Quick Mix or Not… A Brides Point Of View

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MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
You missed my point. I never said anything about it being about what I want. I said if I don't feel I'm a good fit for doing an event I will pass on the event and that doesn't always mean it's about the music a client wants for their event. If I feel I don't have the right equipment to do an event I will pass up on an event. There are also other deciding factors that that will either say I'm the right DJ for the event or not.
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That’s just a non confrontational way of saying you don’t want to grow and develop, if it’s not the exact right fit for you you have no desire to work on your craft to improve and learn something new, the gigs with the music you want are dying just like the people who may hire you for them
 
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djtaso said:
Can you provide insight as to what my "niche" is that is so "narrow" of a client. The way I see it, and based on the number of inquiries I get compared to others in the industry and vs what I charge... what I do and how I do it is something that appeals to a majority not a "narrow" minority.

As far as the trend in itself... one thing I have noticed is that their behaviors in their teenage/college years, will likely carry to their wedding. If that's the case, anticipate more fast mixing.
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Did I actually use the word "narrow" ? IDK
Yes, you are a niche DJ. Most DJs are. Really doesn't need an explanation. Your price has no bearing on that, nor does the target customer.
 
tunes4046 said:
That’s just a non confrontational way of saying you don’t want to grow and develop, if it’s not the exact right fit for you you have no desire to work on your craft to improve and learn something new, the gigs with the music you want are dying just like the people who may hire you for them
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Maybe you're right for a change. I fear things being a mess because I messed things up. You're wrong about one thing but I understand. You assume all I'm good at is playing music for an older crowd, seniors. That's not true. I will admit I'm not a Hip Hop DJ. I can play a few songs from that genre. I'm just not an expert with that genre of music.

Now to be fair there are songs that are big hits at certain events depending on the crowd that if the DJ don't play them the crowd will be highly upset. I bet if I mentioned a few of those songs you wouldn't have a clue what those songs are. I say I'll bet you can name some songs that you normally will play at an event that I don't have a clue about.

2 of my personal favorite Hip Hop songs is Snoop Dogg Drop It Like It's Hot and Wu Tang Clan Cream. When I'm driving and either one of those songs comes on the radio I loose my mind!

I don't remember the name of the song I was playing in Montclair for the seniors. It was a song that had to be from the sixties. I remember listening to the radio and another song with the exact same music but different lyrics. So they used the exact same music to make this other song of today. I was thinking the new song was new. Yet it was a copy cat from another song with music exactly the same as the original song.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
Maybe you're right for a change. I fear things being a mess because I messed things up. You're wrong about one thing but I understand. You assume all I'm good at is playing music for an older crowd, seniors. That's not true. I will admit I'm not a Hip Hop DJ. I can play a few songs from that genre. I'm just not an expert with that genre of music.

Now to be fair there are songs that are big hits at certain events depending on the crowd that if the DJ don't play them the crowd will be highly upset. I bet if I mentioned a few of those songs you wouldn't have a clue what those songs are. I say I'll bet you can name some songs that you normally will play at an event that I don't have a clue about.

2 of my personal favorite Hip Hop songs is Snoop Dogg Drop It Like It's Hot and Wu Tang Clan Cream. When I'm driving and either one of those songs comes on the radio I loose my mind!

I don't remember the name of the song I was playing in Montclair for the seniors. It was a song that had to be from the sixties. I remember listening to the radio and another song with the exact same music but different lyrics. So they used the exact same music to make this other song of today. I was thinking the new song was new. Yet it was a copy cat from another song with music exactly the same as the original song.
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Drop it like it’s hot is not a new song, it’s nearly 22 years old
 
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tunes4046 said:
Drop it like it’s hot is not a new song, it’s nearly 22 years old
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What does it matter how old the song is? Don't know have songs that you like that are that old or close to it? They still play that song on WBLS. If someone requested that song at an event I was the DJ and it was right for the event I wouldn't have a problem playing it.
 
djtaso said:
The phrase used was "narrowly defined niche". Just curious what that niche is that's so narrow lol. High energy weddings?
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You've repeatyedly defined in very narrow terms exactly the customer you are looking for, including pointing out the number of clients you won't work with. You're also a solo op - you're simply not doing enough events across a broad enough range to declare what is or is not the ideal customer profile for a full time business operation.

Your personal expereriences are chosen, not manifest. I'm far more interested to know what a 30 crew multi-op in my own region is doing with 300 events /year and prices higher than your own, than banking on a solo-op doing 30 and working 6 hours south of my target area. It's not a dig - it's just a reality.
 
Proformance said:
You've repeatyedly defined in very narrow terms exactly the customer you are looking for, including pointing out the number of clients you won't work with. You're also a solo op - you're simply not doing enough events across a broad enough range to declare what is or is not the ideal customer profile for a full time business operation.

Your personal expereriences are chosen, not manifest. I'm far more interested to know what a 30 crew multi-op in my own region is doing with 300 events /year and prices higher than your own, than banking on a solo-op doing 30 and working 6 hours south of my target area. It's not a dig - it's just a reality.
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It's a dig which is what you love to do. Your ego is so big that the universe is not big enough for your ego.
 
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In the NJ/NY region, quick mixing has been the expectation by default for the past few years, at least in my experience. That’s what crowds here are used to and what clients expect when they book a DJ.

Styles change over time. What’s normal now wasn’t always the norm, and it won’t be the norm forever. A few years from now, it’ll probably be something different.

If you want to stay relevant as a DJ, you have to adapt to what the market is asking for instead of fighting it. That doesn’t mean there’s only one right way to DJ...it just means the job evolves.

Different regions, different crowds, different expectations. You either adjust to that or get left behind.... My 2 cents
 
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Rami said:
In the NJ/NY region, quick mixing has been the expectation by default for the past few years, at least in my experience. That’s what crowds here are used to and what clients expect when they book a DJ.

Styles change over time. What’s normal now wasn’t always the norm, and it won’t be the norm forever. A few years from now, it’ll probably be something different.

If you want to stay relevant as a DJ, you have to adapt to what the market is asking for instead of fighting it. That doesn’t mean there’s only one right way to DJ...it just means the job evolves.

Different regions, different crowds, different expectations. You either adjust to that or get left behind.... My 2 cents
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A magnet attracts iron, and yet so many other metals remain unaffected.

This principal is also a marketing fundamental that remains constant through the ages. For every customer we have there are countless others who do not want what we sell.

New York is nowhere near as homogenious as you want to pretend. We see the world through a lens of our own making - and sadly this is what defines the "age of the influencer."

To stay relevant I continue to develop core skills that never go out of style, which means that despite how much DJing I have done, that one skill and style has never truly been at the core center of what it is I do or value as work. It's simply one manifestation of something much broader.

No one who fails to adopt fast mixing is in any danger of not being relevant. The world is just too big for a singular model of of anything. The busiest DJs in my area book up 300 gigs/yr. Massachusetts alone hosts 35,000 weddings annually, New England regionally that number is over 70,000. Those numbers don't include Bar/Bat Mitzvahs or ANY other event type. None of these DJ businesses are capturing more than 1% of the avialble business.

There is plenty of room for everyon of every style.
 
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Proformance said:
A magnet attracts iron, and yet so many other metals remain unaffected.

This principal is also a marketing fundamental that remains constant through the ages. For every customer we have there are countless others who do not want what we sell.

New York is nowhere near as homogenious as you want to pretend. We see the world through a lens of our own making - and sadly this is what defines the "age of the influencer."

To stay relevant I continue to develop core skills that never go out of style, which means that despite how much DJing I have done, that one skill and style has never truly been at the core center of what it is I do or value as work. It's simply one manifestation of something much broader.

No one who fails to adopt fast mixing is in any danger of not being relevant. The world is just too big for a singular model of of anything. The busiest DJs in my area book up 300 gigs/yr. Massachusetts alone hosts 35,000 weddings annually, New England regionally that number is over 70,000. Those numbers don't include Bar/Bat Mitzvahs or ANY other event type. None of these DJ businesses are capturing more than 1% of the avialble business.

There is plenty of room for everyon of every style.
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I don’t disagree that the world is big or that different clients want different things. That’s always been true.

My point isn’t that there’s one correct style or that everyone has to work the same way. It’s that in certain markets (NJ/NY included) there "are" defaults that develop over time, and for the past few years, fast, high-energy mixing has clearly been one of them based on actual bookings, crowd response, and client expectations.

Acknowleging a market trend isn’t pretending a market is homogeneous. It’s recognizing what consistntly works right now in specific rooms, venues, and demographics.

Core skills matter... I agree completely. But adapting those skills to how audiences evolve is part of staying relevant. The job has always changed, and it will keep changing. DJs who last aren’t the ones who ignore shifts; they’re the ones who can move with them when it makes sense.

There’s room for multiple approaches. That doesn’t mean defaults don’t exist.
 
Rami said:
There’s room for multiple approaches. That doesn’t mean defaults don’t exist.
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It doesn't mean that your analysis is useful, or accurate either. There is no such default.

If you go to any metropolitan area - you'll find this particular niche because it mimics the present club style that this particluar age group and demographic wants to identfy with.

Leave this demographic and this trend fades in the rear view mirror quite quickly. I feel like this discussion (like all of these DJ trends) has simply devolved into the old SNL skit: "The Scotch Tape Store."
 
Proformance said:
It doesn't mean that your analysis is useful, or accurate either. There is no such default.

If you go to any metropolitan area - you'll find this particular niche because it mimics the present club style that this particluar age group and demographic wants to identfy with.

Leave this demographic and this trend fades in the rear view mirror quite quickly. I feel like this discussion (like all of these DJ trends) has simply devolved into the old SNL skit: "The Scotch Tape Store."
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Therefore based on what you’re saying, for weddings where the majority are 25-35… the quick mix style is by default the preferred style. Forget mitzvahs, older people, corporate events. Weddings specifically… which is what I tried to keep it focused on.
 
djtaso said:
Therefore based on what you’re saying, for weddings where the majority are 25-35… the quick mix style is by default the preferred style. Forget mitzvahs, older people, corporate events. Weddings specifically… which is what I tried to keep it focused on.
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Perhaps you just need to look up the definition of "focused" before trying to apply a "standard."
 
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Proformance said:
It doesn't mean that your analysis is useful, or accurate either. There is no such default.

If you go to any metropolitan area - you'll find this particular niche because it mimics the present club style that this particluar age group and demographic wants to identfy with.

Leave this demographic and this trend fades in the rear view mirror quite quickly. I feel like this discussion (like all of these DJ trends) has simply devolved into the old SNL skit: "The Scotch Tape Store."
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So it’s not a default, it’s just something that dominates certain demographics, venues, and metro markets for years at a time. Got it.

Defaults are contextual, not universal. Of course expectations change when the room or audience changes... that’s not a revelation.

Trends fade. That’s why professionals adapt instead of arguing semantics. I’ll stick with what actually gets booked.
 
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Proformance said:
Perhaps you juts need to look uo the definition of "focused" before trying to apply a "standard."
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Noted. If correcting grammar is the strongest counterpoint left, the discussion’s already over.

Anyways...Happy New Year to all the DJs out there...wishing everyone a prosperous and healthy 2026… preferably spent behind decks, not in dictionaries.
 
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Well let me say this. I hate one of the treads that's going on and has been for a good time. They keep making these house music remixes of classic songs that should be left alone and never touched. There's a remixes of the EWF song Reasons Teddy Pendergrass My Greatest Inspiration and I just heard a remixes of Aretha Franklin's song Respect. This is just my opinion. Some songs are legendary classics that are great the way they are. No need to do anything to the song.
 
MIXMASTERMACHOM said:
Well let me say this. I hate one of the treads that's going on and has been for a good time. They keep making these house music remixes of classic songs that should be left alone and never touched. There's a remixes of the EWF song Reasons Teddy Pendergrass My Greatest Inspiration and I just heard a remixes of Aretha Franklin's song Respect. This is just my opinion. Some songs are legendary classics that are great the way they are. No need to do anything to the song.
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Unless you want to keep a high energy vibe going and need a remix of said song with a faster tempo, Mix you’re starting to sound like an old geezer who yells at the kids to stay off of my grass
 
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If the bride was expecting "quick mixing"....
and the DJ didn't provide it....
perhaps the bride never discussed it with him.
(in advance or at the event)
 
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Ausumm said:
If the bride was expecting "quick mixing"....
and the DJ didn't provide it....
perhaps the bride never discussed it with him.
(in advance or at the event)
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In my opinion this is a DJ who did not do his job correctly from the beginning by asking the rights questions, it’s a very simple process, how do you create the couples vision of the event without knowing what the vision is. The bride is not at fault in any way, she hired a supposed professional DJ who should be expected to ask the right questions
 
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