becoming a wedding dj

**sobi** · 04-26-2011, 01:35 PM

LOL! A DJ at a funeral?!

**jakeintox** · 04-26-2011, 01:53 PM

Word of mouth. Tell everyone you meet that you dj. I've seriously landed a wedding gig in line at Starbucks. Get a professional looking business card and give them to everyone! Anytime I hear anyone talking about wedding or party plans I give them a card.

If there's a multi-op dj service around you see if you can get a job with them.

Find some local wedding/event planners and make friends with them, give your contact info to local venues.

I highly recommended signing up for a free listing on wedj.com. There's a pretty good forum there with lots of info on mobile djing as well.

One very good way to get your name out as a mobile dj is by doing events for non-profits. There are always walk-a-thons, auctions, and various other fundraising gigs going on. These pay very poorly (if at all), but will give you a good idea if mobile work is right for you, and give you TONS of exposure. The last several weddings I've done I actually got because people saw me dj at a Rotary Club crab feed and asked for my card. One $200 gig landed me 3 $1000 gigs.

**jakeintox** · 04-26-2011, 02:00 PM

I djed a memorial service once! It was weird.

**haze324** · 04-26-2011, 02:10 PM

^ how much equipment do you lug around.

I've some set ups that are just outrageous!!!

**Quiggers** · 04-26-2011, 02:25 PM

@ jakeintox, weird and slightly creepy.

also equipment wise, you'll need a mini van, these rooms are quite big so
1500Watt PA is a minimum and 5 lights, controlled, plus decks mixer, mics, radio mic is good for speeches just remember to change the batteries before you hand it out to the best man. Get cloth sheets to hide you cables and gaffer tape every lead that anyone might ever put a foot near. Bring enough leads to traverse the golden gate bridge, carry fuses and a small tool kit with a soldering iron and plenty of spare bulbs if your lights aren't LED based.

Make sure you have 2 copies of the first dance song and that its the version they meant, have one on the laptop, one on a cd player ready to go.