Do you guys ever stack live players?

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I've got two jobs going tomorrow. A basic DJ package at Belle Meade Mansion (nice venue) that another guy is covering. The one I'm handling is downtown at the big Catholic church and it has partial Uplighting (cans only). It's a fairly large, square room, and the gig starts at 3p-9p, so we'll have partial daylight coming thru stained glass windows (gives a yellow tint). We'll be doing purple initially then switching to color change for the dance segment.

The different part (for me) is that I'm using live players. I have a great Sax/Flute guy that's doing the dinner hour. For the open dance segment, I'll be stacking a live drummer, who will be playing over the top of the DJ tracks. Both players are fabulous so no worries there but just wondering if you guys ever use live players and, if so, how often do you get this add-on? I'm wondering if it's worth my time to add this to the website as a pitch.
 
So, is the drummer just going to drum along with the song you play? How does that work? What if he doesn't know the song or if he is slow or fast. It is going to sound like crap and take away from the music.

I guess these are just some questions I would have.
 
Karl Langford said:
So, is the drummer just going to drum along with the song you play? How does that work? What if he doesn't know the song or if he is slow or fast. It is going to sound like crap and take away from the music.

I guess these are just some questions I would have.
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Yep, he just plays along. If he can't "play to a click" then yes, it'll sound like crap. I've been debating about offering this, ever since I saw one of Boom Entertainment's videos where they use live drummers at proms. I had a prospect that asked if I could provide this (I believe she got the idea from a competitor) along with a sax player for cocktails and a pianist for dinner music. The venue moved and the pianist got dropped. I'm certain that if I hadn't said "yes" she would've simply gone with the multi-op who could provide it.

I probably wouldn't have tried it but, being a musician myself and knowing a gazillion drummers, I chose someone whom I'm confident can mesh easily. I can hire great players for $100-$150 each and re-sell them for $200-$250. On this gig it ends up bumping a $750 date to a $1,200 date with a net $200 increase for me and I got work for 2 really good picker friends.

My plan as of now is to simply put him over to the side and shoot a par can over his shoulders at the kit. I'll post some promo shots after the gig.
 
I did a wedding a couple years ago on a beach where there were four drummers. One on a regular kit, one on timbales and two walking around with hand drums slung around their necks. It was a pretty awesome concept. It was the grooms idea but it worked out well.

Dean
Niagara Premier DJs
 
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