We'd like to plug our wedding DJ, Jeremy Downing. He is fantastic! Robby already wrote a glowing review for him on yelp.com, but we think he deserves more attention. He did a great job at our wedding. Robby and I wanted danceable hip hop that wasn't mainstream; please, no Usher, no E-40, no Too Short, no gangsta rap (Dr. Dre or Snoop), no Bill Idol, no chicken dance, no macarena, no "Love Shack", no "Celebrate", or no "We are Family,". DJ Jeremy was very flexible in meeting our requests. We were able to email him a list of last-minute song requests too.
We really wanted Frontline's "What I Am", and even though NOBODY knew the song (on the dance floor, one of Robby's cousins raised his arms and yelled, "What is this?!"), he played it anyway. They're from his 'hood, Richmond, and they never really made it big, even though they are talented. He was also willing to play Jurassic 5 and Talib Kwali. After the wedding, he send us a CD of all our wedding songs.
And recently, he sent us about an hours worth of mash-up, a new style that some clubs in San Francisco are playing. Mash-up combines two genres, usually a rock and hip hop song. He does an awesome job sampling different kinds of songs with similar beats. It's fun to try to recognize the '80s song sampled under a popular hip hop song. The most unusual mix is Kanye West's "Gold Digger" sampled on top of Beethoven's symphony No. 6, I think. Hip hop and classical? It works!
Currently, DJ Jeremy works at Asian SF, a touristy restaurant/bar/nightclub in downtown S.F. that features glamorous transvestite performers and serves Asian fusion food. Robby and I hope that he gets BIG gigs in the future because we both think he's extra-talented. Okay, enough praising for now!
And, to think, we found Jeremy on craigslist.org!!
Here is a link to his website.
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