Stop wasting time

Time is a constant, we are allotted a certain amount of time everyday for the things that we must accomplish. If we waste our time, we can never get it back. Managing your time and accomplishing your goals, is what time management is all about. Make the most of what you have. One of the easiest ways to have more time is to get out of bed earlier!  Limit your online time on Facebook and other social media, have set business hours.   It is easy to put off things and waste time when we are self employed.

“Man, alone, has the power to transform his thoughts into physical reality; man, alone, can dream and make his dreams come true. Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”   Napoleon Hill

Before you can sell yourself successfully to others-and thus sell your ideas, your wishes, your needs, your ambitions, your skills, your experience, your products and services-you must be absolutely sold on yourself: 100 percent.  You must believe in yourself, have faith in yourself and have confidence in yourself. In short, you must be totally aware of your own self-worth.  You cannot sell yourself at a premium price unless YOU unequivocally believe you are worth that price and more!

NO ONE IS A BORN SALESMAN, EVERYTHING ABOUT SELLING MUST BE LEARNED.

Music for mobile DJ

Typically, mobile DJs play for a wide variety of people of different ages, backgrounds and different musical tastes. This means that in most cases, you'll need A LOT of different types of music (big band, jazz, swing, top-40, country, oldies, R&B, rock, Motown, modern rock, old school, classic rock, alternative, disco, techno, rap, Spanish, etc...). 

How do you know what to buy? When you're first starting out, your best bet is to get all of the standards or "catch" songs. These are the most popular and recognizable hits that everyone knows and loves. If you don't have them, you'll be in trouble. These are songs like Old Time Rock and Roll, Twist and Shout, In the Mood, YMCA, Love Shack, Mony Mony, etc... Luckily, a lot of these can now be purchased on compilation CDs so you won't have to buy a CD for just one song which can get expensive quickly. Another nice thing about the hits from such styles as oldies, big band, classic rock, old school, disco and Motown is that once you have these songs, you'll rarely have to purchase another song from that style of music. Think about it, when was the last time you heard a new oldie but goodie? 

For the newer songs, there are services that you can subscribe to that provide the latest releases. In many cases, these songs are available about the same time you might start hearing them on the radio. This also means that they may or may not be hits.

Some DJs brag about how many CDs or songs they have with some collections being upwards of 50,000 songs which is really quite an impressive number. Seriously, though how many songs are they going to play in a night? Today, the average song is about 5 minutes. If you look at some of the older songs, they averaged 3 minutes in length. There are 60 minutes in an hour and the average party is about 4 hours. This means that the average DJ is playing 50 to 60 songs a night and that's if they don't stop the music to talk occasionally. Hopefully, these guys with the big collections have gone digital and have all of this music on a hard drive somewhere. Can you imagine dragging all of these CDs or record albums from gig to gig? 

More important than the number of songs in your collection is that you have the music that your audience wants to hear. This is where those standards come into play. Who cares if you have a bunch of songs that nobody has ever heard of or wants to hear? On the other hand, if you don't have the songs they want, you'll hear about it. The key is to have the right songs.

Do not rule out

Don’t Rule Out the Macarena, YMCA, Cha-Cha Slide or Other Participation Dances

We have all been there…doing those “cheesy” dance routines to songs that get played at nearly every wedding reception across America.  But before you reject those so-called “cheesy” group participation dances like the Chicken Dance, Love Shack, or the Hokey Pokey, I ask you to consider what is written in the rest of this article.  These dances may be the only opportunity some of your guests will have in order to get on the dance floor and have some fun; especially, those that are timid to dancing in public.

Most people are wary to get out on the dance floor when the dancing fun is starting. Only those that feel extremely confident (or don’t care what others think) will go out to get the dancing started. These participation dances might be the key to many of your guests remembering your wedding day as being one where they had a great evening of fun!

You don’t have to do the Hokey Pokey right after your first dance but let your DJ keep some options open. These group dance songs are frequently requested by your guests and often create reception high-lights and priceless photo opportunities for your photographer and videographer. People having even a little bit of fun for a few short dances will remember your reception as being a LOT of fun.