After tons of MJ salutes I djed in the past couple weeks, I've come to this conclusion: MJ passing has brought upon a seperate genre
for us djs. The genre is just that: MJ! You know how I list the type of music I will be playing on a flyer or promotional eblast. You've seen it....it reads like this - "Jon Quick will be on wheels rockin' all styles: hiphop r&b reggae soca". Well now the list will read like this from this day forward: "hiphop r&b reggae soca MJ"
Yep, that's right. "MJ" is now a genre a music. I thought people would grow tired of all the MJ music being played in the past 10 days or so but its actually quite the opposite. There were a couple occasions last week in which the party didn't start until I threw on some MJ. Real talk!
Now me, I've always had at least 10 songs in my MJ rotation that I would play throughout the night. "Wanna be where you are" was always one of my warmup songs, "Wanna Be Startin' Something", "Dont Stop til you get enough", "Off the Wall", "Remember the Time", "The love you save", "Blame it on the Boogie", "Rock with you", "Dancin' Machine", "I want you back" whear all in my normal rotation before his death. Now I've added about 6-7 more that I play on a regular. And nobody complains. They seem to love it!!
Although he is gone, in some ways he isn't. His passing has introduced his timeless music to a whole new generation! Look how some of his album sales spiked in the past couple weeks. One thing you should know......MJ will always be alive through DJ Jon Quick's turntables. This was the music I grew up on....the music I learned to mix on....hell, I had 4 "Off the Wall" lps because the first two wore out from mixin'! Long live the King of Pop!!! Whoa...I feel another mix cd comin' on! Heeeeheeee!!
DJ Jon Quick is at the following venues this week:
Tues: La Merde - Cabanas Rooftop @Maritime Hotel - 88 Ninth Ave at 17th st. - 6-11pm
Wed: Love & Basketball @Moca - 2110 Frederick Douglass Blvd at 119th St. - 8-12am
Thur: Third Thursdays @Taj - 48 West 21st between 5th/6th Aves - 6-11pm
Fri: Be Owt Party w/Jersey City Ques @Boys & Girls Club -1 Canal St. Jersey City, NJ 10-2am
Fri: Funky Buddha @Pranna - 79 Madison Ave at 28th St. 11-4am
Sat: Premium @The Vault - 225 E. Houston @Essex st. - 11-4am
