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Shakermaker Promotions
06-10-2007, 10:53 AM
Hi all,

You may remember my long post from last week regarding the 40th birthday party I did in a marquee at someone's house. I said at the time that it was possibly the best gig of the year.
On monday I received a text message from the guy saying how much he and his guests had enjoyed the night.
This morning I checked my email and sitting there was the following -

Hey Gary!

Where do I start? I guess I had a fair idea of what we were getting when we booked you ,in fact I was more than a little smug. All those nights spent at your club nights Back to The Future and Shakermaker going back almost 10 years meant I was totally confident that we were getting a great DJ.
In a nutshell I can honestly say that from my initial e-mail enquiry through your website, to the last record of the night, the Shakermaker experience was exceptional.

The night itself was like having a club in my own home. The Marquee looked fantastic. No dodgy 70's Disco lights, no lightweight sound systems, and no amateur dj, instead we got a top notch laser show, a truly awesome sound system, and Gary C spinning the discs and in the mix. The sound quality was just sublime and I'm sure Weller was in the room with us at one point!

I am so glad that we didn't give you a heavy steer on the music mix as you read the willing crowd perfectly and kept them dancing all night long (except for when they were at the Casino Tables). How often do you go to a party or wedding reception when the whole, packed dance floor is shouting More!at the DJ after the last record has finished? That says it all really for me. Great job Gary.
Hope I catch up with you back at Bang Bar one of these days as it's been a long time (do they let the over 40's in?!) If they do you must let me buy you a beer as it's the least I can do. Incidentally thanks also for the mix CD you did, brilliant choice of tracks in there (Precious was the first 12inch I ever bought!) I really appreciate the time that would have taken you Gary. I listened to it three times in a row last night, just magic! Even my 21 year old brother thought it was pretty cool!

Feel free to use me as a reference, or quote me anytime.
All the best again
Chris Waugh-Bacchus


These comments will sit proudly on my customer comments page. It was a hard day last saturday but comments like these make it all worthwhile.
Thanks
G

Shaun
06-10-2007, 10:59 AM
Awesome job, Gary. That's fantastic feedback. :)

Paul James Promotions
06-10-2007, 11:00 AM
Good work, though i'd take off the part about the 'mix CD' before adding it to your testimonials ;)

Shakermaker Promotions
06-10-2007, 11:01 AM
Thanks Shaun. You can't pay for comments like these can you. Best form of advertising in my view. I know that he has also passed on my details to a number of his friends and there could be some corporate work coming up in the future.

djsteve10
06-10-2007, 11:19 AM
Nice to see you got a nice bit of positive feedback from your client,

I love it when you get an email or letter of thanks, really makes you feel good inside!

wensleydale
06-10-2007, 11:36 AM
beat me to it jamie.
nice reference though.
good stuff.

Dragonfly
06-10-2007, 11:38 AM
nice job well done mate nights like that back the bad ones easier to swallow.

Shakermaker Promotions
06-10-2007, 12:36 PM
Just a note before I take the "CD MIX" comment off for my website.
There were 8 classic tracks and I had 'remixed' them myself (a bit of tweaking and effects here and there and some chop up / mash ups), so they weren't actually original tracks. I then mixed them into a continuous track so is this still 'not allowed'?

Corabar Steve
06-10-2007, 12:50 PM
Just a note before I take the "CD MIX" comment off for my website.
There were 8 classic tracks and I had 'remixed' them myself (a bit of tweaking and effects here and there and some chop up / mash ups), so they weren't actually original tracks. I then mixed them into a continuous track so is this still 'not allowed'?

In a word no. Unless you have a dubbing licence or something like it. One of the (PRS??) SG licences covers this sort of thing.

Back to your original post, I agree, it does make it all worth while & sometimes even a simple verbal thank you will do it (see my post about last night).

Solitaire Events Ltd
06-10-2007, 01:21 PM
Nice one Gary.

It's great when people take time to write and to write more than a few sentences about the night.

PropellerHeadCase
06-10-2007, 09:05 PM
What are the laws in the UK with regard to DJ mixes and "Promotional Use only"?

rob1963
06-10-2007, 09:54 PM
Hi all,

You may remember my long post from last week regarding the 40th birthday party I did in a marquee at someone's house. I said at the time that it was possibly the best gig of the year.
On monday I received a text message from the guy saying how much he and his guests had enjoyed the night.
This morning I checked my email and sitting there was the following -

Hey Gary!

Where do I start? I guess I had a fair idea of what we were getting when we booked you ,in fact I was more than a little smug. All those nights spent at your club nights Back to The Future and Shakermaker going back almost 10 years meant I was totally confident that we were getting a great DJ.
In a nutshell I can honestly say that from my initial e-mail enquiry through your website, to the last record of the night, the Shakermaker experience was exceptional.

The night itself was like having a club in my own home. The Marquee looked fantastic. No dodgy 70's Disco lights, no lightweight sound systems, and no amateur dj, instead we got a top notch laser show, a truly awesome sound system, and Gary C spinning the discs and in the mix. The sound quality was just sublime and I'm sure Weller was in the room with us at one point!

I am so glad that we didn't give you a heavy steer on the music mix as you read the willing crowd perfectly and kept them dancing all night long (except for when they were at the Casino Tables). How often do you go to a party or wedding reception when the whole, packed dance floor is shouting More!at the DJ after the last record has finished? That says it all really for me. Great job Gary.
Hope I catch up with you back at Bang Bar one of these days as it's been a long time (do they let the over 40's in?!) If they do you must let me buy you a beer as it's the least I can do. Incidentally thanks also for the mix CD you did, brilliant choice of tracks in there (Precious was the first 12inch I ever bought!) I really appreciate the time that would have taken you Gary. I listened to it three times in a row last night, just magic! Even my 21 year old brother thought it was pretty cool!

Feel free to use me as a reference, or quote me anytime.
All the best again
Chris Waugh-Bacchus


These comments will sit proudly on my customer comments page. It was a hard day last saturday but comments like these make it all worthwhile.
Thanks
G

Congratulatrions, Gary.

I'm sure most clients don't appreciate how much those kind of emails mean to us.

My site could do with some more positive customer comments.

I'll have to go & compose some! :rolleyes:

Corabar Entertainment
06-10-2007, 11:34 PM
What are the laws in the UK with regard to DJ mixes and "Promotional Use only"?Very simple really.... you are allowed to do it 'live', but you can't record them unless you have very expensive licenses! :(