Melbourne DJs can make or break your event in Australia. It is therefore important to ensure that you are hiring the right DJ for your event. Some people decide to go with cheap DJ services. However, this can be dangerous because cheap DJs haven’t invested in the right gear and they may be offering cheap services because they don’t get gigs due to their incompetence. Here are some ways to know you are working with a fake DJ.

The DJ is playing pre-mixed music

When you hire a DJ in Australia, you want him to play live music for the audience and even take a few requests. You want a DJ who can change the playlist depending on how the audience is responding to the current music. Some DJs are not competent enough to play live music. They chose to play recorded mixes and in worse cases, other DJs mixes. Before you do Melbourne DJ hire, make sure the DJ can play live music. You can ask them to give you videos of their previous events to see how competent they are when it comes to playing music.

Is the DJ wearing headphones?

A professional DJ is supposed to cue a new song into the mix and this requires a pair of headphones. DJs need to wear headphones in-between every song change. This is normally approximately after every one to three minutes. Sometimes the DJ will have to wear headphones constantly throughout the set. If your DJ is not wearing any headphones then there is a chance that he has already pre-recorded the set.

Do they use cross or volume faders?

In some cases, Melbourne DJs may choose to put the crossfader at the middle of the mixer allowing all assigned songs to come through. They will then use volume faders instead to control in each input’s volume. If you don’t see the faders being used then it is likely that the DJ has pre-recorded the set.