Mobile Beat - Issue 005 (1991-12)(LA Communications)(US)

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The Official Trade Newsmagazine For Professional Mobile Disc Jockeys
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FEEDBACK
COMPILED AND EDITED BY

MIKE BUON ACCORSO

Whenks to our many readers who future repercussions from lowering stan-
have been submitting ProFiles on them- dards just to line their pockets with more
selves and their DJ companies. We will gold, 3) Begin a National Disc Jockey Asso-
be expanding coverage of this popular ciation with dues, rules and regulations and
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rt feature so continue to let us know about its own police force.
your life as a Mobile Disc Jockey! I've bitched enough. | have to sella file

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Thedefinitioonf ‘Mobile Disc Jockey” cabinet. Good Luck!
is constantly taking on new and different Sincerely
connotations in different parts of North John Mixon, DJ turned salesman
America. More than just differences in (It's a living hell).
Ses
personal styles, there is now a fascinat- Linwood, PA
ing structure of how DJs have developed
Dear Mobile Beat:
the mobile concept. In a special feature
in the next issue of Mobile Beat, we'll be Bands use to think of DJs as vacuum
O Bs
looking at the many faces of the Mobile
cleaners, “They Suck”! But, are bands

Du. (now) the vacuum cleaners?
Myname is Tim Andrews, 38, musician
since § years old.
Have the recession and “amateur As a band leader for over six years
Ane
acts” taken a toll on the MDJ business? now, and playing professionally for a long
We recently received the following letters time, | never once downed a DJ. | figured
related to this issue. You be the judge. they had to eat too. Besides, we were busy

doing the wedding and club jobs. Then |
Dear Mobile Beat: found out that my keyboard player, lead
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| have read from cover to cover every female singer and male lead singer/guitar
issue of Mobile Beat and | have totally player were booking dates for themselves
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enjoyed them. My company is closing all (we all know what keyboards can do).
operations on June 29, 1992. Competi- As time went by, people coming to the
tive rates and a very untimely recession jobs to audition my band would secretly get
have killed all my hopes and dreams of a card from one of the three of them (It was
supplying the Delaware, Pennsylvania actually my card with the phone number
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area with knowledgeable, professional scratched off and replaced with their num-
entertainment. In this area, we have ber). They were robbing my jobs. A few
see many companies who train musical illiter- months later, | formed a new band with my
ates how to handle a wedding reception former bass player. This band sounded
(Lesson 1: Lift the equipment with your even better, |hadgotten lucky. But, thenew
legs, not your back) and far too many female singer doesn'tshow up forpractices,
independents with sub-standard equip- shows up late for jobs, etc. Also, the new

ment and music who are willing to work keyboard player misses practices. It's very,
for $100. It truly is a diluted market and | very frustrating. I'm sick of it.
oe
blame greed. What is the motivation for So guess who's going to be aDJ?? No
John Doe to become a DJ? CASH! Plain inconsiderate SOBs anymore and no more
and simple. I've heard so many of them practices. | hope I'm doing aparty someday
with the attitude, “So what If 1 blow the with a band, sitting at a table a table eating
affair, | still get paid”. What is the solu- with them and one says “I don't care for
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tion? Again, it's simple: 1) Yellow pages, DJs”. I'm going to say, “Oh Yea?, want to
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newspapers, etc. should verify that their heara story?” . Or, maybe I'll just say “F--
advertisers are genuine, licensed com- - OFFI.”
panies. 2) Remind the industry about Tim Andrews, Naugatuck, CT.

Mobile Beat
all his taanpd meost sof h is music equip-
As a former musician myself, there with 100% of my support. They did a fine
is one majordifferenthcaet distinguishes job and those of us that cared enough to try ment were seized. Most DJs (until then

these two forms of entertainment. You to better the reputation of the industry largely unorganized) then became "very

interested" in DJ associations and li-
can't fake being a musician. You would learned a lot. Thank you for being there.

censes. No DJassociation was involved
have never even been in the room. Un- Jaques Aguilar
fortunately, with MDJs today, if a client JAS Productions in the court battle that followed, just the
hires a “musical illiterate", as John Mixon King Of Prussia, PA. owner ofthe D/company. Some C.D.J.A.

(Canadian Dise Jockey Association)
calls them, by the time they realize this,
members were called as witnesses but
the damage has been done. But in all According to Ultimate Entertainment,

that was it! DJ associations negotiated
fairness, we should accept the fact that, who produced and promthoe sthoew, dth is

like in any field, new people whdo ohav e year's East Coast DJ Forum was a “learn- separate agreements with the A.V.L.A.
the proper training and incentive will ing experience" for a first time-show. Ob- for their now much increased member-

contitno utaeke up this occupation. Good viously not discouraged, they have already ships.
luck to both of you gentlemen! set the dates for the 1992 show, August 22, The situation is far from being re-
solved, The courts decided nothing as
23, and 24. The location will again be the

Valley Forge Convention Center outside the charges were thrown outof court and
Philadelphia. then stayed on subsequent appeal.
Dear Mobile Beat Copyright is federal jurisdiction and the

On September 26, 27, and 28, there R.C.M.P. isthe appropriate enforcement
wasa DJForum heldin Valley Forge, PA. agency. They will not respond to com-
Itwas held for the purpose of training and Dear Mobile Beat: plaints and lay charges on this matter.

unifying one of the top five businesses in With the Canadian content on your With lawsuits pending (by the formerly
the country that is usually run out of the staff, | am surprised at how inaccurate the accused DJ) and their ears still ringing

home. There were panels on weddings, information in the last two paragraphs of from the tongue lashing given them by
etiquette, record pools, licensing, legal, your article on copyright was (October / the first judge, the R.C.M.P. have very
lighting and sound, marketing and adver- November ). The Canadian license you cold feet. They put this guy out of busi-

tising to say nothing about insurance. speak of is not for performance right, but for ness and drove him into financial ruin!
Virtually any topic you would like to hear the right to record onto tape, copyrighted Any type of investigation would have
a discussion on was covered, with an recordings governed by the C.R.1.A. (Cana- revealed the conspiracy highlighted by a

open floor for questions and comments. dian Recording Industry Association), which letter written to him January 20, 1986 by
The main idea was to reach out to the issues licenses through the A. V.L.A. as you C.R.LA., inresponse to his inquiry, (stat-

various disc-jockeys and gather together mentioned, This includes any recording ing) that no licensing was contemplated
from most , but not all, record labels in for the near future. This was five days
to organize and create a national voice,
and to improve our service and image for Canada. The performance rights question after the R.C.M.P. raid, They may have

a more professional presentation which (for profit or otherwise) is still, to a large also discovered that the A.V.L.A. issued

Mobile Beat Geleniies your “FEEDBACK”. Write:e : “FEEDBACK”, s
c/o Mobile Beat, P.O. Box 43, East Rochester, NY 14445. Or fax your 3
letter to (716) 385-3637. Views expressed in “FEEDBACKd”o not
‘ hearty refit the viewso e oe TACT te: Ine. 4

could only result in more business and extent, unclear. Butitis notimpacted by the its first license months before, in late
respect from the people we serve. A.V.L.A. issued license. Notonlydo we pay summer of 1988, to a former disgruntled
There was a charge of $25 per per- a considerable fee for each license (1 per employee of the DJ that was charged.
son for the three day seminar. My ques- each set of tapes), but we must use blank Can you spell S-E-T-U-P?
tion is this: How in the world could tapes sold by the A.V.L.A with their logo on This lack of enforcement has one
anyone afford not to go and what excuse them at (you guessed it) a premium price. DJ association putting its members’
could they possibly have for not sending DJs using records, CDs or prerecorded A.V.L.A license fees into a trust account
a representative from their company? tapes need no such license. until there is some reason for paying
The attendance from the PA, NY, and NJ The entire issue of licenses was these fees; enforcement against those
area was appalling. The show producers sparked by charges being laid against one not paying. Those of us that do, put
went to a huge amount of trouble and DJ and his company after a January 15, ourselves at a competitive disadvantage
expense putting this thing together. My 1986 R.C.M.P. (Royal Canadian Mounted with those t hat don't.
hat goes off to every one of them, along Police) raid on his business, during whic h My advice to my American counter-
Mobile Beat
In closing, all of us here at Mobile
The definition of “Mobile Disc Jockey” is constantly
Beat would like to thank you again for your
taking on new and different connotations in different
supportin this, ourfiryesart o f publication.
From our humble beginnings in April, we
parts of North America. More than just differences
are now looking into 1992 and beyond
in personal styles, there is now a fascinating struc-
with the prospect of continued growth. As
ture of how DJs have developed the mobile concept.
you know from building your own busi-
ness, success does not come easy. It's
In a special feature in the next issue of Mobile Beat,
no piece of cake. One of my favorite "Fan
we'll be looking at the many faces of the Mobile DJ.
Mail" letters from last spring included the
following lines: “Things” (meaning the
parts is to organize before the dung hits hood be it performance rights, copyright or magazine, | guess) “will have to improve
what have you. Perhaps with a large before | subscribe. If you wish tosend me
the fan and empowera national associa-
tion executive to: enough voice youcan make yourown deal another FREE issue in the future, I'l give
#1, Lobby government to put a with the record companies. Who knows you a second chance”. Obviously, it isn't
small levy on blank cassette tapes to what you can accomplish? fairtoour paying subscribers for us to give
cover all home taping. Sincerely, Steven Clearwater away free copies of the magazine, but
#2, Get involved in decisions made Thunder Bay, Ontario. have you tried Santa Claus? Assuming
at higher levels of government and busi- he can find Windham, NH, I'm sure he'd
ness that have an impact on your liveli- just love to stuff a subscription in your
stocking! 4F
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“Beatmixx”
by Bob Lindquist
There is aweird yellow mutant vine growing around my computer screen. Every Blue Yule will really roast your chestnuts.

time anyone rings our phone or rattles our fax, the vine thickens. Leaves of authentic Legendary players include John Lee

and simulated “post-it” notes grow over tapes and CDs awaiting review. Finding a Hooker, Johnny and Edgar Winter, Canned
proper and logical pigeon hole for each and every miscellaneous item that floats Heat, Sonny Boy Williamson and more.
through our offices in One Mobile Beat Tower can be like trying to squeeze 12" vinyl If you like to wind down after your
into the drawer of a Numark 6020. So, in an effort to rehabilitate my CRT, to help it start shows with a little jazz (a.k.a.: contempo-
the New Year “note-free”, we're kicking off 1992 with the addition of “Beat-Mixx”, a tary instrumental music), then keep an ear
smorgasbord of interesting, “square peg” topics that didn't fit into the “round holes” of open for music on the “Nastymix Records”
the magazine. label. | have no idea where this label came
from or how long they've been around, but
DJ Essentials, new and old | like what I've heard. The latest release is
In our last issue, we told you about Chicago DJ Bernie Howard who is now called “Planet Deems”, featuring jazz pia-
distributing the second volume of All The Original Artists. Now Howard tells us #3 nist Deems Tsutakawa. Deems describes
will be ready for your player as soon as you finish your Thanksgiving turkey. Like its his music as “a smooth groove, it comes
predecessors, ATOA #3 is all meat, with no stuffing and is compiled primarily, though across peaceful and makes people feel
not exclusively, with the wedding DJ in mind. Included are:
“Always” by Atlantic Starr, “Always and Forever” by Heatwave,
“Can't Help Falling In Love” by Elvis, Anne Murray's “Could | have
This Dance”, “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Bros., Bette
Midler’s “Wind Beneath My Wings” and Clapton's “Wonderful
Tonight". In addition, there's “Sea of Love” from the Honeydrip-
pers, “Here & Now” by Luther Vandross, “Truly” by Lionel Ritchie
and nine others. Allin all, this compact disc has over 73 minutes
of digitally remastered / releveled original music. For information,
call (708) 674-7760.

Rock 'n Mania has released the third in their series of “Disc
Jockey Traditionals". The latest disc includes four medleys (Irish
songs, Polkas, Military songs and danceable arrangements of
popular Christmas songs) and several crowd “motivators”. If
you've ever been to a ballgame or hockey game, you'll recognize
these short stingers, played in traditional ballpark organ style.
Other useful cuts include a31 second version of “The Notre Dame

Fight Song”, the “1812 Overture” and “The Star Spangled Banner’.
For information, call DJ Specialist Distribution, (508) 875-2431 or j
write: P.O. Box 193, Framingham, MA 01701.

When the party’s over
So much for new compilations designed with the DJ in mind,
what else is there? Well, we just got word that Rhino Records is
stuffing two more albums into it's overflowing bag of Christmas
collections. Merry Christmas from Jackie Wilson features the
late, great Rock N’ Roll Hall of Famer singing such favorites as
“Silent Night”, “Deck The Halls”, “Adeste Fidelis” and nine others.
Out of print since 1963, Jackie's Christmas collection returns Mobile Beat in Moscow
digitally remastered on CD. Also debuting on Rhino is Blue Yule.
Colin Hammond, president of Meteor Sound and Lighting,
Probably the only time you'd play this in public is if the boss of the sent us this photo of Vladimir Soloviev, General Manager

office you're playing for just announced the company is going for Meteor Limited in Moscow showing off a copy of Mobile
Chapter Eleven. Save thi s one forthe ride home. If you like Blues, Beat in Re d Square, in front of St. Ba sil's.
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good”. One of the best tracks, and cer- tracts to address this issue as it's an issue customers). After that date, the fee will
tainly the most familiar is Deem’s instru- that comes up from time to time, especially increase to $69.95. As with most buyer's
mental remake of Lennon-McCartney's around the holiday party season. clubs, the advantages to membership in-
“Here, There and Everywhere”. Other Bob Kramarik of “Bobby K Sound Sys- clude preferential treatment and near
recent releases on Nastymix include Rio tems” in Elmira, NY has a slightly different wholesale pricing as well as incentives to
from sax player Dennis Springer and Per- policy. Kramarik says, “It's a matter of recruit others into the organization. For
petual Motion by jazz guitarist Michael supply and demand, Bobby K Sound Sys- more information, call (510) 754-2374.
Powers. Both are a bit “funkier” than tems offers pretty much a full service opera-
Deems, but are just as clean, tight and tion. Because we have roadies on most Sorry, wrong number.
dynamic. Allthree CDs are excellent. You gigs, we just incur the additional expense of In our last issue, the toll free phone
should have no hesitation about adding sending a roadie out earlier to set it up. We number for information about the upstart
them to your colleof c“btacikgoronun d and do not charge more because people are American Disc Jockey Association was
dinner music”. This way you'll have some- more likely to talk about how you bent over printed incorrectly. The right number is 1-
thing great to listen to on the way home backwards for them and you'll end up with 800-899-6727. By the way, the ADJA was
and a tax write-off to boot. For information, more refethren ewornryincg aeboust ‘,nick el formally unveiled at the recent DJ Forum in
contact Nastymix Records, 800 Tower and dimeing’ the customer”. Valley Forge, PA, where Maureen Keslar,
Building, Seattle, WA 98101. spokesperson for the association, told
Music for Mother & Son Mobile Beat that the organization‘s objec-
When advance set-up is requested. “Daddy's Little Girl” is, without a doubt, tives are “to representthe interests of mobile
Alice Ray of Music Unlimited, Mecosta, the all-time wedding reception favorite for and night club disc jockeys across the US,
Michigan recently called in with the follow- the father/daughter dance, but DJs fre- and to represent the interests of the
ing question: “What do you do when a quently ask what's appropriate when the membership and the industry at large, in
client books a DJ to play 7 to 11, but groom wants to dance with his mom. What matters that normally the individual mem-
demands they be set up by 4?" Fora works for you? Send or fax us a short list of ber would not have the means or influence
response, we contacted Steve Wozniak, your mother/son dance favorites by De- to attempt”. In other words “strength in
owner of “A Sound Investment” in Los cember 20th and look for the most popular numbers”. The association hopes to use
Altos, CA. “We normally set-up approxi- ones in our next issue. this strength, according to Keslar, as le-
mately one hour before the party is sched- verage for “fair treatment and recognition
uled to begin. If they request us to set-up West Coast Dealer now “For Mem- by both the consumer and the musictrade”.
earlier than that, we will do so, per avail- bers Only” Some of the benefits in the works for ADJA
ability at our regular overtime rate which is In an effort to avoid the alleged “price members include: discounts on records,
$35 per half hour. In practicality, if it's an wars” amongst competing DJ dealers and tapes, CDs and equipment, a low cost
important client and we can swing it, we'll to stem the rising cost of doing business, group insurance program which includes
go ahead and do it for free. We don't want Ron Abbott, owner of The Party Masters in liability, equipment theft, health, life and
to leave our equipment at a place unat- Antioch, CA has become possibly the first disability, and seminars and training pro-
tended”. In terms the client would under- DJ supplier in the U.S. to adopt a “members grams to improve DJ and business man-
stand, Wozniak offers this comparison: only” policy. Abbott says the new policy will agement skills.
“What if the client that asks you to set up allow him to provide better service and
early was asked by their boss to report to lower prices to members by reducing his And finally,
work four or five early just to turn on the overhead. Present Party Masters custom- Congratulations! To Jeff Greene,
computers, would they do that and not ers have until December 30th of this year to owner of Party Time DJs, Miami, Florida
charge their boss?” | think not. Steve get atwo-year membership forthe introduc- and his wife Debbie on the birth of their son
recommends that DJs put it in their con- tory fee of $29.95 ($39.95 per year for non- Samuel! (born 10/16/91). z

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