If you were approached...by someone not already in the MDJ business, would you encourage or discourage them to invest money to get started?
If they were in my maket I would discourage them. If they were in yours I would finance the venture.
Seriously it would depend on their level of skill/experience. Most likely I would encourage them to work with an established DJ to find out if it is really what they want to do. Most people think it is all about being the mega-cool DJ spinning the perfect mix and sorting through phone numbers from drunk reception guests with questionable morals. When people find out it is more about long hours, heavy equipment, searching for breaker panels in the dark, and telling the drunk sycophant that you won't play Hendrix for him, most will choose a different path.
I always say you can never have too many Mouse Dropping Jugglers.
Go for it!
After an event, on a few differnent occasions, I've had people come up to me and say they have thought about becoming a dj. I tell them that what you saw tonight is years of practice and time spent at home working out the details. I can in 10 minutes teach you to play music, BUT there is more to it than that. You have to mix music and understand how the music affects crowds.
You have to learn how to become the entertainer that helps stimulate the crowd to react and that takes time. What you see now is the finished product after having put all the details together, the planning that was involved with the bride/groom to pull off the best event ever. It just doesnt happen.
Not to mention the cash that you have to put out to get started, the equipment, the music, advertising, etc.
My best advise is to find someone who would allow you to be the roadie with them. Probly little or no pay to start with, but you can see from the whole event how it works the effort that it really takes to pull it off. Be an apprentice for someone so you can learn from the ground up and become a great entertainer not just a dj.
So no I dont encourage them to run out and get started, I encourage them to find a mentor.
I voted yes to the poll, but since I sell DJ software, I think that would be expected
I would've voted yes either way though, and my reason is a question...
Out of every 10 people who go into the business, how many really stay in it for a career (or long for that matter), and cause any issues for the folks serious about it?
If they were in my maket I would discourage them. If they were in yours I would finance the venture.
Seriously it would depend on their level of skill/experience. Most likely I would encourage them to work with an established DJ to find out if it is really what they want to do. Most people think it is all about being the mega-cool DJ spinning the perfect mix and sorting through phone numbers from drunk reception guests with questionable morals. When people find out it is more about long hours, heavy equipment, searching for breaker panels in the dark, and telling the drunk sycophant that you won't play Hendrix for him, most will choose a different path.
I always say you can never have too many Mouse Dropping Jugglers.
Go for it!
After an event, on a few differnent occasions, I've had people come up to me and say they have thought about becoming a dj. I tell them that what you saw tonight is years of practice and time spent at home working out the details. I can in 10 minutes teach you to play music, BUT there is more to it than that. You have to mix music and understand how the music affects crowds.
You have to learn how to become the entertainer that helps stimulate the crowd to react and that takes time. What you see now is the finished product after having put all the details together, the planning that was involved with the bride/groom to pull off the best event ever. It just doesnt happen.
Not to mention the cash that you have to put out to get started, the equipment, the music, advertising, etc.
My best advise is to find someone who would allow you to be the roadie with them. Probly little or no pay to start with, but you can see from the whole event how it works the effort that it really takes to pull it off. Be an apprentice for someone so you can learn from the ground up and become a great entertainer not just a dj.
So no I dont encourage them to run out and get started, I encourage them to find a mentor.
I voted yes to the poll, but since I sell DJ software, I think that would be expected
I would've voted yes either way though, and my reason is a question...
Out of every 10 people who go into the business, how many really stay in it for a career (or long for that matter), and cause any issues for the folks serious about it?
