ok heres the senario, You just won the lotto jackpot and its a rollover. your bored with not working and you decided to make DJing your full time job just to stop you getting old too quickly...

you dont need to carry anything due to being able to hire a roadie and someone to drive your new fleet of merc vans.

but what would your dream disco setup be ?

what are the dream items you have seen and wished you could aford or fit into your little car/van ?

new cd player ? new sound system ?

If I won the lotto I think Id rather try cosmetic surgery to stop feeling old rather than buy even more disco equipment!

If I won the Lottery i'd be sat on some Cruise Liner somewhere and be paying Andy to do all the gigs for me .

But if you want an idea on some very expensive lighting effects which are way out of the Mobile DJ's budget then just visit every other stand at the PLASA .

OK, it would have to be the following:

Funktion-one sound system
Martin lighting
Pioneer CDJ1000 cd decks (already have these!)
Allen & Heath Xone92
Inflatable roadie

well I would not still be DJ'ing, thats for sure

First thing I would need is a single ticket from Beachy Head to Torquay, as I would drive my van, and all the disco kit over the edge, would then need to get home, although probably get a taxi to the local Aston Martin dealer and buy one to drive home. I WOULD NOT be doing discos ever again.

I have all the gagdets I will ever need, so no gimmicks, maybe a new Rolex, a Sunseeker yacht, a trip to Congelton

Than a big house, with bigger gates which would be locked then I would not need to talk to anybody again.

lol

I'd buy Northolt...

..and do what with it?

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god, all these dJ's who want to give up DJing, it's simple enough to go get a proper job if you hate it that much you know?

Here's me wanting to do it more, lol

I'd just open a school disco type club and forget needing roadies.

Darren

I have a proper job, and hate that too.

Ooohhh, I'd buy loads of different DJ gear as I would never give it up. No need to go into detail!

I'd buy an island in the sun, design and build a fabulously exclusive hotel, with all facilites expected in a 6 star resort and then build an open air discotheque on the beach. The DJ stand would be on stilts in the sea, so I could sit on the edge dipping my toes in the cooling waters in between tracks.

The dance floor would be a big 70's Saturday Night Fever floor.

My lights would hang from palm trees, my speakers would be held high by natives (aka roadies).

As for equipment - I don't really care. I'd definitely get Chris out to give me a quote though

There would be no alcohol, because I don't drink, no smoking, because I don't smoke, and no sex, because I'm married!!

Oh yes, rather than play tedious CD's, DVD's, tapes, records, MP3's or MiniDisk; I'd get all the original artists in a queue to perform on demand... "Right Madonna you're on next, sing Like a Virgin and then bugger off. Barry, you'll follow her with Copacabana. Has anyone seen Shane McGowan?"

Only beautiful people would be invited (no DJ's then!) and I'd have a tiny man welcome the planes in as they landed on the sea - "de plane boss".

What's really interesting about this thread is that even if we won the lottery and carried on with the most expensive, elaborate gear in the world, we'd still be playing Black Lace and The Gap Band every Saturday night!

Hmmm? The Lotto.......

1) Get a better car
2) Get a better computer
3) Get a nice pair of slippers
4) Take a trip to that British run expensive hotel off-shore in the Middle East
5) Buy the Black-sea Coast apartments (the best) in Bulgaria
6) Give Chrispy a very nice wad of money - and why not
7) Buy Gary shares in Pioneer
8) Treat Paula to some pink atire
9) Make the odd indecent proposal - and why not
10) buy ADS a sports car and tow-truck (so he can get to destinations quicker)
11) treat the other arf
12) oh yes, I forgot. Doesn't every DJ want a night-club in their lifetime??!!
13) buy a bendy-bus off of Ken Livingstone to tour around the UK promoting mobile djs

Nah - probably wouldn't do half of them. I'd be off - ttfn

One thing for sure is that I would not be working. My wife and her parents have been going on for months about living in the Algarve so I would think that is where I would be.If I did get bored doing nothing(as if) then I just might start looking for gigs.

If I won the Lottery I wouldn't be posting this!. I would buy a nice little country retreat with games room, swimming pool etc, in a remote part of Derbyshire well away from all the hassle of Disco's, Forums and Idiots.

I'd make sure that my immediate family and my Godson and his family were okay for a few quid, then embark on a massive pub crawl around the UK.

But since I have yet to win even a tenner, I would say that there is more chance of Gary demonstrating Pioneer Products at the Plasa than me even getting a sniff of any dosh from the Lottery .

I cant believe all the ppl saying they would give up Discos/DJing its all ive ever wanted to do since i can remember, I saved up my pocket money to buy decks when i was a kid then got a job helping the milk man £20 a week 6 days a week getting up at 4am this helped me buy better decks and more tunes, as well as being a roadie for local dj's at 14 most of the time i was on the mic and playing the songs while they got P****d at the bar.

If I won the lotto id setup a National DJ Agency / National Radio Station / Production Company and Nightclubs. If you got the money might as well live the dream !!!!

How long have you been going Scotty ?

I started helping my mates dad when I was 12/13 got my own kit at 15 had a proper rig at 17 and im 27 now, love it and wouldnt give it up for the world although ive lost a few girlfriends as a result of that attitude

You'll come around one day, and feel like us Grumpy Old Men.

When you are a young dj of 27 you are not supposed to have girlfriends,just 24 hour aquaintances and plenty of em !!!!!!

Strumpet!

Crumpet!...Where!

My last few gigs have been sadly lacking in crumpet , although the sex starved mad toothless old crones have been in significant numbers, I had to keep checking the date to make sure it wasn't October 31st .

I remember being young and enthusiastic about D'J'ing like Scotty is. Enjoy it, since, just like marriage, it begins to haunt you and Zaps your will to live when you get beyond 30!.

I'll let you know when I've hit 30 !

Paul, I think he meant you being 30, not the 1930's , anyway you would have been a teenager in 1932 wouldn't you ?

[QUOTE]I'll let you know when I've hit 30 !

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