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rickryan.com said:
Speaking of karaoke, I wanted to run something past you for your input. At the American Legion karaoke gig that I'm doing (2 nights per week), management said they wanted to help grow it so we're going to do a "karaoke raffle". Every time a singer comes up, I'll put their name on the back of a ticket and put it in a jar. This will run until Dec 20th at which time we do a drawing from the pot for a $500 cash prize. We'll be using that to promote in the area and try to pull more people in. Thoughts?
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I like the idea. It needs some promotion if the goal is to pull more people that do not regularly go to the American Legion. Defenitely putting it on the outside marquee (They SHOULD have one) is a start. Tell the audience to tell their friends/family that do not come to the legion about this promotion. Maybe word of mouth will enable 5-15+ additional singers to come into the rotation between now and Dec. 20th.

An American Legion is a hard type of venue to grow to the public for coming into the bar there and hanging out.
 
In 2024, I will say that I noticed that I have been playing LESS older songs for the older folks at my weddings. Most of my couples are wanting 2000s and newer stuff being played. Maybe a dive into a few 90s songs.

This last wedding, I played like 5 songs early on from the 70s/80s including September, and I wanna Dance with Somebody...then I dived right into 2000s and newer. Once I dived in, the bride came up and asked me to play from their list of songs...so it was right into her newer country specific songs and like 3 newer hip hop songs. She even requested "Mo Mamba"...I hate that song. I only have a clean version of it because I believe the amount of cussing in the song is unbearable for a wedding reception. Since it was the bride requesting it...I played it. Didn't want to though.

So this last wedding I had 5 total songs, plus I played Don't Stop Believing, and Sweet Caroline later in the evening, so people above age 55 essentially had 7 songs to dance to the whole night. The wedding before this one I think I got about 9 songs played from the 70s/80s. In 2024 most weddings have not been over maybe 10-11 older songs played at a wedding. I am definitely playing less and less of music from prior to the late 90s/2000s. Gen Z couples certainly don't want me playing much of it. The Millennial couples are still okay with it though, although, they seem to want me moving into the 90s/2000s/2010s quicker than in previous years.
 
I do only private & college events where I have nothing to do with promotion. I have had 1 or 2 colleges try do some cash promotions, the students just come for that & leave. Usually they aren’t invested in being involved except for the prize.
 
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DJ Ricky B said:
In 2024, I will say that I noticed that I have been playing LESS older songs for the older folks at my weddings. Most of my couples are wanting 2000s and newer stuff being played. Maybe a dive into a few 90s songs.

This last wedding, I played like 5 songs early on from the 70s/80s including September, and I wanna Dance with Somebody...then I dived right into 2000s and newer. Once I dived in, the bride came up and asked me to play from their list of songs...so it was right into her newer country specific songs and like 3 newer hip hop songs. She even requested "Mo Mamba"...I hate that song. I only have a clean version of it because I believe the amount of cussing in the song is unbearable for a wedding reception. Since it was the bride requesting it...I played it. Didn't want to though.

So this last wedding I had 5 total songs, plus I played Don't Stop Believing, and Sweet Caroline later in the evening, so people above age 55 essentially had 7 songs to dance to the whole night. The wedding before this one I think I got about 9 songs played from the 70s/80s. In 2024 most weddings have not been over maybe 10-11 older songs played at a wedding. I am definitely playing less and less of music from prior to the late 90s/2000s. Gen Z couples certainly don't want me playing much of it. The Millennial couples are still okay with it though, although, they seem to want me moving into the 90s/2000s/2010s quicker than in previous years.
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It's not about what songs we like or dislike. If we agree to do an event then it's about what the client wants. If you don't like the songs that they want the DJ to play then you have the right to turn down the event. That's if you haven't signed the contract yet.

I do understand you. A lot of songs of today they curse the whole song. Back in the day I remember artists had real talent. Those who got to make it big had real talent and not some gemick.

As far as getting patrons to come to an establishment and drink alcohol with a DJ. Depending on the age group you have to have the right DJ for that crowd. The people 50 and older are generally not going to want to listen to a DJ playing songs with cursing the whole time. That kind of crowd they won't want to deal with.
 
DJ Ricky B said:
I like the idea. It needs some promotion if the goal is to pull more people that do not regularly go to the American Legion. Defenitely putting it on the outside marquee (They SHOULD have one) is a start. Tell the audience to tell their friends/family that do not come to the legion about this promotion. Maybe word of mouth will enable 5-15+ additional singers to come into the rotation between now and Dec. 20th.

An American Legion is a hard type of venue to grow to the public for coming into the bar there and hanging out.
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Update: I was averaging 12-15 singers before, now it's 19-26. They're still almost all regulars but boy, most all of the regulars are not about to miss a chance at that $500. Several of the club members fussed as they wanted to have 1 ticket per night per singer but the post Commander backed me up and said 1 ticket for each song you sing. Now they're all staying till the bloody end. It'll be interesting to see if we ever start pulling in non-members. Either way, I think this promotion is being seen as a success by everyone.
 
adj2ent said:
I do only private & college events where I have nothing to do with promotion. I have had 1 or 2 colleges try do some cash promotions, the students just come for that & leave. Usually they aren’t invested in being involved except for the prize.
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Same here but this lotto concept seems to be working at keeping them in the door. Feel free to pass it along to your sponsors.
 
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