Taste in music

does your passion really serve you?

I worked for years as a wedding DJ.

I have a confession to make. When I started that job, I was mostly only into it for the money. The pay was great and the hours were flexible. I knew how to set up the gear.

I had (have) a great voice to host / be on the mic.

There was a problem.

I hated pop and dance music.

While hanging out with the other DJ’s back at the shop at three aye ehm, they would go on about Justin and how ‘Sexyback’ was a ‘Banger’ and a ‘hit’.

I couldn’t relate.

Beyonce was terrible. Timberlake? Terrible? Sean Paul and Rhianna? The just seemed like noise to me.

Me?

I preferred the John Coltrane and Myles Davis I would play during dinner. I loved (and still love) jazz from the 50’s and 60’s.

And over time things changed.

Over time, I learned to appreciate a ‘banger’ and grew to recognize what songs would be ‘hits’.

This happened because the music at a wedding is never about the music. The music at a wedding is there to make something happen.

Whether it’s creating atmosphere for a l…