So you want to be a mobile dj,

0:00 First of all, mobile DJ

Alright folks, in this selection of videos, there's myself and a guy who doesn't even know he's going to take part in this yet, but he already really has actually, and that is Brian S. Redd. Okay, so between the two of us, and we haven't even met, but he's one side of the pond and I'm the other side of the pond, we're going to make you think either one of two things. Yes, you would love to be a mobile DJ, or no, because you've realised it's damn hard work. So, the choice is yours. Right, now then, first of all, mobile DJ. What is a mobile DJ? It is not the DJ you see in a nightclub who turns up with a bag of records, an entourage of 20 people, all around his feet grovelling and puts his hands in the air, and as soon as he puts his hands in the air the crowd go, Hooray! And he plays a few records for about two or three hours and walks away with a lot of money. Nope, not at all. A mobile DJ is basically someone like this.

1:23 Consider this, even with all of those said items

Even if I said the barest of kit, you'd need two speakers, one amplifier, a mixer, something to produce the music as in CD player, DAT player, turntables or PC. You would then need your lighting, you have to have some form of lighting, microphone, headphones, relevant leads, relevant T-bars etc., insurance, public liability and transport. Okay, now then. Consider this, even with all of those said items. Imagine this now, let's say I'm doing a function 50 miles away. I would have to leave and I have to set up by 5 o'clock. I would have to leave at least by 2 o'clock. To get there, I class an hour for injury time, flat tyre or maybe bad traffic, so you have to bear that in mind. You turn up at the venue before anyone else has arrived.

Then first of all, of course, you have to take all of your equipment out of the house. You have to put it in the transportation in your van. Then when you get there, you have to take it out of the van, put it in the venue. Occasionally, well more often than not, it's great because you turn up and you haven't really got far to set the gear up. But quite often you'll find that you have to go through about half a dozen doors, up a flight of stairs, through a corridor, you know, through another door and there you go. Not just once, because then you have to go downstairs and then you have to get another speaker. You have to do it all over again and downstairs. And then you have to get an amplifier up and downstairs. Then you have to get your lights upstairs and downstairs. Brian, you know exactly where I'm coming from. So of course then you've set up and you leave the room, maybe a bit of background music on, and then of course you do your three or four hours.

3:03 You've had enough and you want to get home

Thank you very much. By this time, of course, you're asking them, excuse me, can you move out the way? And excuse me, excuse me, excuse me. Because really, you want to get home. You've had enough and you want to get home. And you can't say, look, bugger off out the way. You've got to say, excuse me, sir, excuse me, madam. And quite often or not, what you'll find if there's a particular person by the door that you have to go through to leave the venue, they'll stand there. It's not through ignorance. It's just because they're drunk and you're a nobody. You know, excuse me. DJ tutorial by Ellaskins It's not easy, it's a lot of work, there's a lot of work involved and hopefully between myself and Brian we will basically inform you, we will give you as much information that we can. We've been in the industry a long time, we don't know everything but then again if I was in a position that you are now, let's say you want to become a mobile DJ and I was looking at me...

I would listen and I would learn because years ago when I actually started, the same as Brian, we did not have this sort of opportunity. So I would take this with open hands and practice and enjoy. So listen up because Brian and I are going to get it and make it real, alright? Thank you for watching and see you soon. Bye bye.

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