Club & Bar Help For Mobile DJs

Here's another quick vid

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[priyonjoni]

A wedding will only lead you to another wedding. But a good performance at the club can lead you to bigger clubs, out of town shows, sponsorships, label signing; special appearances, not to mention an infinite income peak; while wedding DJ's seem to be maxed out at a plateau level.

[briansredd]

Sounds to me you are rockin' at a SuperStar level! That's Great, man!

Most of us are not at your level club wise. Most markets can't afford a club DJ for $1K a night. But hey, if you are, you're rockin'!

Having said that, the Mobile stuff CAN, in a strong market, bring in a few K per gig.

[numberexhaust]

i like the organization and the short timing of the video, but i have to disagree with you on the goal of bar and club djing. if you intentionally try to build up a dance floor and then kill it, you'll loose everyone. in my experience, people come and go with the songs you play, and as long as you keep your set moderately varied people will go back and forth to the bar to drink naturally.

[briansredd]

It depends on the club/bar. Most of the places I play, it's about BAR REVENUE. The more money the bar makes, the better.

Example: At the Latino club gigs I play, I do merengue, bachata, Salsa, reggaeton sets. I bring out the Salsa crowd, get them wound up to a climax, then send them to the bar as I bring out the Bachata crowd.... rense & repeat :)

The bar loves it because they make loads of money on the nights I work &.. the crowd is happy :)

[jasperibe]

nice follow up video to your 27min monster =)

[briansredd]

Yeah I am doing some time tests, as you have noticed. HA!

[DevasionRecords]

o shit- are you the same person who made DJ Brian S IDK WTF 2010 Mix "" ??????

[lickmygirth]

So positive, it's great

[metome142]

I'm a a farely new mobile DJ and I am in the process of building my music library. The music provider that I am using only currently goes back to Jan '08. Can you please give me some advice as to where I can go to get all of the music I need beyond 2008? Thanks

[mcmookie]

Depends on your venue and your population. I do a weekly gig on Thursday nights for the 19-30 year old crowd where I am. I'm sure many of you guys get this - you're in a small market (town) and because of the economy people are only coming out for 1 hour of your 3-4 hours you might be working, the last one before the bar closes. They want to hear the same songs and are scared of anything new. Have been trying to break this market out of its shell for years. It's pretty much 125BPM+ for an hour.

[RokDAWG1]

I normally charge $350 to $500 in bar/club gigs. I'm lucky in the fact that i have such a big following too.

[RokDAWG1]

I call that the roller coaster ride. I bring them up, and bring 'em down. Always remember to pick the songs that are great sing along tunes when you bring 'em down. Me being a musician (a real musician. Not one of those that DJ and call themselves a musician) I use that for when i play live. It has helped me figure out exactly how to really work crowds.

I think that you certainly know your craft, and it's good to see that someone else out there "gets it"!!

Keep up the good work

[kidbanga10]

great advice thanks!!

[priyonjoni]

It's not about being superstar level, I'm no where near that. Sometimes, if the market ain't there, you just have to create it. It's a difference between being an employee of the club or an entrepreneur of a scene.$500 to $1000 is not too much to ask when I've seen this promoters take home $10K + from regular local parties.