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Disco Hire- Personalize Your Choice

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

One of the latest happenings of the party scene, Disco Hire is the latest in thing in the party circles. With great DJ and greater music accompanied by excellent planning, you can have the best party ever. A great way to celebrate the special moments of life, you and your guests will simply love the idea of hosting the party. Spinning music of your choice you will simply personalize the party and take it to another level. With a professional DJ spinning great numbers you will see your guests gradually picking up the spirit of the party and starting to rock.

The primary duty of giving the correct flavor to the party and churning out the mind blowing, hip shaking numbers lie with the professional DJ but you have all the freedom to add personal touches and can decide on the music that will be played. A good tip that has often proved in handy is to talk to the DJ before you actually hire him. An audition in other words will prove to be great and make your party an instant success. The best thing about the Disco Hire is music. So give utmost importance to that. The internet is one of the best places to search for the list and surely you will stumble upon some of the best choice.

The personalizing of the entire event is a great idea and you can do that for any of the occasions like weddings, corporate events, private parties or simple celebrations. The basic rules will remain the same and go ahead to give that special touch to the party. Organizing a party is however the most important thing so give detailed attention to those. There is also mobile Disco Hire these days and they are extremely professional with a great knowledge and experience. Talking to them they can get an idea about your taste and then plan the rest of the vent accordingly.

The DJs are always pivotal in controlling the atmosphere, with a range of track available. They will simply give you effective music and with a doubt you will get the best sounds ever for your party. A lot of deciding factors come into play like the size of the party hall, number of people and of course their age and most importantly the quality of the acoustics available. It is important to play out to a range of invitees so that all get a piece of their liking.

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Solo Acts and Hiring Them for Events

Monday, July 5th, 2010

I last covered pro’s and con’s to booking and hiring duo’s & trio’s for larger functions and thought it natural to move onto my views on solo acts for smaller type events or as sectional entertainment for larger events like festivals.

Solo acts can be versatile when teamed with other methods of entertainment. By that what I mean is that solo acts can be used as the main entertainment for smaller more personal celebrations, with perhaps DJs playing at intervals, or you can use them as interval entertainment for larger events that require your artists or bands to complete longer sets.

Smaller venues are perfect for live solo acts as they can perform more privately and with a smaller support band the music can often be played in the background at a dinner function or as the main entertainment to get your guests warmed up and dancing away late into an evening. They may have a smaller repertoire of quality music so I would always suggest you listen in advance of booking and of course take a look at their profile of tracks too – being disappointed at the event will mean its too late to do anything, it isn’t worth the stress!

However, despite me recommending solo acts for a smaller function as I mentioned earlier you can also hire live solo artists to perform at large venues provided they have the music and the support band suitable for the acoustics there. Take a look at their experience and check out where the act has performed previously in their career to help you make your decision.

So here I go with the advantages:

  • Solo acts are perfect as the main entertainment for small venues or as complimentary entertainment to other sections of live entertainment at larger venues
  • Offering a more personal and less interfering option your artist can talk to guests and offer to sing requests
  • Meet the smaller budget and can perform to specific themes – think rock, folk, jazz, reggae – or can sing covers to your favourite artists

And a few disadvantages:

  • Some solo acts may be fairly limited and only perform a very specific repertoire of music
  • Less versatile when it comes to booking so you need to hire well in advance of your function to avoid disappointment
  • When booking independently they may not be able to offer to the best advice, particularly if they only sing or perform specialist music

I’ll cover specialist music bands and singers on my next post, thanks again for reading!

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Contacting Agencies – What to Look for in Mobile Discos

Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Holding an evening of sensational corporate entertainment? Look no further. For this post I wanted to make suggestions and give you some fantastic ideas. Any event, be it a corporate disco or otherwise, should involve something out of the normal every day grind.

You might be planning a lively training event with an evening party or a fun-filled client affair with a lavish dinner and disco to follow, even if it’s a simple day out of the office there is something for every taste and so many great things to do. Everyone has a different idea on what corporate entertainment is but one thing’s for sure it should be memorable. See what I’ve put together below. After all, you’ll be remembered for organising this fabulous event.

What about themed days or weekends such as golf breaks, casino evenings, shopping weekends, teambuilding days, day out at the races, quad biking or karting and spa days?  Follow any of these with good food, wine and fantastic evening entertainment and whether it’s a day or a weekend you’ve organised it’s bound to be lively and enjoyable.

In summary, I’ve known companies simply book a hotel for the Christmas party and let the hotel organise the entertainment, without much involvement from the company organiser. Although you can understand why this sometimes is the case (lack of time, lack of budget and sometimes lack of imagination!) it’s a bit of a cop out and this is a time for you, the organiser, to arrange something of a spectacular time which will also satisfy your budget.

I also know of another type of corporate entertainment arranged every year for suppliers and customers which spans two days of full on team sports, golf, shopping and prizes as well as dinner plus themed disco in a wonderful location, lovely – and I remember every single one I’ve been on over the years and not one has been a disappointment. Proof that everyone certainly has different ideas of arranging a memorable event!

Don’t forget to play your part too – you can’t expect to hide in an office at the company event so prepare your part in the whole experience – relax with a bit of humour and get involved. That’s all that is needed for an amazing bit of corporate entertainment you and your guests will have to remember!

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