Just a thought on the placement of your disc jockey
It is common at wedding receptions for the placement of the disc jockey to be an afterthought. After all, you have so many other things to think about that it almost can seem unimportant. Often the reception facility has a preset areas set aside for us. There is nothing wrong with this in general practice especially if the disc jockey has a good working relationship and familiarity with the venue. Sometimes though the disc jockey is placed with no real thought put into how it can affect the reception. This is a topic that is rarely discussed or even thought of and really should be more often.
The placement of the DJ can affect many things at a wedding. For instance oftentimes people place the DJ right in the midst of many of the oldest people at the reception or place them right in front of where the DJ will be set up This affects these people in that the DJ may be causing them discomfort. On the reverse of this if the DJ attempts to keep the music significantly lowered if may affect the people farther away across the room because they cannot hear the music. This can be more of an issue once past dinner and into the more dance oriented part of the evening due to an even farther increasing in volume.
Similiarly to the above issue can be the dance lighting used by the DJ. Some dance lighting can be directed and some can't. If the DJ is placed with multiple tables between him and the dance floor the lights, once engaged, can be very annoying for those people placed in front of the disc jockey. In combination with the speakers also being directly behind them you can see how this can be an issue at a reception or party. A related issue to this, which I have had happen once in Erie, is if anyone has epilepsy they should not be situated near the lights at all. Flashing and strobing lights can bring on an epileptic fit. At the above mentioned reception the lights could not be used until the child had left later in the night.
I will mention one more issue on the placement of the DJ at your wedding reception of party. Our equipment takes up space. Every DJ has different requirements and if the DJ is worth his or her salt they will give you an idea of what they take up. Some venues, especially if they have pre-assigned locations for the DJ, do not take this into account. Sometimes the facility setup is based on making everything they control work perfectly with no thought about how the setup will affect the DJ. This can cause many problems for the DJ. Awkward setups with equipment possibly being setup in a not perfectly safe manner. Not being to bring in certain equipment, you get the idea. Many reception facilities work with the DJ and this is not an issue but it is still something to be thought of.
That is it for this 2nd ever blog posting. I hope it is somewhat helpful to you as I am not one to put his thoughts down like this and I hope to get better at it as time passes.
Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas
DJ Greg Anderson
The placement of the DJ can affect many things at a wedding. For instance oftentimes people place the DJ right in the midst of many of the oldest people at the reception or place them right in front of where the DJ will be set up This affects these people in that the DJ may be causing them discomfort. On the reverse of this if the DJ attempts to keep the music significantly lowered if may affect the people farther away across the room because they cannot hear the music. This can be more of an issue once past dinner and into the more dance oriented part of the evening due to an even farther increasing in volume.
Similiarly to the above issue can be the dance lighting used by the DJ. Some dance lighting can be directed and some can't. If the DJ is placed with multiple tables between him and the dance floor the lights, once engaged, can be very annoying for those people placed in front of the disc jockey. In combination with the speakers also being directly behind them you can see how this can be an issue at a reception or party. A related issue to this, which I have had happen once in Erie, is if anyone has epilepsy they should not be situated near the lights at all. Flashing and strobing lights can bring on an epileptic fit. At the above mentioned reception the lights could not be used until the child had left later in the night.
I will mention one more issue on the placement of the DJ at your wedding reception of party. Our equipment takes up space. Every DJ has different requirements and if the DJ is worth his or her salt they will give you an idea of what they take up. Some venues, especially if they have pre-assigned locations for the DJ, do not take this into account. Sometimes the facility setup is based on making everything they control work perfectly with no thought about how the setup will affect the DJ. This can cause many problems for the DJ. Awkward setups with equipment possibly being setup in a not perfectly safe manner. Not being to bring in certain equipment, you get the idea. Many reception facilities work with the DJ and this is not an issue but it is still something to be thought of.
That is it for this 2nd ever blog posting. I hope it is somewhat helpful to you as I am not one to put his thoughts down like this and I hope to get better at it as time passes.
Happy Holidays and a Merry Christmas
DJ Greg Anderson
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