| It must be great. You work on Saturday
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| | you and spend another hour with you going
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| night for 5 hours and make $1,000 or
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| | over details, they'll return to the
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| more. What a life. It has been equated to
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| | office, type up this information and send
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| selling drugs - the lucrative wedding
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| | you a copy. They'll spend a couple hours
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| disc jockey business is not what it's
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| | organizing music, talking on the phone
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| cracked up to be. The reality is - this
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| | and sending/receiving emails from you
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| is far from the easy money that a
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| | over the course of the two months prior
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| potential wedding client thinks it is.
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| | to your wedding. You can figure they've
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| They are shocked when they first hear the
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| | just invested another 5 hours into
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| price that professional DJs charge and
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| | preparing for your event.
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| think that they are being ripped off
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| | · The total time invested per event will
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| because "wedding" was in their vocabulary
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| | be around 17 - 20 hours when it's all
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| when they called for a quote.
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| | said and done. That $1,000 for 5 hours is
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| Here are some interesting facts to
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| | now really $1,000 for 20 hours of time.
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| understand better what the life of a
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| | · A wedding disc jockey will spend about
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| wedding disc jockey really is like:
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| | $2,000 or more each year on music
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| · Clients call at all times of the day -
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| | updates. They might invest $2,000-$6,000
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| the phone rings from 8am until around
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| | in equipment, repairs and upgrades each
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| 11pm virtually every day. For the most
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| | year. They will spend $1,000 - $10,000 in
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| part, you must be available to answer the
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| | advertising, bridal shows, printing, etc.
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| calls because most people won't leave a
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| | They will spend $5,000 - $20,000 for
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| message if you don't.
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| | office supplies, computers, and business
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| · Most weekday nights are spent away
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| | services. They will spend $500 - $1,500
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| from home meeting with clients or
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| | on liability insurance policies. They
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| potential clients.
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| | will spend $2,000 to $5,000 on postage.
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| · Most weekends are spent away from
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| | They will travel to one of the national
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| friends and family working at your
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| | DJ conventions to keep up to date with
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| events. Forget the 4th of July picnic and
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| | the industry and spend around $1,500
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| New Years Eve.
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| | doing so. They will have a 800 number,
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| · Wedding Disc Jockeys are booked a year
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| | cell phone, fax and voice mail services
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| or two in advance - so that last minute
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| | costing them around $5,000 each year.
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| call from your friend asking you to
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| | They will spend $5,000 each year on
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| dinner or to a concert is a wasted call.
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| | health insurance. They will spend $5,000
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| You're already booked.
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| | in gas getting back and forth to meetings
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| · Your daughter's concert that is on a
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| | and events.
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| Friday in May - you will most likely
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| | · A wedding disc jockey will drive
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| miss. Again, you are already booked.
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| | 25,000 - 35,000 miles each year between
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| · Try standing for 5 hours straight and
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| | meetings and back and forth to their
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| see how your legs and feet feel.
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| | events. That will be approximately 750
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| · Did you know one of the most feared
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| | hours away from home each year just in
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| things to do is speak in public? As a
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| | travel time.
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| wedding disc jockey, that is what we do
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| | The reason that wedding disc jockeys
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| every weekend.
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| | charge the price that they do is simple.
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| · Most people bring a cup of coffee to
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| | It is the cost of doing business. The
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| work - a wedding disc jockey brings over
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| | value that a professional disc jockey
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| $15,000 worth of equipment and another
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| | brings to your event is priceless. Take
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| $20,000 or more in music to most events.
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| | away the music and you're just inviting
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| · A wedding disc jockey will haul in
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| | friends and family to eat and drink. That
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| about 1,000 pounds of equipment into and
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| | accounts for about 2 of the typical 5
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| out of the reception - that means up
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| | hour wedding reception. Your professional
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| stairs, across rickety stone paths and
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| | wedding disc jockey is responsible for
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| through parking garages, through kitchens
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| | coordinating all the details of the flow
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| and in the cold and rain.
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| | of the event - from introductions to the
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| · A typical wedding lasts for 5 hours.
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| | cake cutting. They are the middle man
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| Your wedding disc jockey will arrive an
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| | between the banquet staff, your
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| hour early to setup, will be there after
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| | photographer and videographer. They are
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| guests leave tearing down and typically
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| | your wedding coordinator. Without proper
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| drives 30 minutes to 60 minutes each way
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| | quality entertainment - guests will leave
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| to the event. They have to spend time
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| | soon after dinner. If a typical wedding
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| preparing equipment before they leave the
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| | reception costs around $25,000 (or $5,000
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| office. They have to unload and put away
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| | per hour!), and your guests leave 2 hours
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| gear when they return. That adds up to
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| | before the end due to poor entertainment
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| between 8 and 10 hours on the day of the
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| | - you've just wasted $10,000 of your
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| event alone invested in your wedding.
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| | wedding budget. If you're debating
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| · A wedding disc jockey will typically
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| | between a cheap $500 DJ and a
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| meet you prior to booking (pre-sales
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| | professional DJ costing $1,500, the
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| meeting) for about an hour. Most disc
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| | decision should be easy. Trying to cut
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| jockeys will drive to meet their clients.
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| | corners on entertainment could cost you
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| Presales and travel to and from this
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| | $10,000. The additional $1,000 is money
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| meeting will add about 2 hours of their
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| | well spent when the big picture is in
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| time into your event.
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| | focus. The time and effort a true
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| · When it's time to discuss details,
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| | professional disc jockey puts into your
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| your disc jockey will again drive to meet
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| | event will be worth every penny.
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