Video Jocks Question for wedding Vjs. What popular video clips you are not playing at weddings...
- Thread starter anzyxx
- Start date
- That would be plethora of DJs like me - who have consistently outsold music VJs in wedding bookings for the last 30 years.
- This thread is 4 years old and in that time garnered only ONE reply from any DJ endorsing music videos at weddings, along with the caveat that he often retreats to ambient wallpaper and still images.
- We can also include the vast majority of brides who are not willing to book music video services for their wedding, even at no added cost.
- The largest audience for music videos is tweens, teens, and early twenties. It's a demographic that precludes most of toady's brides.
Last edited:
Why?
So you and the other contrarians can then attack that authority to defend playing vulgar and wholly unnecessary video images at family celebrations.
Last edited:
Just saying there are many opinions .. I'm not a contrarian, but I'm also not Victorian. Elvis' dance moves were at one point considered "vulgar". I'm for common sense.
Again, I won't say music videos are "the way to go", but folks like @Cap Capello or @Chuck The DJ do it for almost all events, and I think they do it tastefully ...
Taste is not the issue I posed. I specifically addressed music video as a reception feature - ignoring the obvious content problems.
You've also not accurately accounted for how Cap Capello has previously described his approach. As I understand it - he acquires only video pool content rather than buying the same music twice in video and audio only formats. Source material is also not the issue I posed.
I also understand that Cap Capello uses an "opt-out" approach - meaning the customer must tell him to ditch the video screen. This too, is not the issue posed, because the desirability of the format is reflected by a volume of active requests rather than the lack of objection from unwitting recipients.
For a mobile DJ wishing to turn VJ the big thing to measure is the active demand for music videos, and monetary return. In the Wedding sector - it's just not there. Weddinng and mobile DJs see a far better monetary return from screens showing names of the couples, and/or candid images than they ever would from music video content.
Last edited:
I not advocating either way .. just your and Rocky's posts seem to describe it, or its use, as the Antichrist. It's a tool .. a fun one at times .. that needs to be used "professionally". It's not a detriment to a reception if it's something they want. It can be a detriment, if it's something they don't.
I had to look up Contrarians ....
"a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion, especially in stock exchange dealing."
well I am not in the stock market, so hummmm,,,, LOL
But as far as music videos go there is right and wrong in this thread in my personal experience.....
right - use at weddings is almost nonexistent and while I offer it, rarely is it used, maybe 3 times that I can think of.
wrong - " The largest audience for music videos is tweens, teens, and early twenties. It's a demographic that precludes most of toady's brides. "
For me the largest audience has been adult private parties. Class reunions are one of the biggest. Videos USED to be big for schools, but the content of most of today's videos makes that unusable in my area.
Now remember, we are all in different locations, different market mindsets and so on. What works, or doesn't work for me might bomb or fly in your market.
"a person who opposes or rejects popular opinion, especially in stock exchange dealing."
well I am not in the stock market, so hummmm,,,, LOL
But as far as music videos go there is right and wrong in this thread in my personal experience.....
right - use at weddings is almost nonexistent and while I offer it, rarely is it used, maybe 3 times that I can think of.
wrong - " The largest audience for music videos is tweens, teens, and early twenties. It's a demographic that precludes most of toady's brides. "
For me the largest audience has been adult private parties. Class reunions are one of the biggest. Videos USED to be big for schools, but the content of most of today's videos makes that unusable in my area.
Now remember, we are all in different locations, different market mindsets and so on. What works, or doesn't work for me might bomb or fly in your market.
There is a reason for the ignore button and I use it with the same commonsense used to select music videos at any given event.
I object to those who a) don't use videos; b) don't know my style of performance; c) don't know me and my upbringing; d) choose to ignore my 41 years of a career success (37 full-time which most don't have in their real job) and feel obligated to trash it all with gibberish and gobbledygook.
Once this pandemic subsides, anyone here is welcomed to join me at an event, to watch and (maybe) learn.
To answer the question, "What jpeg do I use for when a video has inappropriate content for the group at hand, or during a formality when the video would detract from the purpose (e.g. the first dance, parent dances, etc) or to enhance the formality (cake cutting) here are a couple of a hundred choices I have at hand.
I object to those who a) don't use videos; b) don't know my style of performance; c) don't know me and my upbringing; d) choose to ignore my 41 years of a career success (37 full-time which most don't have in their real job) and feel obligated to trash it all with gibberish and gobbledygook.
Once this pandemic subsides, anyone here is welcomed to join me at an event, to watch and (maybe) learn.
To answer the question, "What jpeg do I use for when a video has inappropriate content for the group at hand, or during a formality when the video would detract from the purpose (e.g. the first dance, parent dances, etc) or to enhance the formality (cake cutting) here are a couple of a hundred choices I have at hand.
Attachments
That's high on wind (ego) but very low on substance, especially where the description of JPEG use (digital signage) pretty much aligns with everything negative people have attributed to music videos at weddings.
Music videos at a class reunion would be OLD classic videos.
right - the market for current music videos is tweens, teens, and early twenties. No one form the class of 1988 wants to see or hear Dua- Lipa and Drake.
"35 years ago" (as appears to have been posed relevant) I was a VJ at night clubs in CT and MA. I was also a mobile VJ doing college tours in New England on a promotional basis with the support of Rock-America Video Pool and CBS Records. That was when music video's and Mtv ruled the music industry. By the 1990s video was on it's way out because of the content (and the technology evolution.) Lounges eventually turned away from music video and evolved into sports bars as iPods and then the internet became the central distributor of music and video entertainment.
We tried selling music video in Bar-Mitzvah packages because the demographic seemed like a perfect fit, the latest hits and classics for the parents. It turned out to be a complete party killer because despite a highly interactive crew of up to 5 dancers and emcee - people would just stand there on the dance floor staring at the large screens. Even the most pop oriented G-rated content would stop an off-the-hook dance floor and turn it into something resembling and opiate den. It's just not conducive to anything remotely interactive, or family occasion focused. Every music video show I've done since has been CLASSIC video, themed from specific eras in video history like the 50/60's, disco, and yes - how can anyone forget the 80's. It becomes part of the theme decor as opposed to a central part of the entertainment.
The idea that you can take this same approach to weddings is in my opinion a serious folly. As a referrals based business I rely on people living in the moment to make a lasting personal connection between the event, each other, and the music I choose to play. Having the music video on large screens takes people out of that moment and into some other space, where those connections are largely disrupted to the detriment of both the party and the lingering impact.
Last edited:
It appears you're projecting your inability to make it work on others. Again, different strokes for different folks.
Not at all.
I use video most of the time now. I own more video equipment than DJ gear.
Video is the most powerful tool we have to evoke emotion, inspire, and touch people in very meaningful ways.
Today's music videos are just a terrible waste of screen space and the mediums true power.
If by "make it work" you are referring to DJs creating yet another distraction from their otherwise tame presentation - then yes, a lot of that still happens.
I don't have time to go line by line but I will pick a couple that stand out
Totally wrong. The MTV generation is by far the largest audience and also excludes brides
Agree for those in the younger demographic
Totally wrong. The MTV generation is by far the largest audience and also excludes brides
Agree for those in the younger demographic
Pure hyperbole and not consistent with the level of intelligence I ascribed to you...at least from my forum vantage point.