Income Taxes: Top Two Rules for DJs
By Stu Chisholm – The Complete Disc Jockey In 1716, Christopher Bullock first uttered the infamous idea that the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes, and if you haven’t already dealt with them, we Americans will once again run up against our wonderful April deadline to file our own income…
NAMM 2017: Two New Lights From ADJ
CHAUVET DJ NAMM 2017 New Product Tour
Advertising Essentials
In a recent conversation with my cat Donny (pictured here), we were discussing the pros and cons of various advertising mediums. He rolled over to illustrate the point that while there are a plethora of options in the marketplace, some choices are just better than others. Thanks, Donny. Advertising reinforces the buying process, which …
American DJ featured on “The Crossfader Show” - Tues., June 1
Join American DJ’s Chuck Green, host of the “ADJ Under the Hood” video program along with Marketing Director, Brian Dowdle, on The Crossfader Show this upcoming Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at 12:00 pm (PST) / 8:00 pm (UK) / 21.00 (Germany). Chuck will talk about the new ADJ Revo Rave and tell us all the…
VocoPro’s New 4 Channel Portable PA System
The VocoPro PA-MAN is a new concept in portable P.A. that packages the latest in wireless microphone technology and a multi-format disc player together with a mixer and amplifier. The built-in disc player spins DVDs, CDs and CD+G discs. A USB port lets you access your digital library of music easily — just plug in…
Do You Market Your Business Like a Box of Screws?
We Americans are literally awash in commercial advertising. This is just one of the facts of life in our capitalistic society. Because of this brand saturation, most of us would take notice if an ad didn’t look quite right. For instance, you’ll never see, “Six hour music concert for just $100.00!” or …
Among the announcements at Google’s I/O conference recently, were several that are directly relevant to the music industry, including a new Android music store and plans for a Google TV service that will take YouTube to people’s living rooms. Google is planning to launch a new section of its Android Market mobile store for music,…
“Magic” Automatic Music Organizer
By Guest Blogger,Bob Lindquist High on my “to-do” list is an entry that says, “Go through iTunes and clean out all the unnamed tracks.” $29.95 later, and it’s just about done! Being a devoted music fan, my hard drive is a virtual mess of tracks scoured from a huge variety of sources. Among …
Hosting An Open House for DJs
About a month ago I offered some ways to find potential talent, or as I like to call it, “casting the net.” Once you’ve made that phone ring, the next step is just as essential. It’s important to weed out the people who came across well on the phone but …
Make Music Videos On The Fly at Gigs
The Q3 Handy Video Recorder from Zoom records stereo sound with two condenser microphones for crystal clear HD audio with movies. The ability to capture audio at 24-bit/48 kHz is especially important for DJs planning to upload their footage to video share sites like YouTube, which compress video but now allow files with stereo audio…
Word-of-Mouth Advertising
When was the last time you told a friend about a good movie? You may not have realized it at the time, but you were providing the best possible advertising for the movie studio; “Word-Of-Mouth” advertising. No other type of advertising is more powerful than word of mouth. Your friend may have dismissed …
Many mobiles not only entertain at wedding receptions, but they also provide sound reinforcement for ceremonies. While the number of options for music player/controller, mixer, mics and speakers are seemingly infinite -– we’ve narrowed them down a bit for you to help make the choices for your wedding ceremony rig a bit easier. To keep…
