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ISSUE 202 JANUARY 2019 WWW.MOBILEBEAT.COM GETGETGETGETGETGETGET IT IT IT IT IT IT IT STARTEDSTARTEDSTARTEDSTARTEDSTARTEDSTARTEDSTARTED Mobile Beat Las Vegas www.mobilebeatlasvegas.com eAcoustics www.eacoustics.com GET IT STARTED PLAYLIST THIS IS HOW WE DO IT ................................................ 6 Getting Started By Joe Bunn MBLV23 ...................................................................... 8 So It’s Your First Time Going to MBLV… By Mike Cordeiro FEATURE ....................................................................12 Prepping a Set for the Ultimate Fete By Staci Nichols MBLV23 .....................................................................16 Why People Dance By Mike Walter BOOKSHELF .............................................................. 18 Review: On This Date In Music by Mike Walter By Michael Cordiero ADVERTISERS MBLV23 .....................................................................19 Being Customer Centric: The Apple Secret Audio-Technica www.audio-technica.com 15 By Mitch Taylor DigiGames www.digigames.com 11 SPINNING ON THE HIGH SEAS ................................... 20 DJ Trivia www.djtrivia.com 19 Waves of Musical Connections eAcoustics www.eacoustics.com 3 By DJ Dayna iDJPool www.idjpool.com 21 PRODJFILES .............................................................. 22 Troy Adams of Carolina DJ Professionals Innovative LED www.innovativeledsales.com 7 By Kevin Freese Mobile Beat Las Vegas www.mobilebeatlasvegas.com 2 MOBILE MATTERS...................................................... 24 PCDJ www.pcdj.com 13 DJ Price Quotes: A Guide for Brides QSC www.qsc.com 17 By Matt Martindale Releventful www.releventful.com 5 A DIFFERENT BEAT .................................................... 26 Wedding Word Search Call/text 970-302-0747 27 Getting There: DJ Vehicles By Stu Chisholm E-BEAT ...................................................................... 28 Move Your Business with Animoto By Mark Evans Publisher Events Director Editorial Assistant / Ryan Burger Jake Feldman Writer Mobile Beat Circulation Manager Rebecca Burger Editor-in-Chief Kitty Harr Events Director Emeritus Dan Walsh Michael Buonaccorso TO ADVERTISE IN MOBILE BEAT OR EXHIBIT AT A MOBILE BEAT EVENT, CALL 515-986-3344 x300 OR EMAIL [email protected] 4 MOBILEBEAT.COM ▷ JANUARY 2019 Releventful ......... www.releventful.com THIS IS HOW WE DO IT Getting Started By Joe Bunn THIS IS HOW WE DO IT Getting Started KEY IDEAS FOR THE ASPIRING DJ By Joe Bunn priced DJ. Take those gigs early on and it will pay off in the long bout once a week, someone slides into my DMs run. A on Instagram and says, “Hey man, I’ve been PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE following you for a while now and really love how You know that cliché “Practice makes perfect?” It’s something you do things. I would love some advice on getting like your mom would say to you when she would send you to started.” Wow! Talk about a broad question. In this piano lessons. However, it turns out she was right. If you are new article, I’ll touch on a few things that I would do if to the game, don’t do an event and then leave your stuff in the I was starting over and know all that I know now. case until the next show. Set that stuff up in your basement or bedroom or kitchen the very next day and practice, practice, GET GEAR practice! The software these days has made it so easy to record First off, only buy what you need to rock a party. You don’t need your mixes. Hit record, make a 30-60 minute mix, and then play it every bell and whistle and widget that the DJ gear companies back. What did you do well? What could you have improved on? put out every quarter. First on the list, get yourself a nice set of Once you get confident enough, start posting your mixes on sites powered speakers. Make sure they are powered, as in the amps like Mixcloud. Share the link on your socials and ask for honest are built into the speaker. Companies like EV and QSC make some feedback. Send the mix links to other DJs and ask for their honest amazing sounding 12” cabinets. Next, go into your local Guitar feedback. Most of them will be brutally honest, but it will make Center or Sam Ash and check out all of the controllers. They have you a better DJ in the end. most of them set up with Macbooks so you can even demo them. HUMBLE YOURSELF Pick the one that is right for you and your budget. Add a nice set of tripods, a really good wireless mic and a bunch of XLR cables As Kendrick Lamar says, “Sit down, be humble.” You have to and black extension cords, and you’re in business. And remember, understand and realize that there are countless DJs that have cable management is important! come before you with more experience, more skills and more knowledge about what to play and when to play it. They are not MARKET YOURSELF your competition, they are your mentors. Take the time to follow If you’re just getting started, you’re probably of the age that then on social media or YouTube or Mixcloud and see what they grew up always having a cell phone and social media. That’s a are doing. Learn from them. I’m positive that there are thousands huge plus. That phone and all of the social media channels are of DJs out there that could DJ me under a bus, but they are free marketing. Use them to your advantage. Also, you have to still living in their mom’s basement because they don’t want to educate themselves. GET EDUCATED Get Your DJ “Degree” Speaking of education, you are going to Mobile Beat Las Vegas If you want to check out www.phdjworkshop.com right? If you want a crash course in DJing, gear, business, which is my workshop that I do with Mike Walter, I marketing, social media -- all of it -- it’s going to be there in March won’t be mad. You might as well start listening to our pod- 2019. I personally never miss the show. There are other regional cast as well—it’s free! Look for The PhDJ Podcast on iTunes, DJ conferences and workshops too. It doesn’t matter how long Spotify or Soundcloud. you’ve been in the game, you can always continue to learn. I promise you’ll see me sitting in the back of the room in almost every seminar. I’ll see you there! have a website. You don’t need to go crazy and have someone build you a custom one. Buy a theme or template and use Wix or Squarespace to design it yourself. If the budget allows it, just turn the theme over to a designer. I promise you they can change it so that it doesn’t look like anyone else’s. WORK FOR FREE Yep, you are going to have to cut your teeth somewhere. You Joe Bunn started his DJ career over 30 years ago. His company might as well do some free shows up front to get your name has four offices and now does over 1000 weddings a year and out there. This is important: Make sure you have a good looking, another 400 private, corporate and charity events. He still DJs well designed business card with you before booking those gigs. almost every weekend, but also helps other DJs grow their businesses as a consultant, writer, and speaker. Visit www. Hand them to anyone and everyone that even comes near your djjoebunn.com to learn more or purchase any of his products. DJ booth! I promise you, there are always organizations, charities, retail stores, even house parties that are looking for a free or low- 6 MOBILEBEAT.COM ▷ JANUARY 2019 Innovative LED www.innovativeledsales.com MBLV23 So It’s Your First Time Going to MBLV… By Mike Cordeiro MBLV23 So It’s Your First Time Going to MBLV… A GUIDE FOR THOSE NEW TO THE MOBILE BEAT EXPERIENCE By Mike Cordeiro the Tropicana or in an adjacent casino. If you do rent a car here oward the end of 2018, we here at Mobile Beat are a few tips. Take the car rental shuttle bus from the airport to T noticed a steadily increasing stream of threads on the car rental building. All pickups and drop offs are there. Bring DJ forums concerning attending the MBLV conference a copy of your insurance binder from your home state (Nevada rental laws are a little different). Schedule your vehicle drop off in March 11-15, 2019 at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino time at least three hours before your flight leaves to have enough in Las Vegas. The majority of the questions were time for check-in and TSA. from DJs thinking about attending for the first time. I was assigned to research the threads, come up with the What should I wear at MBLV23? best answers to the questions from DJs, and put together this The weather in March in Las Vegas is like springtime in New guide for maximizing the MBLV attendee experience. MBLV23 England, where I’m from. Daytime temperatures average in the will be my eighth time attending Mobile Beat Las Vegas since 60s and low 70s. Evenings can occasionally dip down into the 2010 (I only missed out on 2014). Since attending that first event, 50s. From my male perspective, it’s business casual; slacks or I’ve spent a lot of time in the Las Vegas area, visiting landmarks, jeans, polos and a few sweatshirts should cover your wardrobe exploring the surrounding towns and experiencing all the major needs. It would help to bring a few dress shirts and at least one tourist attractions. pair of dress pants. Be comfortable, but dress to impress. (Ladies, I’ve taken questions from DJs all over the country and have please interpret that last bit of advice as you see fit.) But go ahead tracked the most important issues and concerns.