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AMERICA’S FIRST MAGAZINE FOR PROFESSIONAL DJs ESTABLISHED 1988 SPRING 2020 ISSUE VOLUME 33 NUMBER 3
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DJ Expo Update
By now, everyone in the DJ industry knows that DJ Times has announced new dates for the 2020 DJ Expo – No ‑ vember 16-19 at Harrah’s Resort At‑ lantic City. As always, the show will present the in ‑ dustry’s largest exhibit hall, more than two-dozen educational seminars, and three evenings of sponsored events. At presstime, DJ Expo’s seminars include:
Fix the Mix: Easy Ways to Trick Out
Your Mobile Sets: Presented by San Diego’s DJ Staci, this session will keep your music mix up-to-date and unique. Learn how to deliver the “same-old” music you play week in and week out in a fresh, new way. Learn weddingfriendly wordplays, simple effects and scratch drops, plus make fun remixes right from your DJ software with no production background necessary.
101 Track: Get in Someone’s Face &
Grow Your Footprint: Boston-based Rob Peters DeFazio of Rob Peters En ‑ tertainment will share his secrets on how he networks. Learn how to gain prospective clients and build a strong referral network through face-to-face interactions. The result will be better cli ‑ ents, better referrals and better profits.
Upsell Your Video Screens: A Hands
On: Jimmie Malone from Exceptional Receptions in Binghamton, N.Y., will show you how to create slideshows to upsell video screens – and how to pitch them to clients. Mitzvahs – Beyond the Booth: Jersey Jock Adam Hirschhorn, owner of AJH Entertainment, who has been writing the popular “Mitzvahs – Beyond the Booth” column for the DJ Times website, will moderate a seminar of the same name. Topics will include: how to find motiva ‑ tors/dancers; custom set-ups; produc‑ ing unique ideas/concepts; and the sim‑ ple mitzvah vs. the extravagant mitzvah.
Why the Caterer Should Not Do the
Lighting: Presented by Mike Fernino of Connecticut’s Music in Motion En ‑
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tertainment, this sales-and-marketing session offers a specific niche concept to combat venues that try to steal away your lighting work – and do an inferior job at that! Topics include: social media to establish a subconscious awareness of your services; how to sell lighting to your customer; how to establish the difference between good and bad light ‑ ing; the “Enhancement Concept”; and establishing yourself as an expert.
Photo Booth — The Next Generation:
Much like karaoke, photo booths have proven to be a long-lasting addition to the mobile’s arsenal, one that has yet to reach its saturation point. Dave Stephenson, owner of Ismilepod, will teach how to create a photo-booth strip, how and why to set up an online gallery to host pictures, how to set up an iPad booth, and how to market the features of your photo booth to expand options to offer your customers. More seminars and events to be an ‑ nounced. For the latest on the show, please visit www.thedjexpo.com.
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Set for Nov. 16-19 at Harrah’s Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., DJ Expo will present the DJ industry’s largest exhibit hall, its top slate of educational seminars, and some of the industry’s most exciting sponsored events. Produced since 1990 by DJ Times, DJ Expo is America’s longest-running trade show/exhibition for professional DJs. Whether you’re an upstart spinner or a seasoned pro, DJ Expo is always the place to be.
