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Monday, October 3, 2011
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The Perfect Party Playlist
MUSIC CAN MAKE OR BREAK THE NIGHT.
What's the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word college? Some students would say homework, some would say stress and a lot of students would say partying.
As college students, we organize parties, host parties, go to parties, drive people and pick people up from parties and if nothing else, we hear about parties. People talk about who was there, what people were wearing or how awesome or how lame the whole whildeg was.
But what makes or breaks a party? Collin Bean, a junior from Minnetonka, Minn., says it's music.
"People love to forget their problems and very few things do that better than some catchy lyrics or a melodic chorus," says Bean. Bean is a music journalist who runs his own hip-hop blog.
Bean, who has created party playlists for his blog as well as weddings here and there, says you need to know your audience to make the perfect party playlist. "Don't play what you want to hear, play what you think they would want to hear."
KU alumni Sam Krause and Nick Rivera, better known as DJ SKrause and DJ Nick Arcade, agree.
"You've got to find something everyone can relate to. That's the key," says Krause. "The whole point of my sets are that I construct something that touches on everyone in the
room." For example, when Krause plays shows in Houston, he knows the crowd there loves dirty south rap. "I work in Slim Thug and shit into my sets so I can relate to them and make them be like, wow," says Krause
Rivera constructs playlists depending on his audience, just as Krause does.
"You don't put a show together before you know what the show is, same goes for making playlists for parties. You have to look into it and see what type of people might be coming by." Rivera adds.
One thing to keep in mind when you are making a playlist though, is that you might not know the types of people coming to the party you're planning. Bean has advice for such situations.
"The biggest thing is making sure you have a mixture of the newest tunes with classic songs mixed in as well. People love new music that that is on the radio, online, whatever, but at the same time people still want to sing along and dance to songs that they know," says Bean.
When in doubt, play "Michael Jackson and Lil Wayne," says Rivera. Why? "Because they both have a shit ton of songs."
son for the old-school jams and Lil Wayne for the new tunes. Anyone who has listened to a radio in their lifetime will know those jams.
Rivera has a point, and it compliments Bean's playlist tip. If you are sure what to play at a party, throw in some Michael Jack-
Another thing to keep in mind is the order of your playlist.
"You want the playlist to grow and die. I'll put all the Southern rap together, all the rock together and hip-hop together, some dubstep and electro. You want it all to flow smooth. Start off with your hardest music," says Rivera.
"You can't just jump around every song," says Krause. "If you are going to play hip-hop, play like four of five hip-hop songs, then play two rock songs. Change it up, but don't make it choppy."
So the next time you plan a party, make sure the perfect music is on the top of your part must-have list. Make sure to know what your partygoers like, so you can please everyone whether you know them or not. Remember what DJ SKrause and Nick Arcade say: let the playlist grow and die and let it flow.
Photo by Travis Youne
DREW WILLE
Want to make a playlist, but don't have the songs you need to make it perfect?
Spotify might become your new best friend.
Spotify is a free music program that can be downloaded to a computer or mobile phone with Internet access. It allows you to create multiple playlists for any occasion and share them with friends all over the world. Don't have Internet access?
Borrow CDs from friends and create playlists with different tunes that way! It's as simple as uploading them into your computer's music library on iTunes or other music program!
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Student authors offer insight, advice on amateur publishing
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
While some students refused to shave or looked forward to celebrating the holidays last November, Jason Held, a senior from Minneapolis, wrote a novel. For writers across the country November is National Novel Writing Month, an online contest that challenges participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
Held initially had no intention of participating, but other members of the Jayhawk-Writers on Campus group, or J-WOC, convinced him to participate in the
arduous contest.
His book, "The Write Message," follows a 15-year-old boy who hires a literary agent and pursues a publishing deal while trying to balance high school, the challenges of the industry and familial loss. Select chapters of the protagonist's own writing are also included.
"You have to go in there knowing what your book is going to be about," Held said. "I didn't have a complete outline for it, but I knew what it was about."
J-WOC teamed up with KU
"We teamed up with Hewlett-Packard a year ago to start this project and they gave us grant money to come up with ideas to encourage printing on campus," said Rachel Barnes, the KU Bookstores custom material specialist. "What we came up with was the book contest."
Bookstores to incentivize competing in the contest. Participants who met the 50,000 word minimum would have a chance to publish their book.
After months of editing and revising, Held's book was finally ready for publication. The Print-
On-Demand center, which allows students, faculty, and community members to print and bind their own works, helped produce "The Write Message."
"We were serving as a small scale publisher for him," said Barnes. The bookstore also coordinated selling the book in the store and through Amazon.
Julie Honn, outreach and communications officer for W-JOC and a senior from Lenexa, said Held's success is encouraging to other student writers.
"It shows that it's achievable, to achieve that balance and achieve
Although the novel was published last April, Held is still shocked to have actually published a book.
"It's a really strange feeling," he said. "I almost couldn't believe it, but I knew it was my story. I knew I wrote it. I had spent months on it."
that dream" Honn said. "That's what everybody who writes does it for, that I hope somebody reads this someday."
Held will discuss his book today at 5 p.m. at Jayhawk Ink inside the Kansas Union. There will also be a panel discussion with other
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Student Author Reading Jason Held will read from and discuss his new novel "The Write Massage."
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Monday October 3, 2011
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Ticket Cost: Free
student writers about students' writing experiences.
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