Same experience as a DJ. You don't open a night with bangers - that's a great way to alienate everybody. Pick the light tone, don't go for anything further than

Same experience as a DJ. You don't open a night with bangers - that's a great way to alienate everybody. Pick the light tone, don't go for anything further than nodding along to music in the beginning, and then gradually, track by track, pick up the pace, keeping an eye on the dancefloor. Same principle also works wonders in sex, btw.