Tell me about the most important / influential gig you ever did...

[Papa Deuce]

And please, no rhetoric about how EVERY GIG is equally important. You know what I mean - the gig that helped your advance your DJ career the most.

In thinking back to 15 - 16 years ago, mine was a college formal ( for the college I attended ). It wasn't because I did anything great. In fact, just the opposite. I greatly underestimated my need for amp power and more speakers... that will NEVER happen again. I felt like an idiot that night.

 

[Guest]

The one that pushed me forward was my first real gig "Horsefeathers" I loved it and was a natural at it.

 

[Kevin Kelly]

It's funny because you don't even know that it was the most important one until some time later. I did a wedding about 8 yrs ago now and I have had probably about 8 wedding referrals from them since then and 2 corporate gigs and counting so far.

 

[Fred Wright]

The one that pushed me forward was my first real gig "Horsefeathers" I loved it and was a natural at it.

I still miss that venue, Steve. I have some happy memories of dancing there in another life.

Papa, if pressed I'd have to say the Curves Bachelor Auction. This show is sponsored to benefit breast cancer research. It has traditionally been heavily promoted within the local mass media.

It's a very fast-paced program and professionalism is required. A great party atmosphere... them gals love to git down.

 

[Guest]

Three years ago, got a call from an area code I did not recognize, and they went through the normal date/venue/price dance. Did not think anything of it until a couple of days later, I get a call from the same area code which began "Hi there, my name is ______ and I am the VP of _______ for _____" (will fill in the blanks in a minute). He asked the same questions and had the same information from the caller the days earlier. After I quote him the price, he hired me right then and there, without any other questions. After speaking with him further, it was revealed that he had called 25 DJs in the West Virginia/Ohio/Penn area, and every one of them except for me raised there rates when he introduced himself as opposed to when he was just joe somebody.

Turns out, the guy was VP of A&R for Sony Records in California, and his daughter (who the wedding was for) was also in the A&R dept. At the time, it just seemed cool to know someone like that. But last year, then I got out of the industry and into the band management, is was amazing having that kind of contact in the record industry to send bands I really believed in too.