A real shift
Prep crates or playlists by day, arrive for soundcheck, play the set, and often handle their own promotion and admin.
Skills that matter
- Reading a crowd
- Mixing and equipment
- Music knowledge
- Self-promotion
- Reliability
Qualifications
- No formal requirement; music technology courses help
- PRS and PPL licensing is the venue's job but worth understanding
- Public liability insurance for mobile DJs
Where it leads
- DJ
- Resident DJ
- Promoter
- Music programmer for venues
What we'd ask on the show
- Playing for the room versus playing for yourself
- Wedding DJ economics
- Background music as brand strategy