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DJ Memories – Could You Play a Favorite Song for Me?

admin — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 17:14:53 +0000

I set up to play for a company party on board one of the Commodore Line ships that specializes in dinner cruises on the San Francisco Bay. Everything went as planned: I played low-key background music for the dinner, then gradually picked up the pace as we started the party. The people were happy, I [...]

DJ Memories – Motorcycle DJ

admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 23:32:40 +0000

If you have read my other articles on How to Be a Great DJ on my website, you already know that I constantly emphasize the subject of the People, in phrases like “Know Your Client,” or “Listen to the Audience.” If you are ever to reach the elusive goal (and I don’t claim that I [...]

Bay Area DJ, The Man and The Music

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:02:09 +0000

All my life I have been associated with music. When I was a 12 year old kid, I learned to play guitar on an old Harmony (cheap) acoustic guitar I found in a house my parents rented in Walla Walla, Washington. The guitar was missing three strings, which I used about a month’s allowance to [...]

How to Be a Great DJ Lesson #4 – DJ Equipment

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 23:53:20 +0000

Amplifiers, Speakers, Turntables, Disk Players,Computers & Mixers In Lesson #1, I indicated that a great DJ must have a practical, working knowledge of his client. In Lesson #2, I gave some tips on how to handle music, and Lesson #3 covered a very profitable line of DJ work, The Wedding. In this lesson, I wish [...]

How to Be a Great DJ Lesson #3 – How to Plan a Wedding

admin — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:21:17 +0000

So far, we have covered two main topics DJ’s must learn if they want to become GREAT DJ’s: (1) Know Your Client, and (2) Know How to Handle Music. In this third lesson, we’ll give some tips on how to do Great Weddings. Let’s be honest: A DJ could go his or her whole life [...]

How to Be a Great DJ Lesson #2 – The Music

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:37:03 +0000

In Lesson #1, I covered several general but critical concepts a DJ must master if (s)he is to become a GREAT DJ: I indicated that a great DJ must have integrity–(s)he must put his or her client’s needs ahead of his own needs to make money and have fun; he must have ambition to do [...]

How to Be a Great DJ Lesson #1 – Get to Know Your Client

admin — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:08:39 +0000

As a DJ I’ve played hundreds of “gigs” over the years, and I’ve watched as a guest while other poor, fair, good, or sometimes great DJ’s ply their trade, and I believe that not all of them knew how to improve their DJ skills. Most of them were probably self-taught, maybe had tried getting together [...]