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Another month of madness. In fairness, I don’t have much to complain about but September 2020 has been a tough month again for many people all over the world. At least there has been more great new tunes to enjoy, Life Sounds Better To Music ~ September 2020.

Chanelle & Eric Kupper ~ One Man (Michael Gray Remix)

A rework of one of my favourite floor-fillers from 1989, this is my tune of the month – THIS is something to smile about!
The original version was produced by Blaze, this time Eric Kupper is in that role remaining true to the original but giving it a fabulous fresh feel. Put on your dancing shoes and leave your troubles behind for over 5 minutes of pure joy.

Lovers & Poets ~ Follow You Follow Me

Lovers and Poets are husband-and-wife team of Shannon Hurley and Ben Eisen. I featured their track “Nevergonnastop” back in April (please click here). Now they’re back again, this time with a chilled out Genesis cover!!!

“Follow You Follow Me” was a hit for Phil Collins and Co in 1978. In this version, Shannon sounds a little like Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys to me. To find out more about Lovers And Poets CLICK HERE.

Show Me Love (Cafe del Mar Edit)

The formula is simple, take one of the biggest dance anthems of the last 30 years and make a Cafe del Mar styled chill-out version. This one absolutely nails it.

Based on the 1990 Robin S song that was a hit in many different versions in the UK in 1993, 1997, 2009 and 2015, I don’t think it’s likely to chart in this version but I love it. It’s one of the stand-out tracks on this year’s official Cafe del Mar album Volume 26.

Sigala ft James Arthur ~ Lasting Lover

Right from the start, with very clever use of a sample of the hook from of MGMT’s 2008 hit ‘Time to Pretend’, this is a late summer smash. Actually written by Lewis Capaldi, the song features James Arthur on vocals fusing perfectly with Sigala’s dance beats and melody and the MGMT sample.

Alicia Keys ~ Love Looks Better

In fairness I could have taken most of the tracks from the new Alicia Keys album (“Alicia”). This is her seventh studio album and was due out earlier in the year but delayed because of … well, you know. Lots of the tracks were therefore already available but the whole album was released on 10th September and I had it on repeat for many of my walks in the final days of the month.

Here’s a bonus for you, another track from the album, “Underdog” recorded for The Late Late Show with James Corden

WOW! Life sounds better to music ~ September 2020, maybe it wasn’t such a bad month after all. See you soon.

I’m just back from a week away with my wonderful wife in Ibiza. We had a great time chilling out and just taking time to think. I finally got to experience Cafe Del Mar and a beautiful San Antonio sunset.

The weekend before our holiday I was at BPM, the UK’s trade show for DJ’s at the NEC, where I saw lots of lovely shiny new toys and sat in on many very interesting seminars and I also attended a workshop hosted by my good friend and coach Derek Pengelly. One of the BPM seminars was hosted by show organiser, and again good friend, Mark Walsh who spoke about the state of the DJ industry and how we are perceived by the general public. The truth is that people still think of DJ’s and mobile disco’s as scruffy blokes in dirty jeans with piles of untidy gear, just Google mobile DJ and look at the images section – it’s horrible. Derek also touched on the image of the DJ in his workshop.

Now I’ve had these next 2 pictures for a few weeks and I’ve agonised over sharing them with you, but I feel I must just so that I can say that I care and I would never do this to a client, and all the DJ’s I know would never do this to a client either, BUT there are still people out there who are calling themselves DJ’s who think this is acceptable – so here goes …

This picture was taken on Friday 28th September, less than a month ago, at a function in Wigan …

Even scarier is this next one – taken on my birthday (17th September) at a very good local venue that I’ve played at, this was a midweek wedding. I don’t know the DJ concerned personally and I’ve blurred out the name board as I don’t want to start a witch-hunt. The rest of the room looked beautiful, the tables were dressed and the chairs had covers with sashes. How can anyone think this is acceptable!

So, it’s been a crazy few weeks – I have no idea what the coming years hold for the UK mobile DJ industry, but I know there’ll be plenty more beautiful sunsets especially off the west coast of Ibiza.

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