Recent content by DJ Wes

I keep throwing money at my Denon MC6000mkII with repairs an preventative maintenance. I love it that much. And yes, a big reason why is it fits in the case I prefer to use. A case that has other 19" rack gear in it. All pre-wired. My plan is to get another 5 years out of it. That may be a...

That may be. As stated, I do not own the others. But several review sites mentioned this as a 'bonus'. Regardless, I love this little thing. I use it for ceremonies and as a satellite speaker for patios, large rooms, etc..

I do. And I love it. I haven't owned any of the others, but I don't think I need anything 'better' than my Yorkie.

What I love about the Yorkville EXM Mobile 8 is you can run it under battery power or you can plug it in. Works either way. Best of both worlds.

Per year. That is steep, imo. Especially for a P/T DJ that only does about 30 events per year on average.

They just called me to renew at $1800. I called my rep and informed her that ain't happening. It was $1400 last year and I thought about quitting then! She's supposed to see what she can do closer to actual renewal time and get back with me. I also told her I read everything I could on the legal...

This has been working for me. View: https://youtu.be/-sjmwXhTv5c

I run two Yorkville E210 passive tops with one LS700P powered sub. Been using this setup for over 12 or so years. I can't imagine needing more for 99% of the gigs I do.

I'm going to raise my rate by at least 50% on January 1st. This year has been hard on my health. Both physically and mentally. I'm 57 and I have to realize that I'm not 10 feet tall and bulletproof anymore.

I need to come around more often myself.

It's a huge selling point for me. I never surprise anyone with it. They know before they hire me that I'm going to do this. Over 500+ weddings and counting and I've only had a couple clients ask me to delete certain (unflattering) pictures, but not not the whole lot.

Mix now, mix later, it's the same amount of work, imo. I rarely have trouble getting people to dance. That's because I'm engaged with them directly. I do not stay behind my booth. Look at my 500+ picture pages. Nearly all of them have lots of people dancing. I did do a Christmas party last year...

It's the exponential spread from larger numbers. If 50 people come down with it, they then expose another 10 people each, that means 500 people could come down with it. If 150 people expose 10 people each, then you have 1,500 people. The idea is to keep super-spreader events to a minimum so as...

You can still premix each show beforehand. And then insert songs as you read the crowd. Unless you don't like to get out from behind the booth and entertain them yourself. ;)

I guess. My clients give me a long list of songs beforehand. I ask for must-haves, nice-to-haves, and do-not-play lists in advance. I spend hours premixing these songs in Virtual DJ a week before the gig. Then I can just focus on mixing only requests the night of. Gives me time to interact with...