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slow set at a wedding??

  • 26-10-2012 10:28pm
    #1
    lowly26
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    hi every one,


    just wondering on ppl's opinons before i ask the dj to do it.

    how would you feel bout a slow set at a wedding? good idea or notwould you dance with your partner/date or just sit back down??


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  • #2
    rainbowtrout
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    A slow set at a wedding wouldn't be like a slow set in a nightclub. Your single guests will end up sitting down, those that have brought a date but haven't been with them too long may not want to dance a slow set. If you have a work/college group that have come together, a slow set might be considered too intimate for them to dance together.

    My memories of slow sets in nightclubs were lots of (drunk) couples clinging to each other for dear life, rubbing each others arses and shifting the faces off each other. While you mightn't see the same at a wedding, you probably won't have as many people willing to get up for it. It would be my cue to head to the bar.


  • #3
    clint_silver
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    lowly26 wrote: »
    hi every one,


    just wondering on ppl's opinons before i ask the dj to do it.

    how would you feel bout a slow set at a wedding? good idea or notwould you dance with your partner/date or just sit back down??
    They work at the right time with the right song. Nothing wrong with it at all. Depending on how old the crowd is i stick in a bit of Jim Diamond. Never fails.


  • #4
    ladyella
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    We had our first dance which was slow and then went straight into 'getting the crowd up dancing' music. No slow set and no complaints as it became a party atmosphere with everyone just having the craic. Actually I tell a lie, I got a backhanded comment from my new husbands mother about there being no waltzes but we had a ball and there were guests in their 80s up dancing to music from the 60's to Rihanna. You can't please everyone so just please yourselves would be my opinion. If you want a slow set then have it but if you're not pushed then you definitely won't miss it


  • #5
    sweetie
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    depends on the songs but if you are having a 5hr dj set then its probably a good idea to break up the tempo. it could coincide with the afters food so that people get a break.


  • #6
    lowly26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭lowly26


    clint_silver wrote: »
    They work at the right time with the right song. Nothing wrong with it at all. Depending on how old the crowd is i stick in a bit of Jim Diamond. Never fails.

    the crowd is mainly from about 25 upwards and there is only like 3 single ppl invited i think. i see in other treads you said you dj weddings do you put slow sets in many weddings?


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  • #7
    clint_silver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,906 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    lowly26 wrote: »
    the crowd is mainly from about 25 upwards and there is only like 3 single ppl invited i think. i see in other treads you said you dj weddings do you put slow sets in many weddings?

    As sleepy said, on the longer nights it helps to break them up.

    Most nights DJing after bands theres only 2-2.5 hours so you wouldnt always get a chance as theres enough genres of music to play that you wouldnt get a chance. Anything longer than that I probably would play a 2-3 song slow set.

    The odd wedding, for no reason other than I think it would work I might throw in a couple of songs.

    I wouldn't worry about it too much, if you specifically want or dont want a slow set ask DJ for it or not. Otherwise, let him at it, he should know what he's doing.


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