Geez, I think this May is going to be the busiest month in the history of Platinum Mix. My schedule this past week (and actually, for the entire month) is CRAZY!

Renting U-hauls to get through all the proms, video dances and big weddings we scheduled for this year was getting to be a bit expensive and inconvenient, so last Monday Platinum Mix purchased a new cargo van. This thing is huge! It fits so much equipment! Yay! Now I can buy more toys! Lol.

Thursday & Friday were proms. Paul and I set up our “Ultimate Prom” DJ package at both, complete with enhanced lighting, sound upgrades and of course the video screen. It’s official, the top 3 songs for 2006 proms are:
1. Bubba Sparxx Ft. Ying Yang Twins “Ms. New Booty”
2. Casada “Every Time We Touch”
3. Sean Paul “’Temperature”
Lots of requests for “What Hurts the Most” & “Bless The Broken Road” by the Rascal Flatts when it was time for a slow song too. Thursday was hosted by Mac & Rays and Friday at Villa Penna. Beautiful venues. Especially enjoyed the lakefront view at Mac & Rays and the food at Villa Penna. Awesome time at both. Congratulations to all the 2006 graduates!



Thanks Paul for all your help with set up, couldn’t have done it without you! Thank you Brendan for letting me borrow your haze machine. The lights looked amazing with it!

Saturday, Lauren & Chris’s wedding at the Roostertail. Lauren’s guidelines for the evening’s playlist was “No wedding music. If you would normally play it at a wedding, don’t play it at mine.” So that means…hmmm….No Bob Seger? No Sister Sledge? No “Love Shack”? No Alligator Dance? What in the world am I going to play?? Lauren & Chris’s requests included stuff like Black Eyed Peas, 50 Cent & Daft Punk. Sounds good to me, I like that kind of music but I’ll admit I was worried that half their guests would leave by 9:30. I was so wrong. What a fun wedding! Dance floor was packed all night! Soul train going on, lots of booty shakin’, a little party train, guests were requesting stuff that actually fit in well with the play list....what more could a DJ ask for? Perfect night. And I know I just mentioned the Roostertail staff a few posts ago (no, I do not work for them…lol), but again, gotta say, they really go above and beyond. Despite the long, steep ramps that us DJs must push our heavy, loaded down carts up and down to get in and out of the venue, it still makes my top 10 list of favorite venues to play. Built in light show, friendly and professional staff, great food, hydraulic dance floor, amazing view of the river front….really is a unique place to host an event.
Congrats to Chris & Lauren!

Sunday, Hanaa & Waleed’s wedding at Burton Manor. This one was a little different for me because they requested all Arabic religious music. While I have tons of Arabic music, I don’t know anything at all about religious music. I was provided with 5 cds labeled “bride and groom entrance”, “dinner” “dance 1”, “dance 2”, and “dance 3”. It ended up going pretty well, I was actually surprised how much they all danced. Unfortunately I can’t take credit for that since Hanaa picked all the music. Easy night for me! Congratulations Waleed and Hanaa!