Sit down with DJ Baby Van Beezly to explore her journey from CPA to club and wedding DJ, the artistry behind turntable performances, and the realities of parenting while working nights. Baby shares hilarious tales from the dance floor, her approach to creating unforgettable event atmospheres, and how she balances both creativity and client requests. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s really like behind the DJ booth, this episode delivers the inside scoop — with plenty of laughs, inspiration, and even a legendary “poop dollar” story from the Sundgren family vault.
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Alysse Bryson [00:00:00]:
What, are you gonna rap? Rap? Are you gonna be like.
Libby Sundgren [00:00:04]:
Oh, I. You guys just hope that I’m gonna rap and scat us right out of this interview at the end, actually, every day.
Vanessa Resler [00:00:13]:
That’d be great.
Libby Sundgren [00:00:15]:
Every day at around 5 o’ clock, I start to scat. I don’t know what it is. I just do it. I just like to, like, be about. And it simultaneously brings so much joy to my children and my husband. And also they’re just like, could you stop?
Alysse Bryson [00:00:37]:
Welcome to Beats Working Winning the Game of Events, where we share stories and strategies to turn any event or life moment into something unforgettable.
Libby Sundgren [00:00:46]:
Events are wild and the people who work in them are some of the most resilient humans on earth. If you know, you know.
Alysse Bryson [00:00:54]:
So come with us behind the curtain for a look at their most memorable experiences.
Libby Sundgren [00:00:59]:
As they say, the show must go on. So let’s get on with the show. Welcome back to Beats Working Winning the Game of Events. Today’s guest is a force behind the DJ booth who’s been lighting up at Seattle dance floor since 2010. She’s electrifying private parties, club nights, high profile events. It doesn’t matter where she is, what she’s doing. She’s the hardest working DJ in town. Please welcome the one and only DJ Baby Van Beasley.
Vanessa Resler [00:01:35]:
Hello. We’re so good at this.
Alysse Bryson [00:01:42]:
I just wanted to do that all day. I was looking forward to that.
Vanessa Resler [00:01:46]:
Love it. You nailed it.
Alysse Bryson [00:01:48]:
Is that what people do when they see you or when they meet you for the first time? Or they just like.
Vanessa Resler [00:01:53]:
Yes. No, like literally, they. A lot of weddings, they. They walk by me, they see me standing at the table at the turntables and they do the hand. The hand moving the record. They motion that to me and I’m like, scratch, right? Yeah, that’s right. That is what I do.
Libby Sundgren [00:02:08]:
Like, correct. That is.
Vanessa Resler [00:02:13]:
It’s just like that for you. Yeah.
Alysse Bryson [00:02:16]:
You better hope I didn’t just finish playing poop$. Sorry.
Libby Sundgren [00:02:22]:
That’ll be a bonus clip. If you want to hear all about a game called poop$, just watch the clips.
Alysse Bryson [00:02:27]:
Yeah, you have to listen to the full episode to hear that one.
Vanessa Resler [00:02:30]:
Yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:02:30]:
Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Okay. You, like I said, have been DJing since 2010. What is your process like, as, like, when you book a gig, how do you, I mean, first decide, I guess, if you want to do it or not and if, you know, how do you suss out whether it’s the right fit for you and then how. I feel like so many people, especially now with, you know, so many ways to consume music, some people have very specific likes and dislikes. And how. How do you curate the mood and the music for an evening when.
Libby Sundgren [00:03:13]:
When you start working with somebody?
Vanessa Resler [00:03:14]:
Yes. Many great questions there.
Libby Sundgren [00:03:17]:
There’s like 10 of them. Sorry.
Vanessa Resler [00:03:19]:
It’s great. I’m all over it. Yeah. So, okay. As far as which clients I work with, I. I always feel like we are, like, it’s a. It’s a dual interview. I want to make sure.
Vanessa Resler [00:03:34]:
When it’s. Particularly with weddings, like, I want to make sure I’m a good fit for them as much as they’re a good fit for me. You know, I have certain things where, like where. When we meet or something. I don’t know if I was feeling that, like, I’ll pass on. I like, I don’t know if they have the traditional, like, giant folder and like, I’ve been planning this for 30 years. Wow.
Libby Sundgren [00:03:53]:
Give me a lot flawed pressure.
Vanessa Resler [00:03:56]:
Yeah. So I. I tend to book, like, weddings that are like around 200 guests. I’m more of like the offbeat wedding DJ, especially because I do so much club and nightlife. I bring that perspective of it to. To my weddings and corporate events and stuff, so. So if you want someone that’s like, super buttoned up, it’s kind of not me, so.
Libby Sundgren [00:04:20]:
And now over at the cake table.
Vanessa Resler [00:04:23]:
Yeah, I mean, I’m very professional.
Libby Sundgren [00:04:25]:
You could. You could do it, I bet. Totally.
Vanessa Resler [00:04:27]:
I can. I totally can. But, you know, I think a lot of couples, they’ll go to my website or they’ll go to my social media and be like, oh, got it. Like, this is not like the big formal event person. So. Which is great. So, I mean, I have a lot of couples that come to me. Like.
Vanessa Resler [00:04:42]:
Like you’re saying people have very specific likes and dislikes. As an open format dj, I can play most genres. Most all genres. But we all have our favorites and our specialties. So I think a lot of people will find me. I’m pretty well known for my emo and pop punk events I throw. So I have a lot of emo and rock and roll clients that will come find me. So.
Vanessa Resler [00:05:03]:
Yeah, but I think a lot of people just. They come to me if they’re wanting something that’s like, not your standard typical vibe. Like, I DJ on turntables and yeah, I DJ club style. So that’s kind of how. That’s kind of how I choose it. People are cool with me playing that way that I’m cool with them.
Libby Sundgren [00:05:25]:
What is club Style. I think I can hear it in my mind. But how would you, how would you say that out loud? What’s the difference between club style and not club style?
Vanessa Resler [00:05:35]:
Yeah. And this is in no way, shape or form me casting shade or judgment on any other DJ in their method of play. Because we are all out here doing the work and doing the most. Totally. Yeah, there’s. There’s some wedding DJs that are there to. They want to meet the client’s needs. Exactly.
Vanessa Resler [00:05:54]:
They’re going to play songs back to back. I’m really hardcore about the craft and the artistry of DJing. Everything is like beat matched and blended. And I’m also a scratch and performance dj. So when clients book with me, they get a little bit more of that style of element being a turntable dj as opposed to just like banging songs one into the other. So, yeah, I’m like, I’m pretty. I’m very hardcore about setting a vibe, making sure everything blends and works. Like, if a guest comes up and makes a request, I’m not going to just play it next song because if it doesn’t work with the curation of the night, then I’m like, you can wait for it or, you know, whatever, or maybe not.
Vanessa Resler [00:06:31]:
You’ll have.
Alysse Bryson [00:06:32]:
Maybe never play it on the way home. Have a nice night.
Vanessa Resler [00:06:36]:
Yeah, if the bride or groom says, I want to hear this song next, like, I’m going to play it.
Libby Sundgren [00:06:40]:
Like, yeah, I’ll figure out a way.
Vanessa Resler [00:06:43]:
Yeah, I’m really. I’m a very firm believer in like the craft and the work that goes into DJing and being a skilled DJ and like setting a vibe and making every blend sound good. So I think that’s more what I mean by club style. Like things that you would hear like, in the nightclub. I’m really big on, like remixes and mashups and stuff like that. You know, I play radio edits also, of course, because that’s important at weddings and like, everyone wants nostalgia, but for corporate or other events where it’s more appropriate, like, I might give like more of a nightclub vibe.
Libby Sundgren [00:07:12]:
So, yeah, you’re not going to play like Celebration, like from start to finish and then just hop into Shout or something like that?
Vanessa Resler [00:07:21]:
No, no, but you can blend them. I do love shout. I do love Shout is a good thing. I will never, I will never get tired of it.
Libby Sundgren [00:07:31]:
Well, because everyone can sing it. They can all do it.
Vanessa Resler [00:07:33]:
Yeah, exactly. So they can all do it and I just love that. I love the vibe. Like everyone, everyone knows and they’re just in, like, yep, here it is. It’s shout. We all know exactly what to do. Hands in the air, Low to the floor. We all jump at the same time.
Vanessa Resler [00:07:45]:
Done.
Alysse Bryson [00:07:46]:
Yep, we’ve got it. Have you ever had, like, a couple where they. They basically, they give you a very detailed playlist? Like, we want all of these songs in this exact order. Like, how do you. How do you deal with that?
Vanessa Resler [00:08:00]:
Oh, yeah, Lots of times I’ve had couples that are like, here’s, you know, this playlist will be played for the first third of the dance floor, this playlist for the second third, and this for the third. It’s not my favorite thing to deal with, but. But I can absolutely do it. It just kind of, like, hinders my ability to DJ well, what I consider well, which is, like I said, the mixing and blending. But with that being said, I. I’m a talented dj, and I can make anything work. Like, moving between genres is a big part of weddings and private events. So.
Vanessa Resler [00:08:34]:
And at the end of the day, you know, if you’re getting married and these are songs that are special to you and you want to enjoy them at a specific moment in your night, you know, you have the right to say that, so.
Alysse Bryson [00:08:42]:
Of course.
Vanessa Resler [00:08:44]:
So, yes. But, yeah, I definitely. I’ve definitely encountered that before. I’ve had, like, spreadsheets with times and so.
Alysse Bryson [00:08:50]:
Oh, wow.
Vanessa Resler [00:08:52]:
Yeah. I’m like, if you want to pay me to come here and be a glorified Spotify, I can do that for you. But I think everyone’s gonna have a better time if you let me do what I do best, which is read the room, set a vibe, make sure, like, everyone and every generation is on the floor at some point in the night. So, yes, I don’t recommend doing that for your dj, but if you gotta do it, you gotta do it well.
Libby Sundgren [00:09:13]:
Cause that’s a really good point because when you. I mean, people don’t really probably think about it, but when you’re DJing, you’re not just pressing play or mixing songs. Like, you really are reading the vibe and the energy of the room and like, oh, like, what’s this group over here doing? Like, what’s this group? Like, what could I. What. What kind of similarities could I, like, feel from these people that I could maybe get something that everyone can, you know, dance to at the same time? That’s a real skill to be able to three people like that.
Vanessa Resler [00:09:48]:
It’s the puzzle to solve. Yeah. And it’s all. It’s all about creating a blend that’s going to get everybody out there. Because with weddings in particular, it really is just a giant demographic of different people. Like, if the club books me and they want an emo night, like, that’s easy. I know what the room wants. A wedding is a bunch of different people from very different walks of life, and they all have very different opinions about what.
Vanessa Resler [00:10:10]:
What gets the room going.
Libby Sundgren [00:10:12]:
They do.
Vanessa Resler [00:10:14]:
So, yeah, I try to find. I try to find things that are better appealing to everybody, you know, as I usually will start my dance floor off with, like, music that is cross generationally enjoyable. Like, this is like your discos and, like, maybe some 80s or things like that. Like, stuff that, like, everybody loves. Like, everybody will dance to 80s music. We can all agree.
Alysse Bryson [00:10:35]:
Yep, it’s true.
Vanessa Resler [00:10:36]:
Yeah. And then as the night goes, I’ll drive it more towards the, like, the age group of the bride and groom and all their friends. Like, then I make it like, this is about uni buds now. Like, what you listen to in high school and college and the hits.
Libby Sundgren [00:10:53]:
So how do you. What does that moment feel like from your perspective when you are, you know, watching the crowd and you see kind of the energy shift from that. Oh, like, this is a great event to people just frothing at the mouth because they’re having so much fun dancing, just sweating, like, suit shirts being, like, ripped open. Like, tie goes on the head.
Vanessa Resler [00:11:21]:
Yes.
Libby Sundgren [00:11:22]:
Like, what. What does that feel like from. From your perspective back in the booth?
Vanessa Resler [00:11:28]:
Oh, I mean, it’s amazing. The feeling of, like, oh, I am killing this set right now is like, I can’t even explain it. It’s like, why I do what I do. Like, yeah, it’s so fun. I mean, I always tell people, like, I’m in the business of spreading joy. That’s literally my job is to bring joy to people. I’m like, the fun part of wedding planning. I don’t deal with any of the drama.
Vanessa Resler [00:11:48]:
Like, we get to talk about music and dance parties. Like, so, yeah, no one. When I. When I see the room popping off, I get so stoked. Like, and it really does, like, feel like a connection. Like, it’s like I’m. I’m connecting with the guests. We’re all making eyes.
Vanessa Resler [00:12:02]:
We’re all like, you know, a song comes on, they, like, they’re all looking at me like, yeah, dj. Yeah, exactly. That’s great.
Alysse Bryson [00:12:12]:
How did you know? When did you. How did you get into it? I mean, I know we talked about 2010, but, like, before that, like, how. How did you get there?
Vanessa Resler [00:12:22]:
Yeah, that is a great question. So I was actually a cpa.
Alysse Bryson [00:12:29]:
A natural transition. Cpa because it rhymes CPA to D. Got it.
Vanessa Resler [00:12:36]:
That’s right. Yeah. I was a. I was an accountant. I, like, got a master’s degree in tax preparation, and I, like, worked a corporate desk job. And like, five months into it, like, I just. I. I kept saying, like, I felt like I was in, like, normal people drag when I was at work.
Vanessa Resler [00:12:54]:
Like, I’m in here going insane, and nobody else is like, I can’t do this. I can’t be chained to this desk anymore. So, like, yeah, so five months and I quit. And I was like, I’m young. I can start over. So I was like, whatever I do next has to be the most fun thing in the world. And at that time, that was karaoke. I loved going to sing karaoke.
Vanessa Resler [00:13:12]:
I’d won, like, multiple karaoke contests. So I started my business as a kj. And actually, the name. The DJ named Baby Van Beasley came from, like, a woman’s office plate. In my corporate. Like, in my corporate office, she had a different name. I don’t know if I should say her name on a podcast, but, like, I would always see her name and, like, in my head, I would, like, remix it and be like, yo, that’s vampizzle, baby. Vampizzle.
Vanessa Resler [00:13:37]:
So I don’t know why it just stuck with me. So when I quit to quit being a CPA to. To host karaoke, I was like, I’ll make this my karaoke name. And then I was throwing these, like, raging karaoke parties, and I would, like, People would sing for a bit, and then I would play music in the middle. And I picked up, like, reading a room really easy. And I picked. I figured out how to pace a night and, like, how to, like, drive energy and do the builds and the drops and, like, you know, the tension and the release that made everybody just go nuts. And so I kind of.
Vanessa Resler [00:14:03]:
I took that and spun it off into, like, okay, well, I guess I should learn to dj, because, like, I think clients are gonna book me more often if I can do both. And then that just kept. I just kept getting more and more bookings, and I started digging deeper into the craft of DJing. And then I learned how to scratch and. And play on turntables. And, yeah, the rest was history from there. But, yeah, it all. It all came from just severe, aggressive boredom from doing accounting.
Libby Sundgren [00:14:30]:
That’ll do it.
Vanessa Resler [00:14:32]:
Yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:14:33]:
I’ll guide you in different direction. Okay. Is that how you met Kelly?
Vanessa Resler [00:14:38]:
Yes. Me and Kelly Worked at the same accounting firm together.
Libby Sundgren [00:14:41]:
Oh, my God, that’s wild.
Alysse Bryson [00:14:43]:
I get. Neither one of you belong in a corporate accounting office, like, at all.
Vanessa Resler [00:14:48]:
At all. No, she was doing the. The event planning for the company. But I remember the day I met her, I was like, oh, my God, you’re weird.
Libby Sundgren [00:14:54]:
Like, me, we could do this.
Vanessa Resler [00:14:56]:
So, yeah, we both kind of like left and pivoted our lives like a similar time. So, I mean, I like Kelly B. Kelly B. Is the one. I am always so grateful to her. Like, she really helped me get my business launched and started. Was like everywhere from her, like, friendship. She booked me a lot of things.
Vanessa Resler [00:15:13]:
Like, gave me the confidence to just pursue this and go for it. Like, shout out to Kelly B. I love you. I fucking love you.
Libby Sundgren [00:15:20]:
She’s the best.
Alysse Bryson [00:15:21]:
She is best.
Libby Sundgren [00:15:23]:
And we’ve had an episode in the show Notes. I’m sure everyone who’s listening right now has already listened to Kelly’s episode because it’s amazing. But I’m going to link it too, because, yeah, she’s.
Vanessa Resler [00:15:33]:
She’s incredible. She’s a creative genius. Like, so incredible.
Alysse Bryson [00:15:37]:
You can’t be in the Seattle area and in the events world and not know Kelly Bay. Like, just full. You just. You just can’t. You just can’t.
Vanessa Resler [00:15:44]:
Yeah, she’s a blast. Just like one of the funnest humans ever. Also good people.
Libby Sundgren [00:15:50]:
Just good people.
Vanessa Resler [00:15:53]:
What is your.
Alysse Bryson [00:15:54]:
Oh, sorry.
Libby Sundgren [00:15:54]:
No, you go.
Alysse Bryson [00:15:56]:
What do you have a DJ or DJs, plural, that, like, you would love to meet or that you have met, like, iconic, like, oh, my God, like aspirational, that they’re the creme de la creme of the DJ universe.
Vanessa Resler [00:16:12]:
Oh, yeah. I mean, I obviously all like, the big. The big superstar EDM DJs. I love, like, the DJ producers, you know, but as far as you just said I want to meet, I actually. So one of my DJ idols, her, she’s in la. Her name is DJ Shorty. She’s one of the best female scratch and turntable DJs in the world. Like, very well known.
Vanessa Resler [00:16:35]:
And she’s actually my mentor now and I’ve worked with her for years just through, like, she helps me with skill, growth and mindset of the industry. And we meet, like every two weeks and we, like, we work on scratching or whatever. Whatever I need to work on. She’s like, she’s my guide on the side. But it’s really cool during the pandemic is when I really, like, narrowed down on, like, okay, I want to be a scratch and turntable dj, this is what I want to do. I’m home, I have time. I can’t go out and play gigs. Like, I’m just going to make this my whole world.
Vanessa Resler [00:17:04]:
And I had a newborn baby at the time, so DJ Shorty was on YouTube doing this like, scratch with me, like back and forth where she’s on YouTube and she’d scratch for eight bars and then we’d scratch and I got some video of me scratching with my newborn in like a front pack. You scratch me and I’m like on the turntables making cuts. And I, I posted it and I tagged her in it and then we started like dming back and forth and like, I was really like excited. So excited and honored that she even gave me the time of day. And like, so I feel like not only have I met my DJ idol, but like, I consider her like a friend now and a mentor. And yeah, it’s really cool. She’s so unbelievably talented. Like, just, it’s every time we meet and I watch her scratch, I’m just like, jaw dropped.
Vanessa Resler [00:17:48]:
Like I fangirl all over again. I get so nervous whenever I have to DJ in front of her. Still, that’s what she’s there for, to like, help me get better. So.
Alysse Bryson [00:17:55]:
Yeah, well, and then speaking of just being a mom in this world, like, what is that like with work life balance? Because your work working a lot of nights and weekends. So what is that like?
Vanessa Resler [00:18:06]:
Yeah, that is, that’s the question right there. It. It’s really, really challenging. I. I think for the last four nights in a row, I’ve gotten like four and a half or five hours of sleep. Like, it’s just kind of comes with the territory, you know, You. I’ll go out and I’ll work in the club until 2am I have to go to 6 with my kids. And like, it’s not every day, but you know it.
Vanessa Resler [00:18:31]:
If you do that once or twice a week, it like just feels like the bounce back, it’s harder and harder. And I would take this over, like being back at the accounting desk, I would see my kids less. Like every time I have to like get on the phone to like write back a client or do a social media post. If my daughter, like, I had a day where my daughter was like, wow, mom, you work a lot. And I was like, I got on a piece of paper, I was like, let me show you what a 9 to 5 working mom works like. And this is how much you would see me and like, look at you get me during the day, I put you to bed and then I go to work. Like, you know, so I know if like writing an email there is annoying or it feels like I’m not present, like, just. I hope you can understand that, that you’re getting a lot more of me than a lot of kids.
Alysse Bryson [00:19:14]:
One day.
Libby Sundgren [00:19:14]:
One day she will, she’ll know.
Vanessa Resler [00:19:18]:
Yeah. So. Yeah. But I mean, I have a like incredibly supportive partner. And my, my kids are 5050 with me and their dad. So on the weekends I just work, work, work, work, work. And then when they’re with me, I try to do as much like I try to split them off and be as focused on children as I can. I mean, I’m not always perfect at it.
Vanessa Resler [00:19:37]:
I fall on my face a lot. It is overwhelming and stressful. But I mean, aren’t we all over?
Alysse Bryson [00:19:42]:
That’s also just being a mom. That’s also just being a mom. Does Fisher Price make a play DJ set?
Vanessa Resler [00:19:50]:
They sure do.
Alysse Bryson [00:19:51]:
Of course they do.
Vanessa Resler [00:19:54]:
I know. I keep wondering if my kids will go into the family business, to the family biz.
Alysse Bryson [00:19:59]:
Guys, you know, my son works at a dispensary and so he took right after his father. And the upside is it’s legal now. So see, you know. Yeah, one can dream.
Vanessa Resler [00:20:12]:
One can dream.
Libby Sundgren [00:20:13]:
It could happen. Okay, so when you get home at 2 in the morning or 2:30, you know, if it doesn’t actually close until 2 and you get home at 2:30, what is your. I mean, kids or no kids? It actually, I’m sure it’s a different ritual. But what is your like post event ritual? Do you like. Yeah, always stop and get a specific snack. Do you like always get a specific something to eat the next day? Clearly I’m hungry. I’m only talking about the food part of rituals. So.
Libby Sundgren [00:20:45]:
No, anything else you do is. You’re welcome to share.
Alysse Bryson [00:20:48]:
She really just wants to know.
Libby Sundgren [00:20:49]:
I just want to know snacks, what.
Alysse Bryson [00:20:50]:
Your favorite snacks are.
Vanessa Resler [00:20:52]:
My favorite snacks are. Well, to answer a question about my favorite snacks, I, I’m a vegan. So I do, Yeah, I do stick to my vegan snacking. No, so actually that’s funny you bring up food. So I have like a strict rule that like I, I won’t eat after work. Like I, I try to bring something to eat. Like I like make these like vegan protein ball things at home or my girlfriend makes them for me. Thank you.
Vanessa Resler [00:21:16]:
I love you. I don’t have time to make them.
Libby Sundgren [00:21:19]:
They’re the best.
Vanessa Resler [00:21:20]:
But yeah, I, I have A rule like I eat those at 10 o’ clock and that’s it. Like, because I was finding if you eat at 2am when you get off of work, it like disrupts your sleep too much. Like I, it’s already. So I have this thing where I don’t ever get to have a circadian rhythm because I’ll have my kids for part of the week and I have to get up at 6am with them. And then on the weekends, you know, I don’t. I try to sleep as much as I can. But yeah, I’ll try to go to bed early when I have them and I don’t have a gig and then so I never get, I never like I’m going to be every night in my wake up or whatever. Like that’s not, that’s not my life.
Vanessa Resler [00:21:54]:
So basically whatever’s gonna make me fall asleep fastest is what I do. And it can be really hard to come down from like you know, such a high energy. Just also if like I’ve had a really good night, if it was a great set and I was really vibing with the crowd and stuff, it can take a while to like wind down from that. So. So yeah, so I don’t, I don’t eat. I try to just get in, I brush my teeth immediately. Because also that’s the other thing is if you start eating at 2 in the morning then your body gets trained for it and then you’re just like starving like so hungry when you get off work. So yeah, like try and keep a routine with that as much as I can.
Vanessa Resler [00:22:28]:
But yeah, if, when I get home I usually try to get in bed right away. I do, I try to do. I have a pull up barge. I do five pull ups before bed, like burn off any last energy and then, and then yeah, like brush your teeth.
Libby Sundgren [00:22:42]:
5 pull ups. Wash your face and just like do you read? You just go in and just go straight, just right into Snow Zone.
Vanessa Resler [00:22:51]:
I put on a very familiar TV show that I’ve watched a million trillion times. What is it? I. Well right now I’m doing the Office again for like maybe.
Libby Sundgren [00:22:58]:
Oh, I love the Office.
Alysse Bryson [00:22:59]:
Oh my gosh.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:00]:
Go ahead, pull out your Polly Pockets on my Crocs.
Alysse Bryson [00:23:04]:
Oh, allow your Polly Pockets. Everybody wants to see your Polly Pocket, lady.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:08]:
They do.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:10]:
Oh, that’s cool.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:11]:
I know, it’s so cute. My husband got it for me and all my people are following now. But it’s like, it’s Polly Pocket. Did you ever have Polly Pockets?
Vanessa Resler [00:23:21]:
Yeah. Hell yeah. I remember Polly Pockets.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:23]:
And, like, this is the break room.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:26]:
That is so cute.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:27]:
It looks just like the show and his office. And the banner in the break room says, it is your birthday. From Kelly’s birthday episode.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:34]:
It is your birthday.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:36]:
There’s even, like.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:38]:
I just watched that one the other night while falling asleep. There’s a.
Libby Sundgren [00:23:41]:
My camera can’t catch it, but there’s.
Alysse Bryson [00:23:43]:
A stapler in jelly.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:48]:
It’s so good.
Alysse Bryson [00:23:50]:
There’s a beat.
Vanessa Resler [00:23:51]:
It’s really cool. They thought of everything.
Alysse Bryson [00:23:53]:
You know, I read an article the other day on the Internet, which means it’s obviously true that people that habitually watch the same old shows over and over again are like, like, smarter, basically was the headline.
Libby Sundgren [00:24:06]:
Yeah, well, yeah, you’re welcome.
Alysse Bryson [00:24:10]:
You’re welcome.
Vanessa Resler [00:24:12]:
Yeah, I also saw an article say that it’s like a form of self soothing.
Libby Sundgren [00:24:16]:
It is. It totally is just a comfort thing.
Vanessa Resler [00:24:20]:
Yeah. So, yeah, no, I mean, I get, like, monkey brain. Like, I, like. Like, it’s like everything’s moving when I’m trying to lay down. So if I have a TV show that just, like, keeps me entertained enough that, like, I won’t start spinning out about what I have to go do the next day, but, like, won’t bore me so much, you know, there’s like, the fine line between, like, entertaining and boring to make you fall asleep. So that’s why I picked something that I’ve watched a bunch of times.
Alysse Bryson [00:24:45]:
Okay, so you’ve been doing this for well over a decade. So you’ve seen a lot of trends come and go. We’ve already covered photo booths to a certain degree, but, like, you’ve also probably seen some crazy, scandalous or crazy things happen on a dance floor. Like. Right. Like. Yeah, can we just get a little. A little.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:06]:
Just the craziest thing you’ve seen happen.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:11]:
I mean. I mean, how explicit do you want me to get?
Alysse Bryson [00:25:16]:
Well, this podcast is not for children, so.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:19]:
And at least it might also depend on the event. Like clubs in a dark club. It could be different at a wedding.
Alysse Bryson [00:25:26]:
You know, I guess something that. In an unex. Like, something happened that was unexpected. So if it’s a club and there’s.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:32]:
Yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:32]:
You might expect some.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:34]:
Right.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:35]:
Body parts.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:36]:
Yeah, yeah. The nightclub. You just got to see everything.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:39]:
Yeah.
Alysse Bryson [00:25:40]:
Right.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:41]:
It’s. It’s a free for all out there. But you know what? Good for everybody. Good for them.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:45]:
Yeah. You know what?
Vanessa Resler [00:25:45]:
Yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:46]:
Do what you want.
Alysse Bryson [00:25:47]:
Be.
Libby Sundgren [00:25:47]:
Just be happy.
Vanessa Resler [00:25:49]:
Gosh, let’s see. Wedding or private event dance floors. I mean, God, I’m so sorry. I’m having trouble thinking of a good, specific, like, crazy thing I’ve seen. I do always think it’s really wild at corporate events how drunk people get, like, in front of their employer. Oh, I’m always like, dang, you just do this, huh?
Libby Sundgren [00:26:08]:
I know.
Alysse Bryson [00:26:08]:
Push all your chips into the center of the table and just go for it.
Vanessa Resler [00:26:12]:
Yeah, they just go for it. The. The other funny thing that happens at corporate events is there’s always, like, the introverted, socially awkward person that they, like, clock me, and they’re like, okay, this person is working, and they can’t leave that space. So I’m going to stand and talk to them.
Libby Sundgren [00:26:27]:
Oh, man.
Vanessa Resler [00:26:30]:
I mean, I am, like, I’m a pro. Small talker. Like, I can. I always say, like, I want to be the plus one to a wedding where I don’t know anybody there. Like, that’s my favorite. Like, I feel like I thrive in that environment so much, but I’m always like, let me. Let me just be that guy. I’ll do it.
Libby Sundgren [00:26:45]:
I make friends with everybody.
Vanessa Resler [00:26:47]:
But it’s when it’s the socially awkward person at their company party, I’m like, God, man, give me something.
Libby Sundgren [00:26:52]:
They don’t have anyone to talk to, so they’re just coming straight to you. And you can’t be like, yeah, I got to do this. They’re like, no, it’s fine. You’re just.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:00]:
Sometimes I’ll just put on the headphones. I’ll be like, DJ and gestures. Yeah, yeah, DJing.
Alysse Bryson [00:27:08]:
Is there a song that, like, you’d be okay if you never had to hear it again?
Vanessa Resler [00:27:14]:
Yes, but a lot of these come from my karaoke experience.
Alysse Bryson [00:27:18]:
That’s fair. That’s fair.
Libby Sundgren [00:27:19]:
Okay.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:20]:
Hosting karaoke ruins a lot of good music. Yeah, it probably would, unfortunately, like what’s Up By Four Non Blondes. It just like, every time I’m like, again. Huh? It’s a great song. It’s a great song. But that one. And pretty much like, any of the volume of Tenacious D. I can’t do any more Tenacious D like that.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:43]:
I don’t get it. I don’t think it’s that funny. I don’t get it.
Libby Sundgren [00:27:47]:
But I’m just gonna say I don’t get it.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:49]:
I’m not here to, you know, yuck anyone’s yum.
Alysse Bryson [00:27:52]:
Not here to yuck anyone’s yum.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:54]:
That’s good.
Alysse Bryson [00:27:55]:
It’s like a bumper.
Vanessa Resler [00:27:56]:
I’m not here. I’m not here for the Tenacious D so much. But, like, sweet Caroline, I’m still Like, yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:03]:
I mean, it’s classic.
Vanessa Resler [00:28:05]:
I can still hang with that. It’s a classic Electric Slide.
Alysse Bryson [00:28:10]:
Love it or hate it, I actually.
Vanessa Resler [00:28:11]:
Okay. I would take Electric Slide over Cupid Shuffle. Same.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:17]:
Okay, Same.
Alysse Bryson [00:28:18]:
Yep, yep.
Vanessa Resler [00:28:19]:
Yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:19]:
You know what? The Electric Slide, every once in a while, it can be, like, kind of fun. And it’s. You’re with the right crowd. Like, when I was at the 70th birthday party, they did the Electric Slide. And the dad, because he’s been.
Alysse Bryson [00:28:33]:
That’s adorable.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:33]:
Has a dance coach or something, and they’ve been working on that. I mean, he does other real dances. Like, he does, like, choreographed dances for all of his events. But we were doing the Electric Sign. I was like, this is actually, like, kind of fun, you know?
Vanessa Resler [00:28:48]:
Yeah. And I. I am ashamed to admit that I still. I can’t do it. Like, I don’t know how to do it. I’m trying to learn, and it took.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:54]:
Me a couple of times.
Vanessa Resler [00:28:55]:
Okay.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:56]:
I couldn’t do it.
Vanessa Resler [00:28:57]:
Right.
Libby Sundgren [00:28:59]:
I don’t have other people around.
Alysse Bryson [00:29:00]:
I have to follow. I’m not a lead. I have to follow.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:03]:
Yeah.
Alysse Bryson [00:29:04]:
Yeah.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:04]:
I would like to see more people doing country line dance lessons at parties, at events. Because I. Yeah, I DJ one of them down for that a few months ago. And somebody. This group, they’re incredible. I highly recommend. They’re called the Reverse Cowgirls. And it’s like, they’re like a group queer organization that teaches leg dancing lessons.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:24]:
And I’m making a note right now.
Libby Sundgren [00:29:26]:
I’m gonna link it in the show notes, people. You’ll see there.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:30]:
It was, like, the most Fun I’ve had DJing an event in a very long time. I was so pumped. Like, I was like, let me get. I want to learn this. And once you get it, you’re like, look at me. I’m a real dancer.
Libby Sundgren [00:29:40]:
I’m a cowgirl.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:42]:
I’m a cowgirl.
Libby Sundgren [00:29:43]:
I’m doing it.
Vanessa Resler [00:29:45]:
I’d like to see. I’d like to see more of that. Shout out to any. Any corporate bookings that want to book me. I play. I can play a mean country set. And I would love to do a country line dance moment with you.
Alysse Bryson [00:29:56]:
That’s amazing. That’s amazing.
Libby Sundgren [00:29:59]:
Okay, well, we’re gonna have to wrap this set up.
Alysse Bryson [00:30:04]:
I see what you did there, Libby. I see what you did there.
Libby Sundgren [00:30:07]:
That was so bad. That was so bad.
Alysse Bryson [00:30:08]:
Yeah, it really was. It totally was.
Libby Sundgren [00:30:10]:
But, baby, where can people find you? If they’re corporate, if they’re wedding, if they’re like, hey, I just like going to clubs and I wanna get a cool DJ the next time I go out. Where can they find you?
Vanessa Resler [00:30:22]:
Yes, the best way to find me if I’m playing in public is on my Instagram. I post my monthly calendar at the first of each month. I usually play. I play between like 25 and 30 gigs a month, so.
Libby Sundgren [00:30:34]:
Oh my God.
Vanessa Resler [00:30:35]:
Yeah. Yeah, I work a lot.
Libby Sundgren [00:30:37]:
That’s insane.
Vanessa Resler [00:30:39]:
Yeah, I do like, I double and triple days up.
Alysse Bryson [00:30:41]:
I was like, wait a minute, mathematically you don’t have any days off. Okay, but you’re doubling up.
Vanessa Resler [00:30:45]:
Yeah, yeah, I’ll do like two or three a days sometimes and stuff. So yes, go to my Instagram, which is babyvanbeasley. You can also go to my website, www.babyvanbeasley.com. and yes, you can see all the entertainment of all the crazy things I do from week to week.
Libby Sundgren [00:31:02]:
Oh my gosh.
Vanessa Resler [00:31:03]:
Yes.
Alysse Bryson [00:31:04]:
Libby, do you like how I wore braids today? Because I knew she was going to be wearing braids.
Libby Sundgren [00:31:08]:
I know.
Alysse Bryson [00:31:08]:
And you know what?
Libby Sundgren [00:31:09]:
I actually almost did like parted my ponytail and I didn’t. That would have.
Vanessa Resler [00:31:16]:
Because it looked weird.
Libby Sundgren [00:31:17]:
I would have looked that.
Alysse Bryson [00:31:19]:
It looks a little mullety when you do it that way. Nothing wrong with the mullet. I’m not hating on a mullet. Just to be clear.
Libby Sundgren [00:31:26]:
No judgment if you have a mullet. If you like the Cupid shuffle, you do you.
Vanessa Resler [00:31:31]:
No judgment. Absolutely not.
Alysse Bryson [00:31:34]:
Well, that’s a wrap for this episode of Beats Working. If you have an idea or want to reach out, please email us at infoatsworking show. And remember, every detail matters, every moment counts. And no matter what, the show must go on.
Vanessa Resler [00:31:50]:
Congratulations, you’ve made it to the end of the episode. And now for your loyalty, you’re being rewarded with a timeless tale from the Sundgrin family vault. It’s time for Poop Dollar. That’s right. A game of wit, stealth and questionable hygiene. A game so legendary even bachelor parties and 8 year olds dream of playing it. So sit back, relax and enjoy the story that answers the age old question. Would you pick up that dollar? No Poop was harmed in the making of this prank.
Libby Sundgren [00:32:18]:
My husband and his friends started playing probably when they went, I don’t know when they’re bachelor parties or something, but it’s called Poop Dollar and you take a dollar and you know there’s always people who don’t clean up after their pets or something. So you either put the dollar like on top of that or like somehow it somehow has to Be like, have it has to have poop on it. But they don’t produce the poop. They just find it with the animal has left it.
Vanessa Resler [00:32:48]:
Yeah, horse poop.
Libby Sundgren [00:32:49]:
They did. There was one where they were in New Orleans, I think, and there was horse poop in the street. So they just put it like in by the horse, you know, by the horse manure. Anyway, it’s called poop dollar. And then you just watch and see what people do either when they pick it up and whether they drop it or keep it. Some people keep it. They don’t care. They’re going to watch that fecal matter off.
Vanessa Resler [00:33:11]:
It’s terrible.
Libby Sundgren [00:33:13]:
I think that was might have been a 20 that they did it with that time, but still.
Vanessa Resler [00:33:16]:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Libby Sundgren [00:33:20]:
Okay. So if you ever want to play poop$, TJ’s down. He’s the expert.
Vanessa Resler [00:33:27]:
You know, you got a buddy.
Libby Sundgren [00:33:31]:
My 8 year old has heard this story, you know, like tame it. The tame versions of the poop dollar stories. And he’s like, when I turn 21, I’m gonna play poop dollar outside bar.
Alysse Bryson [00:33:44]:
You know, you don’t have to be 21 to play poop dollar. I think probably you don’t.
Libby Sundgren [00:33:48]:
But in his mind, it’s like when he turns 21, that’s gonna be more exciting than, you know, being officially of age to drink alcohol. He’s like, no, I want to play poop$.
Alysse Bryson [00:34:03]:
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