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Stage 8 The DJ Business Course 6 of 6

Gig Logs: Real Nights, Start to Finish

Beginner 12 lessons · 2 h 29 min

Not instruction - observation. Ellaskins filmed his own gigs for years, including the setup, the awkward bits and the pack-down, starting with what he claims is the first mobile disco gig log on the web. Worth watching before your first paid event simply to see what a night actually looks like.

By the end of this course you will be able to

  • Know what a mobile gig involves from load-in to pack-down
  • See how a rig is set up in a real room with real constraints
  • Recognise the problems that come up on the night
  • Form a realistic picture of the hours behind a fee

Lessons

  1. The first mobile disco gig log

    9:40

  2. A mobile disco night, September 2007

    10:43

  3. Constitution Hill, Aberystwyth

    10:22

  4. A rave night, and notes on PA hire

    11:01

  5. An eighteenth birthday, with new lighting

    11:06

  6. A roadshow in Shropshire

    10:10

  7. A night in June 2010

    10:31

  8. A longer log, March 2012

    21:03

  9. December, and a Christmas crowd

    10:53

  10. New Year's Eve in Shrewsbury

    9:16

  11. A twenty-first in London

    11:04

  12. A wedding in the Welsh hills

    22:55

The stages are the way through

Below this line is the back catalogue, newest first. Useful for browsing, but it is not a course - the videos are in the order they were filmed, not the order to learn them in. Work the stages instead: each one assumes the one before it.

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