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What we’ve been hearing from other small businesses, friends and corporate clients is that many people are holding off scheduling their private parties or weddings until 2010 because of the economy.  This year more than any in the past five years in New York City people are booking their events earlier (9 months, a year or more) so that they can plan accordingly and save. 

Often companies are scaling back or not having their parties at all due to budget constraints in 2009, or not wanting to appear lavish while layoffs and cutbacks are happening.  (Sean wrote an extended post on scaling back corporate parties here. )  2010 is only 6 months away and our dates are beginning to fill up quickly.  Some of my photographer friends have indicated the same, and many of the venues are being booked up for 2010 much earlier (the foundry – LIC, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Bubby’s, etc).  So if you are interested in us for 2010 please contact us today.

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Came across this article this morning about how more and more people in New York are learning how to dj in light of the recession and losing their jobs. This is awesome, love to hear when people decide to pursue their passion and take a leap of faith into the creative world.  I was personally driven by a similar desire to not sit in a cubicle under flourescent lights forever, and to find some outlet for my passion for sharing music with others.  One of the great things about djing and meeting other djs is the majority of the time you meet people who have a burning desire to express themselves with music by producing, sharing, mixing and performing it.  In fact I think if you were considering hiring a dj I would make it a priority to figure out whether or not the person was actually passionate about music and djing, or whether they were doing it more just to “make some extra cash”.  This can usually be accomplished by asking them what some of their favorite types of music to spin are or to recount some memorable moments spinning.  Sean has much more in depth dj advice here. 

It’s great people have places like dubspot to be able to learn, it does seem a bit pricey at $1695.  Compare with online schools like fxphd where you get 3 classes for $330, the courses are much more sophisticated, and you actually have work you can take with you.  I’m sure it’s a great place to learn and the community aspect of it is helpful, but there are literally thousands of free tutorials online, type in “learn to dj” on youtube, or just start out a friend’s party or bar messing around like most of us did.  After all a school may be able to show you how to mix, scratch and beat match, but it can’t show you what kind of music you like, and this is the most vital part of djing. 

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Traditionally the standard time frame for booking a dj for weddings and larger corporate parties in New York City has been 4-6 months.  I was talking to some of the vendors at the Foundry a couple weeks ago and they indicated they were also booking earlier this year for 2009 for whatever reason.  Our holiday season tends to happen in bunches and then if people are interested in us for the next year they usually wait until after the holidays.  However our 2009 is starting to fill up so if you are interested in us please contact us today.

On a side note we’ve traditionally done events within 75 miles of New York City however we are now open to djing events roughly twice that distance. 

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