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.

boat 40th birthday party

 

 

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.

 

boat 40th birthday party setuppaul birthday party boat

 

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

 

 

 

 

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