Last week, after many months of selling off surplus equipment and reassessing the huge collection of DJ tools I have amassed, I purchased a PA system that I seriously consider as the very best in its class. I won’t bore anyone with the technical details…basically there’s been a fashion over the last 10/15 years to…
It’s School Prom season once again! Last night it was fantastic to finally get back to hosting a riotous School Prom party, following the years of lockdown, etc. At Channels barn in Chelmsford, the sixth-formers were celebrating the end of another chapter in their lives, and possibly the last of their schooling for those that…
…Two come along at once! In the past 14 days, I have hosted and played at a number of lovely wedding receptions, but for the first time in my whole career, two of them took place in a couple of magnificent tipis! My first experience was an ‘all-nighter’ wedding party…alongside a classical trio, a pianist…
When you’ve been doing a job for as long as I have, you can’t help but pick up valuable tips along the way from your peers. I’ve learned so much from fellow DJs; music mixing tips, mic presentation techniques and health & safety measures to name a few, but I also try to impart knowledge…
If there’s one thing guaranteed to put smiles on faces and rhythm in feet, it’s Soul music! I make no secret of the fact that soul music, in all its’ forms, is my passion. I grew up listening to classic Motown such as Stevie Wonder, The Commodores, Marvin Gaye and The Temptations. Curiosity then took…
I have been a professional DJ for a long time…over thirty years, in fact. During the mid-2000s, I was taking so many bookings that I made the bold decision to quit my steady day job and go headfirst into the world of mobile DJing full time. And I’m still here. Despite Covid and despite competition…
“Bit of a stiff breeze today, eh?” We all knew it was coming…weather warnings on the TV and radio for most of the preceding week…but like typical Brits, we totally underestimated the power of Storm Eunice, and boy oh boy we got a shocker of a weather front! On Friday morning, I was informed by…
Here’s a question I get asked pretty frequently…”We don’t have a large family or huge group of friends, so could you recommend a venue for a small wedding reception please?” From my experiences around Essex and the South East, here are my favourite function suites for smaller audiences. Please bear in mind that my opinions…
I’m quietly confident that, after 30 years and almost 1000 wedding receptions later, I’m in a pretty good position to hand out a few tips on how to make your evening party celebration crackle & fizz on your wedding day! Choose a venue where the main dance floor area and DJ are close to the…
Monday morning again…hello! January & February are ordinarily quiet months in a DJ’s calendar, and a good time to service the equipment for the year ahead. It’s also a very tempting time to buy new kit too! We’re no different from your partner who looks longingly through hi-fi magazines and ads, craving the latest technology…
Happy New Year everyone! Yeah, I know it’s a bit late, being the middle of January an’ all that, but here we are! DJs, singers and hospitality workers emerging into the light like Spring flowers after soooo long in the darkness of the Covid epidemic…finally we are seeing confidence return in having wedding receptions, birthday…
Please indulge me if you will for a few moments… Imagine yourself in your regular workplace or doing what you’ve done for a living for years and years. You’ve built up a comprehensive understanding of the job, you know all the short-cuts, all the possible issues and the outcomes. You’re about as qualified as it…
Last night saw the very long-awaited return to one of my personal favourite venues, Smeetham Hall Barn in Suffolk. The barn is a great place for a wedding reception…big open space for the DJ and dance floor, bar in the same room (essential!) and the very rare luxury of being able to use my haze…
The return to some sort of normality is slow but steady, and I’m delighted to announce that our 80s Mix Tape show is back on the road for two events in September. Firstly, we’re hosting the Party In The Park on 11th September at Gosfield (my village!) where we’re supporting a number of live acts…
Wow! Has it really been 15 years? All the way back in 2006, I made the ‘brave’ step to leave my CD decks behind and perform at a friends wedding reception using my laptop and thousands of MP3 files onboard. If I’m totally honest, I was absolutely bricking it! Fear of the laptop failing, Windows…
Hello World! Oh boy….it seems like a year since I was last talking about the life of a DJ….hang on a minute, it was a year! A whole year without doing the job I’ve loved best, a whole year of no dancing, no mixing, no fun! Netflix and Zoom were scant consolation for a world…
Yesterday I was hired by insurance giant AON to perform a pub quiz show and provide after-show music in The Bootmaker pub in Chelmsford. It’s a great bar, and we had a large area at the rear reserved for the function. I was all set to install my DJ booth, decks, speakers, lights, etc from…
A very busy weekend ahead for me! On Thursday, I’ll be hosting a quiz and then the after-show party for insurance giant AON at a city centre venue in Chelmsford. Really looking forward to that, as they’ve opted for the Film, TV & Music Quiz Show which is always popular. Friday’s event has now been…
It seems like years since I’ve posted a blog update on here… So, what’s been happening then? Well, things have definitely changed for me over the past 18 months. The QuizHire business has grown and grown; with such a large corporate clientele, I’m now hosting annual events for about 90% of my customers. One or…
Brand new for 2019…or is it?! I’ve invested in some awesome retro lighting and backdrop curtains as today’s clients demand the vintage look, without compromising the quality of the light show and sound system. The canvas for my Vintage package, I have some very cool backdrop curtains. Measuring 6m wide by 3m high, they are…
Erm…..hello! Has it really been eight months since my last post? Wow. So what’s happened in 2017 so far then? I’ve certainly travelled far and wide in the UK once again, with both discos and quiz nights taking me to the Midlands, Hampshire and Gloucestershire. In July, there was a glut of Central London events…
Happy New Year! ….ok, so I’m a few days late but the sentiment’s still there! For all those recently engaged couples, this is probably your biggest year. Planning, interviewing, reviewing and ultimately booking your wedding day suppliers seems quite daunting at the outset, but trust me you will definitely know when you find the right…
Wow…what a year that was. Sadly, it will always be remembered as the year we lost some truly legendary heroes, especially in the music world. Playing classic tracks by Bowie and Prince following their untimely deaths, the amount of love and respect for them from my audiences was humbling. If anything good can come from…
So…you’re planning your wedding day, everything has to be perfect for the biggest event in your lives…and you get to the booking stage for your entertainment…You decide to go with a DJ instead of a band and you begin asking questions of all the DJs you’ve contacted. So far, nothing unusual. Except one thing…are you…