yea man i second Hee Won Jung. The rules for the mobile dj are completely different but can be a start of a good second income. When I do private parties, I have one rule. The person who is paying me is who I will be playing for. I would have already discussed what genres to be played and what kind of a crowd. Will there be the very young like kids and mature crowd like grandma and grandpa (think clean edits, line dances, and pop music) or will it be a 20 something frat party ya feel me? Are there genres that are off limits regardless of requests from the patrons such as hard rap or country, or should I play all request I receive. Remember the golden rule, he who has the gold makes the rules. In addition, I would have a different take on this situation. As a Dj, you have to look at every situation as an opportunity to learn something new. Grab the program “mixed in key” if you are not familiar with musical theory and fucking give it you best shot to blend that Bon Jovi with Kid Rock. I encourage you to try and learn to mix different genres. I was first strictly a chicago house Dj for a while but found this to limit myself from gigs and I also found that it was allot easier to get a “mobile” gig than a club gig. So I had to learn about all types of music. Now I mix allot of genres and I’m talking about mixing, beat matching genres like r&b, mo-town. I even did a country cd!!!! Plus when you are more versatile with your music play, you WILL SCORE MORE MOBILE GIGS. I always try and talk to everybody at the party and hand them a business card. Just remember that if you play what the crowd wants to hear, you can get away with introducing (what a Dj should always do) to them to a new song or perhaps a remix of a popular song (my favorite thing to do) or even a mash up you do on your own! Thats whats separates fader jockeys (playing one song into another;no mixing) from the real music (Dj) lovers. Good luck and remember there are many avenues a Dj make take and all are good if its putting $$$$ in your pocket.
