Connect with Prospects Through Active Listening
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe Every DJ business person wants to convert their prospects into clients, right? The solution to the challenge of connecting with prospects may be as simple as taking the time to improve your active listening skills. Active listening is all about building rapport, understanding and trust. Your “likability” factor…
CHAUVET DJ Presents Creative Lighting, Creating Profits at DJ Expo!
DJ Tips in under a minute: moving Serato cue points in internal mode
You’re a GREAT Marketer!
By Michael Port, Guest Blogger Let me tell you something: you’re a GREAT marketer. Now, admittedly, I might not know you personally, but if you’re a student of this stuff, then you already know what marketing is, and how you’re supposed to do it. You’re already doing a lot of it. •You post regular social…
The Power of Practice and Training
By Alan Dodson, “Wedding Wizard” “Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.”- Unknown I am sure that I am like many people. I study, learn, practice and so something until I develop a confidence that I have it as perfect as it can be. Regardless of if that…
Embrace Your Competition
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe DJ business owners often view their competitors as the enemy, but that’s shortsighted. Here’s how the competition can help keep you in the lead. Stop viewing your competition as the enemy and instead use it as the catalyst to brilliance. Instead of investing your precious energy into hating…
Freedom Par Tri-6 and Freedom Par Quad-4 by CHAUVET DJ
The Freedom™ Par Tri-6 is the basic model in the next generation of the Freedom™ Par family. It is powerful, bright, and truly 100% wireless with a rechargeable battery and a built-in D-Fi™ transceiver. The Freedom™ Par Tri-6 has 18 watts of RGB color mixing for a variety of color effects and punchy light. It…
DJ Tips in under a minute: charge everything up the night before
Seems simple, but it’s funny how many times this has come in handy! I make sure the laptops are both at a 100% so if something comes up and I need to change out or have an issue with a power supply or realize I forgot a power supply (happened at a DJ show once…
Build Your Basic Latin Music Library
By Dave Austin, “The Music Professor” Over that past couple of years, I’ve noted an increasing number of requests for Latin music at my events. With a growing Hispanic population and culture in America, it’s prudent for working DJs to be familiar with this gigantic genre of one of the most popular music forms in…
Numark NS7II Touch-Activated Knobs
Let’s go over the touch controls on the Numark NS7II. Perform instant frequency kills, spontaneously combine filters with effects, and more. NS7II has filter, effects, and EQ knobs that are intelligent, responding instantaneously to your touch, giving you capabilities you haven’t even imagined.
BEGINNER DJ LESSON ON HOW TO MIX IF YOU CANT MIX
DJ Tutor gives a beginner/intermediate lesson on how to mix. For more videos from him visit www.ProDJTV.com
Start-up DJ Entrepreneurs vs. Bottom-Feeder DJs
By Jerry Bazata, “Money Answer Man” In a recent article I provided some insight into the costs of starting a DJ business in today’s market, which created a great deal of discussion and debate on Facebook. In reading most of the comments, there appeared to be a fair amount of confusion about the difference between…
Is Being a DJ a “Young Man’s Game?”
By Stu Chisholm, “The Complete Disc Jockey” At the end of February, an article appeared in the Long Island Newsday about some older DJs finding their niche. (http://www.newsday.com/lifestyle/retirement/djs-of-a-certain-age-play-for-older-crowd-1.7238043 ) In it, one of the experts they consulted, a long-time industry leader, took a decidedly ageist bent when he said that a younger bride doesn’t want…
