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Jumat, 13 Mei 2011

Booking A DJ Why?



So, you’ve decided that your evening’s entertainment is to be provided by a DJ, the popular choice for over 90% of parties and wedding receptions in Bali Indonesia. Now the difficult task of finding one that suits your needs begins…..
The single most common question that mobile DJ's are asked in the first instance is “How much are you?” Now everyone loves value for money, but you haven’t even asked what service they provide yet! Despite the generic image of mobile DJs being all the same, we are very different in our approach to the work, and services can vary by some distance from DJ to DJ. If you are on a tight budget of say,Rp 1.000.000 , then your choice will be limited and you may end up with a novice or someone with borrowed and dusty equipment.
Always tempting too is letting a friend ‘have a go’… a recipe for an empty dance floor and a full bar! Cost-cutting is magnified two-fold when talking of a wedding reception. Not only the most important day of your lives, but a day where you’ve probably spent Rp 5.000.000 on a cake,Rp 20.000.000 on dresses and suits and untold amounts on food and drink….seems like false economy to skimp on the biggest part of the whole day, the party.
In short, don’t just book your mobile DJ on price!
A real professional or semi-professional DJ will have spent years acquiring their music, learning how to build a dance floor atmosphere, be fully conversant in wedding etiquette and have a kit to be proud of.
To give you some idea of values, to hire a very basic DJ set-up (2 speakers, amplifier, CD decks, mixer and 2 light effects) costs Rp 2.500.000 per night from my local disco centre. Add to that someone’s working time (6 hours on average) and travel costs, etc, you start to realise just how valuable a pro DJ can be for your event…
For weddings, look to pay between Rp 3.000.000 - Rp 4.500.000 for a 7pm-01am service. Birthday parties, anniversaries, etc may be cheaper as they are less pressure and usually shorter hours..