It’s fair to say that every weekend is never the same in DJ-land.

Thursday night I was at Plumpton Racecourse to celebrate the wedding of Mary & Bill. The weather was glorious and it was a good day to get married! Mary & Bill are a lovely couple and it was a pleasure to play music to them, their family and friends. I was also able to get in touch with their favourite Jazz artiste Alyson Green who recorded a beautiful message for me to play to them after their first dance.

Musically it was a fairly generic sort of wedding disco with a few great up to date tunes and 90’s dance classics chosen by Mary’s daughter.  It was a great night and by 1am I was whacked, but Mary, Bill and their friends sat round a table and talked until..well, I don’t know.  I should imagine it was a late night for them!

Friday night I played at an 18th Birthday near Albourne.  I’ve done all the 18th birthdays for this family over the years (and most of their friends too!) and this time it was Sam’s turn.  This family are legendary for their theme nights and they didn’t let me down.  The theme this time around was uniform and as the night progressed over 150 young adults turned up for a party dressed in all sorts of different types of uniform.  Police, Fire, School, Army, Air Hostesses and many more in attendance for an alcohol-fuelled evening of R&B, Hip Hop, Dance and cheesy disco.  At the end of the night, they all put their tents up in the field and camped out under the stars!

Saturday Night and i’m at Fabrica Art Gallery in the centre of Brighton, A wonderful converted church on Ship St for the wedding of Cara and Oliver.  The night is yet to get started as they are still finished their dinner but having worked in this venue before it’s a great place to play music.  The stone floor and original church features all add to the ambience of the evening.  From a music point of view the Bride & Groom seem to prefer alternative tracks from the Killers, Cure, Bloc Party, Snow Patrol and so on with a certain amount of wedding pop thrown in for good measure.

So, thankfully, all gigs are different.  If I was playing Abba, Bee Gees and Saturday Night at each one I would be bored out my brains but thankfully they’re not and for as long as it stays like that I will be very happy in my job!