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June 19, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: abruptly ruptured nuptials

he only liked her because she was there it wasn’t as though he’d actually want to care for her. but she was there she looked the part her beauty was her only art. she couldn’t chat she didn’t read she wouldn’t write but she would believe. he’d marry her because she’d […]

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March 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Wedding Music: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Having played in bands at weddings you see some pretty interesting sights – it’s fascinating peeking in on people’s most important day; people you don’t really know at all. And as a musician you can be treated as close to a guest of honour, but more likely worse than the (rest of the) hired-help. I’ve […]

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December 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Do You (Ever) Feel Like We Did? – The One Time It Worked to DJ Some Peter Frampton

My aunty was married twenty years ago (one of them) and using the state-of-the-art late 1980s technology I had my first gig as a DJ. I was 12. The big hit at the wedding, from the three dubbed C-90 tapes I made was the soundtrack to The Blues Brothers, specifically the double-whammy of Cab Calloway’s […]

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May 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: So You Think You Can Wedding DJ

I’m always a bit frightened about doing the wedding-DJ gigs. What will people ask for – and will they be happy at all; are they going to be the worst/toughest crowd ever? And of course you’re ruining someone’s special day if you do cock it up right-royally. After a decent run this past weekend I […]

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May 9, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Amy and Martin’s Wedding, Featherston, Saturday, May 7, 2016

I was the wedding DJ – something that happens from time to time. It’s hard work and there’s anxiety around it, around requests and the worry that people aren’t going to quite get that I’m not DJ Spotify, I’m there with a crate of records (two crates actually) and that I hope to have the […]

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January 6, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Katy and Simon’s Wedding Music

It’s our tenth wedding anniversary – I still have the CDR that we assembled with all our wedding music on it…doesn’t play so well now, ten years of being stashed in a draw without a cover, of briefly living in the car, of going AWOL for most of the last half-decade in fact… Well, Spotify […]

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March 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Setlist: Stacey and Chris’ Wedding, Elephant Hill, Friday, March 7, 2014

Even though I was recently reminded of a particular Wedding DJ horror story and that made me write about a few more examples I agreed to play the tunes at a wedding this weekend. It helps – I think – when they’re good friends. And it was a good crowd, nice people – they seemed […]