Interview With Robert Griffiths - Robster

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I've been asked by Admin if I would handle the DJU interviews, so here is the first one, with Robert Griffiths AKA Robster

 

 

1. What is your DJU Forum Alias? Robster

 

2. What is your Real Name, Age, Location & Marital Status?

 

Robert Griffiths 38 married (possibly not in the future if the counselling doesnt work!)

 

3. What is the Name of your Disco /Service ?

 

Robster karaoke

 

4. How long have you been a DJ / entertainer?

 

started singing at 5 years old in working mens clubs ! started as a karaoke singer when i was 30 then did karaoke hosting covering for friend KJ's when they went on holidays or needed time off about five years ago ..went full time a year ago

 

5. What inspired you to become a DJ / entertainer?

 

I love to party and making people have fun

 

6. Are you a Full/Part Time DJ entertainer? If part time what else do you do?

 

full time

 

7. What is your favourite type of function now? (eg: Wedding, 18th Birthday party, etc)?

 

i like them all from pub gigs to weddings

 

8. What’s the worst/most embarrassing thing you've done in front of an audience?

 

I played young hearts run free after the grandad had had a heart attack

 

9. If you could go back to the beginning of your DJ / entertainer career, is there anything that you'd do differently? (eg: The gear that you bought, the way you promoted/advertised yourself?)

 

I would believe in myself more

 

10. What do you feel you offer the public that convinces them to book you rather than "the next guy/girl"?

 

People seem to like me and that seems to be the main reason they book me. They like how i take the time to find out what they want and how they want it done , i turn up on time and am a fair price.

 

11. Have you ever bought something for your show that you wish you hadn't, and why?

 

a strobe light ..waste of time and dangerous used incorrectly

 

12. What's your next purchase likely to be disco equipment wise?

 

ALLEN & HEATH PA 12 CP

 

13. If you could get someone to invent a new piece of disco equipment for your show, what would it be?

 

led uv canon lights that dont degrade and wont give arc eye

 

14. What was the worst equipment failure suffered during a gig?

 

Mic leads breaking after customers swinging them

 

15. What do you think is the best thing about Djing / entertaining?

 

the laughs and fun

 

16. What do you think is the worst thing about Djing / entertaining?

 

the tax man and paperwork

 

17. What would make you stop DJing / entertaining (if anything)?

 

lottery win

 

18. How do you think DJing (and DJ related) will change in the next 5 years?

 

There will be more extremes ie more cheap guys and more high end and fewer middle market segment guys due to the current financial climate

 

19. Most stupid thing anyone's ever said to you at a gig?

 

im going to shoot you in the face and burn your family (when i didnt get him up for a karaoke request next when there was a queue)

 

20. Best advice you were ever given by a fellow DJ / entertainer?

 

Dukesy's emails on how to get paid!

 

21. And worst advice you were ever given?!

 

You can never get over £100 for a gig around here..another local DJ

 

22. How do you keep up to date with music? (eg Digital Downloads, CDs, CD+Gs, DVDs, vinyl etc)

 

buy mp3 online and subscribe to cdg discs each month

 

23. Name 3 songs that 95% of the time will fill the dance floor for you!

F

inally - cee cee peniston

show me (the original) Robin S

Somebody elses guy-Jocelyn brown

 

 

24. One piece of advice you'd give to someone just starting out.

 

Be brave, go for it! and have fun.

 

25. What medium music format do you mainly use eg vinyl, CD, hard-drive, etc?

 

Hard drive

 

26. Have you embraced/adapted any ideas that you've read about on DJU - if so what?

 

mainly business matters

 

27. What is your best gig ever and your worst?

 

my best gig is my next one ..thats the attitude i have

 

the worst one was where grandad had a heart attack.

 

28. Apart from 'Word of Mouth' what is your main (most successful) form of advertising your disco / service?

 

my business card and facebook

 

29. Are you a member of a DJ Association / Union?

 

yep DJ@

 

30. Have you ever had someone try to claim off you? (eg: Public Liability Insurance or other such legal action)

 

no

 

31. How many gigs do you do a year, how many would you like to do?

 

159 at present i want to do over 200

 

 

32. What is your average charge for a booking?

 

£175

 

33. How many tracks do you believe you have in your music collection?

 

dont know never counted ..enough

 

34. How far do you travel from your base to perform as a DJ?

 

i wont travel over 30 miles one way

 

35. Do you use a roadie?

 

sometimes

 

36. What's the largest audience you've performed in front of / for a whole gig(eg. 200 people, 300, 400?)

 

300

 

37. And what is the smallest audience you've performed in front of / for a whole gig (eg. 100 people, 75, 30?)

 

15 in a pub

 

38. What is YOUR favourite music genre (eg. Motown, Pop, Dance, Rock, etc?)

 

chart music

 

39. And what is your least favourite music genre?!

 

really heavy metal

 

40. What other services do you provide (if any) on top of being a DJ / entertainer (eg. Photography, chair covers service, MC, etc?)

 

nope

 

 

 

 

[BigBen 0]

Excellent!

[Dukesy 0]

I agree! :Thumbup:

Interesting - thanks for sharing!

[Robster 0]

Thank you

[disco4hire 1]

Nice One, respect for taking part

[TonyB 0]

:Thumbup: well done Rob

[Robster 0]

Thanks ..any more interviews in the pipe line?