Broke DJ Rehab Part 1 - Economy, iPods, & New DJs

This is the first video of a series where I'll attempt to help some of you with some of my ideas and thoughts. They are ONLY my ideas and thoughts and not gospel, so please do not take them as such.

Enjoy!

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Howto & Style

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• DJ
• Tutor
• Brian
• Redd
• Briansredd
• broke
• help
• money
• ecomomy
• value
• poor
• substandard
• customer
• service
• mobile
• disco
• wedding

[wickedsounz]

Excellent Brian.

I get some very large paying gigs, but I also take the low cost gigs. Why? Because I choose to do that. The thing is, I give both types of client the same service and that is why I do this job. I get pleasure from it and no matter what the client is paying, they all deserve good service. I may not earn too much from the budget gig, but in the end, I win because they remember the service they receive. This alone is worth more that money.

Paul

[briansredd]

Oh I don't just take the cream off the top either.

The lower end gigs I do get just as much energy put into the performance, even more at times, as the higher paying gigs do.

The difference is that the higher paying gigs get a lot more customer service & maybe a few extras thrown into the mix.

To take a gig at, say $400 when nothing else pops up is very much worth my time. To spend a lot of time planning for low end gigs and giving thoes clients a lot of extra attention isn't.

[patrickman123]

i hate using ipods at gigs

but i use an ipod as backup only

[brietzmann]

great video, you spoke out of my mind...self-sonfidence is 90% of your performance

[MFPDJ1]

Well said about the iPod. I have a 32GB iPod touch and it holds most of my music but not all of it. I can mix on that if I need to [with the correct apps]. But I ONLY use it for backup. The rest of my music that is backed up is on CD's and I always have my CD players ready and plugged in. I have the iPod touch and CD players hooked up to another mixer already hooked up to another channel on my amp. If my amp blows, I have that backed up too, speakers blow, also backed up. Just come prepared.

[supremebeing1212]

@wickedsounz hey well said dude! i love DJing i do the same!

[123scottsdj]

I was just watchin this and i kinda feel like shit ! djing seems to be the only thing im decent at and i just love it. I spend a lot of time with real mobile djs and i try to learn from and yourself ! Im not gona go out and do a wedding ontill im older anyways but i see where your gettin at. Thanks

[Donwunkhyron]

SMART GUY

[djdejannesic]

i am working as a plumber the week along,

but i have my fun @ the club!!

i have my dj equipment fo 6000 euro or something,but what the crap !!!!!

this is my hobby and my passion and i am gonna work for my fun!!!!

[SouthernAngel540]

I am somewhere between an upstart and an established DJ. I have done the big weddings and the VFW weddings. Brian is right when it comes to people starting out. Do the VFW weddings; type up a nice letter about yourself and take it to the different halls. Do your best to talk to the person in charge of hall rental not just handing it to the bar tender. I have done many weddings and the "VFW" weddings can be a blast.

[PrymeTymeEnter]

It is important to be smart withyour money... Don't buy what you can't afford and if you don't have it, don't spend it. Have an equipment maintenance and development fund strictly for upkeeping and purchasing equipment...

[DJSoundDog]

lol Nice one about ego:

"If you did not have an ego, you'd just be like the rest"... "and if I did not have an ego, I might just use the gun"

from 'Ego is not a dirty word' by Skyhooks

[TTench6]

the best part about a recession is that the businesses usually have a lot of sales, and because dj equipment is expensive, it might be a better time to make a purchase than one might think

[lokylok204]

You got thumbs downs from people cos they're scared of the truth.