(Video) Your Dinner Music Sucks, DJ! Try These Tracks…
Dinner Music Ideas That Don’t Suck from DJNTV. The innerweb is ripe with tips and music playlists designed to help keep the dance floor packed during your mix set, but what about the often required but rarely discussed Dinner Music (AKA Cocktail Music) time slot? Last night Mobile DJ aficionado Brian S Redd discussed dinner music ideas with John […]
DJ Tips | Getting DJ Gigs At Bars And Smaller Clubs (Video)
This time of year for Mobile DJs and Wedding DJs bookings are comparatively dismal. However, the lull can present an opportunity to diversify. In the video titled “Getting Into Bars and Clubs Pointers” below, John Young of Disc Jockey News provides tips to help Mobile Jocks land gigs with bars and smaller clubs during the slower seasons. An overview of the advice […]
Should DJs Consider Improv Training? (Video)
Being a DJ, especially a mobile DJ, means staying on your toes, ready for anything the event may throw your way. You have to improv. Making sure you’re prepared with a backup DJ computer, extra cables and other gear is essential, but what about human interaction? We’ve all heard of Murphy’s Law, and in my experience it’s […]
Building Your Mobile DJ Business Plan – Part 2 (Video)
Dr. Drax (Hugo Drax) from the ADJA joins John Young of DJNTV for the second part of 3 discussions regarding building your mobile DJ business plan. Just like any new business, your mobile DJ company will need a business plan. There are many facets to running a successful business no matter what product or services you offer. […]
DJ Tips | Use A Coax Cable For Long RCA Needs
I’ll admit this is a new one for me. In the 16 years I’ve DJ’d and worked with our customers to better utilize our DJ programs I never know you could use a coax cable for RCA at all, much less that it works better than standard RCA cables for long leads. In this DJ […]
Music Programming | When And When Not To Use a Remix (Video)
DJ mixing software like DEX 3 include features such as playlist creation and automix designed to make a DJs life easier, so DJs can focus on other important tasks during their gig. One of those tasks (or skills), and likely the biggest key’s to becoming a successful DJ is music programming — and it’s not about […]
DJ Tips: Creating A Timeline for Your Mobile DJ Event
DJ Tips in under a minute with Jay Brennan: Create a time line for your events. Creating a timeline for your mobile DJ event isn’t the same thing as creating a set-list or playlist. It’s about an organized flow of coordinated dances and whatever else the event may entail. “Cocktail Hour”, “Group Dance”, “Father Daughter Dance” all […]
Video: Set Lists Vs Music Programming
We’ve posted quite a bit in the past about music programming; being good at truly knowing your audience and programming accordingly defines a DJs success – or lack there of. Brian S Redd is a long time Mobile DJ who is well known among mobile circles for his YouTube Video tutorials, reviews and general DJ […]
DJ Event Planner Releases ” UK Chart: 200 Most Requested Songs Of 2014″
A few days back we posted DJ Intelligence’s compiled list of the USA Mobile DJ top request songs of 2014, today we take a look at the UK version posted by DJ Event Planner. What’s interesting is while there are a couple tracks both countries include at the top of their list (Pharrell Williams – “Happy” and Journey – […]
DJ Tips: Getting Started With UpLighting With Brian S Redd
UpLighting is all the craze in the Mobile DJ space these days. UpLighting can transform almost any boring venue into a gorgeously colorful and unique space. When expertly coordinated you’ll leave your client and attendees awestruck. You can even design the uplighting colors around the wedding colors, such as the bridesmaids dresses. The best part about it […]