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 Back
to Basics
Dancing DJs have taken their
years of experience of being in the DJ business and broken it down
into an easy to understand basic video series. I was able to have a
viewing of three of these videos and here are my findings.
Creative Games and Exciting Contests
Geared towards the people that
are just getting into adding a few games to their lineup, this video
demonstrates some age-old party games. From Huggy bear to the beach
games, it gives a DJ some simple to understand games to play with
their clients using easy to find props.
New DJs, this video is for you if
you want to add a few games for youth events or picnics.
Follow Me's/Line Dance and
Groovin' Moves
There must be five ways to do
every dance out there because now I have seen another new way to
perform some very popular dances. The Dancing DJ dancers (try saying
that 5 times fast) display their choreograph skills with some
preparatory versions of some dances that have been around in the
business for many years. They take you step by step through the
dance, then they add music. I can only think that they could not get
the rights to use the original music or names for the dances because
in both cases, they had their own versions. In other words, the music
was like a bad karaoke version, but who needs music when you have the
moves? Learn the moves and add your own music!
If you are just getting into the
business or wish to try doing some popular dances a different way,
this is a great video for you to learn from.
Sales and Marketing
This video starts out a little
slow with some very basic down to earth selling tools and quickly
moves to marketing starting at the word "go". Since I have
been around a while in the business, it was a little tedious to
watch, but I could see where this would be a great benefit to newbie
DJs since selling DJ services is so much different than say selling a
car. The section of the video I found most interesting was around the
end where Bob Fias and Mike were sitting around and shooting the
bull. This had many great nuggets of information that are usable to
many of us. For the new DJ or the old DJ, it is worth it.
Conclusion
I found the overall quality of
these videos to be above or equal to most of the DJ How-to videos
that I have in my current library, but there is plenty of room for
improvements. All of my How-to videos lack the production that is
needed to really make them stand out. The camera angles (Can you say
pay for a second or third camera?) are sometimes annoying and the
sound is below par (particularly on the sales and marketing video
where both people should have been wired with mics and the cell phone
going off in the background , well&ldots;), but it's the content we
all purchase these videos for and overlooking the production, these
three videos have some major content that can help those starting out
in the DJ Business and some "nuggets" for those already in
the business.
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