How to hire a DJ If you are looking to hire a DJ for your wedding or your corporate party what should you look for? What questions should you ask? Here are the top three factors we look at when we are adding new DJs to our roster here at Yes Entertainment that we think will help you hire a DJ for yourself.

This is the first thing we look for and recommend that you do the same. A DJ can have the best equipment in the world, they can have the most amazing level of skill and ability to “read the room” (more on that later) but if they turn up two hours late and are a bit lack lustre because they aren’t really into it on your night, then everything else is irrelevant. No you need a DJ who you are 100% sure is going to deliver on your night and get your guests dancing (in our case we need DJs who we are 100% sure will deliver night after night after night, sometimes up to 15 gigs back to back. No pressure there then!). You can start your assessment of their professionalism by how they present themselves on their website. Are the pages well laid out? Is there obvious pride taken? Are there spelling mistakes everywhere? That will give you some idea but remember a lot of DJs are out spending most of their time…um…DJing, so therefore if their website looks a bit tired it doesn’t mean they don’t care necessarily it may mean they are just too busy. Have a look at their social media pages too as these are easier to update from a phone and are likely to contain a bit more material. Then call them. How do they answer? How quickly do they return your call if you leave a message? Are they easy to speak to and do they ask you sensible questions?

DJ skill comes next assuming they have passed the professionalism test as this means that more than likely their equipment is at least half decent. A DJ is not just somebody who turns up smartly dressed with great equipment and plays music all night. No, as far as we are concerned a DJ is a professional musician. As such their job is to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of what music to play, when, how to change their set live in an instant to suit the crowd on the night. They need to keep up to date with the latest music and trends and have an enormous back catalogue of every kind of music you could possibly imagine.

Contact Yes If you haven’t found what you are looking for on our site, or you would like some advice with entertainment, event planning, or to find a venue just contact us below. With over 10 years experience booking entertainment, running events and working with venues we will certainly be able to help you. Daytime: Anytime: Yes Entertainment Limited Unit 24 Unimix House London NW10 7TR