Some of the best business decisions came about from strategic alliances. Picture this: a bride walks into a florist shop…
In 1982, while still in high school, John Horne began DJing. Nearly 40 years, 2,100 DJ gigs, and 1,000 trivia…
Welcome to the April 2021 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
Instagram is a vital resource for businesses, especially DJs and individuals in the private event industry. This platform is the…
For many of us, running a small DJ business can be challenging. We’re still dealing with a pandemic, our clients…
We asked DJs how booking were going for 2021, and if there’s any light at the end of the long…
In part one of my leadership series, I talked about the importance of connecting with your DJs in a way…
How do you keep good people working for your company? You know that scene in “Jerry McGuire,” where Tom Cruise’s…
What a wild year it has been for many of us. There have been so many changes in the way…
Welcome to the February 2021 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
How do you keep good people working for your company? You know that scene in Jerry McGuire, where Jerry enthusiastically…
DJs have learned this year that marketing is not just about creating Facebook or Instagram posts regularly or creating promotions…
Over the past 15 or so years, our industry pricing has gone to hell. Unfortunately, becoming a mobile DJ is…
We asked DJs how the holiday-party season has been going. It’s no surprise that revenue for every DJ is down…
We’re all hoping that 2021 is a better year than 2020. We asked DJs what their plans and expectations are…
The dance floor is heating up. Guests are sweaty. Drinks and foam glow wands are raised up in the air…
In today’s business world, marketers are always looking for the newest way to get people to buy their product or…
Just about every DJ has written off 2020 as an all-time low — both for business and morale. But optimism…
While “alternative revenue” has been the calling card of 2020, KC Kokoruz at Keith Christopher Entertainment is making inroads with…
Welcome to the December 2020 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
Several successful COVID-19 drug trials among pharma manufacturers have offered some hope that the pandemic is coming to an end.…
2020 is just about (thankfully) finished. It has been a whirlwind of a year and we’ve seen something so unprecedented…
How does a DJ turn the negative of the pandemic into a positive? Answer: Creating mid-week work. Looking for a…
A leader in global dance music, Louie Vega has painted an award-winning career from a palette mixed with everything from…
The Director of Business Development for DAS Audio of America, Darrin “B-SIDE” Young shows us the power of DASlink, DASlink…
Virginia-based DJ vet Tony Fernandez will touch on the basics of remixing – inspiration, preparation, creation – then he’ll explain…
Users on Social Media make billions of posts a day on networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, etc. Every day,…
For more than a decade, Disco Fries (Nick Ditri and Danny Boselovic) have been one of America’s most prolific and…
Longtime DJs Tony Fernandez and David Spoorn will offer a deep-dive into the platform that DJs of all stripes have…
Are you one of the many DJs who like to incorporate games into your mobile-DJ celebrations? But now you feel…
Join Roland for an under-the-hood look at the DJ-707M, a compact and versatile DJ controller perfect for mobile and home…
Over the past decade, it almost has become old hat to see upstart DJ/producers circulate music online to build their…
As anyone who attended the Winter NAMM show this past January knows, the industry was awash with new technologies set…
Moderated by industry leader Mike Walter of New Jersey’s Elite Entertainment, this informational and inspiration panel will tackle the topics…
Regular DJ Times contributor Joshua Volpe of Kalifornia Entertainment in Rochester, N.Y., presents this solution-filled tutorial for those jocks looking…
Whether you’re a longtime clubber or a relatively recent convert to the EDM-fueled festival scene, there is no denying the…
Digital DJ Expo, presented by DJ Times, is set to run Nov. 16-19 at www.thedjexpo.com. The online experience will roll…
As DJs, entertainers, and business owners, we are constantly searching for ways to inform clients of our services and to…
While this year’s DJ Expo was cancelled due to pandemic concerns, the industry’s longest-running trade show/exhibition still has something exciting…
Here’s part 2 of my article on customizing a van for DJ needs. Check the first post here. You can…
Welcome to the October 2020 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
Like most mobile DJs, I started out as a hobbyist playing music for fun on the weekends. Even back in…
Atlantic City, N.J. – The people have spoken and we have listened – next year’s DJ Expo is returning to…
DJs need to get creative when entertaining at an event nowadays — masks and social distancing put quite a crimp…
Editor’s Note: Longtime Cali-based DJ Randy Bartlett recently retired, but he hasn’t stopped chiming in on the industry’s goings-on. He’s…
We asked DJs around the country what kind of social distancing or mask-wearing they’re seeing at events — and if…
With nearly all 2020 gatherings called off, there has undoubtedly been a surge in online media consumption as people crave…
Welcome to the August 2020 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
In the DJ industry, we are always looking for new ways to stand out and market ourselves so we can…
In our continuing series of asking DJs how they’ve been navigating the pandemic, we received quite a few replies from…
We asked DJs who are performing at events in 2020 — is the money the same as pre-pandemic? If less,…
We spoke to DJs, both full time and part time, to gauge how they were thinking about their “comeback” in…
As entertainers, MCs and DJs, we pride ourselves on being able to build rapport and relationships with our clients. It’s…
We asked DJs if they’ve been booking gigs. Those that are performing, we asked how many guests have been at…
For mobile entertainers, properly designed business cards and banners are important to gaining new clients. They quickly communicate the key…
Despite the downturn in business due to the pandemic, some fortunate DJs are out there doing select gigs. Fully aware…
We asked DJs if they’ve been considering closing up shop, with all the damage that’s been done because of the…
We asked DJs how they’ve been getting by during the pandemic — some have been shut down, others have not,…
DJ Ray Martinez, better known as Ray Mar, died yesterday. Originally from Brooklyn (a Met’s Fan) and a college journalism…
For many of us, COVID-19 is proving to be the most challenging occurrence of our lifetime. We asked DJs how…
Like many entertainers and owners of companies in Pennsylvania, Scott J. Goldoor of Signature DJs says the pandemic has been…
We continue to ask DJs how they’re dealing with current mandates for parties and gatherings. DJ Sticky Boots says he’s…
After performing for over 2,000 wedding receptions so far during his DJ career, Joe Kalamaras of Sacramento Wedding DJs continues…
“What Would You Do” is written by JOSP’s Mike Kindlick, where each month he explores various situations, offering insight to…
Welcome to the July edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs. Each…
Livingston, N.J. – For Jason Zaplin, it all started when he discovered dancing. In third grade, he performed a choreographed…
As we all know, DJs around the world are hurting from canceled gigs and loss of income due to COVID-19.…
Over the last few months, I’ve written about and discussed many different types of simple or basic marketing tactics that…
Ever since the Coronavirus quarantine began this past March, we’ve been introduced to a new, cloistered reality. Accordingly, platforms like…
We asked veteran DJs about the changes they’ve seen in the industry and how they’ve made running a business easier…
With social distancing being a requirement throughout the United States for the foreseeable future due to the current coronavirus pandemic,…
After graduating from college, Jason Tokita moved back home to San Diego and started playing a small weekly event with…
We’ve all had mobile DJ setups we’ve regretted — you have to start somewhere. Bad DJ Setups on Facebook was…
Over the last few months, I’ve written about many different basic marketing tactics that DJs can employ to help increase…
Welcome to the June edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs. Each…
Seattle, Wash. — Alan Chitlik’s first job was as a newspaper reporter. One day he’d be covering a business acquisition,…
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a bit complex, but it doesn’t have to be. I’ve learned so much about SEO…
Dallas-Forth Worth has opened up and I’ve got a wedding booked the second week of June. I’ve done lots of…
I’m an expert ballroom dancer, and I’ve been able to use it to my advantage with my DJ company. Here’s…
Writing these articles for DJ Times, I receive messages and emails from DJs all over the world asking for more…
Welcome to the May 2020 edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help build wedding playlists for DJs.…
For many years, John Walter, father of Elite Entertainment’s Mike Walter, occupied a crucial role in the DJ Expo ecosystem:…
The pic was from a wedding I did on the last day we were allowed to have weddings at all…
This crisis has leveled our industry and I don’t think the large gatherings will rebound until a vaccine comes out.…
Remember the Hustle? Jeff Siber does. That’s back when he started his DJing journey, in Brooklyn, teaching the dance with…
“What Would You Do” is written by JOSP’s Mike Kindlick, where each month he explores various situations, offering insight to…
If you’ve been on social media at all over the past month, you’ve certainly seen a plethora of DJs performing…
What I’m hearing from a lot of DJs is they’ve applied for the Emergency Declaration Loan and a lot of…
Mike Wieder has been driving through neighborhoods in his SUV and playing music and blasting bubbles, going slowly so people…
As DJs, we’re most likely all “gear heads” and tweaking our setups. One thing that I struggled with for years…
By Alan Chitlik I often think about what my business is. It is not DJing weddings. My job is to…
Welcome to the second edition of “Behind the Wedding Music,” a resource to help DJs build wedding playlists. Don’t miss…
Mike Garrasi from Albany-based Music Man Entertainment isn’t sitting idly during the coronavirus crisis. He booked a DJ gig during…
With all the rescheduling that’s going on in the DJ world, new questions emerge related to DJ insurance and subcontracting.…
As the DJ industry continues to hemorrhage money in the absence of income, help is on the way for DJ…
We all know how damaging the spread of COVID-19 has been to our businesses. But now is the perfect time…
Mike Fernino, owner of Music in Motion Entertainment in Seymour, Connecticut, will be presenting a solution to a problem that’s…
SEO is a daunting task. There are nearly 300 ranking signals that Google rank calculation takes into account, all with…
If you’re like me, fitness is not only a way to stay in shape and look good in a suit,…
If you find yourself bored to tears during this time of voluntary self-quarantining and you have no events on the…
