At the Indie Disco
I was listening to this classic Divine Comedy track the other day. In it, Neil Hannon name-checks acts like The Cure, Morrissey,The Pixies, Soft Cell and even The Wannadies. I've always wanted to have my own mobile disco (a probably-never-to-be-fulfilled fantasy) and was thinking of the type of songs I would play at an 80s/90s indie night. What songs/acts would get you up on the dancefloor, nostalgia fans?
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Let's all go to the indie disco...
Do you think there would be a market for a mobile disco specialising in indie music?
As for the idea of a mobile indie disco, I guess it'd depend how much the demand would be. Our wedding DJ asked us beforehand for our tastes and any special requests etc and was really happy when I told him I wanted lots of indie stuff playing. He said that he loved doing it but most weddings just wanted cheesy wedding disco crap all night.
Why are you calling it an Indie Disco, when you use Brit Pop as examples of what you would likely be playing.Noticed you haven't mentioned any modern 'so called' commercial/corporate Indie apart from Arctic Monkeys which most people would except are indepted to Brit Pop anyway (musically, success wise).
Why don't you call it a British Modern Rock disco - i.e. commercially successful pop rock music from the 80's onwards.Many radio stations use the modern rock classification, these days.Looking from a commercial point of view - you need to get punters to want to use your services.It eliminates negative attitudes that a certain % of those punters have of either Brit pop or Indie.
Perhaps you could not have such a bias towards Brit pop or music associated with Brit pop (or Indie in todays misused form even) as well.Mix it up a bit to satisfy the punters.As a 'wedding' DJ you are there to please the punters & the guests, even more so than usual, as a broader musical demographic of people would be there.You should try not to force your particular bias on musical taste onto people - by calling it an Indie disco you are suggesting that you would be doing that straight off.