Parties and music go together like Tom & Jerry. Play the right selection of tracks in the right sequence during the event and you’re on your way to being the hero of your peer group. Get it wrong and you risk being shunned in corridors for the next few months. So how to guarantee you’re a hero and not a zero, without having to hire a pro DJ on your limited budget?

Be smart and employ some geek cred tech by using Turn Tubelist. This clever and very cool online tool lets you set up a full DJ type rig using YouTube videos and your choice of kicking tracks from the right themes. You get the full set of options to make the set go well, including auto-fading, cueing and a very valuable live search function so you can find that track that someone *really* wants to hear on the spur of the moment late into the evening.

If you’re one of those who’re a little playlist challenged (i.e. you couldn’t construct a worthwhile playlist if your life depended on it) then don’t despair. There’s also a great selection of ready made Featured Playlists read to plug in and use, no musicality needed. Just choose the playlist that suits your mood, check the auto-play mode and hit play. Bingo, instant party DJ magic.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again…this YouTube ecosystem is becoming one of the vital arteries of the web media scene. Yeah man, play it again!