{"id":520,"date":"2011-03-02T10:52:01","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T16:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fhpentertainment.com\/blog\/?p=520"},"modified":"2011-03-03T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T19:52:29","slug":"the-top-ten-questions-we-get-asked-as-djs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fhpentertainment.com\/blog\/520\/the-top-ten-questions-we-get-asked-as-djs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top Ten Questions We Get Asked as DJs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few months, we have been inundated with emails, inquiries, calls, and appointments&#8230; One thing that I&#8217;ve noticed is that brides, or clients in general, ask some of the hardest questions to answer&#8230; Not because they are hard on us, actually they are easy to answer because every bride asks the same questions over and over&#8230; but because the answers are extremely technical&#8230; One question really stands out&#8230; &#8220;What type of equipment do you use?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Well if I were to say, Denon, Pioneer, HP, QSC PLX Series, Electrovoice Speakers&#8230;.  Then I&#8217;m sure I would get a look like&#8230; ??? HUH?  I think nowadays there is such a vast amount of DJ gear, Professional and Non-Professional, that it&#8217;s hard for us as DJs to even know the difference, let alone brides. Even the Non-Professional equipment is very reliable and really good that some DJs use non-pro equipment and do a great job djing.<\/p>\n<p>I try to focus the attention not on equipment, but on quality of service, reputation, and my client receiving the exact service that they are hiring me to do..<\/p>\n<p>That can be from simple, fun and enjoyable&#8230; To Extravagant, Elegante, and Memorable&#8230;  Each client has an outlook of what their event is, so it&#8217;s my job to get that out of them, find out the best way to do it, and then with my talents (not my equipment) set out to do it the best that I know how to do&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a short video on the top 10 Questions I get asked as a DJ.<\/p>\n<h2>The Top Ten (10) Questions We Get Asked as DJs<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qiG0hor_JU4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What will you wear?<\/li>\n<li>What type of equipment do you use?<\/li>\n<li>Are you Insured?<\/li>\n<li>Will you play requests?<\/li>\n<li>Do you provide a written contract?<\/li>\n<li>Can we come to one of your events to see you?<\/li>\n<li>Do you provide back-up equipment?<\/li>\n<li>Will you be the one who DJs and MCs our wedding?<\/li>\n<li>Will you be the one who does the announcements?<\/li>\n<li>How long do you arrive prior to the event?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the last few months, we have been inundated with emails, inquiries, calls, and appointments&#8230; One thing that I&#8217;ve noticed is that brides, or clients in general, ask some of the hardest questions to answer&#8230; Not because they are hard on us, actually they are easy to answer because every bride asks the same questions &#8230; <a title=\"The Top Ten Questions We Get Asked as DJs\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fhpentertainment.com\/blog\/520\/the-top-ten-questions-we-get-asked-as-djs\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about The Top Ten Questions We Get Asked as DJs\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-houston-weddings"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1035,"url":"https:\/\/www.fhpentertainment.com\/blog\/1035\/free-ebook-the-brides-guide-to-selecting-the-perfect-wedding-dj-in-houston\/","url_meta":{"origin":520,"position":0},"title":"FREE Ebook &#8211; The Bride&#8217;s Guide to Selecting the Perfect Wedding DJ in Houston","author":"DJ Francisco Perez","date":"","format":false,"excerpt":"The Bride's Guide to Selecting the Perfect Wedding DJ is an ebook available for FREE on Amazon today through Saturday only. 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