How to Make a Playlist on IPod

Chrisdavy
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This is an article on the ART form of how to keep people dancing at your party, not how to mechanically put songs on your iPod. That's easy, anyway. Just open Apple iTunes, connect your iPod, and click Add to Playlist on your iPod. But anyway, DJ Chrisdavy is here to help you keep the dance floor packed. Let's go!!
  1. Step 1
    • START BIG AND SLOW. Like Dr. Dre said in that Dr. Pepper commercial, "Slower is better." You want that first bass hit to let everybody know that the talking part of the party is OVER. Lady Gaga's cornered the market on big, slow dance songs. Any of her big hits are perfect. "I Love Game" is my favorite. Play the dirty, freaky, nasty stuff first. No love songs - you want to get the aura of sex, sex, sex in the air while the ugly people are actually drunk enough to hook up with each other.
    • Step 2
      TRANSITION SMOOTHLY. You want your mixes to feel almost like one, continuous beat which gradually gets faster and faster, blows people's minds at 12 midnight, and then transitions into the slowdown rock stuff to tell people to go home. For instance, following up Lady Gaga's "I Love Game" with the Ying Yang Twins' "To the Window, To the Wall" is a good choice. They are about the same speed and flow. Both have really simple riffs. They work. A mistake would be following it with like Snoop Dogg's "Beautiful." Completely different feels to the song. Gradually speed up the tempos from 11 to like 1, then start slowing it down and transitioning into rockier songs like 3 Oh! 3's "Don't Trust A." That song should be played like 12:30 am. No earlier unless you have a special request from a girl.
    • Step 3

      MIX OBSCURE WITH POPULAR. I know you, since you are not a mindless automaton, have a taste of your own. You must remember to cater to your crowd, but it's ok to throw stuff in there you like as long as it fits the FLOW and TRANSITION. For instance, Mickey Avalon has some great stuff (Mr. Right), but if you don't live in LA, you might not have even heard of him. My rule: Sorta popular song, super popular song, sorta popular song, obscure song. Sorta popular song, super popular song, etc.

    • Step 4

      THE SYSTEM. It goes without saying to get the biggest, bassiest speakers ever. But here's a special tip if you have really good EQs -- turn up the 60 Hz band. That's the place where the bass literally shakes your face. Hey, I'm a poet and I don't know it. At that frequency, the waves hitting you literally vibrate your body at a rhythmic pace. So even if you're not dancing, you're dancing. There's a little lesson on bass. Kisses!

Published by Chrisdavy

AC's licentious, guilty pleasure. What can I say? I write about sex and money. You know, the important stuff. Giggle. (But I do it so well!) Fashion, too. LOL  View profile

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