stevegunn

Lets start by saying I've been doing this stuff for nearly thirty years. Also i'm not knocking moby disc at all. Used to have alot of mobile DJs on the books and at the time (mid 80's early 90s) moby disc was paying (from bad memory) around $60-$80 PER GIG for their DJs. (correct me if im wrong, just the info i got at the time) I was paying around the $140 mark. Remember this was parties/weddings/etc only in the 80s. Not sure what they pay these days but a few of my guys worked for them at one stage or another and didn't seem to mind as long as the gigs came in. But still had a whinge about what they got paid! We were (and still are) charging a lot more than the what they charge. Mind you I send my guys out in my van with a lot of gear you'd never fit it in a car. And I make sure the guys or girls nowadays know what they're doing before they even do there first gig on there own. Not sure about the free training thing, it may be free which is ok but then what? Training for a couple of hours then off to a gig or real training? Check it out by all means but ask the questions. If you wanna learn beat/key mixing etc. I don't think its the way to go. Play at parties as mentioned above "press play there ya go you're a DJ" well I don't think I'd call that training. But its a start

I've been looking around for public liability insurance since I lost a mobile booking coz the venue insisted I have public liability insurance. Pissed me off a bit coz in 27 years in this biz I've never had a problem. Ever. Maybe just lucky, who knows. I work as a club DJ and have one guy who works for me doing the occasional mobile gig. (about once every three weeks) Anyway. After ringing around a few places I got a bit pissed at the prices. $1000 plus!!! Call me a tight ass but that's a bit dear I think. Don't know about you guys, but to me that seemed a bit steep. So.. Looked further and found this.. http://www.duckforcover.com.au/index1.html Prices are great, so I went with it. Hope this is of some use to you guys. Gunnie

What about "night at the roxbury" Not exactly about djs in movies but similar drift Bit early 90s, (alright alot early 90's) but hey what DJ hasn't wanted their own club??!! ya gotta check it out, a fav amongst us "older, been there DJs"