Gig log, Kids party

0:00 Seriously, it's leaking just there

All right folks, Jonathan here. Another gig log for you and today I'm doing a kiddies party so I won't be able to do well any filming of the kids logically but you know give you a general idea of set up that kind of thing and this particular function is in well it's near Aberystwyth and it's from i think it's from about something like two till five so it's quite an early one I'm here in the dodgy van that's now leaking. Look, there's water all over me. Seriously, it's leaking just there. Yeah, this is... and it's there. Leaking there. It's quite funny because a few people have like looked at it and gone... The dodgy van. Hold on. Let's have someone... Oh no, are they going that way? Go on then. Go on that way. Go on then. Oh dear. Anyway, so... Kitty's party today.

1:45 Some good popular music

And what I'm doing is, I'm only taking a very small setup. There's no need to take loads of stuff. So I've got the American Audio CK-1000 which is like the twin CD player and a little mixer in the middle. I've got one powered speaker and I've got the Kampar bar, I've got a laser and a smoke machine. And that's it really. You know, the thing is with kids' discos There's no need to take a huge massive show. And a bit of a tip for you here, what I generally find with kids discos, if they're say under the age of 10, all they really want to do is just jump about and eat chocolate. They don't really want to listen to the latest hippest tracks. Okay, they do want to listen to something. Some good popular music. But they're not really interested in having huge, loud, housey drum and bass tracks. They just want to dance and have fun, you know, and just run about the place basically. So I'll be doing a few games with them as well. Also I've got the Walkabout radio mic so I can, you know, do my wacky thing and just jump all over the place and again I don't have to worry about leads being tangled all over the place and

6:03 Here's the deal, bit of advice for you

People tripping over things. So anyway, what I'll do, I'll pause the camera and when we get there I'll set up and I'll show you the little setup as it were, so excuse me. That's where we are, in there. Right, so there you go guys, another gig log for you and that was a joint birthday party for a couple of children and again, you know, without Having to go into detail, I can't show the kids, it's not the only thing to do, but I think you've got a general sort of idea of what went on. Here's the deal, bit of advice for you. If you're going to be doing parties for young kids, then you've got to maybe start doing a few party games and have a lot of fun with them. They want to scream, they want to shout, they want to eat chocolate, they want to cause a riot.

And let them, because possibly it's the only time they're able to do with all their friends, so let them have loads of fun. And one thing I've got to say, if you think that doing an 18th birthday party or working in a nightclub or a 40th or a 21st is hard work, then you try and do a kiddies party, because that is hard work. Also, a bit of advice for you. Alright, let's say you're doing a kids party and all of a sudden you start doing a game. The DJ tutorial by Ellaskins, So, what you need to do is don't panic. Don't think, oh, just go along with the flow. Enjoy. And at the end of the day, worst case scenario is just say, right, you're all winners kids. And if you've got bags of sweets, you know, little bags like Haribo in the UK, just give them all one each. Because again, the kids don't mind. It's about participating and having a bit of fun and enjoying themselves. And believe me, they did. Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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