Mobile DJ? Some Questions answerd.

0:00 Had a fantastic email from a guy by the name of Mike

Alright folks, had a fantastic email from a guy by the name of Mike. Asked me a whole bunch of questions and I thought instead of just answering via one email, do video response so hopefully everyone can get a bit of info. And please as ever if you've got any comments relating to any of my sort of suggestions or ideas, put them underneath here. First one, alright, standing, he's a young guy. And what he feels is after sort of two or three hours of mixing, standing up continually behind the DJ console, you know, knees start to hurt and possibly certain parts of the body start to ache. Well my first thought on that is move around. Think about it, if you're stood in one position really still then of course certain parts of your body are going to start to ache.

The irony is, if you move around a little bit, then you're going to have a continual movement, your blood's going to circulate a lot better, therefore you're not going to wake. And of course, people like to see the DJ moving around a little bit. The next question was about attire. Now what this guy said is, most of the time he sees me in a t-shirt, and then quite often in a nice shirt, buttoned up shirt etc. What's my philosophy on attire for mobile DJs? Well, if let's say it's a wedding, then dress up smart. Shirt, tie maybe, dickie bow, a jacket, black trousers, black shoes. Okay? Let's say it's an 18th birthday party. Now again, this is my opinion. I believe the days of wearing a dinner jacket and dickie bow to every single function are gone. Forget it.

1:44 What's the attire for the evening?

Because if you want to, let's say you're 40, 50, 60 and you want to still do the 18th birthday parties, then in my eyes you're maybe not going to look as hip and as street cred if you're wearing a dinner jacket as a DJ who comes in maybe dressed up as the other guests are. And of course if you're not sure about what to wear, ask the client. Just basically say... What's the attire for the evening? And if they say it's shirt, black tie, that thing or that kind of thing, then go dressed accordingly. Wear shirt and tie and trousers, black trousers etc. If let's say it's an 18th birthday party and they're just going dressed as whatever, then just clean shirt. Look tidy. That is the main thing. Try not to look scruffy. If let's say it's a fancy dress party, guess what?

Go fancy dress, because they will love it. Right, let's have a look at another question here. Compilation CDs versus albums. Now, I prefer to buy compilation CDs. The reason being is, let's say all of a sudden an artist has a huge hit, they will bring an album out. The reason being is because they make very little money from the single but they make a heap from the album. But quite often, a lot of the tracks on the album are like... You don't play them. So what's the point in investing loads of money in all the albums? You're better off investing the money in the compilation CDs because what they will do with the compilation CDs, they will get the best tracks. So in other words, compilation of 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Tamela Motown, Northern Soul, Disco, Raga, Rare Groove, Techno, Trance, etc.

3:37 Finally, this is my

Most of the time, that 80 if not 90% of the tracks on those compilation albums are the ones that you will play, as opposed to maybe buying an album where you'll play one or two tracks that were in the top charts, the top of the charts, and the rest of them people will be scratching their heads thinking, why is he or she playing this? Right, finally, this is my... hold on, excuse me. Right, I do apologise, I'm dyslexic, so sometimes like reading things... Seriously, if you're dyslexic, maybe you can understand because you look at something and the words go ba-doop-doop-doop. They just, they dance. It's amazing. Maybe I should put some music on it. Sorry. Right, okay. This is Punk TV, guys. Alright, finally, the last one, okay, is he's noticed that I lug around loads of kit, you know, in small tiny boxes and whatnot. Why don't I put them all in the same box? Well, of course...

There's a lot of reasons for that. One reason is the van I have, once I put the big RCF speakers in there, there's not much room to put anything else. So when you've got a huge amp box and you've got other items, if you then have a huge extra box and you put it on something, it's going to slide all over the place. That is my argument. I do have flight cases for lights and quite often I'll use just a big cardboard box and I'll have a blanket and I'll wrap things in the blanket, put it in the cardboard box. Logically, I'll make sure that the cardboard box is sturdy and that nothing is banging around or nothing's going to get broken. But yes, it is a very good idea to get cases to put your items in. Or another one, A1 Party DJs in Australia. This is what he does when he gets a new light.

He'll keep the box. Very simple. Fantastic idea. So what do you do? You just put your new light or the light you've got in the box and then everything's square, it goes in the back of the van or your car. Job's done, isn't it? Alright, so hope you get a little bit of info from this and if you've got any more information or your thoughts, bung it underneath here. Practice and enjoy. It's sunny now.

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