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3 Reasons to Enhance Your Setup with Strobe Effects
by Nick Airriess, CHAUVET® DJ Product Specialist Strobe lights are powerful fixtures that can enhance any event by adding high-energy effects. They produce bright, quickly pulsating flashes of light...
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Finding Inspiration By:Geoff Short
Everyone can use a little inspiration. Especially those of us in the entertainment business who need to continually find creative ways to stimulate audiences. But it’s easy to fall into the rut of...
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Panic Button By:Geoff Short
Any good DJ worth his weight in MP3s has a back-up plan in case Murphy’s Law kicks in at a gig. There’s a ton of advice available about back-up plans. Not so much about the psychological impact of DJ...
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Welcome to Rehab By:Geoff Short
Hi. I’m Geoff and I’m a Gear-a-holic. I love gear. I’ve always been obsessed with anything that has lots of blinking lights and buttons to push. We DJs talk about gear, we drool over gear in music...
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Understanding the Family Values of the Wireless Freedom™ Series
Photo Credit: Smoov Music Sound & Lighting Services -by Navah Berg, Marketing Manager for TRUSST®, VIP bags, CHAUVET® DJ VIP Rewards Program Members of the same family typically share the same...
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Mixer’s Block By:Geoff Short
Sometimes I know it’s TIME to write something – an article, a blog, an email – I just don’t know WHAT to write. Writer’s Block has a nasty habit of rearing its ugly head at the most inconvenient times....
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All the Time in the World By:Geoff Short
Playing in my living room! Running some DMX test programming at home. Chauvet Colorstrip mounted on Chauvet 4Bar/4 Play combo with 2 ADJ X-Move LED 25R lights on the floor – controlled with Chauvet...
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The DJ Detective By:Geoff Short
Sometimes as an artist, I feel like Sherlock Holmes. I have to be a sleuth searching for clues to solve the case of whatever musical project I’m working on at the time. I’m currently directing a...
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Please Don’t Stop the By:Geoff Short
“Thou Dost Protest Too Much…” – William Shakespeare The DJ community seems to spend a lot of time figuring out ways to market itself as an industry whose practitioners are far more than button pushing...
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2 Reasons To Consider Outdoor-rated Lighting
by Allan Reiss, CHAUVET® DJ Product Manager Has this ever happened to you? You arrive to your outdoor gig early to set up — ensuring yourself enough time to do everything you need to do without being...
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Create Your Own Gobo in 4 Easy Steps
by Nick Airriess, CHAUVET® DJ Product Specialist Custom gobos are probably the easiest upsell item for a DJ or mobile performer to employ when booking an event — especially a wedding. Ordering a...
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Applause Junkie By:Geoff Short
Why am I a DJ? I think that’s a good question to ask yourself from time to time no matter what your profession is. A little critical career evaluation can be great for perspective and help remind you...
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Welcome to the Gig Lab! By:Geoff Short
You have an appointment in The Gig Lab! and The Doctor is in! Chauvet DJ has launched a new video series called “The Gig Lab”. The Gig Lab is hosted by Chauvet’s Geoff Short and will feature tips,...
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The Rundown on Using Dry Ice at Mobile Gigs
Tune in to this edition of CHAUVET® DJ Gear Heads as Nick Airriess, product specialist for CHAUVET® DJ, gives you the rundown on dry ice and tips to consider when using dry-ice machines, specifically...
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum By:Geoff Short
I actually got some help. I was slowly becoming a non-believer in the value of online DJ forums, but I got some much needed DMX help from a fellow DJ this week and a little bit of my forum faith was...
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9.37 Reasons I Hate Numbered “List” DJ Blog Posts By:Geoff Short
1. No consistency.The number of items is always so random depending on how many things a particular author can think of on a given subject. Seems like there should be a standard number of stuff in...
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Geoff Short’s Gig Lab: Let There Be…Karaoke Light!
Chauvet® DJ‘s own Geoff Short has been singing a lot of karaoke lately and he’s noticed things are a little dark out there. This calls for an appointment in the Gig Lab where he whips up a concoction...
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Geoff Short’s Gig Lab: Coffee, Tea or…Uplighting?
Geoff is back in the Gig Lab concocting a few tips on using wireless lighting and other portable tools to make a better impact on clients during your DJ planning meetings at remote locations. Who says...
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Geoff Short’s Gig Lab: Setting DMX Tables For the Road
Welcome back to the CHAUVET DJ Gig Lab where Geoff Short is brewing up some quick tips for DJs who use DMX control to operate their lights. DMX tables are the essential ingredient for controlling the...
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CHAUVET DJ Thursday Vids: Panic Buttons
There are a multitude of videos and advice blogs for DJs about being prepared in the case of emergencies or unexpected glitches. But in this edition of Thursday Vids, Geoff offers up some...
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