By Scott Brandon (Pictured Above: Stacy Zemon and Grand Master Gee of the Sugarhill Gang) One day, while shopping for DJ equipment at Dave Phillips Music & Sound in Allentown, Pa., I came across “The Mobile DJ Handbook” by Stacy Zemon. Once I read it, I had an even better understanding of how to run…
By Greg Davis, Guest Blogger Many of the weddings I’ve attended in my life have suffered from what I call “generic playlist syndrome” or GPS for short. GPS occurs when an over eager event planner and an under skilled DJ come together for the same event. What results is something I like to call “team…
By Guest Blogger, Terry Hopper “0% In House Financing and Payment Plans available on all packages!” That phrase is GOLD. You will see it on my DJ company’s brochures as well as hear me “casually” mention it toward the end of meeting with a prospective client. It’s usually then that their eyes widen even more,…
Review by Guest Blogger, Kirk Rothrum It’s safe to say that most wedding entertainment professionals didn’t enter their field for the love of marketing. It’s a complex headache to many, and often put on a back burner to the detriment of what might otherwise be successful business models. Enter Peter Merry’s The 6 Pillars of…
by Anna-Jeannine “DJ AJ9” Herman The rise of the smart phone and the tablet computer has brought our industry a wave of useful applications to help us manage our mobile lives on both iOS and Android™ platforms, but with so many great apps to choose from, where’s a DJ to start? Check out these 4…
by Rick Hansen – Guest Blogger Call me crazy, but I cannot figure out why anyone would want to be a multi-op DJ company. Oh, I understand the need to grow beyond a one system, one show per night company. It is a natural desire to want to grow beyond yourself. What I don’t understand…
by Steve Cie, Guest Blogger With the advent of L.E.D. technological advances, Uplighting or Lightscaping, has taken center stage for event planners. Armed with the ability to illuminate venues with exciting, brilliant color with extremely low power consuming lighting fixtures, even the most luxurious venues can have their appearance significantly enhanced. Lightscaping Defined Lightscaping is…
by Guest Blogger, Tony Tee You might disagree with that line. I’m OK with that, but hear me out. As humans, we judge. I’m not a psychologist, but I really believe that everyone on some level is constantly judging anyone they interact with. If you don’t know someone and are talking with them, you are…
by Guest Blogger, Chris Smith School dances can be tremendously fun, and incredibly challenging if you are not prepared. You typically have an enthusiastic audience that is ready to party from the time the doors open until the very last song is played. The following tips are geared toward the mobile professional looking to engage,…
by Robert Spera, Guest Blogger Chronologically speaking I find myself rather lucky to grow up when I did. I was born after the Atari but before the Nintendo, after the Commodore but before Windows 3.1. I attribute my “Geek” status to this statistic because as I was growing up, so was Technology. Today is no…
