Pro Mobile - The Magazine for Mobile DJs

ISSUE: 116(NOV/DEC 2022)

The Nov/Dec 2022 edition of Pro Mobile is packed with the usual mix of articles, news, views and reviews all linked to the wonderful world of mobile DJing.

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Have a great Christmas all, see you on the other side!

Pete Holding, Pro Mobile Editor

IN THIS ISSUE

PROFILE: Nay Sarah (Naomi Yarrell)

If you’d told 16-year-old me where I would be today, I wouldn’t have believed you. I’m not rich, I’m not famous, but I’m alive and happy – something I never thought I would achieve.

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Songs of Christmas Past

In the 17th century, during Oliver Cromwell’s brief Puritan rule, he attempted to ban the singing of Christmas carols. In modern day Britain this would be unimaginable, the kind of thing we might expect to happen in North Korea. But when you think about those incessant Christmas songs that seriously get on our nerves, it’s not actually that difficult to imagine many in the UK welcoming such a ban!

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Getting Info & gaining Inspiration from your clients!

They want a price. You want a meeting. Well, really what you want is the booking, right? It’s kind of an adversarial start because you both want something different. What we should avoid is splurging what we do, regurgitating everything that we offer in the hope that SOMETHING will resonate with them and lead to a sale. After all that effort, sometimes we give them a price and we never hear from them again. That’s a huge problem.

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For the Record Pt.II

In the first part of this article [issue 114], I wrote about my introduction to vinyl and how it led to a lifelong love of the format. It may have seemed strange to some DJs to read an article that focussed on a passion for vinyl,
especially in a world dominated by digital downloads, but there is a huge difference between collecting music for personal and professional use, no matter what the format may be.

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Cost of Living - Crisis or Opportunity?

As DJs, Covid-19 obliterated our businesses and, like me, you may only just be seeing a return to normality after playing catch up with all the postponed bookings. Now we also have media hype around the ‘cost of living crisis’, which could easily be sending you back over the edge!

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Get the Party Started!

Every great story features a strong beginning, builds through the middle and has a memorable end. In the last issue, I focussed on how to end your events in a more memorable, effective way. This time I want to focus on the beginning. To quote P!nk: let's get the party started!

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Gen Z - Time to meet your next generation of clients!

In 2023, the oldest members of Gen Z will be turning 26. Let that sink in for a second. Gen Z is growing up; no longer just the ‘kids’ raised in a purely digital world, they’re the young adults driving change in the 2020s.

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DIALOGUE WITH: Paul Dakeyne

Paul Dakeyne holds a strong history and legacy as an international DJ, producer and innovative studio technician. He gained global success in 1994 with his dance classic ‘Eighteen Strings’ under the guise of Tinman, and has DJed for the likes of U2, Kraftwerk, BBC Essential Mix and the Ministry of Sound.

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The DJ Playlist: Christmas

I’ve avoided the subject all year but there’s no hiding from it. As Noddy Holder once said: “It’s Christmas!” Or at least it will be in just a few short weeks when the festive season really kicks in for DJs everywhere. And as sure as night follows day, there is a lot of debate as to what tracks to play.

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REVIEWED

REVIEWED: MACKIE THUMP 215 & THUMP 118S

REVIEWED: CHAUVET DJ INTIMIDATOR SPOT 260X

REVIEWED: CAMEO DROP B1

REVIEWED: ADJ FOCUS FLEX

CONTRIBUTORS

Alan Marshall, Avtar Thethy, Chris Spittal, Greg Cartwright, Ian Forest, Jack Quenby, Jack Wilson, Mitch Taylor, Naomi Yarrell and Richard Lee.

ADVERTISERS

ADVERTISERS:
DJ Kit, Mastermix, Pioneer DJ, Mitch Taylor, Mobile DJ Network (MDJN) Mobile Entertainment Expo, WestEnd DJ, American DJ, Sparkular.UK, QSC, Nicolaudie, RCF, Yamaha, Lotronic, FBT, BPM DJ Show, DJ Event Planner, CHAUVET DJ, Omega Pro Audio, Phase One DJ Store, Novopro, Dentsu Ageis (Insure4 / Ripe Insurance), Adam Hall, Headstock Distribution (H|H), JHS, POLAR Audio, Bose, Reloop (Henley Audio), Prolight, PBX Europe

SHOPS:
CRS1, DJ Kit, Phase One DJ Store, WestEnd DJ (North Circular), WestEnd DJ (Central London) DJ Dealer, DJ Supplies Sound and Light, Inspiration Sound & Light, Dynamix Disco Centre, Glasgow Sound Centre, DY Pro Audio LTD, RSD Music, Cumbria Sound & Lighting, Bop DJ (Manchester), Bop DJ (Bristol), Bop DJ (Leeds), Prebeat Harlepool, Terralec, Discotechnology, Simply Sound & Lighting