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JAMdisco
26-03-2009, 02:39 PM
March was a dead month for me disco-wise - not one single gig. :(

April, however is looking much better, disco's on 3rd,4th,10th,11th,18th and 25th. Two are fully paid up and deposits (NRBF's) received for others. :D

The rest of the year is starting to come together too, averaging 2 or 3 per month. As a guide 4-6 per month is quite good for me.

[edit] Still getting about 3-4 enquiries / month
JDB Entertainment
26-03-2009, 03:10 PM
April for me was looking very dead with 1 booking in since january but in the last 2 days i have took another 2 bookings so a total of 3. So to be fair a quiet month.

James
Jiggles
26-03-2009, 03:17 PM
One booking. At least its one up from March.
Danno13
26-03-2009, 03:37 PM
6 for me + 3 for other DJs. Still have 3 Fridays free though!
SC Events
26-03-2009, 03:49 PM
We've got 3 bookings

One is a Primary School Disco, the other two are on the same night - one is a 25th Wedding Anniversary and the other is a 60th Birthday.
rob1963
26-03-2009, 04:27 PM
March was a dead month for me disco-wise - not one single gig. :(

I had three, which wasn't bad for so early in the wedding season.


April, however is looking much better, disco's on 3rd,4th,10th,11th,18th and 25th. Two are fully paid up and deposits (NRBF's) received for others. :D

April is a quiet month for me, with only a couple of bookings. Funnily enough, neither are weddings. One is a 30th birthday and the other a 50th wedding anniversary. They're both local, so it will be an easy month.


averaging 2 or 3 per month. As a guide 4-6 per month is quite good for me.

That's fairly similar to myself, as I have an average of 3 a month over the next few months. I still need to fill some gaps from August onwards, but there's still plenty of time for that.
ppentertainments
26-03-2009, 05:13 PM
11 for me and 8 for other DJ's, including race nights, kids parties etc. This is about normal and May looks good but June is worrying.

A hell of an improvement from march which seen me out on the 1st and again this Saturday and nothing else - should have gone on holiday. :D :D

A lot of Sunday and a few midweek bookings in April which is always welcome.
Penfold42
26-03-2009, 05:21 PM
Really bad....only 2. :(

Terrible month.
Solitaire Events Ltd
26-03-2009, 05:50 PM
Really bad....only 2. :(

Terrible month.

Me too.
djsteve10
26-03-2009, 05:56 PM
4 at the moment.
[email protected]
26-03-2009, 06:42 PM
i've got 5 in total, 1 x friday doing a little PA hire and every saturday with weddings, ideally could do with one more friday to make it an OK month
Tony Scott
26-03-2009, 07:14 PM
6 for april including one from Dan....:beer1:


6 for me + 3 for other DJs......
blitz
26-03-2009, 07:22 PM
April is shocking for me, only one booking at the moment:( hope to pick up a couple during the month, fingers crossed
DiscoPromotions
26-03-2009, 07:23 PM
6, 11, 18 so far in April.

But we are out the country for the last weekend... Hopefully somewhere nice and hot with a pool bar...
Penfold42
26-03-2009, 07:26 PM
Me too.

I've had the phone calls, e-mails and the patter.....but just really fallen flat. :confused:

I knew the bubble would burst sometime.....:(
DeckstarDeluxe
26-03-2009, 07:27 PM
1....

a wedding so not too bad
ppentertainments
26-03-2009, 08:45 PM
Is anyone else noticing last minute bookings dying off ??
JDB Entertainment
26-03-2009, 09:12 PM
no last minute bookings for me have been up to make this an okay month. Took another one tonight! Again for a wedding in april.
Mark Wild
26-03-2009, 09:47 PM
4 so far, 30th - engagement - 50th and a wedding celebration. My adword campaign in the last 2 weeks has slowed down massively, not just the clicks to my site but the keyword impressions as a whole. In other words not many people are typing "mobile disco" into google in this area in the last few weeks. Still get a buzz when I press send/receive on outlook though, even though sod all is coming in lol. Onwards and upwards.
Jonathan Ford
26-03-2009, 09:53 PM
Nothing at all for me in April. Having said that, I turned down two because we were going to be on holiday, but now we're not going becuase my youngest is quite poorly.
Twinspin
26-03-2009, 10:18 PM
4th, 10th, 11th 18th 25th 26th booked in up to now so 6 bookings. May is looking on the quiet side here, Ive had 3 jobs cancelled in may.
Solitaire Events Ltd
27-03-2009, 10:09 AM
Is anyone else noticing last minute bookings dying off ??

Seems to the opposite way round for me. I've had a fair bit of interest this week and taken a couple of bookings.
rob1963
27-03-2009, 10:11 AM
Is anyone else noticing last minute bookings dying off ??

I rarely get last minute enquiries/bookings, but the frequency hasn't really changed over the last few years.
ppentertainments
27-03-2009, 10:21 AM
Seems to the opposite way round for me. I've had a fair bit of interest this week and taken a couple of bookings.

A few other local DJ's have said the same as you but I think so far this year the shotest booking I have taken has been for 4 weeks till the event. :confused:
CRAZY K
27-03-2009, 10:25 AM
Is anyone else noticing last minute bookings dying off ??

I think thats the credit crunch.

People used to think of holding things at fairly short notice just for a bit of fun and book late--Party, Birthday etc and it WAS affordable a year ago---there was no thinking process involved working out if they could afford it--;)

Now most of us probably think a bit harder about what we spend our money on.

Major events like Weddings,30th 40th, 50th.60th Birthdays and Corporate type events seem largely unaffected ( at the moment )

CRAZY K
rob1963
27-03-2009, 10:38 AM
I think thats the credit crunch.

Major events like Weddings,30th 40th, 50th.60th Birthdays and Corporate type events seem largely unaffected ( at the moment )

Agreed.

I seems virtually certain that 2009 will be my second best year ever.

Not bad considering we're in the middle of the worst recession for many years.

:D
ppentertainments
27-03-2009, 12:21 PM
I seems virtually certain that 2009 will be my second best year ever.



I think you have mentioned that MORE than Nigel used to mention designing electronic :p
Corabar Steve
27-03-2009, 12:27 PM
How's April looking?

Pretty groovy I think :sj:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_M619sDp4oyI/R2MCEvZ86wI/AAAAAAAAAxw/lLfjPuDafyU/s320/april%2Bmarch.jpg
rob1963
27-03-2009, 01:38 PM
I think you have mentioned that MORE than Nigel used to mention designing electronic :p

Sorry about that, but it looks like 2009 will be my second best year EVER!

:D
electricnite
30-03-2009, 04:28 PM
hey I had a great march. april is a bit mental to say the least. this sat alone I've got 4 fri ..8 on sat much the same for 11th n 12th.
im still looking for good presenters, sick of time wasting people,and people from other companies trying to be spies. good wage no gear to hump all done for you.