Category Archives: MOBILE DJ STORIES
Entertaining, unusual, or comical anecdotes and accounts drawn from real-life mobile DJ experiences.
You Want Me to What?
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE There’s a well-known story about blind men describing an elephant. One grabs a hold of the trunk and says the elephant is like a great, hairy serpent. The second feels a hind leg … Continue reading →
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Truly Smart and Really Stupid
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE I heard about a somewhat impressive incident that was orchestrated by a fortunate mobile DJ—a great example of excellent timing. He describes how he spent several hours setting up a complete uplighting system … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Disc Jockey, DJ, DJ Lighting, MOBILE DJ STORIES
The All-Too-Common Conception
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE Generally speaking, the most commonly held conception about a mobile DJ is: someone who sets up some speakers and then plays music. Hey, I hear some music. Oh, over there near all that … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Disc Jockey, MOBILE DJ STORIES, PERCEPTIVE DISC JOCKEY POSTS
An Unexpected Addition to the Fun
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE I’m a skinny guy. Spindly. The only muscles I have come from lugging, and setting up my DJ gear, which at the time of this writing, I’m happy to report, I’m still young … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Air Guitar, Dance Floor, Disc Jockey, DJ, MOBILE DJ STORIES, MUSIC PROGRAMMING, Wedding
DJ Nightmare: The Filming of a “Bridezilla” Episode for TV
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE Here in the Myrtle Beach Area, January is a notoriously slow month for disc jockey engagements, so when in October of ’06 I got a call for a wedding to be held right … Continue reading →
“You’re doing great, but STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING!”
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE Ouch! While using squeaky clean, “school-edited” material, is it possible to feel like a programming genius and God’s Gift to School DJs, and suddenly be commanded to immediately stop what you’re doing and … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Disc Jockey, DJ, MOBILE DJ STORIES, Music, MUSIC PROGRAMMING, Programming
This One Actually Stinks!
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE So, okay, now where should we put the DJ? Wait a minute. Do we have any room left? Gees, I wonder how much room he really needs? Does he have to be near … Continue reading →
Not Quite the Impression I Wanted to Give!
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE Editor’s Note: The routine described (for those who care to orchestrate it) can work really well. The photos included herein are a transparent attempt to pretentiously brag about this, as well as testify … Continue reading →
The Laugh’s on the Best Man
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE And then there was the time when we helped hatch a clever scheme that played right into the hands of the Bride and Groom, Debbie and her fiance Richard. Their reception would be … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Best Man, Bride, Disc Jocley, DJ, Groom, MOBILE DJ STORIES, Wedding
The Response to “The Welcome” can (sometimes) be a Welcome Response
DJ STORIES AND BLOG HAVE MOVED HERE During a workshop presented by Mark Ferrell, we were privileged to experience, up close and personal, how it felt to be welcomed by the Master of Ceremonies of the wedding reception. One moment, … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Disc Jockey, DJ, M.C. emcee, Master of Ceremonies, MOBILE DJ STORIES, PERCEPTIVE DISC JOCKEY POSTS, Wedding
The Day Ice Box Lost His Cool
There are many circumstances that upon recollection make me wonder, smile, and even laugh. I imagine by sharing these descriptive scenarios, other DJ professionals would also be amused, and in some respects, even edified. Take big Pat Taylor, in my … Continue reading →
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Tagged as Dancing, Disc Jockey, DJ, MOBILE DJ STORIES, Music, MUSIC PROGRAMMING, Programming
4 Grand Entrances
There are hundreds of ways to orchestrate them. Here are four. Continue reading →
