7 things DJs do wrong at office parties

So you've been asked to DJ an office Christmas party. Maybe you got the gig through a local hotel, restaurant or social club that booked an event for a big company in your town, and then had to go and find a DJ. Maybe you actually work for the company throwing the party. Point is, you're probably not a full-time mobile DJ used to this kind of gig. This is a bit out of your comfort zone. So what do you do?

Unfortunately, a depressingly large number (easily the majority) of DJs booked to play office parties do a terrible job of it. Nobody dancing, the music just annoys everyone, a box ticked but the job done badly.

Truth is, DJs who do a good job of this kind of gig are few and far between. Maybe it's because nobody expects any better. Maybe it's because the DJ is an afterthought, or there's not much budget left. Whatever the reason, it's a fact (ask anyone you know how good the DJ was at their last three office parties).

So in the spirit of educating you if you're a relatively new DJ who's been asked to do this kind of gig, or if you're not, in the hope that writing something like this can raise the atrocious standard of DJing everyone's come to expect at this kind of event, here are a few mistakes second-rate DJs who play office parties make over and over again.

Get just a few of these right, and you'll deliver a better set than most. Beauty is, the bar is set so low that it honestly takes relatively little work to do well.

7 things average DJs do wrong at office parties

1. They fail to talk to the organiser 

2. They play too full-on, too early

3. They don't play a wide enough variety of music

4. They don't use the microphone

5. They distort the provided sound system

6. They take their mates

7. They blame the audience for the dancefloor being empty

Source: https://www.digitaldjtips.com/2016/12/7-things-average-djs-do-wrong-at-o...

BY PHIL MORSE