Whats the difference between a Club and a Mobile DJ?

Alright folks, this is a video response going out to Ultimate Goobar YouTube user and what they've asked is what is the difference between a club DJ and a mobile DJ? Right, I could really easily say that a mobile DJ takes gear with them and a club DJ doesn't, which is the simple way of putting it. But then again, a club DJ does take a certain amount of gear with them because they'll take headphones, microphone and of course their music. Now then... But then again, a club DJ is a mobile DJ as well because they will work from place to place. So this is where it gets not awkward but quite diverse and you start looking at different angles. But basically, a mobile DJ is as follows, or the general terminology used for a mobile DJ is the sort of person who will have PA, lighting, decor sometimes, they'll have turntables, mixer, microphone records, whole set-ups. So in other words, they can go in their vehicle...

Anywhere, set up and have a complete miniature nightclub with them. As opposed to a club DJ who nine times out of ten will only at the very least have their records, headphones and possibly a microphone. Now then, of course though there are mobile club DJs. They're the sort of people who will go from club to club and maybe do an hour set here, two hour there, etc. But then also you have in the club environment, you have what are known as resident DJs. These guys most of the time will do like the warm-up sets or the mid-evening sets in big nightclubs. Then you will have the big DJs come along and they'll do the last set. And they're more likely, you can more likely, sorry, class those as a mobile

Club DJ as such. So that really is one way of looking at it. Club DJ, person who stays, generally works nine times out of ten only in nightclubs. More likely modern day nightclubs they'll play up front, dance music etc. Whereas a mobile DJ what they will do, they will have their own gear with them, they'll take their own microphones, the PA, the lights etc. They'll play all kinds of music. And they'll go from venue to venue doing maybe weddings, 21st, 18th, bar mitzvahs, etc. But then again there are some club DJs who do mobile work as well because they will go from place to place and they'll only play specific styles of music. But then that's when you get into the terminology known as sound systems which is a set or groups of people who will go along with huge masses of rays of speakers.

And they'll play just like Psy Trance or Electro or House or Techno or Trance, etc. So I hope that's been a help. So that's the video going out to Ultimate Goo Bar on YouTube. Practice and enjoy.

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