1. How long have you been in business?
1/3 of DJ companies go out of business every year. Considering most engagements are now 18 months long and you should be booking a DJ about a year in advance, you stand a 1 in 3 chance that you might be scrambling trying to find a new DJ company the month of your wedding, if your company goes out of business. The longer a company has been in business the more likelihood that they will be in business a year from now. Be careful that you don’t fall for the “We have 10 years combined experience,” sales gimmick. Some companies will hide the fact that they have 8 people working for them with a year or two of experience at most between them.
2. Do you have back-up DJ's and equipment?
Complete Music is one of the few companies that has a paid manager on-call with an entire system ready to go whenever we have event out. This is different than companies that say we have extra DJs. Consider this scenario, your DJ gets into an accident or gets sick the day of your wedding. If the DJ Company calls one of their guys that has plans that day, then after they beg them to work and leave their family picnic in the middle. That DJ still has to gather equipment, has no information about your event, and will most likely have a bad attitude when they show up to entertain on your big day. Complete Music’s on-call managers are prepared and even carry their tuxes with them so if they get a call they can be at your event in a moments notice.
3. Do you have an office?
Believe it or not this is very important because most DJs are part-time companies and those are the ones that go out of business, have bad reputations, and often very poor training and business skills.
Check back on Friday for the additional three question to be sure to ask!! These are priceless questions, and are absolutely crucial to ensuring a quality experience with your DJ.
Contributed by: Floyd Nobis, President of Complete Music and Video
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