One of the most spectactular views of Sydney fireworks was held at this spot. This crowd consisted of young and old, locals and tourists, couples and groups who were complete strangers to each other. This empowered me to create the entire playlist for the night to unite everyone to the dance floor - a mash up from dance, hip hop, jazz, aussie anthems to chillout!

Early in the night 'Run This Town' (live request) mixed well with 'Empire State of Mind' pleasing a handful of guests from NYC and our younger demo Sydney siders (who've pushed this song to 4th place in the arias chart). The night had peaked when 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' mixed with 'Copacobana' then into 'Conga'. Moments before count down BEP's 'I Gotta Feeling' was the song of 2009 and I couldn't resist to play Europe's 'Final Countdown'. During the fireworks was 'Over the Rainbow', 'Fly me to the Moon' and 'On a night like this'.

This was my first NYE gig and I was so nervous for the count down. My eyes were fixed on the Harbour Bridge's shrinking blue dart board. Once the outer circle disappeared I knew when 10 had been counted to drop 9 with precision - success!