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  1. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    My Ex grew up in perry hall - not a wealthy area at all. It's grown in the past 20 years, but she graduated in a class of 600 in 1988. Among her friends (cheer leaders, football players) she was the only one to go on to college.
  2. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    First thing to do that is to have Jews in your market. There are probably some here but only 1 synagog left, since 82 when the other one closed. And I had to google to find that one as I've never heard of one here.
  3. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    Never heard of him, but checked out his website. Front page has a picture from an event 16 years ago, followed by a tv actor from 30 years ago (still a busy actor). OK, so I better get some celeb selifies! LOL His list of upsells for weddings is large and deep. I"m sure much of his avg price...
  4. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    i charge as much as my market will bear. It's easier to figure that out for schools dances, grad parties, etc than weddings. I've done weddings where people bring food...budget? there is no budget!! I've done weddings where the room is $2k, plus they pay to rent the chairs, tables, food, etc...
  5. IceBurghDJ

    I had an interesting conversation with my partner today.

    I could mention anyones name. Do you know how referrals work? Every ask friends about referrals? "Hey Bob, I want new windows for my house. You did that last year, who did you use?" - 'window nation. talked to 3 window companies"...then he'll say something about why he picked them. Price...
  6. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    here in rural america, my county, typical wedding meal is $45, with bar. Go into the city, an hour away, and it's $100 plus bar. VERY different markets. What do you charge for a school dance? Do you care if it's 25 kids (yes, i've done them that small) or 450? (done those too) You may want...
  7. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    yep, lots here are still charging low low rates. I quote 795 and i can hear them gasp...But so and so quoted 250...or wow, our budget is only 400. etc. Last bride I booked took 3 months to just get the down payment...while they're not amish, the grew up and live in an amish community and the...
  8. IceBurghDJ

    Priced out of work...?

    150/hour and 1200? I wish that was the price here!! WAY too many part timers willing do a wedding for $400, 500. I work with a guy that charges 400 for a full wedding...5 to 6 hours. Lighting and subs included. There are many ways to do it - offer different packages...$500 for 4 hours, no...
  9. IceBurghDJ

    I had an interesting conversation with my partner today.

    There's no right answer. There's a DJ here that is ALWAYS working and busy. He's not expensive...probably too cheap. But he's ALWAYS working. Another Dj charges 3X as much and doesn't work even 1/3 the events. I'm sure he gets a lot of "OMG" answers to his price quotes. As the guy i bought out...
  10. IceBurghDJ

    Wireless mics - your opinion please

    i have two GTD - one is 500mhz and the other is VHF I think, it was stupid cheap ($70). I've used both inside and outside, never had an issue other than I had to change channels on one mic channel on teh 500mhz and it interfered, er, was interfered with by my wireless speaker.
  11. IceBurghDJ

    The walls are listening... or will be

    GOOGLE and alexa are always listening. maybe your car is too. And not just your phones, but anyone around you, their phones too. And all those home devices that listen. They may only respond when you address them, but they are always listening!
  12. IceBurghDJ

    Laptop Devices - Latency/SpinUp Delay - Overcoming Catastrophic Failure

    the program I use is SyncToy, free from microsoft. It can copy, update, etc one drive to another, use it for backup of folders or everything on the drive. I copy my music files from the main laptop to it, plus playlists/VDJ files. Anything I've deleted on the laptop (bad files, old playlists...
  13. IceBurghDJ

    Laptop Devices - Latency/SpinUp Delay - Overcoming Catastrophic Failure

    for video, sure. Otherwise...it's a glorified mp3 player...$30 used to get you one that worked. Don't need a $1500 laptop to play music from. I'm doing with a $500 one just fine. now that is ALL it does, it's dedicated to my music library, and backup for DMX. My old laptop, win 7 old...was used...
  14. IceBurghDJ

    Your opinion on DJ sitting in a chair while deejaying?

    the kardashian's have a cure for it.
  15. IceBurghDJ

    Your opinion on DJ sitting in a chair while deejaying?

    i'll sit for dinner, duh, and usually for cocktails, or most of that. For dancing..never. if I want them on their feet I need to be too
  16. IceBurghDJ

    What do you carry to events for backup?

    2 laptops, wires. Lighting has multiple lights so that's not really an issue. If there is a wedding ceremony i'llhave extra mics, mixer, speaker Backup wired mic. never used it though. This year with the van I'll carry my ceremony 'box' - the extra mics and mixer. Perhaps a spare speaker or...
  17. IceBurghDJ

    DMX Controlling of Timing of Lights

    going thru the tutorials of my software, some version says it's capable of midi input. My controller had a midi port. I don't know if VDJ has any software output that the DMX software could read directly, or how to get the midi info into the laptop. Haven't begun to research it yet
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    DMX Controlling of Timing of Lights

    I find DMX go to be more 'auto', than scene by scene programming. Some fixtures don't play well. (mini kinta for instance). I use it for my uplights and some of my other lights for school dances, as well as some lights havre remotes - so gives me a lot of flexibility in what lights to run, when...
  19. IceBurghDJ

    This was louder than any club you've been to

    caught a youtube vid of some dj's channel and he was showing his setup for a school dance of 800 kids. He said what he brought really was only good up to 600, but he asked the kids after the dance and they all said the sound was great. It was a gym and he was in a corner of it next to the...
  20. IceBurghDJ

    Hercules Inpulse 500 thoughts

    naw, face down on the floor under my road box is fine
  21. IceBurghDJ

    Hercules Inpulse 500 thoughts

    got to play a bit - had to dl drivers for the backup win 7 laptop, but it's working on that and the win 10 unit, mic works great, headphones seem plenty loud and more options for output than my last mixer...I can get a cue in one ear and the other deck or master in the other ear..gonna take some...
  22. IceBurghDJ

    Hercules Inpulse 500 thoughts

    So I decided on a Hercules Inpulse 500, then of course I come across a lot of reviews and it's extremely well liked. $300 w/new headphones and a new cord for in/out depending on how you connect it. It has an aux input and a mic input - so I think I can go without a mixer now. It's physically...
  23. IceBurghDJ

    Controller choice?

    ordered a Hercules Impulse 500. $300. Leaves me money for other stuff. Thinking more uplights.
  24. IceBurghDJ

    Controller choice?

    From a thread about what mix bought, I already expect to kicked and spat upon....but here goes. I've been using my current controller for 7 or 8 years no, zero issues, but it's time to update/upgrade it. It's a Numark IDJ3 - click so you don't have to google. Please, feel free to laugh if you...