Its seems like just yesterday I made it to 50,000 songs in my DJ music library, now I have achieved 55,000 songs in my DJ Music Library! Amazing! I have been thinking about when I made the switch to go completely digital. At the time, I was worried I would never be able to create as large a DJ music library. Funny to reflect on that now.
The primary source of music for me these days is Promo Only for DJs. I moved to their services recently and appreciate the diversity of music that I receive daily.
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I just downloaded a bunch of tracks while writing this post. Can’t wait to see what goodies arrived today!
My iTunes music library has reached 50,000 songs! The total DJ Music Library is over 350GB and nearly eight months of music if left playing continuously. It is hard for me to fathom having that much music at your fingertips when needed.
I have started creating playlists by genre for events to make things easier like Salsa, Reggae, Bachata, Merengue, Soca, Calypso, Reggaeton, Classic Rock, Disco, Doo Wop, Soul, 80’s Pop, 90’s Slow R&B Jams, Lounge, Rat Pack, Classical, Jazz, Classic Country, Chill, House, Deep House, Afro-Beats, Buddha Bar, Cafe Del Mar, Alternative, New Wave, Flamenco, Oldies, Swing, Tango. Minimalist, Hip Hop, Rap, Folk, Ambient, New Age, World, Indie, Arabic, Hotel Costes, Jazz Vocals, New Age and plenty of Pop and Top 40, as well as music from around the world.
Hard to believe a DJ Music Library can reach 50,000. And I am just getting started!
If I do not have the music you wish for your wedding or party, we can work together to meet your needs. I stay current and add music regularly.
I am remembering the days when I would bring six crates of vinyl with me to a gig and maybe be able to meet 25% of requests. Today, I meet 98% of requests from my DJ Music library and download any others I do not have live at the event!
A significant part of my DJ Music Library comes directly from Primecuts Music for professional DJs.
My DJ Music Library is legal and I support local artists when applicable.
What kind of music are you dancing or listening to today?
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The following New York Times DJ spotlight is brilliant. I know it is primarily focused on club DJs but don’t let that fool you. It is a well-written piece that expresses the role and qualities of a good DJ as I have rarely seen previously.
I have been a DJ on and off since 1980. Yes you read that correctly 1980! I have done radio, clubs, fashion shows, trivia, award festivals, weddings, sweet sixteens, birthdays, anniversaries, pig roasts, fundraisers, dance-a-thons, dance camps, corporate events, conscious dance, ecstatic dance, house parties, Communions, graduations, reunions, etc.. Each event requires something different from the DJ. The ability to read the room, sense what is needed and intuitively respond without losing grasp of what you were hired to do can sometimes be tricky and demands creativity, flexibility and experience. A skilled DJ must balance being in the spotlight and the humility to never forget it is not about us, it is always about you and your guests.
“A real D.J. is part shaman, part tech-wizard, part crowd psychologist, all artist. Many people claim the title but far fewer embody it.”
This article on Pharrell Williams Songs is originally written and posted on Billboard. Pharrell Williams songs reach accros genre and style. He is a true writer and musician.
Skateboard P is embedded throughout the music industry and has been for years. There’s a reason N.E.R.D. stands for Nobody Ever Really Dies.
Below are 10 songs you might not have known Pharrell has his fingerprints on — either in the writing credits on beat production.
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Gwen Stefani – “Hollaback Girl” (2005)
Gwen Stefani began her solo career away from No Doubt behind “Hollaback Girl” in 2005, which peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Pharrell would become a staying power in Stefani’s solo career, also assisting her with “Can I Have It Like That” (2006) and “Spark The Fire” (2014).
Nelly – “Hot in Herre” (2002)
“Hot in Herre” peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and remained at the top for seven weeks in a row. In June, Nelly told The Faderthat he had actually turned Nellyville in prior to putting “Hot in Herre” on the record.
“I knew that we are missing something,” the St. Louis rapper said. “We missing something. We don’t have the fuse to the bomb. We called up Pharrell. Pharrell was a good friend of ours, and then he came with the Chuck Brown [beat]. … Pharrell said something about, ‘You gotta have the girls add some ‘Getting so hot.'”
Frank Ocean – “Sweet Life” (2012)
“Frank Ocean is incredible,” Pharrell told VIBE. “We worked together, too. Frank Ocean, to me, is a singer-songwriter. His album itself is incredible. We met at Coachella. I told him, ‘Man, I like what you do. Let’s do something.’ And then we ended up working. He’s super talented. He is, to me, he’s like the black James Taylor.”
“Sweet Life” is track No. 5 on Ocean’s debut album channel ORANGE, which was released in 2012. On Ocean’s most recent album, Blond, Pharrell co-wrote/produced “Pink + White,” which peaked at No. 84 on the Hot 100.
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Britney Spears – “I’m A Slave 4 U” (2001)
Originally, The Neptunes made “I’m A Slave 4 U” for Janet Jackson. But as things played out, the song ended up being responsible for Spears officially leaving teeny pop behind. “Slave 4 U” peaked at No. 27 on the Hot 100.
Ed Sheeran – “Sing” (2014)
Although Pharrell was featured in Sheeran’s “Sing” music video, but given the singer-songwriter’s extensive catalog since 2014, one could hardly be blamed for forgetting this collab took place. “Sing” was the lead single off of Sheeran’s x (Multiply) album and peaked at No. 13 on the Hot 100. Sheeran detailed what it was like working with Pharrell in an interview with Music Newsin June 2014.
“Originally [Pharrell] tweeted ‘This Angels To Fly song is great’ a while ago and then at the Grammys, I don’t think he knew what I looked like, so I just went up to him and said, ‘I’m a massive fan, I just wanted to say that’s my tune!’ And then we swapped numbers. ‘Sing’ was from my first session with him, and when you work with Pharrell, he tends to push you: he wants you to do the best thing possible. So you don’t necessarily go for the first thing he plays you. It must have been on the seventeenth thing that he played me, and I had just dismissed everything. I just didn’t really get it. I don’t really get jazz chords and Pharrell’s very jazzy!”
Kendrick Lamar – “Alright” (2015)
Pharrell had already headed up production for Kendrick’s 2012 debut EP good kid, m.A.A.d city before co-writing and providing back-up vocals for “Alright” in 2015. Of the collaboration, Pharrell told MTV News, “I wanted to do something that felt like it was in that vein but just a little bit more colorful and add rhodes and instruments that are not usually used in that style of music, and just try to bring something a little bit more mystical. I kind of had my Tribe Called Quest hat on that day. I’m a huge Q-Tip fan.”
At this time, according to Complex‘s calculations, The Neptunes were attached in some capacity to 43 percent of the songs playing on U.S. radio. One of those songs was “Señorita” on Justin Timberlake‘s debut solo album Justified, which was nominated for four Grammys.
Timberlake has become a frequent Pharrell collaborator, with major speculation that Pharrell is heavily involved in JT’s next album.
Another 2003 hit Pharrell was in the thick of, “Milkshake” is by far the most popular song associated with Kelis to this day. “Milkshake” peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100.
In 2015, Kelis told The U.K.’s Independent, “I’ve known Pharrell since he was 15, and he wasn’t ‘Pharrell’ at the time, he was just Pharrell.”
JAY-Z – “I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)” (2000)
One of JAY-Z‘s collaborations with Pharrell dates all the way back to the beginning of this century with “I Just Wanna Love U” from Hov’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. Pharrell co-wrote the song with Too $hort, Jay, Notorious B.I.G., Diddy and his Neptunes/N.E.R.D. partner Chad Hugo. Along with co-writing, Pharrell is featured on the track. “I Just Wanna Love U” peaked at No. 11 on the Hot 100.
Madonna ft. Kanye West – “Beat Goes On” (2008)
“Beat Goes On” was a true team effort with Madonna, Pharrell and Kanye West — It’s a wonder that with such starpower, the song never cracked the Hot 100. Can’t win them all.
