The internet is bursting with DJs shouting advice and touting all the things they do right…what about the things we do wrong? In this edition of Thursday Vids, Geoff confesses a few of his own DJ shortcomings to try to inspire others to look inward from time to time as well.
CHAUVET DJ is introducing 2 new products to our line of VIP Gear Bags and in this edition of the Gig Lab, we’re introduced to the new CHS-Wave designed especially for the Intimidator Wave IRC and the CHS-Duo built for the Intimidator Spot Duo 150 and the existing Intimidator Spot Duo! Allan and Geoff also review […]
Geoff gives a tour of our dynamic stand at Mobile Beat in Las Vegas. Geoff highlights a series of great products that make your DJ life easier and more valuable, such as the new Intimidator Wave IRC, the efficient SlimBEAM Quad IRC, ideal for uplighting, the EZgobo battery-powered, hand-held gobo projector, additional products from the […]
In this edition of Thursday Vids, Geoff talks about the importance of recognizing when you’re suffering from DJ burnout and why it’s critical to overcome it…or hang up your headphones.
Going to Mobile Beat Las Vegas 2015? Be sure to catch The Entertainment Experience exclusively lit by CHAUVET DJ! The EE is edu-tainment at its most spectacular and will change the way learning happens and seminars are presented at trade shows! CHAUVET DJ also presents “Creating the Experience” with Jeremy Brech, Monday, February 23rd […]
Mobile Beat 2015 promises to be the most dynamic edition of this popular DJ trade show and conference! The Entertainment Experience is the reason why. It’s edu-tainment at its finest and will change the way seminars and learning are presented at trade shows! Here CHAUVET DJ‘s Geoff Short talks with the creators of the EE, […]
The Gig Lab goes to Anaheim, California for the NAMM 2015 to talk to industry experts John Young of Disc Jockey News, Ryan Burger of Mobile Beat Magazine, DJ Mikey Mike and CHAUVET DJ Senior Product Development Manager Allan Reiss about what trade shows like NAMM can mean to your DJ business.
In this edition of Thursday Vids, Geoff remembers a particularly tough gig where a disgruntled party guest illuminated just how hard – and just maybe unnecessary – it can be to try to be all things musical to everyone.
Sometimes it’s worth a quick trip to the Gig Lab just to check out a simple tool that can make all our gigs easier and safer. That’s the case with this episode as Geoff talks with TRUSST Product Manager Kenny Miller about the new Speaker Stand Adaptor.
In this edition of Thursday Vids, Geoff suggests that sometimes – especially when it comes to special entertainment – the customer is NOT always right. In fact, we may be doing them a disservice by automatically defaulting to “whatever you think”. So…What do you think?
CHAUVET DJ‘s line of EZ Series wireless, battery-powered fixtures makes set up and tear down of your gear easy. So winning a new EZ fixture should be “EZ” too! Introducing the CHAUVET DJ World’s EZ-est DJ Contest! Check out this video for more info and log onto our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/chauvetdj for complete rules and details!
In this trip to the Gig Lab, Geoff talks with DJ Jer, Jeremy Brech about the benefits of CHAUVET DJ‘s EZ series of wireless, battery-powered compact fixtures. The future of DJing!
Another cool DJ/Special Event/Production concept set up in this edition of the Gig Lab! A Trusst cube covered with Motion Orb LEDs makes a very cool lounge room concept – especially when they’re controlled using Pixel-mapping with ShowXpress! Check it out!
DJ Jer – Jeremy Brech – visits the Gig Lab in the warehouse of CHAUVET DJ Headquarters to talk with Geoff about simple ways to create lighting excitement on gigs no matter what level of DJ you are!
DJing can often feel like a lonely business. Unlike being in a band with other members, we often DJ alone. But if we can adjust our thinking and realize we’re far from alone with a dance floor full of event guests, things don’t seem so lonely…if we’re doing our jobs right. In this edition of […]
The DJ business has traditionally been a male-dominated industry. Thankfully that’s changing as more and more female DJs and entertainment company owners contribute their much-needed perspective and talent to the DJ business. In this episode of CHAUVET DJ Thursday Vids, Geoff explores some thoughts on why that is. Because, as he says in this video, […]
Watch the movie “Sleep” here: https://youtu.be/7nLJURnX1-w Evil lurks and things go bump in the night in this Halloween 2014 edition of the Gig Lab. Face your fears and creep and crawl behind the scenes to discover all the haunting lighting and set effects that went into them making of the CHAUVET DJ Halloween ’14 short […]
We always want to see how far the CHAUVET DJ FlareCOn Air will transmit to a Freedom Par fixture. Just like we did in Atlantic City during DJ Expo. This time Geoff was in Las Vegas for the Las Vegas DJ Show. See what happened on the strip!
Let’s talk about music. Remember music? The very thing that got us into this business in the first place, but that seems to have taken a back seat to so many other tools and techniques in the DJ world. Geoff talks about it in this edition of Thursday Vids.
The Gig Lab goes to Vegas for the 2014 Las Vegas DJ Show! Learning, Networking and Las Vegas fun with DJs from everywhere right here in the Gig Lab!