Matthew Reate

FIELD NOTES / ISSUE

Claudia & Jimmy at TWA Hotel

Booked via NTW Wedding DJs

TWA_ISSUE_007 / Archive

Room log from the archive.

Set Context

VENUE

CITY

DATE

SET

CROWD NOTE

Live Set Recording

A straight room capture from first pour to close.

Highlights

Photo Evidence

Unique image files only.

Vendors

Who made the night work, and where to find them.

The Full Log 74 tracks

Every track cued, in order. BPM and key for the nerds. Live performances noted.

Ceremony Sunken Lounge. EV 8 worked beautifully — acoustics are excellent in there. Did not need a second speaker for ceremony or cocktail (same space).
  1. Wedding party processional La Valse de L’Amour Patrick Doyle —
  2. Recessional All You Need Is Love The Beatles —
  3. Ceremony bed So This Is Love Custom loop —

    Looped ~8 times during the ceremony. Mark a cleaner loop point next time, or pre-export an extended version.

Paebak Top of reception. ~30 minutes of Korean tradition layered into the 1962 Ballroom. Music delivered the morning of as a YouTube link to a 10-hour loop — played via laptop into Rane Four ch1, faded under Heajin and the family auntie. Wireless mic rode the toast portions through two sets of parents and two sets of aunts/uncles.
Dinner Long acoustic pocket. Stand by Me through The Only Living Boy in New York — soul, classic rock, millennial pop in slow rotation. Josh Yang singing live in the room.
  1. Stand by Me Ben E. King 118 BPM · 11B
  2. My Girl The Temptations 105 BPM · 8B
  3. Respect Aretha Franklin 115 BPM · 5A
  4. Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell 130 BPM · 10A
  5. Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison 150 BPM · 9B
  6. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond 126 BPM · 1B
  7. Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours) Stevie Wonder 109 BPM · 4A
  8. Tiny Dancer Elton John 72 BPM · 8B
  9. Dreams Fleetwood Mac 120 BPM · 8B
  10. I Will Survive (Original 7") Gloria Gaynor 116 BPM · 8A
  11. You Make My Dreams (Come True) Daryl Hall & John Oates 84 BPM · 7B
  12. Don’t Stop Believin’ (2022 Remaster) Journey 121 BPM · 12B
  13. Take On Me a‐ha 85 BPM · 11B
  14. The Sign Ace of Base 97 BPM · 6A
  15. Bitter Sweet Symphony (Remastered 2016) The Verve 86 BPM · 12B
  16. You Get What You Give New Radicals 114 BPM · 10B
  17. A Thousand Miles Vanessa Carlton 95 BPM · 1B
  18. You Belong With Me Taylor Swift 130 BPM · 2B
  19. Rolling in the Deep Adele 105 BPM · 5A
  20. We Are Young (feat. Janelle Monáe) fun./Janelle Monáe 92 BPM · 7B
  21. Shake It Off Taylor Swift 80 BPM · 9B
  22. Bitter With the Sweet Carole King 99 BPM · 5B
  23. Live performance Aurora Skies (wedding version) Joshua Yang 83 BPM · 1B

    Josh Yang singing, live in the room.

  24. The Only Living Boy in New York Simon & Garfunkel 77 BPM · 1B
Formals Mother/son and father/daughter, then first dance — Matthew Reate custom edits on the first dance and the father/daughter mashup.
  1. Buffer Little Sunflower Dorothy Ashby 154 BPM · 7A

    Buffer into the formals block.

  2. First dance Waltz of the Flowers — 90% speed Matthew Reate 75 BPM · 3B

    Matthew Reate custom edit, 90% speed.

  3. Mother/son Moon River 2CELLOS 79 BPM · 9B

    2CELLOS cut at 1:28 — clean natural end.

  4. Father/daughter Claudia & Jimmy — Father Daughter Mashup Matthew Reate 112 BPM · 8B

    Matthew Reate custom mashup.

Cake Quick — guests were used to the tight production flow by then.
  1. Cake cutting Married Life Michael Giacchino 163 BPM · 8B

    ~30-45 second clip — quick, tight production flow.

Dance Opened with the disco zigzag. Floor sat empty ten minutes. Guest-request Bieber ’Baby’ at 9:49 PM broke the seal — floor filled in thirty seconds, never thinned out. K-pop spine in the back half, Katy Perry closer.
  1. Got to Be Real (Single Version) Cheryl Lynn 115 BPM · 8A

    Floor opener.

  2. Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough Michael Jackson 119 BPM · 10A
  3. Let’s Groove (Album Version) Earth, Wind & Fire 125 BPM · 10A
  4. Voulez-Vous ABBA 127 BPM · 9A
  5. I Was Made for Lovin’ You KISS 128 BPM · 9A
  6. Just Can’t Get Enough Depeche Mode 128 BPM · 9B
  7. Don’t Start Now - Purple Disco Machine Remix Dua Lipa/Purple Disco Machine 124 BPM · 10B
  8. Livin’ la Vida Loca Ricky Martin 178 BPM · 12A
  9. Redo Crankdat 73 BPM · 8B
  10. APT. ROSÉ & Bruno Mars 149 BPM · 6A
  11. Stayin’ Alive (Serban Mix) Bee Gees 104 BPM · 4A
  12. Blame It on the Boogie The Jacksons 114 BPM · 2A
  13. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) Whitney Houston 119 BPM · 3A
  14. Sunny Boney M. 122 BPM · 5A
  15. Hung Up Madonna 125 BPM · 7A
  16. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) Dead or Alive 128 BPM · 11A
  17. Baby Justin Bieber/Ludacris 130 BPM · 5B

    9:49 PM. Guest request after the floor sat empty for ten minutes. Broke the seal — the brave couple went out, then everyone followed.

  18. DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love Usher 120 BPM · 6A
  19. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho) Pitbull 127 BPM · 7A
  20. TiK ToK Ke$ha 120 BPM · 7A
  21. Beauty And A Beat (Album Version) Justin Bieber 128 BPM · 8B
  22. I Gotta Feeling The Black Eyed Peas 128 BPM · 9B
  23. Love in This Club (feat. Young Jeezy) USHER/Jeezy 140 BPM · 8A
  24. Golden HUNTR/X/EJAE/AUDREY NUNA/REI AMI/KPop Demon Hunters Cast 123 BPM · 9B
  25. Good Luck, Babe! Chappell Roan 117 BPM · 10B
  26. Fantastic Baby Bigbang 130 BPM · 7A
  27. JUMP BLACKPINK 145 BPM · 6A
  28. Everytime We Touch Cascada 142 BPM · 4B
  29. I Love It Icona Pop feat. Charli XCX 126 BPM · 4B
  30. Call Me Maybe Carly Rae Jepsen 120 BPM · 9B
  31. Teenage Dream Katy Perry 120 BPM · 6B
  32. Low (feat. T-Pain) Flo Rida/T-Pain 128 BPM · 2A
  33. We Found Love Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris 128 BPM · 2B
  34. No Broke Boys Disco Lines, Tinashe 131 BPM · 1B
  35. What Makes You Beautiful One Direction 125 BPM · 12B
  36. Just the Way You Are Bruno Mars 109 BPM · 7B
  37. BANG BANG BANG BIGBANG 135 BPM · 5A
  38. Time of Our Lives Pitbull & Ne‐Yo 124 BPM · 4A
  39. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) Katy Perry 126 BPM · 2B
  40. Good Time Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen 126 BPM · 5B
  41. Boom Boom Pow The Black Eyed Peas 130 BPM · 7A
  42. Birthday Katy Perry 126 BPM · 1B

    Closer at 10:55 PM.