Often DJ Chris and I are asked about light shows for events….Whether it is a wedding or birthday party. Special Occasion Dj does offer light shows packages, but as a standard practice we don’t bring them to events. Then the inevitable next statements comes along “well so and so DJ brings lights to the show for no additional fee”. What we have come to find through market research is that yes, most of the local DJ’s do bring 1 to 3 lights to a show. We would gladly offer the same at no additional fee except we are also in honest in that our opinion is 1 to 3 lights is not a light show. So let’s us give some examples to review;
Now that is running just three of our lights….as you can see it does give off some light, but is relatively dark and not awe inspiring.
Now this is a view more lights and what we consider our basic light show….as you can see there is more lighting effects…light movement, etc.
Now this is our premium light package (and it is actually short 4 lights due to size constraints)
So as you can see there is a huge difference in what a light show entails……and what it brings to your party.
I know times are tough…..but the disappointment may be worse. While some DJ’s are generally very inexpensive….sometimes this low fee comes with a cost. The DJ may have a very limited music collection (you should aim for the DJ to have a minimum of 10,000 songs in his library) or his system may be nothing more than a home stereo (I have actually witnessed this). Remember that a DJ is a business with overhead expenses with basic music collections and equipment running about $15,000. So just do the math….if a DJ is offering to do your event for $150 then somewhere they are going to come up short in the equipment or music selection area.
