setting up chairs and an arch in another room, but the manager said that it was for “backup” and that they hadn’t decided, at that point, whether to move the wedding indoors or not. Meanwhile, it had begun sprinkling outside.

Needless to say, I rushed to strike the rig and load it up on my cart to move it indoors.

No sooner had we once again sound checked and the florist finished decorating the indoor arch, that the manager came in and announced that the outdoor wedding was on! Emerging from the building with ceremony rig in tow, the grey clouds and rain had all but disappeared, and sun drenched the now soggy chairs. Workers were frantically trying to dry them with bar towels. Again, we set up as

the first family members arrived.

If you’re like me, you probably have a “rain clause” in your contract. Mine gives me the authority to call an event in the case of bad weather without refunds or recourse. While I could have justified such a call, this day turned out to be amazing after that brief sprinkle. All that would’ve happened is disappointment, with all fingers pointing at me. This whole “adventure” made me wonder: Just how weather-proof is my system? If only it was a bit more robust, it would’ve saved a whole lot of wasted effort, panic and stress. What might be some ways to make it even better?

One item I already have in place is a Gator case [ http:// gatorcases.com/pro-audio-solutions/ ] made of rugged polymer, covered with a fairly water-repellent nylon cover. While I can’t operate my system with the cover in place, I can quickly snap it on and worry about everything else while the console can fend for itself. This can be a lifesaver, and in my case, it saved the day!

Last summer I had to replace speaker cones after my rig was caught in a huge thunderstorm. While my system was well protected by a tent, my speakers were not. Even with the polymer cabinets, the drivers got soaked, and predictably were ruined. This experience reminded me of a trip to Cedar Point, the amusement complex in Ohio.

Throughout the park, they have a lot of speakers, permanently mounted outdoors. Most had some sort of bag over them, so I did a bit of research; what is needed is a bag designed to keep speakers dry while being sonically transparent. This is exactly what Under Cover [ http://www.undercovernyc. com/custom_covers_and_bags/audio/pro_audio/ ] in New York City does. (By the way, the same client has booked me again for this summer. You can bet that, this time around, I’ll have my own set of Under Cover bags handy!)

This whole “adventure” made me wonder: Just how weatherproof is my system?

Stu Chisholm had been collecting music since he was about age 8 and began his DJ career in 1979. After a stint at the Specs Howard School of Broadcast Arts, he studied the DJ arts with famous Michigan broadcaster Bill Henning, interned at Detroit's rock powerhouse, WRIF, and later added voiceover work and club gigs at Detroit's best venues. He has shared his extensive DJ experience through MB columns, as a seminar speaker and through his book, The Complete Disc Jockey: A Comprehensive Manual for the Professional DJ.

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ONE MORE THING If you have your own tent for outdoor events or one is provided for you, it is important to run all electrical cords high, off the ground.

It only takes a small crack or cut in an electrical cord’s insulation to put dangerous live current into ground water or even moist grass!

This insulation isn’t very thick even with good, high quality cords. I use plastic ties to mount electric cords up over entryways and along the bottom of the tent’s “roof.” Not only is this safer, but makes for a much more professional look as well. Now if only I can talk last weekend’s facility into putting a tarp up on top of their pergola…

Until next time, safe (and dry) spinnin’!

BRILLIANT DEDUCTIONS

Coming Transactions: A Cashless World

By Mark E. Battersby

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here’s no denying it: Love it or hate it, cash is playing far less of a role in society. Physical money is rapidly becoming obsolete, due to constant improvements and innovations in the realm of virtual, electronic financial transactions. So, if you haven’t already arrived at the realization of this reality...welcome to the new cashless world.

Make no mistake. Many DJs who remain dependent on cash sales are finding income and profits declining. That’s right: Mobile

entertainment business owners who are ignoring developments such as the recently introduced EMV Smart Card technology, Apple’s mobile Wallet and other mobile payment vehicles, cyber currencies and the like, may find profits affected.

One alternative to government-issued cash, Bitcoin [ https:// www.cryptocoinsnews.com/bitcoin/ ] made its first appearance back in 2009. Today there are hundreds of other cryptocurrencies, often referred to as Altcoins. [ https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/ altcoin/ ] Mainly used for large transactions, in the U.S., the IRS has ruled Bitcoin and several of its counterparts are not currencies but, rather an “investment” vehicle that fluctuates in price.

Illustrating the trend towards a “cashless” world, ATMs may be on borrowed time with data showing consumers increasingly embracing technology for transactions. According to the Federal Reserve, U.S. banks have been progressively scaling back the number of ATM machines. In 2015, ATM withdrawals dropped by a record 7.2 per cent.

Innovations in technology have drastically reduced the need for people to carry cash. People can use their smartphone to pay for goods much like swiping a debit card.

Mobile commerce or M-commerce, is the buying and selling of goods and services through wireless, handheld devices. M-commerce and other electronic payment methods are gaining acceptance by consumers, a move away from cash welcomed by many businesses.

PayPal, the online payment system, continues to add more

merchants and now counts 14 million merchants to complement the platform’s 170 million users. Users are now able to use PayPal on their mobile phones in stores, as well as on their computers for online purchases.

Electronic money, or e-money, is the money balance recorded electronically on a stored-value card. Electronic money is a floating claim on a bank or other financial institution that is not linked to any particular account. Examples of electronic money are bank deposits, electronic funds transfer, direct deposit, payment processors and, of course, digital currencies. [ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_currencies ] Many mobile payment systems have been introduced in the past few years including Google Wallet and Apple Pay. However, along with the convenience of cashless transactions, comes an increased awareness of security issues. A good example is provided by the new chip encoded “Smart” cards, which an estimated 90 percent of consumers will soon have.

By now, every mobile entertainment business owner should be aware of the so-called “liability shift” that occurred when the new EMV (Europay, Mastercard & Visa) technology was introduced. No longer will the credit card companies be liable for fraudulent use of the old credit card technology. In essence, businesses such as mobile entertainers and card processors that continue to use the old technology will find themselves, not the credit card companies, liable for fraud.

Adopting any of these new and emerging payment systems largely depends on what the customers of your DJ business prefer and are willing to deal with. In other words, will your customers embrace or reject these new payment options?

According to a 2014 Gallup poll, 29 percent of Americans didn’t have a credit card, and that figure is rising, in part because millennials don’t like them. The consumer financial services company, Bankrate, published figures [ http://www.bankrate.com/finance/credit-cards/ more-millennials-say-no-to-credit-cards-1.aspx ] putting the number of millennials without a “major” credit card at 63 percent. The main alternative again are prepaid cards, but they are burdened by high fees.

The new technologies being created and improved to facilitate cashless transactions and improve security are good news for every mobile entertainer and business. All of which raises the question: Do you offer alternatives to cash that appeal to YOUR customer demographics?

In other words, is your mobile entertainment business really ready to profit from the coming cashless world?

Mark E. Battersby is a freelance writer based in the Philadelphia area. His features, columns and reports have appeared in leading trade magazines and professional journals since the early 1980s.

When not actually writing, Mark spends most of his time digging for exciting tax and financial strategies to write about.

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THE LAST WORD

Examine Your Margins IT’S TIME TO REVIEW HOW MUCH YOU’RE REALLY MAKING FROM YOUR CLIENTS

By Jason Weldon

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was speaking with a wedding business owner the other day about the leads the company was getting. We were discussing the type of lead that was coming in and how this particular company was pretty much saying yes to every lead that was “reasonable” to their margins. This got me thinking, and I feel a need to address the idea that all business is good business, and that anyone that has a realistic budget that calls you should be your customer.

We all know the basics of this. Laugh off the prospects with the totally low budgets and wish for the ones that have the high budgets. However, I am more worried about the “average” to “just below average” prospects that you might be thinking are actually good work. But are they, really?

The following exercise should be interesting: Take all of your jobs and looked at them from the perspective of price point.

Throw away the top 5% and the bottom 5%. Take a look at the remaining 90%. What numbers do you see the most? Next, what is the average price? Those two numbers are probably pretty close to being the same. You probably knew that before you even did the math.

Jason Weldon is a wedding business consultant who specializes in small to medium-sized companies that want to grow their business. His objective is to help guide people through organizing their thoughts and laying the groundwork for a better, more successful start-up. He currently lives in Philadelphia and is also the president of Synergetic Sound and Lighting, Inc. and DJ and A/V company.

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If you were to take 5%-30% of the bottom part of that number, what kind of customer does that look like to you? If you were to take 70%-95% of the top number, what kind of customer does that look like to you, as well? Both of them should be slightly different customers. And hopefully, you would want more of the latter. So why not make the decision to want to work with more of them?

Many companies get tied up with the customers in the middle. They don’t know how to properly say no to a customer that, for the most part, looks to be a good customer. At a quick glance, they don’t seem like clients you wouldn’t want to work with. But when faced with another option, a large- margin client (margins are key on this!), you might wish you had more time to invest in the larger-margin or high-paying client.

Yes, let’s just assume that all the margins are the typical on these clients. A $1,000 job with a 90% margin is always better than a $5,000 with a 10% margin. But for this scenario, let’s just assume you are working with 60% margin clients.

I would challenge you to do a deep dive on your clients and truly find out if the ones under the 50% mark are really worth it. If you could shift your attention to the clients above the 50% mark, would you be able to offer them better service and a better value? Clients take up time. Spending more time on the ones that give you more revenue should be your focus.

Just imagine if you shifted your focus to the over-50%. Then, in three to five years, that customer becomes the under-50% and you have a new customer base over the 50% that you can move to. This cycle can keep happening and generating more and more revenue.

Look, if you do nothing but just take 10 minutes to look over your current client base, you will be miles ahead of other businesses. You can gain some great perspective by just looking at some numbers and trying something new.