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
Proving Your Value to Prospective Clients
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe Yes, you can charge more for your services. And yes, you’d better be worth it. Ultimately though, you’d better be able to prove your value to prospective clients or you won’t get your asking fee for bookings. So just how do you prove your value? Angel Pacanins, owner…
Can Party Guests Be Motivated To Dance?
By Stu Chisholm, “The Complete Disc Jockey” We’ve all had those gigs: no matter what we do, somebody isn’t happy. Maybe the whole audience isn’t happy. We think we’ve got a good “read” on the crowd; we are following the detailed agenda worked out with the client(s) in advance; we’re attentive to the requests coming…
DJ Tips in under a minute: protect your expensive power supply
I found a great device at the DJ Expo called The Fray fix! A great idea and a great way to protect your costly MacBook power supply. www.thefrayfix.com. For more videos from DJ Jay Brannan, visit www.ProDJTV.com
Maximizing Facebook Fan Pages
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe Facebook Fan pages allow you to officially represent your DJ business on Facebook. You get to give your “fans,” clients and potential clients a unified place to hold conversations about you, to get updates on what you’re doing, interact with you, and connect with other people who are…
Why You Shouldn’t Compete on Price
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe For many DJ business owners, setting prices is a sensitive topic. Many feel that they have to set their prices low to be competitive with other DJs. There are times when pricing low can be advantageous and times when it should be avoided. Here are some general tips…
DJ Tips in under a minute:second laptop and drive as an aux player
I had to play a track that was not on my hard drive or my laptop at a gig recently. Since I had the song on another drive, and no free USB ports, I hooked up the other laptop as an AUX player. I went out of the headphone jack and into my AUX RCA…
DJ Spotlight: Matt Radicelli - Rock The House
By Stacy Zemon, Publisher & Chief Scribe In 1999, Matt Radicelli started Rock The House (RTH) as a small, home-based business in Cleveland. Over the years, it has developed into a full production and entertainment company catering to more than 1,000 events each year including corporate and non-profit events, weddings, bar/bat mitzvahs, school dances, and…
CHAUVET DJ lights up DJ Expo 2014
From blazing up the main stage with CHAUVET DJ lighting design to the mind blowing new products in the CHAUVET DJ and TRUSST booths, CHAUVET DJ is live in Atlantic City!
Are You Too Old To DJ?
Check out this video and an article on the subject - http://promobiledj.com/2014/07/is-being-a-dj-a-young-mans-game
