Portable Jukebox Rental Service?

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Mack Entertainment

Mack Entertainment

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So I was talking with a photobooth guy and he gave me an idea. What if I were to have a service for people who are simply looking for just background music for a party they were having, but didn't want to pay for the whole DJ experience. Like a photobooth but for music. Simply roll in, setup the system, and go. I could even hire an attendant to watch it in case of problems. I was thinking that it could be marketed at a price where it could be profitable even with a person watching it. If it works I could come up with a bunch of them and have a new stream of revenue.

Questions I am wondering about:

Have any of you ever done anything like this? If so what did you experience?
Do you think it's a service people would pay for? I was thinking under $300-500 for one day rental.
Do you see any problems with this type of service?
 
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People won't need what you're offering. They already have a phone with Pandora.
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Pandora is free.. lol I rent systems.. for stuff like this for the right price.. i will throw up 2 powered speakers and a mixer with an 8th inch jack..
 
Dj Nightmare said:
Pandora is free.. lol I rent systems.. for stuff like this for the right price.. i will throw up 2 powered speakers and a mixer with an 8th inch jack..
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But is there a need for that? No offense, but I know at least three non-DJs who have one of those Ion Blockrocker portable speakers for their own parties, and they sound pretty good. Lots of people set up a cheap bluetooth speaker at parties, because it's what they own and it doesn't cost them anything.

I just don't think people will see the value in a sound system rental, even at $100. For $100, you can go on Craigslist and find a DJ.
 
thats why i say for the right price.. around here there are an abundance of folks who care about appearance.. having a solid PA setup and music playing looks better than the house system to them.. so they pay me to setup and i leave and then comeback.. to get my system lol
 
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But is there a need for that? No offense, but I know at least three non-DJs who have one of those Ion Blockrocker portable speakers for their own parties, and they sound pretty good. Lots of people set up a cheap bluetooth speaker at parties, because it's what they own and it doesn't cost them anything.

I just don't think people will see the value in a sound system rental, even at $100. For $100, you can go on Craigslist and find a DJ.
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I rent this for $150.00 Voice or Background Music
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B-Sharp said:
People won't need what you're offering. They already have a phone with Pandora.
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True Pandora is an option but most people don't usually have the sound system to go with it. I was thinking about using something like this for a party in a club house or in a tent where people just want good background music. Plus the interactive touch screen could be appealing to some. Pandora is great but if you are playing it off of a house stereo system it might not be that great.
 
ahoustondj said:
I rent this for $150.00 Voice or Background Music
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Yeah I was thinking about doing something similar to this as another option. I look at this as an easy to way to give people different options not as a replacement of DJ services. My main focus is still on DJ'ing but this could be something else to offer for a small investment.
 
B-Sharp said:
But is there a need for that? No offense, but I know at least three non-DJs who have one of those Ion Blockrocker portable speakers for their own parties, and they sound pretty good. Lots of people set up a cheap bluetooth speaker at parties, because it's what they own and it doesn't cost them anything.

I just don't think people will see the value in a sound system rental, even at $100. For $100, you can go on Craigslist and find a DJ.
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Yeah I think a good percentage of the people may see it this way but i'm hoping there might be some who would be interested. Plus I have a large library of songs they don't have.
 
Mack Entertainment said:
Yeah I think a good percentage of the people may see it this way but i'm hoping there might be some who would be interested. Plus I have a large library of songs they don't have.
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It may be against the Copyright Laws to Rent your Music.
 
ahoustondj said:
It may be against the Copyright Laws to Rent your Music.
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I don't believe that there is such a thing within the Copyright laws. Copyright applies with where you play it (public / private) and the amount of backups you may have of said media. I believe that other laws govern that you have legitimate copies to cover the amount of systems you have - example, if you have 4 complete sound systems that may be used simultaneously, then you need to have 4 legally obtained / purchased copies of music.

In this scenario, the music is not legally changing hands - it is still owned by you. If a client / guest asks you to play a song from their media device, cd, etc - does that violate any laws? No .. and this is no different.
 
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Mack Entertainment said:
I don't know since it would be used at private events. I would have to check on that.
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It may be a Private Event but you are Marketing it to the Public
Somebody has to pay the License. Per the ASCAP Website.


  • I bought the record or sheet music. Why do I need permission to perform the music?
    Copyright owners enjoy a number of different rights including performance rights, print rights and recording rights. Rental or purchase of sheet music or the purchase of a record does not authorize its public performance.

Almost every CD has a Warning printed on its jacket that forbids Duplication. So unless you have Original Discs/Tracks for each unit then when you rent the unit with music, you are actually duplicating which is against the Law. RIAA will be the ones who will enforce that!.
 
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ahoustondj said:
It may be a Private Event but you are Marketing it to the Public
Somebody has to pay the License. Per the ASCAP Website.
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You're marketing a service, not the event itself, to the public. It is always the venue's responsibility to keep up with their music licenses.
 
B-Sharp said:
You're marketing a service, not the event itself, to the public. It is always the venue's responsibility to keep up with their music licenses.
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Then why do Jukebox Companies need Licenses? Both the Bar Owners as well as the Jukebox Owners have to pay!
As I stated above he will have to buy original Copies of music to accompany each unit otherwise he will also be guilty of Duplication.
 
I think I'm starting to remember why I didn't go into the jukebox rental biz. You'd have to buy/own multiple libraries to be legal. Then, it's going to be difficult to convince someone to rent your jukebox when they can get a cheap DJ for just about the same or a bit more money. And that's not even talking about the issue of delivery, setup, teardown, damages and theft.
 
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Jukeboxes, like you see in bars and restaurants, do have to have licenses because they are in public playing to a public audience. If you're renting equipment to a private party, this is no different than the service you provide (as far as copyright is concerned).
 
ahoustondj said:
It may be a Private Event but you are Marketing it to the Public
Somebody has to pay the License. Per the ASCAP Website.
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You play private functions and market to the public. What's the difference?

ahoustondj said:
Almost every CD has a Warning printed on its jacket that forbids Duplication. So unless you have Original Discs/Tracks for each unit then when you rent the unit with music, you are actually duplicating which is against the Law. RIAA will be the ones who will enforce that!.
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Somebody would have seen this already if he wasn't ignoring people.
 
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