Demographics?

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SemiRetired DJ

SemiRetired DJ

Mac Daddy DJ
Nov 22, 2010
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Do you use demographics in your events?

What I mean is, do you ask your prospective clients:
1. Age ranges of guests?
2. Gender balances of guests?
3. Ethnic/Racial makeup of guests?
4. Blue collar/white collar makeup of guests?

and so on...

I did. It helped me develop a playlist ahead of time based on the client's input of songs plus the demographics.
 
Amount of people?
Age Groups?
Genres of Music?
That is enough info for me......I can handle it from there.
 
Ethnic and racial make-up doesn't indicate the type of music they want (at least not here in the northeast) unless the client indicates they want ethnic music. Otherwise I'll agree with Canute that ages and music genres are usually sufficient.
 
Oh but in Southern California it does.

Takes me back to a post I made a long time ago about sitting at a 7 11 store and listening to the music as the different cars pulled in.
 
I ask the bride to tell me about her guests. I don't ask much more that that. If there is something significant about her guests I should know, she'll tell me. I'm looking for...are they a real fun crowd...layed back...etc.
Besides that, I can figure it out that night. The things I prepare for are the MCing and the special songs they want. Besides that, I can read a crowd.
Knowing that half of the crowd is black or latino, or that the majority of people there will be female, will not make me prepare any different.
 
Actually my short answer should be "No". The word that should have been used is "Criteria" not "Demographics".
 
I don't get that specific with my questions.
And I never make a playlist prior to the event, except for the special songs and requests from the client.

I may ask "what kind of music do you and your friends like to dance to?"...
but that is not for planning purposes, it is just to put me in the correct frame-of-mind.
(I find it dangerous to "expect" to play a certain kind of music before you get there)

A person's demographics, or even what they listen to in their personal lives...
does not determine what they wanna hear at an event.
 
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