Nick Spinelli
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Lighting Tips For Wedding DJs (VERY IMPORTANT)
In this video, I give some very important lighting tips for Wedding DJs that I think every single DJ should know! So this one is a MUST WATCH people! Learn how to set your wedding DJ lights the RIGHT way. I listed a great suggestion on a budget DJ lighting set up below along with my personal…
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What lights do you use??!
I spent about 4-6 hours learning how to program DMX. I use the Chauvet Obey 40 and it is wonderful to control the 14 lights I have on 2 T bars that cover the room and dance floor.
Me when starting the video: I've got great lights for weddings!
Me when the video ends: Damn, he's right. My lights are shit for weddings!
Great Advice. I really enjoyed the tips for weddings.
This guy does the equivalent of a parent telling their kids its not nice to fart around people, but for djs. Crazy good job with the vids, really helpful
Invest in used brand name lights. Martin , HighEnd Clay Paky ETC. You can get a whole lot of lighting for a few hundred bucks with cases. Some companies are just ready to rotate the inventory. Buying from a lighting company is good because they do maintenance on the equipment.
I would like your thoughts on uplighters around the room. Biggest problem with a lot of lights is preventing children touching them and picking them up which puts me off using uplighting
Great info
Thanks!
wow!!! I hope as DJs we all know this, but this is the first video I’ve seen explaining this. I think does old school laser light look very good at a dance party on the ceiling only. Excellent Video ❤
Damn good Video man!! I'm halfway through and I have laughed out loud 3 TIMES!! I touch base on this because it can be hard to do, so I'm very excited to finish and watch more!! Love the style of your teaching and super informative without making me want to smack my head really hard,, on my pillow!! Great humor, energy and passion!! Thanks dude and keep up the great work 🙂 Ok back to learning!!
Great video
Love the Gary Vee reference can’t wait to see where you go after going hard on Alex Hormozi haha 😂
Hey now, I love those cheesy Spencers party lights and red lights in general (red light is so cozy at night), but I guess for a wedding specifically, you got some good points lol cool video!
Great video! I have had some problems with djs lighting during the first dance when they use the spot light two bright on the couple, I don't get it why many of them instead of power down the light to avoid dazzling the couple, they prefer to shine the light from the waist down. Then all the photos of the couple turn out with an ultra bright blowout dress and their faces two dark.
I'm doing a wedding gig soon and I'm wondering how many lights should I bring or should I keep it simple on a tripod, plus should I bring a facade or black chavet booth. Your tips will certainly help me on this one, plus I LOVE your logs. Awesome. Thanks
Or …just don't do weddings, and use all the cool lights.
thank u thank u thank u
First time here and you make a lot of sense of what you saying and I laugh true the video 😂😂well splaying 🫡
Life saving tips!!! wow! <3
Nick I have Yorkville LP-LED4X Four Pod wash lights. What do you recommend to accompany this 🕺💃🏻
You are brillianted
Just tone down the facial expressions mate you look borderline insane
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Awesome video Nick your video was very detailed thank you so much I’m just starting out truck driversfrom Southern California
Excellent tips Nicky
You actually felt our buttholes? Eeek!! Bwahahaha
Seriously though, FULLY agree on using wash lights only. There was a time back when I first started in 1997 and throughout the mid 2000s, that I had all those dot/shape lights + lasers on a big ridiculous trussing, and let's not forget about fog!
But for well over a decade now, I've only been using wash lighting. Keep it classy, San Diego!
Also, FULLY agree about never turning on lights for the formalities. Uplighting doesn't count in this instance. But like you said, anything that's going to light up the dance floor. Not necessary. And likely will ruin first dance pics, F/D dance pics, etc. Yes, RED sucks not only for dancing, but at concerts too. I mean, some death metal bands look good in an all red stage (like blood/hell haha), but for the most part red is the absolute worst.
Also many lights now come with wifi APP control. So if you don't get a lighting controller, at least get lights that have the app control. Great video, and funny that you used that pic of Barry at Spencer's, because my wife says you remind her of Barry. Not sure if that's a good thing or not LOL
Great video! What lights do you use for uplighting.
Lighting is something I always shyed away from when I was a wedding DJ, it seemed like a another skill set and a little intimidating. really great tips and seems simple.
I've learned a lot from your channel and wish these vids were around in 2009. I would have been set up for success.
I don´t use dots and almost no washers either, I anly use dmx controlled gobo roller effects. Two for the crowd/dancefloor and two for the crowd/ceiling. Use two mowin head washer placed a bit away from the dancefloor mostly as uplights.
Always great information.
You really just opened a whole new view of things one should be aware of during a wedding party. I love it because I am planning on starting into this venue in about six months. So keep those tips coming.
I needed this video in like 2010. I was
that tacky light DJ 🫤.
you lost me at "Gary V" lmao, dudes a scammer that rips off his numb nut followers
I still see a lot of dots and mushroom designs at weddings. We s,so prefer the wash effects. We’re primarily a wedding company. Yup…if your a house party dj, you can let it fly. They also KILL THE PICTURES. We have 4 of the Chauvet Hybrids. Of course we have the wireless up lights and the Showven sparklers.
I hate my lighting it's dated, but just can't update yet. I think I will go with just 2 wash fx and my jelly dome. I don't care, I love my jelly dome, and I get complements on it all the time, It's kind of used in place of the mirror ball.
What lights do you suggest with a good pastel color
Dude what's a Formality?
Super useful video!!
That moment where you have swarms and no wash lights while watching this video 🥲
I know this a year old but just now seeing it. What is an elegant way of getting the wash lights up in the air yet also on a budget? Are T bars considered kind of low class ?
I am a lighting Tech and work lots of Weddings, Birthday Parties, Debutant Balls. I usually run the mobile gigs with a wireless DMX controlled setup with Luminair 4 on an iPad, or Chauvet Show express. I agree…Keep it classy and use minimal lighting in the beginning (up lights, a couple of movers for ceiling during cocktail hour and a RGB strip light set to “warm white and dimmed” on a stand to wash the dance floor. I save most of the dance lighting (Wash FX2’s, AdJ Rayzer with laser turned off) until all the formalities are done and the dance floor is open to everyone, then I switch everything over to party mode. I usually tell the photographer or videographer if something special is coming like the “ Dancing on a Cloud” dry ice effect so the can prepare for it and know where the co2 fog machine operator will be.
The lasers and Swarm FX 5 is used mostly for Parties,School dances, and Glow parties with haze. By the way the Wash FX 2’s work great for UV glow (black light ) party’s. Just (4) of them in each corner can easily cover a 20 ft x 20 ft area.
I'm surprised you said no red. I find that during songs that are hot/sexy…red/orange hues really set it off.
Gotta say, though, lighting preferences change like the seasons – so just talk with the couple and have a variety of things for them to choose from.
The bombs and nuggets you continue to drop are so valuable. You are sharing content I have never heard from a pro event DJ and all makes great sense. I am a fan!