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Whether you are planning a small family gathering or a large  event. Whether you are looking to hire a DJ for a work party, school  disco or a good entertainer for your wedding reception or corporate  event. We aim to help you find the perfect mobile disco.

The mobile disco's and independent DJ's advertising on the Disco  Directory cover a wide range of musical tastes, a wide varieties of  functions and an even wider range of areas. If you're looking for a  karaoke, a themed party, a 70's disco you should find your perfect  disco within our site . If you're a site owner please submit your site or submit articlesto the appropriate category.

Articles

Party Playlist Idea's

This list is the most popular requests over the past 2 -3 years.

What Spares should I carry?

Like any Electrical Equipment, Mobile Disco Equipment can go wrong. Maintaining and Servicing your gear is a must, however even serviced equipment can fail, so how can you prevent equipment failure from letting you and your client down?. Carrying at least some form of back up equipment goes without saying. Having spare equipment at home will be of little use if the equipment fails at 10pm at a venue 30 miles away!. But exactly what should you carry?.

Wedding Disco Advice and Tips

One important part of being a wedding DJ is pre-event planning. Speak to the B&G well before the event and find out:

The A-Z of Starting a Mobile Disco

Whilst its true that disco equipment is becoming more and more affordable (especially from Thomann), there are still some worthwhile aspects to consider when choosing equipment for your show. Whilst many different brands, or manufacturers’ equipment will work with other brands, not all “types” of equipment go together. There are some potentially expensive pits to throw your money, and/or reputation into. This article is aimed at the newly starting DJ, but parts of it will also be of use to other, more established DJ’s. The article is split into sections for easy reading for those wishing to concentrate on just parts of a DJ set up. Here’s the first section now:

Mobile DJ Tracklists / Forming a Music Collection

Whether you choose to use more conventional Vinyl or CD as a media for your mobile disco or choose to become one of the growing number of digital dj's then if you are about to start a mobile disco, you are going to need a very comprehensive music collection.

Microphone Technique

Although it sounds strange to you, to hear your own voice over the P.A, in fact it doesn't sound any different to the audience than if you were talking to them in normal conversation.

Maximising your Disco Bookings

29 Ways to Maximize your Bookings Don't just sit by the phone -- make it ring!

How much should I charge for a Disco

Most D.J's tend to be Self Employed and working for themselves therefore they set their own fee for the entire function rather than pay themselves on an hourly basis. The the best way of finding out how much D.J's charge in your local area, is to phone a local D.J and ask how much it would cost you to book a disco

Contract Writing

Writing a contract is possibly one of the most important things, since you need to protect yourself and re-assure your client in one document. Remember that a contract has to remain unbiased to either party. A sample contract is provided below:-

A typical mobile disco order of events

Scenario - 30th Birthday Party, 150 people, age range 15 yrs - 65 yrs, buffet at 9:00pm start time: 7:30 end time: 11:30

Laptop Hum and Interference

If you suffer from noise or interference from your laptop audio which only occurs when you are running it from it's mains power unit, then you may be suffering from a ground loop.

DMX Settings

Quick (and easy) guide to DMX

Denon DN-HD2500 Firmware Upgrade

You must ensure that nothing will turn the power off to your DN-HD2500 whilst the firmware upgrade is taking place, so... dont try upgrading it whilst in a venue with a noise limiter fitted or when running from a generator, or on a car power invertor etc...

Amplifier Output Values

Amplifier output power is measured in WATTS, and you should only pay attention to the RMS Power Specification of any Amplifier. The amount of watts which you get from an Amplifier depends on the amount of load which you connect to it. The Load is often refered to as impedance and measured in Ohms.

5 pin XLR Wiring

There is no doubt that the decision to move over from 3 pin to 5 pin XLR connectors by some manufacturers, has caused some confusion amongst DJ's. The excuse for moving over to 5 pin XLR's is that some users were mistaking the DMX In / Out sockets on lighting effects for audio, and connecting them to Balanced sockets on Mixers!. I suppose they have a point, I've known DJ's to do this before!.

DJ Liability Insurance

Why do you need Public Liability Insurance

Booking a Mobile Disco

This article is intended to give anybody looking to book a mobile disco, some ideas of what questions to ask, and what areas to look for, when choosing a Mobile Dj for their Wedding.

Finding and Hiring a DJ For Your Wedding Reception

Out of all the DJs to choose from, finding a DJ for your reception is probably going to be a bit more complicated and a lot more important decision than you may think.

Finding and Hiring a DJ For Your Wedding Reception

Out of all the DJs to choose from, finding a DJ for your reception is probably going to be a bit more complicated and a lot more important decision than you may think.