Tier Two Live

06/26/2026

Last Saturday's wedding was simply fantastic! The location was so beautiful, the wedding couple incredibly lovely people, and the guests just wanted to throw DOWN.

I had talked beforehand with the couple about strategies to pack the dancefloor, and we ended up going with a reverse anniversary dance, where we started with the two couples that had been married the longest (52 years each!) and then added couples as we went down in anniversaries. It worked like a charm, and as I was literally 10 seconds from dropping into the first banger, the photographer lets me know that the sunset was incredible and people should go outside for pictures.

No problem! I pivoted strategies and just played fun tracks for the few remaining people inside, and the dancefloor slowly grew as people finished outside. I announced when the newlyweds had entered the building, got them right in the middle of the crowd, and put the pedal to the metal with banger after banger.

For their final send off I asked if they wanted me to film it since their videographer was no longer there, so I was able to capture that special moment for them! I made sure to stay crouched down so that I wasn't in the photographer's shots.

06/24/2026

Here's what I eventually figured out. There were two separate things I needed to work through — and I'd been treating them like they were the same problem.

The first: I actually like pop music. I just hadn't admitted it yet.

Flo Rida's "Wild Ones" is an absolute banger. Once I stopped filtering it through the "am I supposed to like this" test and just listened — I loved it. Turns out my taste was always broader than I was letting on.

The second was bigger. In 2024 I started really leaning into open format DJing — mixing across genres, weaving different worlds of music together in a single set. And it's genuinely one of the most fun things I've ever done behind the decks.

Take a house groove, blend it into a pop track, pull out a great remix that bridges both worlds — you're not compromising either one. You're doing something more interesting than either one on its own.

And when you build a trust with the audience, that's when you can start to take some risks and make the real magic happen...

Part 5 of 6.

06/23/2026

Had my first ever back to back weddings this last weekend. This was Friday's. A smaller wedding with about 55 guests. The couple wanted a dance floor with some surprises, and I saved the biggest one for their last song.

When I put on Odesza's "A Moment Apart" I overheard the groom let out a little laugh and say "Nice one Dave!" They had their second date ever at an Odesza concert, and I thought it would be a fantastic way to end a magical evening.

06/22/2026

Siena Marina at last Thursday's Patio Session at The Yard. She had a fantastic selection of songs for everyone and played for over two hours!

Come see this Thursday! 5:30 to 7:30 at The Yard between Vintrey and and in front of

FREE!

06/15/2026

06/11/2026

This Friday come dance with us at Ghost Box Pizza!! I got so many questions at the last Art Night Out if I was doing the after party. We couldn't pull it together in time last month, but IT IS ON for this Friday!

Come find me Friday during Art Night Out, and I can get you a BOGO (buy one, get one) coupon for that night. I'll be volunteering at the beer tents from 6:30 to 8:30.

Music will run from 9:00 pm until late. I play tracks from across the decades and also take requests. The Art Night Out organizers and volunteers typically join once they get everything put away.

What song do you want to hear me play?

06/10/2026

I was DJing a frat party in the early 2000s. A girl asked me to play Britney Spears.

I said no.

My justification was completely sincere: we were hired as house music DJs. That's what we did. You wouldn't hire a jazz quartet and ask them to play country.

It was not a reasonable position for a frat party. But I held it.

And that pattern kept going. Years later, an old college friend asked me to DJ her house party. I agreed — with the understanding I'd play what I loved. She said fine. I showed up, played my set, and her guests were... not into it. Eventually I caved and played Michael Jackson. The room came alive immediately.

Standing there watching that happen, I realized I hadn't figured out how to do both. How to bring my genuine excitement about music into a room while also giving people what they actually needed.

That was the real problem. And solving it took longer than I'd like to admit.

Part 4 of 6.

06/07/2026

Super excited to announce our collaboration with the folks at Vintrey Honest Goods and Foxglove bar to bring live music to The Yard!

Every Thursday evening, from June 11th to August 20th, we're bringing live music from local artists. Music runs from 5:30 to 7:30.

These events made possible with the support of Old Town Lafayette, Ghost Box Pizza, Punch Buggy, and Public Wine!

06/07/2026

Our presentation group at this year's Colorado Creative Industries conference (well, everyone except Lisa from Denver Arts and Venues cause she had already taken off)

Our topic? Building your music scene.

We kicked things off with a few songs from and then Lisa led the rest of us in a panel discussion about what has worked and not worked in Lafayette. It was so great to share our stories.

06/02/2026

I moved to Boulder for college and discovered house music — which in the late '90s was still very much underground.

Then some friends and I pooled our money and bought a pair of Technics 1200s turntables.

I still have those turntables. I use them at every single wedding I DJ.

We got a residency at a place called The Barrel House — RIP — and I was having the time of my life. Playing what I loved. On my terms.

I also had very firm rules about what I would and would not play.
That becomes important in the next part.

Part 3 of 6.