Music List for Family Events, Festivals, Charity events, picnics, music list walkathons, tips on hiring your family event DJ

                                Some great tips on hiring a DJ for your next charity event, festival, walkathon, or corporate function. Whether you believe it or not the music 75 percent of the time makes or breaks an event. If you hire a DJ who is part time or does it as a hobby chances are you could be taking a risk if their performing in front of hundreds of people. You don't want heavy rap music or death metal or even the latest Dubstep jam blasting out your guests. A lot of DJs are going to play what they feel works and not what appeals to the crowd. 

                                Tip number one is; have the DJ who is performing for you give you a general idea of what kinds of music and/or artists, songs they will be mixing throughout your event. They can even send you a small list of songs they plan to use. Tip number two is; always check with a reference or 2 to make sure they have a credible background in performing at family style events. Hiring Uncle George or the guy you saw at the karaoke bar may not work out to well. It's a risk and can either be pretty good or not good at all. Tip number three is; how is their general personality? Your attitude and personality can make you or break you as a DJ or performer. Talking with an extremely flexible and motivated DJ can put a lot of people at ease. If you're unsure of somebody providing the service for you because they don't sound to professional on the phone, return your phone calls and emails in a timely manner or even their voicemail message. That can tell you whether they actually have experience. For example; if you call someone who is a true professional and you hear "Yo this is Bobby leave a message." This will tell you how serious they are. If you call a company and hear something similar to, "Hello and thanks for calling Pro entertainment DJs, our website is........, we're unavailable at this time, kindly leave a message and we'll return your call." This is a sign that they put effort into making sure their professional sounding. 

                                   On that note, you will know whether you're talking to someone who is right for your family event, picnic, festival or walkathon by their overall persona. Here is a fantastic music list of modern music you can use at just about any special event for all age groups. 

Coldplay – Viva la vida

Ed Shereen – A Team

Fun – Some nights

Baha Men – Who let the dogs out

Demi Lovato – Give your heart a break

Alexandria Stan – Saxo Beat

Michael Franti – Say hey I love you                               

B.O.B. – Magic

Black Eyed Peas – Boom Boom Pow

Calvin Harris – Feel so close

Carly Rae Jepsen – Call me Maybe

One Direction – What makes you beautiful                 

Cascada – Evacuate the dancefloor

Chris Brown – Forever

Jackson 5 – I want you back

Cobra Starship – you make me feel  

Enuria – Calabria

Flo Rida – Good feeling

Justin Bieber – Somebody to love

Carly Rae Jepen & Owl City – Good time

Venga Boys – We like to party

Psy – Gangnam Style

Rihanna & Calvin Harris – We found love

Sugarland – Stuck like glue

Stevie Wonder – Bad mama jama

Reel 2 Reel – I like to move it

Taio Cruz – Dynamite

The Wanted – Glad you came

Train – Hey Soul sister

Willow Smith – Whip my hair

Afroman – Take over control

Jay Sean – Do you remember

Will Smith – Getting Jiggy Wit it

Smash Mouth – Allstar

Aqua – Barbie Girl

Jonas Brothers – Year 3000

Maroon 5 – Makes me wonder

Buster Poindexter – Hot Hot Hot

Pitbull – Feel this moment

The Wanted – Glad you came

Carly Rae Jepsen – The Kiss

Flo Rida – wild ones

Icono Pop – I love i

Black Eyed Peas – Let’s get it starte

Iyaz – Solo

Jay Sean – Down

Justin Bieber – Beauty & a beat

High School Musical – We’re all in this together

Karmin – Brokenhearted

Cheryl Lynn – Got to be real

Katy Perry – Teenage Dream

Lady Gaga – Just dance

Smash Mouth – I’m a believer

LMFAO – Party Rock

Matt & Kim – Let’s go

Krewella – Alive

Metro Station – Seventeen Forever

Kool & the Gang – Celebration

Mike Posner – Please don’t go

Miley Cyrus – Party in the USA

Pitbull & Havana Brown – We run the night

NeYo – let me love you

Sean Kingston – Eenie Meenie

Shakira – Waka Waka

Taio Cruz – Higher

Taylor Swift – You belong to me

Usher – DJ got us falling in love

Will.i.am – Scream & Shou

Black Eyed Peas – Time of your life

Calvin Harris – Let’s go

One Direction – One thing      

Sister Sledge – We are family            

Quad City DJs – C’mon ride the train

Shakira – Hips don’t lie       

Michael Franti – Sound of Sunshine

Metro Station – Shake it              

Earth Wind & Fire – Shining Star

James Brown – I feel good

Rihanna – Please don’t stop the music

The Wanted – Chasing the sun

 
Here is a very large side note to this music list. (Make Sure the DJ or whomever is mixing the music has the clean versions to any of these songs.) These songs are all great having the radio edited versions. So for those of you requiring clean music, please let your music specialist know to have the radio edited versions of this list. You can print this list and use it if you want. It goes perfectly with most events. 

Happy family event hunting!

- Billman

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