I'm asking this question for several reasons. I talked it over with my friend and he said at times he might give a client some ideas about a venue to have their event. I figure if they want us to do an event for them to possibly get the job to help them out if they haven't found a venue to have their event. I don't mind asking what their budget is so I can suggest places that are in their budget. It doesn't happen very often. Now my question is what do you feel is a last minute event? For me a client looking for a DJ with a month or less to go to the event is last minute. I say depending on the type of event I say a client needs to book a DJ at least 3 months in advance and that way it doesn't have the DJ scrambling to get things together to do the event.
Now the thing is if and when something drastic happens that are not expected that they have make changes. Like a DJ cancelling on doing an event for the client and it's last minute. I can't forget the wedding we did with a days notice. Got the call on Saturday for a wedding reception the next day. We saved the day and the event. This was a long time ago when we were using CD players and CD's to mix with. I never found out why the DJ they had to do the wedding cancelled doing the wedding the day before. I was curious but I never asked. Just agreed to do the job and we did it.
Now the thing is if and when something drastic happens that are not expected that they have make changes. Like a DJ cancelling on doing an event for the client and it's last minute. I can't forget the wedding we did with a days notice. Got the call on Saturday for a wedding reception the next day. We saved the day and the event. This was a long time ago when we were using CD players and CD's to mix with. I never found out why the DJ they had to do the wedding cancelled doing the wedding the day before. I was curious but I never asked. Just agreed to do the job and we did it.