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DJ Wes said:
A skirted table is required per my contract. If not available, I can provide mine for $45. I too think that for weddings, lighted facades just screem 'Hey, look at me'. Now, for a school dances, these lighted facades would be great!

Here's my wedding set-up. It's clean enough I think, without drawing too much attention.
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Yeah, I definitely agree...I believe that the bride and groom should be the center of attention on their wedding day, not a hired vendor. I love your setup! Very clean! :)
 
I would not think that lighted facade would be any more of a "look at me" than a big light tree loaded with dance lights turned on. Both the facade and the dance lights can be managed to do the right thing at the right time. Throwing others under the bus by acting like they don't care about the bride and groom as much as you do because of lights or tables or facades or whatever is just wrong. We sell what we have and what we know. I have brides that want the Miami nightclub look for their reception and I have brides that don't want any glitz or glamor. My wedding this weekend has no lights at all, I personally don't care. I will sell them whatever they want.
 
Dude, chill. I think everyone who has been here any length of time know me to be better than that. Besides, my light show lights the dance floor up, not my booth. I too do many events without lights. My next wedding has no lights. No problem. I only bring the light show when I've been given $200 to do so.
 
DJ Wes said:
Dude, chill. I think everyone who has been here any length of time know me to be better than that. Besides, my light show lights the dance floor up, not my booth. I too do many events without lights. My next wedding has no lights. No problem. I only bring the light show when I've been given $200 to do so.
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Not upset at all. My point is that the booths when they are lit are just another dance floor light. See what I mean. I recently had a bride who didn't want any club looking lights on the dance floor, but wanted some of the excitement that lights can bring to the dance floor, so we used our colorstrips to uplight the area near the dance floor and it worked great. She was very happy. I understand and use lights as well, when paid.

Does that make sense now Wes? The lighted facade is just another option that some will love and some will hate, but it is another opportunity to make customers happy and make more money.

I probably should have made a new paragraph to discuss how caring about the bride and having a lighted facade have absolutely nothing to do with one another.
 
I don't have one as yet, but I do have plans for one. I would have it off or set to a static color to match the decor during dinner, most of the time I would think a matching color. Of course, depends on what the bride wants.
 
Ausumm said:
I simply use the table supplied by the venue
(it's standard operating procedure around here)
I let them skirt it like the other tables, and I put my rack on top.

Personally, I don't like BIG facades,
as it makes me feel like I'm hiding from the crowd.

Some of these facades are beautiful, though...
and I hope to make my own (smaller) lighted facade in the future.
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I would recommend you bring your own table. Sometimes the house tables are broken or the folding legs are not locked. The plastic folding tables you get at HD OR Lowes are cheap and light. The last thing you want to happen is one side of the table dropping and all your equipment crashing to the floor.
 
CMWAT said:
oh Ron "annoying hardcore rap" is still music for some people.a good DJ plays everything.:sqwink:
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I didn't say I don't play it, I said I have the option. When you get one hip hop bad a$$ rapper at a wedding that is clearly your main stream rock, pop, oldies, easy listening etc. you need to have a choice. Mention you talk requests and they'll bug you to no end to play it. Everyone needs to have 'options'. If I'm playing a 16 year old birthday party or HS dance, well different story. And the one kid who asks for Frank Sinatra at a youth event because it's the only thing his parents would let him listen to in the house? Think he's going to hear that? Chances are not. And I've been asked.
 
DJ Wes said:
A skirted table is required per my contract. If not available, I can provide mine for $45. I too think that for weddings, lighted facades just scream 'Hey, look at me'.
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I, too include a skirted table request in my paperwork. Although I usually bring my own linens in case it is NOT provided.
And I also agree with Wes in trying to "blend in" rather than "stand out"...
at least for a wedding. I think a table for the DJ, skirted like all the other tables in the room, allows for more attention to be paid to the head table and the B/G.
Maybe I'm old fashioned (or just old and stubborn) but I want to compliment the event, not be the center of attention. Don't use a banner or sign, either...much like many of us on this site.

I'd like to build my own facade some day, so it can be exactly what I envision it to be.
 
Why does a lighted or classy facade mean you're taking attention away for the Bride and Groom? That's something you have to physically do with your performance. And these facades are not used for just for weddings either. This is the same reason I won't wear a tux. I'm tired of the same old picture from to many weddings, a dj standing behind a white skirted venue table with a black box on it, black equipment on the table and the DJ in a black tux standing there with a mic in his hand. I know I'm ready for a change and thanks to these wonderful ideas I have the inspiration I've been looking for.

I'd say just for argument sake show some of these pictures to your clients and see what they think. Maybe even to some of your past clients. Get a different opinon, someone to see if from a different point of view. Only problem with that is then you'd probably have to change things a bit.

Now, before anyone gets all upset I'm not picking on anyone. You do whatever your comfortable with. If you're proud of your setup then that's all that matters. What you believe in is what makes your business work and that's what's important. If I wanted to look like everyone else I'd be in the circle group of the ADJA/DJA/WED. And we know that ain't gonna happen.
 
Yea, I think a point that many are missing about the lighted facades is that they are optional. All of the guys I know that are using them offer them as an OPTION, it is the clients choice to have the big glowing DJ booth. So it's not a matter of blending in or being the center of attention and it's not a matter of it not befitting a wedding or being too club like...it's a matter of providing what the client wants. And yes, they are rather popular right now in this area.
I've had clients ask for lights and many not want any lights. I've had clients insist on me wearing a suit and a few have insisted on me wearing a tux. Like any other element of your show, it's an option. Give them the choices and let them choose how to celebrate their day.
 
WaydeWest said:
Yea, I think a point that many are missing about the lighted facades is that they are optional. All of the guys I know that are using them offer them as an OPTION, it is the clients choice to have the big glowing DJ booth. So it's not a matter of blending in or being the center of attention and it's not a matter of it not befitting a wedding or being too club like...it's a matter of providing what the client wants. And yes, they are rather popular right now in this area.
I've had clients ask for lights and many not want any lights. I've had clients insist on me wearing a suit and a few have insisted on me wearing a tux. Like any other element of your show, it's an option. Give them the choices and let them choose how to celebrate their day.
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If it were possible to "thank" you more than once I would have done it. Well said, it seems as though some attack everything that the either don't, won't or can't do. Different strokes for different folks, we should not give a crap about what other DJ's think, IT IS ALL ABOUT THE CLIENT - in my case that is the bride. As for me, I will be offering a lighted facade soon and probably a lighted backdrop as well. I will make far more money from doing this than it costs me and I will once again separate myself from the status quo. However, that is just what I will do - not what is right or wrong.
 
jabo said:
However, that is just what I will do - not what is right or wrong.
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I think we are all guilty of three things

1- realizing that we all have different styles, we all work in different markets, charge different rates, and offer different services.

2- when someone posts pictures of their rig, or describes their style, we must remember that they are not saying "this is the way everyone should do it, too"

3- when someone replies that they personally do not agree with someone else's methods, we need to remember that this forum is a way for us to see how the other half lives (and works). We are only offering a different view from our side of the fence...and we're not trying to say what is right or wrong.

Most of the time, I am jealous of other people's gear. I just know that it would not work for me, in my neck of the woods.

If anyone has ever thought that I was condemning the way anyone else does their job...I apologize! I only try to give my view of the world.
 
Ausumm said:
I think we are all guilty of three things

1- realizing that we all have different styles, we all work in different markets, charge different rates, and offer different services.

2- when someone posts pictures of their rig, or describes their style, we must remember that they are not saying "this is the way everyone should do it, too"

3- when someone replies that they personally do not agree with someone else's methods, we need to remember that this forum is a way for us to see how the other half lives (and works). We are only offering a different view from our side of the fence...and we're not trying to say what is right or wrong.

Most of the time, I am jealous of other people's gear. I just know that it would not work for me, in my neck of the woods.

If anyone has ever thought that I was condemning the way anyone else does their job...I apologize! I only try to give my view of the world.
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Good points Mike. We are all different and many people offer up different ideas as options. That's what's great about this country, if you don't like it don't use it. You're free to make your own choices.

Don't be jealous about equipment. After all it's just that, equipment. Certain mamby pamby people who get jealous over equipment are just venting because of their lack of performance. I'm sure you take pride in your work and that's what's important. Equipment is just a tool. Although some people are their equipment. When I use my JBL EON's I focus on my performance, not the speakers.

You make your personal point, no need to apologies for that. Opinions belong to you and you have the right to them. Thanks for sharing.
 
Ron Auger said:
Good points Mike. We are all different and many people offer up different ideas as options. That's what's great about this country, if you don't like it don't use it. You're free to make your own choices.

Don't be jealous about equipment. After all it's just that, equipment. Certain mamby pamby people who get jealous over equipment are just venting because of their lack of performance. I'm sure you take pride in your work and that's what's important. Equipment is just a tool. Although some people are their equipment. When I use my JBL EON's I focus on my performance, not the speakers.

You make your personal point, no need to apologies for that. Opinions belong to you and you have the right to them. Thanks for sharing.
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I read on a website just the other day that "A DJ is only as good as their gear." - are you saying that some DJs are good independent of their equipment? Novel concept, I like it. :sqerr:
 
jabo said:
I read on a website just the other day that "A DJ is only as good as their gear." - are you saying that some DJs are good independent of their equipment? Novel concept, I like it. :sqerr:
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Care to share the website? I'd like to read that myself.

If I were as good as my gear I'd be the best out there, but I'm not. I have to work at my performance constantly. It's a challenge playing as much as I do trying not to do the same old same old. Working on new concepts is an on going process. But, having not only new but some of the best gear does help.
 
To comment on the "requests" portion of the thread, I also do a little karaoke, and I was doing my nieces 15th b-day party and decided to do karaoke there, with the remote request station from softjock, i did edit it a little bit with a keyboard layover however it worked GREAT!!! everyone loved it and I used a Dell touch screen so it made it that much better...
 
Matthew said:
To comment on the "requests" portion of the thread, I also do a little karaoke, and I was doing my nieces 15th b-day party and decided to do karaoke there, with the remote request station from softjock, i did edit it a little bit with a keyboard layover however it worked GREAT!!! everyone loved it and I used a Dell touch screen so it made it that much better...
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Since we're commenting on the "requests", I read somewhere that because these DJ's use CD's they have the flexibility to handle requests where one using a laptop doesn't. Huh? A digital DJ can have unlimited amounts of music available merely at the touch of a key stroke. No searching through CD bins, no looking through catalogs, no putting a CD into a player and waiting for it to boot up, etc. If physically holding a CD means one has a better ability to fulfill requests again I say Huh? With a laptop and verizon wireless Internet card I have the ability to fulfill practically any request at most any function. I can also search, load, and play a song in under 5 seconds if need be. That just struck me as funny.
 
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