Boat Birthday Party in Sag Harbor 8/9/14
I received a call about a week and half ago to play at a 40th birthday party on a boat. I was really excited about the opportunity. A week of thoughts raised a couple of concerns that I wasn’t able to answer. They told me they had an on board speaker system so i was heavily banking on being able to use it. When I got on the boat I shook my head and was curious on where I was going to setup . An enthusiastic crew said they would take care of it. I got an idea to setup on a side table and to sit on one of the seats of the couch. So I setup the laptop with the mixtrack in the case with headphones, and i used the internal sound card with the mic output. Setup below . It’s very strange that they don’t allow boats to dock for long in Sag Harbor. We had to turn back for one guest who arrived late.
I had sound up quickly after waiting for the guests settled in. I started with Classic Rock, then i went to some current Pop music. The boat stopped at Crabby Jerry’s in Greenport so I had an hour break. I wish I would have gotten off the boat and eaten something. My adrenaline kicked in and I wasn’t hungry until I was done. Gotta love Summer.
We got the boat back going again and went on with some dance, electro house, hiphop and we threw it back a bit with some old classics. I wanted to play Rock the boat by Bob Sinclair so i dropped that towards the middle.
Here is the playlist
Alice Cooper – School’s Out
17:04 : Madonna – Material Girl
17:08 : Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
17:11 : Spencer Davis Group – Gimme Some Lovin’
17:14 : Doobie Brothers – China Grove
17:17 : Bryan Adams – Summer Of ’69
17:20 : Prince – When Doves Cry
17:26 : Tone Loc – Wild Thing
17:30 : Guns N’ Roses – Sweet Child O’ Mine
17:36 : Dire Straits – Money For Nothing
17:40 : The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
17:43 : Tommy James & The Shondells – Mony Mony
17:45 : ZZ Top – Tush
17:48 : Huey Lewis And The News – The Heart Of Rock And Roll
17:51 : Fleetwood Mac – – Go Your Own Way (HQ)
17:55 : Magic! – Rude (Radio Edit)
17:58 : Bruno Mars- – Locked Out Of Heaven-Super Clean Edit
18:02 : Lady Gaga – Applause (DJ Intro – DJ Outro Clean)
18:06 : Pharrell Williams – Happy [djmebbe.com]
18:09 : 5 Seconds Of Summer – She Looks So Perfect (Radio Edit)
18:13 : Florida Georgia Line – Cruise (Dance Remix) (Remix)
18:16 : Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – Can\’t Hold Us (Radio Edit)
19:26 : Nico & Vinz – Am I Wrong (Radio Edit)
19:27 : Michael Jackson – Love Never Felt So Good (Fedde Le Grand Extended )
19:30 : Avicci – Hey Brother (Shaun Frank, Yash Club Remix)
19:35 : Calvin Harris – Summer (Single Version)
19:37 : Chuckie – Bitches Be Like (Club Mix)
19:41 : Bob Sinclar ft. Pitbull, Dragonfly And Fatman Scoop – Rock The Boat [djmebbe.com]
19:44 : Fergie, Q Tip & Goonrock – A Little Party Never Killed Nobody (All We Got) (Extended Clean)
19:47 : Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy (The Scene Kings Remix) (Clean)
19:50 : Jason Derulo ft. 2Chainz – Talk Dirty (Dance Remix) (TJR Remix)
19:54 : New World Sound & Timmy Trumpet – The Buzz (Original Mix)
19:58 : DJ Cassidy – Calling All Hearts (feat. Robin Thicke & Jessie J) (Shermanology Remix Club Edit)
20:02 : Outcast – Hey ya
20:06 : Chris Brown ft. French Montana & Lil Wayne – Loyal (DJ Rob Dinero Remix) (DJ Rob Dinero Remix Clean)
20:10 : Kool & The Gang – Jungle Boogie
20:12 : Iggy Azalea ft. Charli XCX – Fancy (DJ Patrix Remix) (Radio Edit)
20:15 : Ariana Grande – Problem (Single)
20:18 : Katy Perry – Birthday (MOTi Remixes) (MOTi Remix)
20:20 : Azealia Banks – 212 (DJ Pornstar Dirty Tribal-Tech House Remix)
20:25 : Kiesza – Hideaway EP (Gorgon City Remix)
20:27 : John Legend – All of Me (Tiesto Remix) (Tiesto Remix )
20:31 : Tiesto – Red Lights (The Scene Kings Remix) (The Scene Kings Remix)
20:33 : The Chemical Brothers – Block Rockin Beats (Cazzette Live Bootleg) (Cazzette Live Bootleg)
20:36 : Robin Thicke feat. T.I. & Pharrell – Blurred Lines (Will Sparks Remix)
20:40 : David Guetta ft. Ne-Yo & Akon – Play Hard (Extended Mix)
20:44 : A Tribe Called Quest – Scenario
20:48 : Notorious B.I.G. ft. Puff Daddy and Mase – -Mo Money Mo Problems-Clean
20:52 : 50 Cent – 02 – In Da Club
20:54 : 50 Cent – 02 – In Da Club
20:57 : DJ Snake ft. Lil Jon – Turn Down For What (Radio Edit)
21:00 : Beyonce – Partition (DJ Noodles & DJ Devastator Twerk Remix) (Radio Edit)
21:03 : Lorde ft. IamSu & Sage The Gemini – Team (Remix) (Radio Edit)
21:06 : Sir Mix A Lot – Baby Got Back
21:10 : Icona Pop Feat. Charli XXC – I LOVE IT (Wayne G & LFG Radio Edit (Clean))
21:14 : Ludacris ft. Wiz Khalifa, Jeremih & Cashmere Cat – Party Girls (Afrojack Remix) [djmebbe.com]
21:17 : Madcon – 09 – Beggin’
21:20 : Kelis – Milkshake
21:23 : Salt ‘N’ Pepa – 10 – Push It
21:27 : Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made for Walkin’
This birthday party was a great time. I haven’t played on a boat since my days playing proms for Hampton Bays High School. I took some time to reflect on some of the places Dj’ing takes me and I was in the middle of the long island sound playing music that I love and getting paid. I will remember this party for a long time and i hope I get to play on boats in the future. Great guests, great host equaled a memorable time.
Here’s a link to view the boat