Time to raise rates?

rickryan.com said:

We shot the wedding last night where my $2,000 competitor as the DJ. He sends 2 guys; a DJ and an MC. They used an MC6000 mixer with a pair of QSC (looked like) K15 speakers, no sub. This was for 170 guests in a long warehouse space. I have to say, the QSCs did not cut it. Compared to a top-sub system, it was muddy sounding and dull. The MC had a Shure mic that the squelch kept popping on it and his vocal was very dull, making it hard to understand what was being said, especially during the toasts. The guys did present extremely well. Clean, black table/facade and 2 sets of 4Bar lights. They also had 2, 40" flat screens mounted on 8 foot totems, each uplit. It looked good and they presented well but the MC was just reaching into annoying territory. I mean, dude, shutup every now and then. I did take notes, and gleaned some good stuff from them but mostly it re-affirmed what I had suspected; we're doing a better job at less than half the cost.

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DJ Ricky B said:

I agree!

I don't talk a lot on the mic. I will mention that songs are by request because when I start playing the song sometimes though. I do that to try to deter the person coming up to me asking me to play the song again and I go "I JUST PLAYED IT...ALREADY PLAYED" and they look at me like they never heard it. ...That happened last night twice even after I got on the mic and said the song was by request.

Seamlessly mix the music, stay off the mic during open dancing is the best route. Don't be annoying! Often what a MC start's doing is either annoying, or they say or do something that makes their presentation look stupid. People want to dance, and if they don't, then they are mingling and drinking. Lower Key is the better approach in my opinion.

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