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Category Archives: INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHTS
Marcello Pedalino Interview: Peter Merry On Wedding Receptions
Marcello Pedalino of MMP Entertainment is a three-time winner of the “DJ of the Year” competition held annually at the DJ Expo in Atlantic City. In his, “The Celebrate Life Series,” Episode #5, Marcello interviews the founder of the Wedding Entertainment Director’s Guild, and author of the Best Wedding Reception Ever!, Peter Merry. Marcello asks,…
CHAUVET® DJ Master the Ceremony featuring Marcello Pedalino
CHAUVET® DJ Master the Ceremony brings you career tips from top mobile DJs and entertainment companies in the industry. Learn ways to set yourself apart in a saturated market and increase your bottom line, and how to ultimately master every ceremony. This edition features tips from Marcello Pedalino — Founder and President of MMP Entertainment,…
The 6 Pillars of Wedding Marketing DVD
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…
DJ Spotlight: PRO Event DJ
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe In 2002, Matt Rothlein, Justin Martin, and Mark Bearss (who were then recreational DJs), paired up to combine their ideas, equipment and creativity to give birth to Orlando, Florida-based, PRO Event DJ. They believed that as a new company in a well-established marketplace, PRO Event DJ needed to…
Industry Interview: Ben Stowe, CTS
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe It’s no secret that Pro Mobile DJ’s “Sound & Lighting Guru,” Ben Stowe, proudly call himself a “geek,” and that he serves the AV industry as the President of NLFX Professional, an industry leading supplier of sound, lighting and video systems. Ben’s AV installs have been featured in…
DJ Spotlight: Marcello Pedalino
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe I’ve spent a day at the zoo with Marcello Pedalino and watched him stare down a gorilla while munching on a stick of cotton candy. I’ve even been trapped in a building with him during a bomb threat, and observed Marcello staying calm and focused on the task…
Make Sure the Party is a Success!
by Liz Daley - “A Passion for Performance” The Richmond Virginia, Southeastern Virginia and Washington DC chapters of the ADJA pooled their resources and invited Wedding Entertainment Director, Jim Cerone, The Perfect Host to share his expertise with local disc jockeys and entertainers. Down south, we are known for our manners and our hospitality, but…
DJ Spotlight: Ric Hansen and Radio Parties
by Mark Ashe In 1992, Ric Hansen pioneered a groundbreaking business model between the mobile and radio DJ industries. He saw Mobile DJs taking the same music he played on the radio to events all over town. The problem, as Ric saw it, was that there were a lot of event jocks and while some…
DJ Spotlight: Anna Huynh of Dancenhance Entertainment
by Betsy Fischer, M.Ed. I am so loving “Female Entertainers Meet Up” (FEM) on Facebook. As I wrote recently for this blog, this informal group is a venue for female DJs to get to know each other and share ideas. Now I’ve been in the Mobile DJ Industry for quite a few years, and thought…
