I saw this website online advertising about a cheap DJ.
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I have 10,000 songs.... probably go through less than 1000 of them in a year. If the size of your library is your selling point, you need to really rethink your branding and marketing strategy. Funny thing is I probably have a library smaller than most seasoned dj's yet somehow find myself in the top 5% in terms of pricing lol.
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It's not just about what you have but knowing what to do with it to make things successful.
When I built my music library, it was long before I ever thought about being a DJ. I wanted to play music that I enjoyed, and wanted to do it without having to load a CD (or 300 CD's). I had my music digitized before most people (even DJ's) ever thought of doing it. The reason I ripped entire albums was not because I liked every track on every album, but because I wanted to simulate the experience of listening to a stack of albums in their entirety.
When I decided to start DJing, I got a hold of lists of Most Requested songs and compared them to my library. I tried to acquire every track on those lists that I didn't already own. There were tracks by artists I never listened to, and some required buying their greatest hits to get the tracks I needed.
If I was building a music library for just my DJ business, it would be less than half the size of my current library.
Yea .. one of these days I'm going to pare it extensively. I'm also planning on re-ripping my CDs to a lossless version .. either aiff or flac. As the PA gear gets better, there is a slight benefit to a quality version .. nothing to lose sweat over, but nice to have.
My goal is to get a good working library under 256Gb (or most of it) to keep my iPad happy.
When I built mine, I wanted to replicate the album's as they were - you are entitled one backup. Because I was primarily CD at the time, I did not want to have to rebuy a CD for any of the stuff I bought. In addition, I often go through albums seeing what else is on it and if it can be used.
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My family tree is pretty small, in comparison.
But we do get at least 100 people...
and everyone "brings something".
Either food, and/or an item to raffle off.
Same here had150 at last reunion, dish to pass no music but there was a slide show with a sound track and an open donation basket. I have 4 cousins and we all take turns hosting, it’s in a park shelter rent is $50 and we provide plates and utensils and plastic cups suggested donation is $2 per person it’s has never cost us more that $150 to put on
Any extra money is donated to the park fund in my grandparents name
Any extra money is donated to the park fund in my grandparents name
That does happen here too but sometimes it's used as a fundraiser for a local charity after expenses are paid. I did a big one last summer I don't recall what the registration fee was but they gave about $5000 to the local food bank