WHY ARE PHOTOS OF MOBILE DISCO SYSTEMS SO IMPORTANT?

Photos of ANY/EVERY mobile disco company's systems in action INSTANTLY GIVE YOU THE CUSTOMER a very clear idea of EXACTLY  WHAT YOU WOULD BE GETTING at your function, & pretty much HOW IT WOULD ALL LOOK.                  

BEFORE we put up our web-site in the middle of  2002 LOTS of other Melbourne disco companies had photos of their systems in action on their web-sites - but now most of them have REMOVED those photos.

Question: Why do you think these other disco companies would do that?

Answer: After you have looked at OUR photos we think you will know why!

    The only photos you see now on most companies web-sites are just shots of people dancing - BIG DEAL!

 However, in EVERY ONE of those other companies photos of people dancing you can clearly see the HUGE difference our much better lighting makes. In ALL of OUR photos below, you can see the coloured beams from all our different lights clearly visible not just on the people dancing, but also on the walls, the floor, & so on, but in almost every other companies photos YOU CAN'T SEE ANY LIGHT BEAMS AT ALL - not on the people, not even on the walls or on the floor!

That's because most other mobile disco companies don't provide very much lighting at all.

SO ASK EVERY COMPANY YOU GET A QUOTE FROM TO SEND YOU SOME PHOTOS OF THEIR DISCO SYSTEM IN ACTION.

In this technological age, with absolutely EVERYONE having digital cameras (in fact, lots of people even have them in their mobile phones as well) then there is simply no excuse for ANY company not being able to VERY EASILY supply photos of their disco systems in action for you.

If they say they haven't got any photos to send to you, you really have to ask yourself what are they trying to hide from you?

The key thing about seeing AT LEAST ONE photo is then you can't be shocked or disappointed when the disco system does arrive at your function. Otherwise, if they don't have photos on their web-site, or don't have any photos to email to you, or to post out with their info brochures THAT WILL BE THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU GET TO SEE THE SET-UP YOU ARE GETTING - AFTER IT ARRIVES - & by then it's too late to send it away if you are disappointed.

Anyway, we think what we provide looks pretty damn good! So scroll on down & have a look for yourself!

But please take a moment to read the notes above each set of photos BEFORE you look at them, so that you know where they were taken, and under what circumstances etc.

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The first seven photos below are of one of our standard size systems

These photos were taken at a function in a large public hall before any guests arrived. In these photos ALL ELEVEN LIGHTING EFFECTS (EXCEPT THE STROBE), PLUS THE FOG/SMOKE MACHINE, WERE ALL TURNED ON AT THE SAME TIME. We do realise that this creates an almost "overkill" effect in these photos  but please note that this is NOT a situation that would EVER actually occur during ANY function. It was only done for ONE SPECIFIC REASON - so that YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEE FOR YOURSELF EVERY ONE of the ELEVEN different lighting effects that we would provide for your function. Obviously, if we DIDN'T have all of them turned on at once, then you would NOT have been able to see any of the lights that we left turned off - so clearly we had no real choice but to turn them ALL on.

But in the course of ANY function, even later in the evening when the dance-floor is packed, we NEVER EVER have more than 5 or perhaps 6 of these 11 lights in use at any one time, & the DJ will keep swapping them all around every ten minutes or so, to create lots of different looks & patterns as well as many different mixes of colour & movements throughout your function.
IMPORTANT NOTE: In nearly every function that we do, most of these lights are NOT turned on AT ALL until an hour or more into the function, in other words, they are usually never used UNTIL the food and any/all formalities (speeches, presentations, cake-cutting etc) are over.

The next three photos below are of one of our more compact sized systems.
These photos were also taken  at a function before the guests arrived. There are EXACTLY THE SAME number, make & models of lighting effects provided with these more compact systems as we provide with our standard systems - the only real difference is that we are using a pair of skinnier side light-boxes, and skinnier speaker boxes in order to make the system about one metre less in width. We generally use these more compact systems for smaller functions, or where space is a problem (like inside private homes or small restaurants/cafes), or in some upstairs venues. Once again, these photos were taken with ALL ELEVEN LIGHTING EFFECTS TURNED ON AT THE SAME TIME, BUT no fog/smoke machine was used in these photos. Even so, you can still clearly see in two of these photos how the lighting effects throw their beams out all over the walls and the dance-floor of the venue room.

 The two photos below were taken from the DJ's side of the system at that same function mentioned above (which was in the upstairs function room at Milano's in Brighton)
In the first photo you can see the DJ has several cases of CDs laid out on each side of the position where he stands behind the disco system. There are at least SIX cases of our DJ's CDs visible in the photo - whereas most other companies DJs only have ONE case of CDs. That first photo was taken early in the night when you can see all the normal room lights are on up the other end of the room where all the guests are grouped around the bar - this is the normal situation at most functions - apart from 18th birthdays (or younger) the first hour or so there is usually not much dancing happening - guests need time to "catch up", and of course food is usually served in the first hour or so  then in the second photo taken later in the evening you can see the room is much darker and guests are virtually dancing right "in the DJ's face".

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    These next two photos below were taken at a large ball for about 500 guests in the "Savoy Ballroom" at the Grand Hyatt
The first photo was taken from behind the DJ console looking out over the packed dance-floor across to the entry doors, then the second photo was taken from those entry doors at the opposite end of the room looking back at our very biggest disco system up on the stage. That biggest disco system sets up about 5 metres wide, with many of the lighting effects up on overhead trussing 2.2 metres high. In that second photo you can see that the dance-floor, as big as it is, is totally overflowing - those people who couldn't find space on the dance-floor are actually dancing between the tables, so obviously, with that sort of response from the crowd, our DJ must have been doing a sensational job!

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The next two photos were taken at a large Wedding Reception for over 200 guests at "Camelot" in Princes Highway Clayton.
In this large function room, the Bridal Table is set up at one end of the room, while our disco system is set up on a low stage at the other end, with a huge dance-floor in between them. Then to either side of the dance-floor are the guest tables. These photos were taken from the Bridal Table area looking down the length of the crowded dance-floor to the disco system positioned on the low stage at the opposite end of the dance-floor. As you can see, that dance-floor is totally packed, so the DJ must have been doing a great job. You can see some of the lights over the heads of all the dancing guests, and you can also just see some of the coloured beams from our lights reflecting off the dance-floor between all those bodies.

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The next 5 photo's were taken at "Mitch's" (formerly "Cha Cha's") in Chapel St., Windsor.
Although there is not enough space for us to use a standard system in this venue, we do find that this is a great venue for atmosphere. We use one of our more compact systems when we are there, positioned on a small platform just inside the front doors & backing onto one of the windows out to Chapel St. These photos are from a 21st birthday party for about 130 guests.  In the first photo you can see our lights reflecting off the walls & off the front window, while in the other photos, which were all taken from behind the DJ console, you can see how good the lights look on all the dancing guests. As usual with our pub/club experienced DJs, the dance-floor area is "standing room only" as they say.

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The photo below is from one of our smaller functions.
It was taken at a small Xmas Party for only 35 people in the "Ballarto Room" at the Seaford Hotel, again using a compact system because of both the low number of guests and the fact that this function room is fairly narrow. You can see lots of coloured beams from our lights reflecting off the ceiling and the dance-floor. Whenever we have such small numbers at any function it makes the DJs job a lot harder, but he must have been doing a good job, because the guests seem to be having a great time!

 

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The next batch of photos were taken at international movie star Jean-Claude Van Damme's birthday party at "Planet Hollywood" in the Crown Casino complex a few years back. Van Damme is the man wearing the blue cap, windcheater and jeans in the first photo & addressing the crowd using one of our cordless microphones. There were 800 guests present, most of whom won their invitations in a radio promotion we organised thru our connections at TT-FM (now known as Mix101FM). Unlike all of our other function photos above, which were all taken on 400 speed film WITHOUT using any flash, this set of photos from Planet Hollywood were all taken on 100 speed film USING the flash, so you can't really see the full effect of all our coloured disco lights showing up on all the dancing patrons like they do in all our other photos - mostly all you see in these Planet Hollywood photos is the brightness caused by the flash. But you can see that lots of people were dancing - so the DJ must have been doing OK!.
In addition to this "special" promotion night, and other occasions, such as New Years Eve etc, we actually provided the DJ plus all the disco & lighting equipment every Sunday night at "Planet Hollywood" for about 3 years.
 

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The 3 photos below are from a Victoria Police Graduation Ball for about 300 guests at Blake's Events Warehouse on Southwharf in the City in April 2005.

Once again, you can see how effective all our lighting is in creating a real party atmosphere. And as usual with our very experienced pub/club DJs, the dance-floor is packed! 

 
The photo below was also taken at that Victoria Police function. You can see our very experienced DJ has LOTS of cases of CDs laid out behind the disco set-up - there are actually ELEVEN cases of CDs clearly visible in that photo - unfortunately the DJs most other companies supply are not very experienced at all, THAT'S WHY nearly all of them only have just the ONE case of CDs to bring.

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The 3 photos below are from an 18th birthday in the function room at a bar/restaurant in Brighton. Dance-floor is packed  - so situation normal!

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These next 2 photos are from a 40th birthday at Khyat's Hotel in Wilson St., Brighton - once again, there are plenty of guests on the dance-floor.

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The 2 photos below are from a Wedding Reception at "Merrimu" in Dandenong Rd opposite Chadstone Shopping Centre.

This was a Greek wedding, and in the top photo, taken from the Bridal Table end of the room, you can see the guests having lots of fun doing some traditional circular Greek dancing (known as Kalamatiana), while in the bottom photo, taken at the other end of the room from behind the DJ console, you can see once again that our DJ has at least SIX cases of CDs laid out behind him, not just ONE case, which we keep stressing to you is all that many other companies "hobby" DJs have.

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 The 2 photos below are from a school formal for about 300 students in the "Carrick Room" at Melrose Receptions in Tullamarine.

Once again, you can see how effective our smoke machines are in highlighting the beams from all our disco lights. And of course, once again - lots of dancers!

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      Next are 3 photos from a small 21st birthday for about 50 guests in the upstairs function room at the "Half Moon" hotel in Church St., Brighton.

 Once again you can see how effectively the light beams spread out around the room onto the walls, the ceiling and on the guests dancing.

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The next 7 photos are from a large corporate function for about 300 Commonwealth Bank staff at "Manor On High" in Epping in August 2006.

This room is primarily used for Wedding Receptions, so there are TWO stages at opposite ends of the HUGE dance-floor - one 4 m wide stage for the entertainment, and one 6m wide stage to accomodate even the largest bridal party table. On this occasion we provided disco systems on BOTH stages.

Firstly on the entertainment stage we had our standard disco system with it's ELEVEN lights, plus an extra T-stand with FIVE MORE lighting effects suspended from it. This set-up is shown in the first photo below, with the extra T-stand and lights on the right-hand side. PLEASE NOTE that this photo was taken early in the evening before any dancing had started. So only the pair of single scanners, the mirror ball and it's pin-spot were turned on at that stage. The other TWELVE more sophisticated "dance-floor" lighting effects were not turned on at that time. NONE of our main dance-floor lights are EVER used until the dancing starts.

NOTE: Most of the photos on this web-site are deliberately taken using 400 speed 35mm film so that we can avoid using the flash, so that all the coloured lighting shows up properly, BUT this photo was taken using a digital camera WITH A FLASH so there is quite a lot of "flaring" from the flash reflecting off the front of the perspex light-boxes, which stops their colours from showing thru. Normally you would be able to see they have 4 different coloured panels - red, yellow, green and blue.

 In addition to this standard disco system (plus the extra T-stand and lights) that we set up on the normal entertainment stage, at the OTHER end of the dance-floor up on the normal bridal party stage we also provided a SECOND complete sound and lighting system - comprising DJ CD players, mixer, speakers and amplifier along with 6 metres of overhead trussing and lots of stage lighting - 6 x "Par Can" coloured spotlights, 1 x mirror-ball and motor, 2 x "Pin Spot" coloured spot-lights shining onto the mirror-ball, plus 2 x "Scanners", 1 x "Sparkle" and 1 x "Crystal" lighting effect, plus a huge F100 smoke/fog machine (see photo below). This second system was provided for various performances some of the Bank staff were doing. They had learned the dance routines from a couple of ABBA music videos & were miming & dancing to them on that stage, plus they also had well-known Melbourne comedian Chris Bennett MCing for the evening & performing his routine from that stage .

Below are a few shots taken thru the course of the night

Firstly the packed dance-floor looking from the normal bridal party stage right across to our disco system on the entertainment stage at the other end of the room

Now here is a shot from the DJ's end of the room, looking back the other way. You can see all the coloured beams from our lights on the walls and ceiling as well as on the bodies and clothing of the dancing guests.

Here's a couple more dance-floor shots

Below you can see a bit of an old favourite with lots of crowds of all ages - the "Nutbush"!!!!

Once again, you can see our lighting beams on the ceiling & on the dancers. You can even see our lighting reflecting off the dance-floor itself between the dancers legs

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The next 3 photos were taken at the 2004 AFL Grand Final Eve Luncheon "After Party" in the Channel 7 function rooms at Telstradome on the Friday afternoon before the Grand Final.

This was a "twilight" function with the DJ starting at 4PM - which was AFTER the guests had already been "wining & dining" downstairs for FOUR HOURS, so they were well and truly primed to party! There were 1,400 guests present in the 30 to 50 age group, so because of the size of the crowd we used a large 4m wide x 3m deep x 50cm high portable stage and we supplied a 5000 watt sound system comprising 2 x 18 inch sub-woofers and 2 x 15 inch full-range bass speakers, plus 2 x 15 inch mid-range speakers and 2 x 10 inch mid-range speakers plus 6 x horns/tweeters, driven by a rack containing THREE separate amplifiers. We also provided TWELVE lighting effects and a huge 1200watt F100 fog/smoke machine.  The bottom 2 photos were taken from the DJ's position up on the stage and as you can see the guests are all dancing right back into the distance "as far as the eye can see". It really was a HUGE day!

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