70`s Disco`s in 2013
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Topic: 70`s Disco`s in 2013
Posted By: Mhamplification
Subject: 70`s Disco`s in 2013
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 8:42pm
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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 |
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Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 8:57pm
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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......
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Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 9:34pm
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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. ------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 9:47pm
| very true eddie, i have 8 venues i supplie dj's and gear too and its the same thing, ok for one off events once twice a year.... gotta have a rope light, and a police light lol..... |
Posted By: woody2
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 10:45pm
we have a flares 70s bar and reflex 80s bar and both are busy, flares tends to have a younger crowd  |
bee wrote:Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 01 January 2013 at 10:55pm
| both flares, and reflex are chains, but the music policy for reflex wll change this year to 90's. |
Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 02 January 2013 at 8:47pm
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! ------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 02 January 2013 at 8:51pm
| m8t thats were mine came from, a next door neighber of me old mans was a copper, he got him 8 as a joke one christmas, the batterys in em last for months..... thats how i ended up with them, allso a uv light is a must...... |
Posted By: djeddie
Date Posted: 02 January 2013 at 8:59pm
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------------- Chas n Dave : it's like Drum and Bass but with beards. E=mc² ±3dB |
Posted By: bee
Date Posted: 02 January 2013 at 9:20pm
| i must dig out a pic of me old man in his flares, and me a very young boy, with the full rig as it was back in the mid 80's...... most of that rig is long gone, but some of it is still knocking around in me shed... If i find the police lights your more than welcome to them, as i have no need for them. I think they are at me dads in devon in his lock up with most of my not needed bits, im up there in a few weeks so ill dig em out..... and take a look at what i should get rid of, The old man keeps going on at me to sort it out, Im sure there is a few bsr decks and gerard decks in flight cases etc..... I may of got rid of the bsr decks cant remember..... |
Posted By: funkyparrot
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 11:22am
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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. I suppose it depends on how much hassle you want to take. Audiences have changed massively from my heyday. I was using a Citronic Tamar deck unit, which I've recently refurbished, now looks like new, Crown XLS amps and EV Eliminator bass and SX300 mid/top speakers. Lighting with Tutor 2 projectors, giving ageing delights such as liquid wheels and splodascopes. For anyone who's interested, here's a clip of one that did work, but remember what Bee said about the target age group, there's the proof. <iframe width="640" height="390" src=" http://www.youtube.com/embed/WT3Xje2TkKU" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/embed/WT3Xje2TkKU " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Posted By: Joseph P.Keegan
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 7:37pm
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Go for it , not too often that someone goes for the complete set up with vinyl sound & lighting. You will probably start a cult following and other DJ's may follow. Check out Stan's Disco Scene in the states and the following that he has. For the lighting from the 70's we had pair of Pulsar Quad spots with par 38's,four Opti Solar 250's,pair of Towering Inferno's,pair of Infinity Tunnels,pair of screens,pair of UV 20 watt and a mirror ball with 2 pin spots .From the 80's we had twin 8 + twin 12 RO 80's light boxes. The controller for the light rope gave up after the first five minutes. Lighting control from NJD,Ryger,Sound Creations and Pulsar. Sound was kept simple to CD,Citronic mixer complete with PPX 900 and DAS DS 15's. For the next one we have a Supernova and Technics 1210's with vinyl is what we doing next time round in a couple of years time. Regards Joe
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Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 7:41pm
| love some pics joe |
Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 10:33pm
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The problem I find is the type of people that appriciate 60's 70's music dont like discos. So its a complete waste of time! This christmas eve I did just such a gig at a local working mens club, The old folks generally just sit there and scowl at you. When you have the music at a nice level so you can hear it good at the other end of the room and still chat, its too loud for the numpties that out of all the places in the room have chosen to sit at the tables about a foot from my speakers! Because it's THAIR table. You get a constant battle of "can we have it a bit louder we can't hear it properly at the bar" and can you turn it down dear we cant hear eachother speak! After repeated complaints from the table right next to my speaker about the lights shining in thair eyes every now and then, I got fed up with them moaning and turned them all off. So quiet music playing with just the normal room lights on it was with only a handfull of the miserable sods getting up to dance. ------------- 100% Earth Moving Bass |
Posted By: Joseph P.Keegan
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 10:42pm
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Hi,love to upload but I can't upload photos. When I find a way around I will post. There can be seen on Facebook under the ''Hollow Reunion Group'' Regards Joe
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Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 03 January 2013 at 10:46pm
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You probably can now you have 10 points. Theres a guide on here somewhere about posting pictures which shows you how. ------------- 100% Earth Moving Bass |
Posted By: thegarv
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 12:41am
no harm in doing a few and see how it goes down 
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Posted By: woody2
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 2:03am
thats working mens clubs for you |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 10:37am
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From Joe's Facebook link. http://www.facebook.com/groups/275145420833/" rel="nofollow - http://www.facebook.com/groups/275145420833/ Certainly got a retro look to it.   ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: SW2407
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 2:02pm
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Ha! Ha! Brings back dreadful memories of lugging boxes and boxes of vinyl up narrow stairs! Mate of mine still has a "Harvester" sitting in his ex-wife's garage. Every so often we talk about rescuing it and getting it up and running again. |
Posted By: mostyn
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 2:23pm
| his ex wife or the harvester? |
Posted By: ollie80
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 3:20pm
------------- Ollie K Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible' |
Posted By: SW2407
Date Posted: 04 January 2013 at 10:31pm
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Ha! Ha! That will DEFINATELY be the harvester - he blew (oops, more comments due now) that one years ago. However, he was 60 last summer and still DJs on a regular basis, but nowadays only uses CDs and has downsized to powered Mackies and a few LED effects from the back of his car. In the 80s and 90s he was using 2 van loads of gear to do a job! SW
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Posted By: ollie80
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 1:42pm
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great to hear he is out there still gigging! Bet he puts on a good show too. ------------- Ollie K Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible' |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 2:16pm
hey im young, and love going to 70's and 80's nights, great music compared to modern noise, especially good as you don't get the usual club dickheads there which results in groups of young women unmolested easy to prey on  biggest problem i had with reflex in Plymouth was the 40+ yr old women trying it on with us.... ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: jbl_man
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 2:29pm
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When you are 50,you dream of 40 yr old women trying it on Pat! ------------- Be seeing you. |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 3:22pm
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ill start to stockpile the vaseline now then! ------------- ''Remember that the object of a subwoofer is to enhance the output of your main speakers, not overpower it'' ''Dubstep - an elongated electronic fart'' |
Posted By: GAZ.
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 3:32pm
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"biggest problem i had with reflex in Plymouth was the 40+ yr old women trying it on with us...." Doesn't sound like a problem to me! I wouldnt mind an older woman, not by too much obviously! about 40 odd is fine by me. ------------- 100% Earth Moving Bass |
Posted By: mk2_ginger_biscuit69
Date Posted: 05 January 2013 at 5:19pm
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