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Crossing Paths With Other DJs

Last night I was in Albany meeting with a client up at the Panera Bread next to the Crossgates Mall.   Yes, I drove about 2 hours each way to meet a potential client for a wedding.  That's the level of service that we provide for our clients.

But I digress from my story.  As I was waiting for my clients to arrive, I realized there was another DJ nearby meeting with a couple as well.  No, great minds do not think alike.  I was dressed in black dress slacks, a button down shirt with my logo embroidered on it and a tie. I even had a matching coat with my embroidered logo.   I had my presentation folder with about a 100 pages worth of material to show.  My laptop was running a slide show and my iTouch had a separate slide show going.

This other DJ, was sitting backwards in his chair.  I think it was to match the fact that he had a baseball cap on backwards on his head.  No dress shirt, just a t-shirt, jeans and boots.  He didn't have a computer, just a few pieces of paper and he didn't seem to be taking notes on what they were talking about.   Exactly how is he going to remember what this client wanted v. the next?  We take extensive notes, take a picture of all our clients and keep all correspondences in their folder.

It drives me nuts when I see someone who claims to be a professional wedding dj, but they don't run their business like it's a business.  He is what makes our industry look bad.  I would have fired any one of my DJs who showed up to a client meeting looking like that.