S03, E30: We went to a DJ conference! Chatting all about Beat Mix 2023!

Project Engaged

After a little break between episodes, we are back in your earholes for another episode of Project Engaged! This week we chat about the Beat Mix conference we both attended in Tweed Heads in early August.

It was a fantastic opportunity to catch up with wedding DJs and MCs from all around Australia. The conference was organised by a member association - the DJAA - DJ Alliance Australasia. We talked some technical stuff but otherwise it was a huge variety of topics related to business, marketing, music, wellbeing and client service.

We cover some of the topics and themes that may be interesting for you guys, our listeners! We also captured some sound bites from other attendees so we’ll play those throughout the episode. One of the things we noticed is how many skills DJs need.

There were so many incredibly smart people in the room! Lots of them have their own businesses so need business, marketing and operational skills, but it goes beyond that. You need great people skills, you need emotional intelligence to be able to read a crowd and you need technical skills too. Plus lots of problem solving and working under pressure!

So all in all, we were really impressed. Plus everyone was lovely and we had lots of fun!

Shout out to the DJAA and all the various committees involved in planning the conference. And thank you to those who provided sound grabs and who we've mentioned in this episode:

Mark from Retro DJ Event Entertainment; Daniel from Diesel Productions; Brett from BE Entertainment; Chad from Musicland; Aaron aka Cut A Rug DJ; Steve Bowen from Bowens Entertainment; Dan from Party Liaison; and John Edney from Edney Celebrations.