DJ GIG LOG: Traveling DJ Tips (Pats Peak Wedding)
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- čas přidán 8. 11. 2023
- Join me on this cozy celebration at Pats Peak Ski Resort as I wrap up my wedding season with a bang! In this gig log, I give a glimpse of what it's like to travel as a wedding DJ for an out-of-state event with only being able to do a virtual tour of the venue. I’ve never done a wedding without visiting the space before hand. So this was an interesting challenge for me that required extra preparation.
I made sure to gather as much information as possible about the venue and its layout. This helped me mentally map out the space and identify the best locations for my equipment, speakers, and lighting. Let's see how I turn a virtual tour into a real-life party experience! 🎊✨
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How do you DJ weddings you have Mickey Mouse garbage equipment
I pinned your comment to make sure EVERYONE sees it. Thanks for the view. 😉 Have a great day.
Also, to help you out, it's "How do you DJ weddings? You have Mickey Mouse garbage equipment."
Why don’t you let us all know what type of equipment you have, since you feel EV is “garbage and Mickey Mouse”. I’d be interested to know
@@kevinbrown4119Remember, it is easy to pass judgment from the bleachers. I pay no mind to this nonsense. While I'm out working hard, doing great things for people, he's writing shallow insults on the internet to complete strangers who are running circles around him. It’s embarrassing.
Zero interest in what he thinks about my equipment. I’m happy. My clients are happy. I’m cashing checks regardless of opinions. 🙂
@@DJRachelLynch MIC DROP!!!
That "mickey mouse" equipment on just the speakers alone are $4k. Probably quadruple that on what you can afford on rent....
Wow that was an amazing track selection!
ALSO LOVE THE AIRTAG IDEA!!
Your videos are so stinkin informative. You put song titles for idiots like me who don't remember them. AND, you include prices on stuff too.
I have been doing this professionally for 35 years and I thought I knew everything about the subject. since I've been following you on CZcams, I've realized that there's still a lot to learn in terms of creativity. I am amazed how you managed to accumulate so much knowledge in such a short period and use it at the right moments without overloading the event. respect and keep up the good work, you are great🎉🎉🎉
Wow! This is such a great compliment, especially from a veteran as yourself. I’m just learning as I go and am happy to share what I pick up along the way. I’ve only been doing weddings for about 10 years now, so I’m just starting to get comfortable and confident. Thanks for your time to check this out and kindness. ☺️
I could have SWORN that I was already subscribed to your channel, but I guess I missed it! But I'm here now!! Let's have a dope summer! can't wait to see all the cool stuff you do! Thanks for being such a helpful influence on our industry! :)
Grateful to have you as a subscriber. Thanks for your kindness and cheers to a great summer!!
Thank you so much!!!
Sharing unforgettable moments and very valuable tips.
This is so kind of you. Thanks for your time to check this out.
great gig log, that dash game with the photos is a nice way to get em on the floor kudos!!! and who is the weirdo with the Mickey Mouse comment kick rocks!!!! you go!!!!!!!!!!!
❤️👊🏻 Appreciate this!
Wow just wow I am surprised you did this alone the setup your MCing was on point congratulations you’re doing an awesome job and most importantly I love the tips you give us mobile DJs thank you and God bless you Rachel!
I do most events by myself. That’s why the gear I use is so important. It helps keep me independent and efficient. I’m always nervous about the mic and am constantly trying to get more comfortable and confident, so this is a very nice compliment. I appreciate your time to stop by the channel. Cheers!
@@DJRachelLynch Yes those mics can be untrustworthy sometimes lol keep killing it girl!
Great Job Rachel. 👏👏👍from DR.🇩🇴🇩🇴
❤️🙌🏻
Love your channel! Great vibes! Very inspiring! : )
This is so kind of you. Thanks for stopping by!
Great job Rachel, Pat’s peak is tough place to carry gear!
I have a ceremony, intro and formalities file with hot cues. It’s so helpful
Thanks for checking this out! Have a great holiday!
Wow, just wow….props on your creativity, programming and mixing. You are absolutely a credit to the craft and you represent the concept of DJing being a hard working solid career very well. (Not to mention a very fun occupation)
Thank you very much. I appreciate your time and kindness.
Yo you did an awesome job doing the setup for the camera dash . Such an awesome idea. thank you for sharing
Thanks so much!
Excellent gig log! I really appreciate your tips on organization/color-coding and labeling to reduce errors. Very cool! And thank you for sharing about not panicking but adjusting when the dance floor empties. Much appreciated, as always. Very thankful for the time and detail you put into these!
Absolutely! We all need some tricks to rotate or recover our dance floors. Definitely no need to panic! Just switch things up! 🙂 Appreciate your time as always. 🙏🏻❤️
😮 wow I do this exact same photograph game since a while!! I give a 20 seconds per table so everybody runs lol first time I see someone do it like I do! usualy they go around tables.. nice job! love your voice tone for the animation!
It’s such a great way to get the dance floor open. This is only my 3rd time doing it. I’m getting more comfortable with it. I definitely like the tables coming to them rather than them going to the tables. 🙂
Thanks for watching.
Hi Rach, great job as usual. You need to send me that play list you did for this wedding 😊. Loved a lot of the choices. Talk soon
It was 80% their requests. I just filled the gaps. I’d be happy to share.
I learn something every time I watch! My back and I just finished our last wedding of the year. #insearchofaroadie
Appreciate your time to check this out. Congrats on a great season!
When it comes to Paul Russell - "Lil Boo Thang" try this. Give them an old school set ending with "To Be Real" for a min or two, then "Lil Boo Thang" for 1-1:30 min tops and mix out into J. Balvin - "Dientes" with the "Yeah" Sample. Let me know how it goes.
Excellent Gig Log Thank You For All The DJ Pro Tips.
My pleasure. Thanks for stopping by to check this out.
I love the way you interact with the party.. always a pleasure to watch these
I loving ❤️ it
Appreciate you checking this out!
@@DJRachelLynch u,r,wellcome!!
Hey! I have an idea.
Time to do a live Q&R it will be of so much fun ,and beneficial for us the audience, as well as for yourself.
I may just have few questions that I believe have not been touch in previous videos of yours.
Think about it 🤔 😏 😌. ❤️ 😍....
Wow 🎉 thats far from home! ❤
Farthest gig yet! It was a gorgeous drive up. Peak fall here! I enjoyed it a lot! ☺️
Fantastic job. Beautiful set up at the venue and great tunes. Thanks for sharing and glad you got some pizza!!
☺️ I ate soooo good all 3 days. It was a blast and a highlight of my wedding season. Thanks so much for checking this out.
Thanks for this video and the very invaluable tips when conducting the ceremony
This wedding ceremony was so hard with the wind! 💨 Definitely need to pull those frequencies out to help reduce the wind noise.
Rachel super 👍👍👍👍
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Great gig log. I also enjoyed all the valuable Dj tips. Thank you.
Appreciate your time to check this out. ☺️
Thanks for being a big inspiration and for all of your insightful knowledge. I'm wrapping up my very first wedding season as a DJ, it's been a blast and watching some of your videos has been a huge help. Much love!
It must be such a wonderful feeling to have successfully completed your first wedding season! 👏🏻👏🏻 You must be both exhausted and incredibly proud! ❤️ Keep up the hard work. I can't wait to hear all about next years events. Thanks for the support. Your kindness is truly appreciated.
lil Boo Thing is a perfect cocktail hour song.. That is where I have been using it since the summer, it’s a vibe people sing to or bop their head not to much of a dancing vibe
I REALLY wanted to have it be a dance floor staple. It’s a good song, but I’ve only had mild reactions to it. Every time I’ve played it it’s either cleared my floor or didn’t have the “TikTok” viral response I was hoping for.
So now I’ll use it for cocktail or “doors open”. It’s a bop. But my dances floors don’t think so. 🤷🏼♀️
I think she means like the queen GOAT! Excellent log miss lady!
❤️🙌🏻 Appreciate this!!
Awesome video like always! 🎵🎶🔥
Thanks so so much! Great couple. Awesome trip!
You can buy a security chain and lock to tie your heavy gear to the truck. I usually use the handles of speakers.
Thanks for the info
Pats peak!!! OMG last time I was there, on the ski lift I was listening to My Chemical Romance three cheers for sweet revenge when it was a new album!!! I don’t know why I remember that, but it feels like it was ages ago. Lol
Isn’t it cool how we tie music to memories!
Absolutely! The power of music in humanity to be this universal language that can bring people together is unlike anything the world has ever seen.........and we have the honor of pouring 100% of our heart, soul and energy into so many other people as we help them celebrate year after year. There really is no better "job" around!@@DJRachelLynch
Another amazing event!!!! You are goals!!!!
Appreciate this a lot!
As always, great gig log. Could you show more on future gig logs how your setting up your ceremony speaker and mic setup.
Watch this. 🙂
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42° in Seattle wa.
Road Trip.........
Awesome job Rachel, when I grow up I wanna be just like you 👍🏽
😂 Trust me, you don’t.
Thanks for the laugh and taking time to check this out! ❤️🙌🏻
Started doing the table dash thing on the dance floor a year ago or so, but posted a video of it earlier this year. Can't even count how many people reached out about it and asked how to do it. I love how you got them in under the cutoff. Nice work!!
It's such an easy way to pack the floor, right? Oh, we're gonna do a group picture - *conveniently starts open dancing*
I feel you with Lil Boo Thang. It only hit really at one wedding this year, which was the first one I played it at. I was like...woohoo, this is gonna be a banger. And not at all. lol. I have seen SO many people using the mashup with Last Night...I only did it once manually - premix or live?
Crushed the season as always. Long distance high five!
They nailed the timing! But I never let the group “lose.” I’ll loop the track if I have to. 😂
I had high hopes for "lil boo thang." After three weddings of it being a weak song, I've decided to stop trying. I'll play it if requested or just retire it to the cocktail/doors open. It's a good jam, and I'm surprised and disappointed. 🫤
The last night was a premade edit. It's been a staple in my sets this year for those who like country. It's a great way to "get out" or "get in" to a country set.
@@DJRachelLynch I moved Lil Boo Thang to dinner - usually tink it in there somewhere near dessert when I'm trying to build energy. Typically there will be some 90s love songs and then some motown to build the energy.
Oh, I didn't think you would! I have hotcues to go back specifically for this reason. No one knows it's happening, but I'm on the floor watching and if it's getting close? Oh wow, the song is magically 2 minutes longer. lol
I thought you did. It's a great edit. If you haven't yet, Regulate works great with it, too...just bump the keys to match.
This was so cool seeing you at a venue I play at regularly! I'm wondering if it was your decision to set up in that corner. Usually when I'm in that room they have the DJ table where the cake was at your event, on the other side of the fireplace.
I've also never set up my ceremony in that spot before. I'm usually on the deck in the back of the guests.
Thanks again for another great video!!
Very cool spot. 🙂
So I decided to put my stuff there. We had discussed it earlier when the couple sent me a link to a “virtual tour.” Due to the “L” shape I felt this was best.
When I arrived they had the cake table in that spot and the dinner table right there too, so I just tucked myself in by the fire place. I didn’t want to be to the right of the head table (where they said the DJ normally goes) because it would be hard for me to see every enter for the grand entrances and place my speakers in a way to cover the space the best. It worked out great.
They told me about setting up on the deck if I wanted to, but how can you see the people exiting the doors for the ceremony to time the music? I was confused by that. I wanted a clear view of the doors the exit and to ensure line of site with my mics so I set up as close as possible without being in the way.
Are you normal on this side or the other building?
Appreciate your time to check this out! ☺️
The spot you set up in for the reception makes a lot more sense. I never bothered to ask if I could set up there but I think now I will (and I'll cite this video lol!)
For ceremony I had actually set up my table sideways so I could look 10 o'clock and see the ceremony, and 2 o'clock would be the doors. I had line of sight for both. For my mics I have the Shure SLX with 1/2 wave antennas so I wasn't as concerned about line of sight. Your way seemed to work great though!
I'm usually in the same room you were in but I did one wedding a few years back in the other room at the other end. I like that one much better lol. Nicer looking room (more open space) and much easier load in
Dope gig log!! Question, did you uae a windscreen? Or with the settings on EV8 only? Thank you again!
Yes. I always use a windscreen but a lot of the magic comes from dialing it in on the EVERSE and removing problematic frequencies.
Thanks for checking this out and your feedback. I appreciate it. ☺️
"Mistress of honor"? Don't think I've heard that before!
Me either! 😂 I just do what I’m asked. Ha!
Rachel, do you work non-wedding gigs through the winter, or are you completely off? We get the 50th anniversary, or Christmas party gigs from time to time. Doing winter weddings in upstate New York became too much of a hassle. Great show and video, as always.
I have non wedding gigs coming up. I have class reunions, corporate holiday parties, birthday parties and I’ll go back to some bar/club work until “wedding season” starts again. 🙂
I'm so doing the AirTag thing. I have forgotten my laptop way too many times. Old Age creeping up on me.
They are VERY helpful and saved me a bunch of times.
You mean like queen 👸??
Holaa
I live and DJ in NH. Funny....you could leave your gear unlocked, in your car, with a sign on it that says "DJ gear inside" and it would probably be there untouched 10 years later. Very safe place to live and low crime.
It’s a beautiful area. I loved the drive up! Very quaint area. I actually live in a very similar rural setting that’s low crime and very safe. It’s nice to know these places still exist. But…
When you’re 5 hours from home and about to do the most important celebration of someone’s life you make sure you’re being safe and smart with everything.
@@DJRachelLynch no doubt! I hate being an hour or more away from home. Always thinking I’m forgetting my computer power cord. Lol
@@rjpimprovluckily my power cord stays in my booth. 😂
Hi Rachel, great vlog as always!! Just a minor critique, I noticed the guests were standing during and after their first dance. Was that on purpose?
Guests stand for their grand entrance, and we segue right into their first dance. Most times, people sit down on their own. This wasn't one of those times. Ha! What do you suggest? I’m always open to feedback. 🙂
@@DJRachelLynch I’ll generally announce and have guests take their seats before I start the first dance. Nothing fancy but direct
I seen it on CZcams the AirTag you can take out the Speaker and if they will be able to get your bag, do you wanna hear a beep
I’ll check it out. Thanks.
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Here ya go.
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Love Lil Boo Thang but I feel all new tunes need to percolate a while in cocktail time if its a song type allowed for cocktail time. I'm too scared to play the Just Had Sex Song.
It’s odd. It’s “requested” but never gets a great reaction. 🤷🏼♀️
The “just had sex” song was a request. Definitely not in my “normal” rotation. 🙂
Great video... and are your eyes reallly that blue???😮
Just like moms. 🙂
@@DJRachelLynch❤
@@DJRachelLynchnever noticed before I guess. Must be the light.😊