DJs on Demand

 

We started out as a group of friends who organized parties and customized our own music. Then we thought we’d turn it into a business to pursue our interests and earn some money.  We called ourselves the “DJs on Demand.”

 

Everyone who works here is partner. Every partner has a specific responsibility. The project manager makes initial contact with the client to discuss the event. Is it a birthday party, a wedding, an anniversary, a graduation?  What is the date for the party or event? Once that’s decided, the event planner gets in touch with the client about specific locations, catering, decorations, and other specific details. The DJ talks with the client about the kind of music wanted. The project manager supervises the event planners and DJs.  He/She also authorizes expenditures related to a project.

 

We have a large collection of CDs. Each CD contains several songs, and the same song can appear on several CDs. We like to classify each song by type (hip hop, salsa, R & B (rhythm and blues), techno, salsa, meringue, polka, rock, jazz, new age, classical, etc.)  We can propose an initial list of songs to the client depending on the event. Of course, a client can request other songs as well.

 

Our client list is growing. We have a lot of repeat business -- customers who like what we’ve done and ask us to work their other events. We have some very busy customers who can have more than one event going on at the same time!  

 

We also have a list of themes that we can use to categorize these events. For example: a wedding may have a tropical theme, a party may have a carnival theme, an anniversary could have a sixties theme, etc. This helps us pick a venue and also gives us an idea of what the DJ (and other musicians) should wear. Some partners have a specialty or expertise  -- so a theme can also help us assign the right person to the job.

 

Events are held either in a public space or a private home. The event manager visits both and makes arrangements with the public-space renter or the private-home owner.

 

Since several partners can work on an event, and an event can be assigned to several partners, we like to keep track of who is working on which event. We keep a log of what each event planner and DJ has done on a project, and when they did it.