DJ Roadshow....A new way of setting it up.

0:00 This video is going out to every single mobile DJ in the world

Alright folks, Jonathan here. This video is going out to every single mobile DJ in the world. In fact, this is possibly going out, I'd say, to 99% of the mobile DJs out there in the world. Now, I want you to consider this first of all, this scenario. Imagine your normal, run-of-the-mill setup. I'm not on about different types of equipment or anything. I'm on about actually how you would set up your DJ console. In other words, how you would actually set up your roadshow. If you can imagine, if I go around here now, alright, now okay, that's a coffee table. Fair enough, it's very low but let's just imagine it's a table, it's a trestle table or it's your console or it's the platform that you'd put your particular piece of kit or all your decks, your turntables on. Right, let's imagine this now.

The DJ Tutor is your deck, your setup. So theoretically it would be a lot higher. Also you'd have something maybe in the front to make it look a bit nicer. And then also just imagine you've got your T-bar behind you with your lights or you've got your lighting rig and you've got speakers either side. Now the reason I'm doing this is this is the typical way of setting up. In other words, the DJ is here, the equipment the DJ is using is here and then the punters... All the people dancing, your guests are over there. So that's what I need to establish first. In other words, a very basic run of the mill way in which you would set your gear up. The reason I said 99% is because that's near enough probably what 99% of the DJs out there will do. They'll set it up like that. So in other words, you have the dance floor here, the equipment here and the DJ there.

1:46 I think it's a good idea

What I'm going to do now is I'm going to pause the camera and set it up slightly differently, and I'm going to try and explain why I think it's a good idea. Now, I don't do this all the time, but occasionally I'll go to a function and I will actually set up like I'm going to show you now. Hold tight. Right. There. Imagine this now, OK? I'm now here. The kit I'm working on is here. So I've still got total control over, you know, all the instruments, all of the knobbly bits on the mixer. I can play the CDs, I can play the turntables, the PC program, it doesn't matter. I've got my lighting behind me and I've got say a speaker over there and a speaker over there. Why do I think something like this is a good idea? Now again, this is only one of my honest opinions but when you're set up

3:12 It's a psychological barrier that's normally here that's been taken aw

In front of a huge crowd, the crowd are here, your DJ kit is here and then you're behind the DJ kit. So the actual DJ kit in a sense is almost like a barrier. It's good, don't get me wrong, it's a good way of setting up but this is one reason why I've got the kit like that. Now I actually saw a DJ do this and I thought to begin with what a stupid idea. Because, you know, the kit's there and it's not central and it just doesn't look right. But during the course of the evening I actually noticed one very important thing. If you think about it, I'm here now, okay? At any time I can walk like this straight out and it's almost as though I'm part of the audience. I'm still the DJ, I'm still the entertainer, but I'm now part of the audience. There's no barrier.

It's a psychological barrier that's normally here that's been taken away. So in other words, I'm here, say I've got a radio microphone, at the flick of a switch I can literally walk out. Hi, how are you? Alright, you're the crowd. Instead of that barrier and having to go around. Part of the crowd. Okay, there's a lot of discussion here, so bung comments underneath because, you know, people can walk up to you a lot easier, people can get to your kit a lot easier, etc. But then again, if you're a professional DJ, you should be able to look after your kit. You should be able to say to people who are drunk, you know, excuse me sir, but could you mind moving out the way slightly? At the end of the day, it's your kit, you've got to look after it. So...

What do you think? Tell me. Here you are, there's the kit, you can still use it, you can still talk on the microphone, you can have maybe your CDs or your music on that side. If you've got a PC, it's all going to be there anyway. So CDs over there, music console over here, you've got a free run and bang, you can go and be a part of the crowd as well. What do you think? Practice and enjoy. Thank you.

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