2026 Event Count Prediction. How many do you anticipate you will work in 2026?

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How many events do you believe you will work in 2026

  • RETIRED so ZERO!

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • ONE SINGLE EVENT will be booked and performed

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • 2-5 events

    Votes: 3 20.0%

  • 6-14 events

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • 15-20 events

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • 21-30

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • 31-40

    Votes: 2 13.3%

  • 41-50

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • 51-65

    Votes: 1 6.7%

  • OVER 65 EVENTS in 2026

    Votes: 2 13.3%
  • Total voters
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
You're the second person who suggested investing in the Stock Market. I don't know anything about the Stock Market and I'm skeptical about investing in something that I'm not sure I won't lose my shirt.
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Just the s&p 500 is all one needs if they wanna keep things easy. Essentially your betting on the us economy… which for the most part has had consistent gains for the last century. Again this is perhaps a little too late. It’s best to have done this decades before retirement. Now just enjoy any side income you make and save for a rainy day.
 
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tunes4046 said:
Why do you have line item pricing instead of just quoting the gig?? This makes no sense to me
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Exactly.

I have customers for whom I am essentially providing identical service, yet the prices may differ significantly.

There are non-profits and other client types who I support with reduced rates who would otherwise not be able to afford the level of service that benefits their need. These are important clients to have because they are a continuing source of public exposure, free advertising, and new referrals.

I really don't need any slick marketing or mind manipulating sales pitches because there are more than enough people out there singing my praises to other potential users and standing up at the microphone at their own event to say my name and "thank you" in front of a large and fully attentive audience.

It's one thing as a DJ to say your own name on the mic - but, when clients are calling attention to you unsolicited it stands out so much more. The most challenging part of marketing DJ services is not price, talent, or gear - it's how you treat people and whether or not you can truly present as an authority figure on the subject of their event concerns.

Record your sales converstaions with prospects and then count the number of times you use the words "I" or "me." If this requires more than the fingers on one hand - find a better way of conversing and presenting. Customers aren't calling to make you comfortable - they are calling for someone who can make them comfortable with whatever challenges are ahead.
 
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Proformance said:
Exactly.

I have customers for whom I am essentially providing identical service, yet the prices may differ significantly.

There are non-profits and other client types who I support with reduced rates who would otherwise not be able to afford the level of service that benefits their need. These are important clients to have because they are a continuing source of public exposure, free advertising, and new referrals.

I really don't need any slick marketing or mind manipulating sales pitches because there are more than enough people out there singing my praises to other potential users and standing up at the microphone at their own event to say my name and "thank you" in front of a large and fully attentive audience.

It's one thing as a DJ to say your own name on the mic - but, when clients are calling attention to you unsolicited it stands out so much more. The most challenging part of marketing DJ services is not price, talent, or gear - it's how you treat people and whether or not you can truly present as an authority figure on the subject of their event concerns.

Record your sales converstaions with prospects and then count the number of times you use the words "I" or "me." If this requires more than the fingers on one hand - find a better way of conversing and presenting. Customers aren't calling to make you comfortable - they are calling for someone who can make them comfortable with whatever challenges are ahead.
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I would love to see you in action DJ God. I don't remember anytime someone at an event got on the mic and sang praises for the job I did or was doing at an event.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
I would love to see you in action DJ God. I don't remember anytime someone at an event got on the mic and sang praises for the job I did or was doing at an event.
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Honestly, at least at my weddings, I do get from time to time random shoutouts. Sometimes it's part of a toast, sometimes its the couples shouting me out or hyping me up before the dancing starts. A lot of my clients are usually part of an existing network. It's not unusual to do weddings of siblings, friends, or relatives of past clients, so someitme they'll say something along the lines of we cant wait to party tonight with the best dj ever or something like that. Sometimes their more personal where in a speech it's mentioned that the couple met at an event I dj'd years ago and it's fitting that I'm also at the wedding. Things I totally don't expect, but very much appreciated in the moment and creates a really good feeling that to these clients you're a special part of the event... not just another hired vendor. Some events I've been doing now for nearly 15 yrs (for example one at the end of the month is for a non profit organiation)... so the host will often say it's nice to have me back there and that I was there from the beginning. None of this is over the top praise, just subtle one liners that creates a more personal connection to the event.

The praises come more often at the conclusion of the event. When the bride posts about her event and makes sure to publicly mention me and the job that I did.
 
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
I would love to see you in action DJ God. I don't remember anytime someone at an event got on the mic and sang praises for the job I did or was doing at an event.
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I have been mentioned in the welcome by the couple numerous times at weddings, and at any public event I have ever been hired for there is typically at least one if not multiple times that all of the vendors are thanked over the mic
 
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tunes4046 said:
I have been mentioned in the welcome by the couple numerous times at weddings, and at any public event I have ever been hired for there is typically at least one if not multiple times that all of the vendors are thanked over the mic
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For me I've had individual people come up to me complimenting me on the jib I'm doing. Never that I remember there was a big shout out on the mic about the great job I'm doing.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
I would love to see you in action DJ God. I don't remember anytime someone at an event got on the mic and sang praises for the job I did or was doing at an event.
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Mixxy, I don't find this statement from you hard to believe. Bet your partner get this a bunch?!
I love when the crowd chat's my name at the end of an event. Nice when the client or maybe family member slide some cash into my hand at the end of the evening.
 
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
It's not a sure fire guarantee you will make money. Besides I don't think they want my $50 for a investment.
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Neither is DJ gear you are living proof

tunes4046 said:
I have been mentioned in the welcome by the couple numerous times at weddings, and at any public event I have ever been hired for there is typically at least one if not multiple times that all of the vendors are thanked over the mic
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Me too it's pretty common around here actually
 
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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
I would love to see you in action DJ God. I don't remember anytime someone at an event got on the mic and sang praises for the job I did or was doing at an event.
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That's because you're focused on the wrong thing. You think your job is the music - but, that's already been created by someone else. Your TRUE JOB is the guest experience. Lean to focus on that and people will start addressing you by name rather than simply: "DJ."

I've always done more than simply show-up and DJ.

I've done decades of corporate events (even as a DJ) and the work on those starts almost a year in advance, I'm at the planning committee meetings, I'm designing the stage layouts, and in the discussions about guest experience, decor, presentation, and venue coordination. I'm in the program booklet, and the venue knows exactly who I am because the whole lead up is a team approach. That's very different from a DJ just showing up the day of with a bunch of questions and list of immediate needs.

These days I do a lot of work in performing art centers, and with schools, etc. - and yes, the performers on stage with microphones personally acknowledge and thank me for the audio, lighting, and stage support. The conductor of the Symphony addresses me by name if he wants some house lighting during a number with audience participation (typical of Holiday Pops.)

The trouble with most mobile DJs is the vast distance between themselves and their own customers. By the time you show up at the venue the bride and her family have met multiple times with catering, the planner, the rental managers, and a whole slew of profesionals providing a much higher level of customer servcie.

DJs struggle to come off as customer servcie oriented, I got a reception planning form recently from a DJ that was 33 pages long. (Mine is a single double sided page,) "More STUFF" is not how to imporve the customer experience. For that, we have to develop skills and experiences that make us a reliable resource and then actually show up to be involved and recognized as a powerful resourse.
 
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Let me say this. What I remember is it was told about people getting on the mic and shouting me out. The event I did on May 28th nobody got on the mic and gave me a shout out. I just had people thanking me for the job I did and the guy that had me to do the event told me they are planning on doing other things and they want me to be the DJ.

I'm supposed to do a graduation event on Friday June 12th. I let him know I may not be able to do that event because I'm supposed to get surgery. I don't know when. I have a doctors appointment tomorrow for my heart. I found out my heart is functioning at 40 to 50%. So they want to make sure I'm able to get the surgery and when if possible.
 
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