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Working club and wedding DJ

Reo Castellan

Reo plays more than a hundred events a year and hauls his own gear to every one of them. He reviews equipment the way he would warn a friend before a gig, not the way a press kit describes it.

Focus areasDJ equipmentWedding eventsClub setsGear reliability

A DJ relaxing backstage with a phone before a set Booking and Business

What Downtime Between Sets Actually Looks Like

People assume touring and gigging DJs spend backstage hours doing something glamorous, and the honest answer is closer to...

Reo CastellanSep 17, 20264 min read
A DJ booth setup before a headline act at a club Club and Nightlife

Opening for Someone Bigger Than You

I opened for a headliner early in my career by playing the exact style of music he was known for, at nearly his energy level,...

Reo CastellanSep 16, 20264 min read
A guest handing a written song request to a DJ Weddings and Private Events

Handling Song Requests Without Losing the Room

A guest once handed me a written request for a song that would have completely stopped a dance floor I had spent forty minutes...

Reo CastellanSep 16, 20264 min read
A compact backup DJ equipment case open on a table DJ Equipment

Building a Backup Rig That Saves a Gig

A USB drive corrupted itself thirty minutes before a wedding reception once, taking the entire prepped playlist with it, and...

Reo CastellanSep 16, 20264 min read