You said a club DJ. You mentioned nothing about being a mobile DJ doing a private event. What if someone wanted him to do a private event for them? Would he have to look to anyone of you to provide the PA system so he can do the job or have to tell the person he can't do it.?
I play several wedding venues that have in house systems that are well designed and I am happy to use, far less gear for me to lug around, once you get out of the hood and play to high end clients in high end venues these things become more common and another benefit is that you can be paid much much better
I saw that trust me. I got a job to do this Friday and guess what? The client doesn't have to figure out how they are going to get me gear to do the job. I got it covered. Let me ask the question this way to all here. When is the last time that a client had to supply you with equipment to do the job that they have booked you to do? I never have had that issue ever. The club thing is about sometimes if you're lucky the place they want you to play at will already have some gear you can use. Hopefully it will be high grade professional gear and not what some places will have. Low end junk that either barely works or the sound sucks.
You said the venue had a house system installed in the place. That's not actually where you need the client to provide gear for you to use because you don't have none and the venue has none at all. There is a difference. It's nice when they have a professionally installed system that they will allow you to use. The sad part is when they will allow an inexperienced DJ use the system causing damage to the system. Some places won't allow you to use their house system unless they personally know you and know you know what you're doing. I know you know your stuff. You should long as you have been in business and no that's not a jab at you. That's what should be the case as long as you've been a DJ.
Is this sytem you're using for that wedding this weekend high end gear? That to me makes a big difference. I can master around most systems but it's much nicer when the system is high end gear that works well and sounds great. Unfortunately not every venue that has an in house system is top of the line gear. Some places won't hire a professional to install the system. All they care about is how much of a profit they can make. So they won't spend say 5-10k for a permanent install. They will get by with the cheapest stuff they can find. They don't understand the importance of having a high quality system installed. It will sound great and less like to keep breaking down costing the owner of the venue more money.
yes it is an installed Bose system designed to be heard clearly through the room between it and the installed uplighting and AV equipment they have nearly $30,000 invested
Now that's what I'm talking about. A place that didn't do things cheaply. My wild guess is this not a cheap venue to rent out to have an event there. Glad to hear you'll be playing on a pro system and not some cheap mess that only pisses me off.
I hear you and I bring my stuff as well. I wonder though was the stuff good enough for you to work with? I personally don't like using a house system in a venue like that because anything can happen and I don't want to be held responsible if something gets damaged. Even if it's not my fault. I'm used to my own gear and I prefer to use that as I know how to properly use the gear and I know it's limitations.
Definitely not a Legion Hall. I like places like that sir. That keeps out the rif raf. That kind of crowd won't spend that kind of money to have an event somewhere.
Who is this Skrillex? Never heard of that DJ. You said they travel all over the world. There's a big difference in this DJ working all over the world and this DJ in a park next Saturday. I bet if you heard the name you would scratch your head wondering who that DJ is.
Yea but I'm not the DJ needing someone to supply a sound system in a park to get the job done.
