About: Dj Darren Jewell & djdarrenjewell.com

Some couples want to know our Dj'ing history, & why we do weddings?

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Darren started Dj'ing in the late 80's doing pub mobile discos & weddings playing all genres of music, as this would pay for dance records as I wanted to become a good nightclub Dj.

In the mid-late 90's & early "00's" Darren became a full time professional nightclub DJ playing Dance & R&B music, mainly in Plymouth's Union Street eg. The Malthouse & Millennium Complex (main room dance & R&B room), but still did the odd "party music night".

In the "00's" clubbing sadly was on the decline as most people had far less disposable income/new phone/car etc. so would go out less, this means a drop in pay for Dj's. In "2010's+" Darren had to diversify as there were very few real full-time professional Dj's left (only income), as most Dj's had a day job & Dj'ed one night a weekend for some fun or just work to pay for the cost of music & equipment, as allot of night-clubs/bars would not replace broken Dj equipment so the Dj must buy there own, & the high street clubs & bars would be asking Dj's to play the same music as a "pub disco" that got paid more, so I got another disco setup, & asked by many people to Dj there wedding? So we did.

Back being a fully versatile Dj with the "I will play any music" approach again, so it felt like going back to my Dj roots...

But there was a moral dilemma with wedding discos? You can only get a "Small Room disco" in its equipments true specification, or hire a stage/events company to do larger rooms that's in the thousands of pounds. 

All the wedding disco companies I worked for/with would use small room disco's in larger rooms, this means at the back of the room the sound quality is so bad people would be polite leave early, so morally do I let couples know the disco specification they have booked is not suitable for there needs, or do I say nothing like the wedding industry does?

Why we have our "Classic Disco" that is a very good industry standard disco couples can book from us, & all bookings done through other companies book from us "Dj Darren Jewell" is listed on contracts, & then we have my "moral dilemma" fixed, as we spent allot of money buying event/touring/stage grade equipment that still looks neat & tidy as similar to a disco in looks, But this can only be booked from this our webpage so your contract states "djdarrenjewell.com premium bespoke services" (no other company) so we are completely honest & say what equipment would suit your venue & your music needs best, we don't have sales targets or commission etc. we want your wedding done using the right equipment & the way you want it done.

If you book "Dj Darren Jewell" from other companies that's absolutely fine, but if its a disco you shall only be booking our "Classic Disco" as we state this on our website as kept on getting other companies clients demanding free upgrades or falsely claiming they have booked our premium services? on the very rare occasion we might allow a chargeable upgrade, but the upgraded equipment is listed on the other companies contracts. Most wedding Dj companies you have booked phones Dj's & asks them if they would like the booking (subcontractor), the company you have booked takes 30-40% of the money for there time doing the contracts & marketing there company, the Dj will get paid the remaining money = In honesty it does sound allot of money but just in time it costs around £25-50 to do a contract (talking to the couple/client & getting all the correct information for the contract, this all takes time & software costs money), almost all wedding Dj's are not "full-time professional Dj's" as will have a day job to pay the bills & use cars for there equipment as the wedding disco industry is aimed at small venues today (our premium rustic show/sound & lighting completely fills our Ford Transit Custom/hence larger rooms).

Venues will recommend entertainment agencies as they have a pool of Dj's that do subcontracted work for them, & some venues to charge there recommended suppliers so they recommend them (this puts the price up more). Good agencies have an important & valuable role to play why we do some agency work/classic-disco, club, bar etc.

When you book from this webpage your are booking "djdarrenjewell.com bespoke premium services" as this is in bold at the top of your contract, I am a Sole Trader Dj since 1999 & Dj is my only income = Full Time Professional.

Obviously not booking us through an agency will save you a bit of money, but we still have to get all the information etc. to do the contract & some work agencies do, as agencies just give Dj's the clients playlist, what they have booked, & venue/times, as the agent should have done everything else (you might not get the Dj listed on your contract), this is why when you book us directly from this website its only Darren you will be dealing with & is your Dj. 

So the main advantage of booking us from this website is we let you know what equipment will work best for your needs, & much more backup on your wedding day if anything should fail, as djdarrenjewell.com bookings darren takes the obvious spare laptop & headphones, but also takes extra equipment like a spare mixer/controller, mic's, power leads etc. sadly very few wedding discos carry spares as its paying for equipment they might never use & have to maintain/store, so if somethings does fail its cheaper to give "partial refunds" to couples... We have morally thought about this & made sure we have a "Plan B" on your night, also being a Sole Trader we use the same pool of Dj's that agencies use in case of sickness, professional Dj's/only income don't go sick & have more time in the week to rest & do more preparation work so things are just right on your wedding.

If you book us from this website we ask for your help to speed up our admin time, as list everything you want to book on an email & ask you to fill in anything highlighted eg. your full names etc. & if you change anything highlight the changes, then I copy the bits to Adobe E-sign we both sign, it does cost me in time about £25-50 per contract & the contract has 10 day's to be signed otherwise it ends/booking stopped & your date is open for other couples to book us.

All the information we need is listed on your contract, everything is done when you book so no hidden costs/charges some companies can ask for after you book them? 

We would rather be spending more time on your day & doing music prep work/equipment maintenance making your day special.

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We Do State: "If You Have Not Booked Darren From This Webpage You Only Book Our Classic Disco".

Why we state this is on the vary rare occasion other companies can book our premium services listing the upgrade cost & equipment is clearly listed on the contract =  We were getting quite a few other companies clients falsely claiming/demanding they had booked our own premium services that were not stated on there contract, when this happens we hand the booking back to the company the client booked to find another Dj, & the date is then available for other clients/couples to book us.

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