Guides

🎵 The Job List: Every Reception Song Has A Job

Thirty-three jobs. Most crates answer about a third.

Sep 23 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 The Ask: Every Dance Song Wants Something From the Room

Permission, Declaration, Demand, Commitment: the four classes of dance track, and when each one belongs

Sep 9 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 Cliché Isn't a Song. It's a Decision.

Your boredom is an occupational hazard. It is not information about the room.

Sep 2 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 You Don't Have a Music Problem

The DJ who makes it look easy knows fewer songs than you do.

Aug 26 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 The Wedding Playlist You Were Handed

It is not a set. It is a story about two people.

Aug 19 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 The First Four Dance Songs

Your first four songs get decided during cocktail hour and dinner - starting with the first songs played

Aug 5 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 The Back Catalog

The issues, tools, and downloads worth returning to including free and paid, all in one place.

Jul 29 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 Every wedding set has a score

You just couldn't see it. Until now.

Jul 15 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 Corporate Cocktail Hour Playlist Strategy

How DJs Build a Set in Real Time

Jun 3 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 Start Playing Our Song at 1:14

Why This Instruction Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen (And How to Handle It Like a Pro)

May 27 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 300 Song Playlist: How to DJ When the Playlist is a Novel

Managing Massive Wedding Playlists Without Losing the Dance Floor, or Your Mind.

Mar 4 • Matthew Campbell

🎵 The Power of 6: How to Build a Fail-Proof Wedding Set from 6 Must-Plays

Using the "Power of 6" to turn couple requests into a seamless Open Format night.

Feb 25 • Matthew Campbell

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