Kleinschmidt, Inc. @ the Four Seasons

Stevie Schmidt is a loving mom and wife, a world traveler, a culture fanatic, an excellent storyteller, a music lover, and one of the integral parts of Kleinschmidt, Inc., an e-commerce solutions company. Stevie and her small, but mighty group of 60 employees were going to celebrate their holiday party at the Four Seasons Hotel. The cool thing about this event was that there were some really big music lovers in the group. I was speaking with this one gentleman who periodically came up to the table and gave me interesting requests, like Maynard Ferguson, a really old Al Jarreau song, and mixing old and new Tony Bennett together. Whoo. Even my client Stevie was into the blues and good ol' rock and roll. Overall, dancing was quite active and very fun. Two versions of "Soul Man" and "SexyBack" were played during the evening. The first mentioned song was covered by Sam & Dave, as well as The Blues Brothers. As for the latter, yes…Justin Timberlake, of course, but did you know that the band Poison recently came out with a rockin' cover of the JT dance hit? Yes way. What's even more amusing is that Stevie introduced the song to me. I would have never, ever discovered it without her guidance. Go figure, indeed. I ended the night with the Blues Brothers version of "Soul Man," which was a last-minute decision on my part, but it worked out well. Stevie came to me at the end of the night and gave me a big hug along with the affirmation that "this was the most dancing that has happened at any of the past parties." That alone made me feel pretty darn good.

Here's one bit of information that I did not relay: This was the first time that I worked without an assistant. That's oh-so right! DJ Lone Wolf was in the hawwwssse. This was one of our "all hands on deck" days, in which almost every Fig person was out on a gig. There were times where I would have liked to have someone to talk to during the gig, but for the most part, I felt confident. In fact, I enjoyed the challenge of making my own musical decisions and being in charge of the event. Besides, it was fun having the table all to myself. Heh. I did have the awesome Erik Friedly to help me set up and break down the gear, and I did borrow the well-working deejay rig of Jon Hood. Although I performed alone, I definitely did not feel alone. Thank goodness I won't have to keep the name "DJ Lone Wolf!"

– Brent Rolland, resident Fig deejay