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…
Category Archives: DJ Spotlights
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: Adam Weitz
by Mark Ashe When I recently spent some time chatting with Adam Weitz, Executive Director of A Sharp Production, I had the chance to meet a man on a mission. This 2010 “DJ of the Year” contest winner comes from entertainment roots and has taken his natural born talent and passion to levels that few…
DJ Spotlight: Steve Cie
by Mark Ashe Steve Cie has been in the entertainment business for a very long time. Thirty-six years, in fact. His roots began in pirate radio then commercial radio with WVRM (Steve C on the Big V). He’s interviewed Bruce Springsteen, and had the opportunity to work with Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Johnny…
DJ SPOTLIGHT: K.C. KoKoruz
DJ SPOTLIGHT: Nino Cuccovia
by Mark Ashe There are a number of component’s that go into a successful DJ. In my first DJ spotlight, I shine the beam on Nino Cuccovia of Nino’s DJ Services located in Western Massachusetts. Why? Because this hard-working Italian American DJ’s story is one that so many other part-time mobiles will relate to and…
Spotlight On The Multi-Talented Liz Daley
by Betsy Fischer, M.Ed. As a woman in a male-dominated industry, I like to believe that I know most of my sisters who own their own entertainment companies. After all, we are a very small group, and we usually see each other at least once a year at the DJ Times Expo in Atlantic City…
SPOTLIGHT ON: The Venerable Randi Rae
by Betsy Fischer, M.Ed. “You have GOT to come and see this woman. Her name is Randi Rae, and she’s incredible! They call her the ‘Mitzvah Maven!’” This was the advice I received from my DJ friend Rick Goldenberg back in 1997, when I was first beginning to expand my business from teaching dance into…
