First Gig in the books

Long time lurker enjoying the chat around all things DJing. First Gig down today and it was a blast/nerve wracking/fun/exhausting time. 1.5 hours at a coffee shop Grand opening doing minimal progressive house to tech house to electro pop to a big room finish. Random thoughts along the way:

1. Crashes happen. Rekordbox crashed 10min into my set, just rebooted, did a spin back and we were going again. It sucks but not the end of the world
2. Random things happen, roll with it: I had to move my booth (the "booth" was a cart on wheels) for someone from a joined restaurant to open a door to go throw trash away. Threw me off a bit but kept on rolling
3. Small mistakes happen, do your best to play it off: I paused the main deck for half second and accidentally key shifted +7 vs +1. It was an "oops" moment but if you keep the mix going most people won't care
4. (And this should be 1) Song selection above all else: I had multiple people come up to me and say they loved my choices. Not the transitions or the blends/mashups but the song choices. Be confident in your taste and make sure to play to the crowd.

I never thought I could do it, but you go, you do it, you mess up, you nail a transition... Above all look back and enjoy it