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ISSUE 200 NOVEMBER 2018 WWW.MOBILEBEAT.COM THIS IS HOW WE DO IT EVENTS FROM ALL OVER Mobile Beat Las Vegas www.mobilebeatlasvegas.com Bose www.bose.com THIS IS HOW WE DO IT PLAYLIST TRACK ONE ................................................................. 6 Mobile Beat Keeps on Rolling By Dan Walsh MOBILE MATTERS........................................................ 8 Celebrating Culture at Wedding Receptions By Matt Martindale WEDDING BEAT ..........................................................12 Latin Weddings for Gringo DJs By Staci Nichols FEATURE ....................................................................14 Reception Road Trip By Kevin Freese PRODJFILES .............................................................. 18 ADVERTISERS DJ Whit Taylor: Spinning Around the Globe By DJ Dayna 12 Habits... www.weddingmarketingmastery. 21 PRODJFILES .............................................................. 22 - Terry Lewis book co.uk/p/12-habits DJ Spen: Building House and Spinning Joy Audio-Technica www.audio-technica.com 9 By Mike Cordeiro Bose www.bose.com 3 A DIFFERENT BEAT .................................................... 26 DigiGames www.digigames.com 11 Traditions Across Space and Time Innovative LED www.innovativeledsales.com 7 By Stu Chisholm Mobile Beat Las Vegas www.mobilebeatlasvegas.com 2 FEATURE ................................................................... 27 Mobile Beat Las Vegas www.mobilebeatlasvegas.com 28 Ethnic Wedding Survival Guide PCDJ www.pcdj.com 13 By Bob Lindquist QSC www.qsc.com 5 Wedding Word Search Call/text 970-302-0747 17 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 ▷ NOVEMBER 2018 QSC .................... www.qsc.com TRACK ONE Mobile Beat Keeps on Rolling QUIETLY CELEBRATING A MILESTONE 200TH ISSUE By Dan Walsh SC : Honestly, I cannot think of a single thing. Everything o... I had hoped to take a close look through has changed, some things for the good, some...not so good. S Mobile Beat’s last 100 issues and come up with a Every aspect of our gear has changed, from the frequencies bunch of fun facts to share, but, alas, life as a busy our wireless mics inhabit, to the media we play and how we purchase it. My performance isn't anything like it used to be, editor / dad of a two-year-old interfered to keep me and my guess is that most DJs would say the same of them- from getting that done in time to share in this issue. selves. From my own parochial view, I guess the biggest (However, look for more links back to some of MB’s valuable, constant of my DJ world has been my van, a '96 Ford E350 continually relevant older articles at MobileBeat.com over the box truck I bought new and was featured in your "vehicle next few months, as we dig in and start mining some of the "gold" roundup." It still has less than 80,000 miles on it, and I totally our writers have given us over the years. Or, if you feel like taking refurbished it for another decade of service! a stroll down MB’s memory lane on your own, all you have to do is head over to https://www.mobilebeat.com/digital-edition/ and DW : What do think might develop in near future for Mobile DJs? keep scrolling down.) What about further ahead in time? However, while looking back through the archives, I realized SC : Oh, I've already been lambasted by our pal, Michael that one of our most dependable and readable writers, Stu Buonaccorso on that one! Some years ago I was asked to Chisholm, has been with us for roughly the last 100 issues, having prognosticate on what the DJ world might look like in the started in issue #98, December 2005. (That’s not counting his not-too-distant future. A friend of mine who is a mover-and- shaker in the computer world told me of some new tech being developed at the IBM Watson Research Lab, where they had recently developed a polymer that could hold data at the molecular level. And, according to him, they had been able to write on each molecule twice by polarizing the laser light, doubling the possible data density! In 200 short, a small cube of this holographic material could contain nearly every sound recording ever made. long letter to the editor in issue #97, which put Stu in our cross- Yet time has not seen the introduction of any products hairs to snag as a new writing talent.) Thus, I thought it would still based on this development, which was a real world thing. (My make a nice nod to the second-hundred-milestone, to see what guess: The military is using it and keeping it under wraps for Stu has perceived to be the biggest changes in DJing since he a bit longer than expected.) Mike gleefully gutted me about started with MB. I asked him three questions and let him touch that one in his otherwise fine book, A Different Spin: The DJ on any aspect of DJing—gear, business, performance, music, etc. Story. So with that bit of back story, I think I'll stick with my own DW : What are the most striking changes you've seen in the mobile feeble powers of foresight and say that, in my humble view, DJ world over the last decade or so? the industry will continue to tighten up. DJs who stand out from the crowd, being true entertainers, will always be in SC : There are two big ones from my perspective. First, the demand. Even more modest DJ companies will emphasize industry has moved away from dedicated media players to performance, stage presence and mixing savvy to the point software/computer-based playback systems—like it or not. where few clients will even remember the days of the DJ who I tend to not, but I guess I'm in the minority on that one. On “just pressed 'play'." By contrast, it may become harder for the bright side, the software has gotten a lot more robust, the guys trying to break into the business without any real stable and intuitive since the grand old days of DJ Power training, as most of us old codgers did. and the original PCDJ. The second change is in the level of performance that Thanks, Stu, for a hundred-issues-worth of great info, well- DJs exhibit today. Industry-wide, DJs have stepped-up their expressed. And thanks to you, readers, for continuing to look game, whether by adding a photo booth or two, getting into to the post-paper-based Mobile Beat as a source of solid, useful uplighting, or taking improv classes, attending classes and information in this fast-moving, digital age. Here’s to the next seminars. It is very gratifying to see! hundred! DW : What are the most notable things, from your perspective, that have (maybe surprisingly) stayed the same over that same time? 6 MOBILEBEAT.COM ▷ NOVEMBER 2018 Innovative LED www.innovativeledsales.com MOBILE MATTERS Celebrating Culture at Wedding Receptions A LOOK AT THE ORIGINS AND MODERN APPLICATION OF NUPTIAL TRADITIONS By Matt Martindale com). Yet as wedding plans progress, this is where one’s roots, hy do weddings and wedding receptions look heritage and ancestry—the things that are held dear—come to W the way they do? How can couples celebrate the fore. It’s that moment where two individual pasts begin to the culture or cultures they and their families are part fuse with the promise of a collective future, and an opportunity arises to honor traditions, customs, culture and heritage, opening of, as they unite together to start a new family? It’s a door to family history. helpful to step back occasionally and consider wedding Every wedding is a story of its own. traditions from a “big picture,” historical perspective. Much of it is composed from traditions that are common and expected, yet almost invisible. Yes, people marry for love, but TIMES CHANGE BUT TRADITIONS REMAIN throughout history, marriage has also served a broader purpose Many wedding traditions originated from agrarian societies to ensure the continuation of society. From the beginning of the where the bride was “given” to the groom’s family. The white human journey, ancestors bonded together. As they did, their dress meant virginity, the cake meant fertility, and bridesmaids clans, tribes and communities grew stronger. They never took dressed like the bride (originally exactly like the bride) in an effort good fortune for granted. When they married, they made inten- to confuse evil spirits or rejected suitors. The groom stood to the tional gestures of thanksgiving. They offered tribute to their gods right of the bride so that his right hand was free to grab his sword with acts like: tossing grain at the couple to symbolize a wish for and fend off kidnappers who would try to kidnap her to collect fertility, good crops and a bountiful harvest (now symbolized a hefty ransom. From the Victorian era we got bridal bouquets, by tossing rice, birdseed, etc); or having loud noises abound to whose scents (mostly herbs like thyme, etc.) where meant to hide drive away evil spirits (now done by the sound of church bells, the stench of an unclean society and also to ward off evil spirits. the cling of champagne glasses or tin cans tied to the getaway In today’s society, about 51 percent of brides still consider vehicle). While early wedding traditions grew out of the need for their weddings “traditional” (according to the WeddingReport. a feeling of protection, they continue as ways of showing honor, Versatile High-Fidelity Wireless 3000 Series expands the possibilities of performance