Canby, MN Here I Come!!
15 02 2007Well, we’re starting to enter the busy season again, and I couldn’t be happier. I haven’t DJ’ed anything since December and am ready to roll. I have a wedding reception in Canby, MN on Feb 17th from 9-12. It’s a relatively short reception, but in my experience, the one’s that start later are usually more fun. The bride-to-be has already submitted her online planner and part of her song list, and so far it looks like a lot of good wedding music that everyone will enjoy.
I’m also excited that this will be the second wedding I will be using my most favorite computer program in the world, Serato Scratch Live. Friday night, I’ll line up all of the requested songs in their own “Crate” so that I will have everything I need right at my fingertips. No more digging through CD’s or dealing with stacks upon stacks of jewel cases on my table.
To kick off the new wedding season, I think I am going to find a new table cover. I’ll have to shop around for something that will work, I’ve used fabric from Wal-Mart in the past, but also have heard of other DJ’s using bed sheets. Appearantly, they don’t wrinkle as easily and look really nice.
After this reception, I don’t have another gig until late March, but then things start picking up again. With some of the revenue I earn in March, I would like to buy a triangle lighting truss and rearrange my lighting rig. Hopefully I can get that done before all of the Proms in April. Proms are my favorite, and I’m fortunate enough to have 5 booked so far this year.
So far this year, I have 14 gigs booked for 2007. I would like to hit about 30 like last year, but some of those were at a budget rate, which I do not offer anymore. My time is too valuable to sell that cheaply. Overall, I think I’m off to a pretty good start, and might try a few new advertising options to try and book a few more gigs.
I’ll post another update after the gig!
