70`s Disco`s in 2013

Went to a do at the local pub last night "dj" was using a laptop  a NJD mixer amp and 2 NJd 1 x12" carpet cabs   1 of the cabs burnt out after an hour or so of painful clipping you could smell it from other side of the room   the music he was playing was the usual modern c*** gangnam style Cheryl Cole etc Which nobody wanted  to hear Thye were all asking for 1970`s singalong stuff etc  Somone suggested to me with all my old Citronic kit about starting to do 1970`s themed discos    I think it may have been done before  But just wondered what you guys on here think
I would do it (equipment wise) totally retro  Lets face it a the old will out preform most cheap new stuff anyway   Using a Hawaii  and mostly vinyl and  a few CD,s  ( Still have all my Kool and the Gang etc 12" ers)
PPX amps and CCM, Soundout cabs Maybe a pair of early Hysys 2`s Would have to acquire some screens and period lighting effects spot banks etc  But it could be fun
What do you think      I would need someone to help  as I'm not as young as I used to be

Happy new year to all the Golden Oldies on here

I do one or two of them a year Martin... but I just use my normal sound rig* and change the lights to four FAL columns and either eight pin-spots or four PAR 56. Oh, and a rope-light!

* Mackie 450s, Hz SB600s and Cross (Mix Vibes) PC based playout. I know it's not authentic but I just couldn't bear making millions of trips to the van to bring in box after box after box of vinyl, I'm too old for that shizzle.

Edit: Forgot to say... there are clubs etc that would do that kind of night, but not very often I've discovered. The ones I do are part of an Over 30's club. Well I say Over 30's but I think the youngest is in her early 60's! They have a night once a month but with a normal Sharon and Tracey style disco normally, with all the Gangnam cr4p so they don't feel 'old', and I just do the specials.


Edited by djeddie - 01 January 2013 at 9:41pm

bee wrote: its a nice idea but wont work...... You need to look at the target age of venues, most pubs, not the sports bar kind. Have an average age of mid 20's to mid 40's evening time, and day time the average age is 40 to 65.....   this info is based on middlesex.....  If you look at the age of people that enjoy 70's music your target audiance is ages between 50 and 65 years old. evening entertain based apon this age group, just is not there, a retro 70's and 80's night will give you a better chance for your plan to work..... Look at dedicated retro venues like reflex (watford) its been an 80's music policy for when it open'd, from what ive been told they are changing it to a 90's bar with an 80's set......   Hope this info helps...... your best bet to any idea is research, look at the age's for the venues you want to work in, let the facts rule, not what you want the facts to be......

we have a flares 70s bar and reflex 80s bar and both are busy, flares tends to have a younger crowd

bee wrote: ...and a police light lol.....

Still gotta find a couple of those... but the proper ones, rather than the garbage that's out now.
Oh, and I don't mean ones nicked off the top of a Dibble car either!

Yes, it's a great idea, but Bee's comments regarding the average age of the audience rings very true. I know, from first hand experience. I occasionally do this sort of thing in the Midlands, but, even with pre-advertising, stating the entertainment on offer, you get absolute rissoles pestering for chart garbage.When I say pestering, I mean pestering, the explanation that you only have vinyl is met with "Let's look at your records then"....For me that's an absolute NO! Then I had another woman moaning about what I was playing, because I had no new stuff (70's night!!!)  I told her I didn't do this very often, she then asked me if I'd do a disco for her child's Christening!!! That's the point where I said I wasn't going to do any more.

Edited by funkyparrot - 03 January 2013 at 11:40am