I would like to address some things. This isn't a rant or anything, but I feel like it should be addressed. Yes, I love what I do as a dj. Let me give you guys a bit of my entertainment background. I have been on the stage since I was about 6 or 7 years old. In elementary and middle school, I attended performing arts schools. Ever since I was a young child I knew that I would be an entertainer and it would be my way of life. Around age 11, I started becoming really interested in djs, especially seeing my older brother in action as a dj. Then, I knew that my platform of being an entertainer and performer would be as a dj. At age 14, that dream and journey started to become true. 12 years later, I am a working dj. Could I have another job? Sure. Do I want one? Not really, unless it is a job that works around my dj schedule. That is why I have chosen to go the Real Estate salesperson route. While I was in the Air Force, I sacrificed my time and money to build my dj business, starting on E-2 pay (that's one stripe). With my Air force JOB, and my dj CAREER, I often worked 20-hour days to build my dream. I bought speakers (and eventually lighting) so I did not have to depend on the clubs to dj. Basically with what I have, I can go into many clubs with my speakers and lighting and do the job. I can turn a regular empty room into a night club. Some djs say that they don't want to mix money with what they love, and that's fine if it works for them. I feel like why work a job that you hate all the time, when I can build my dream business with something that I love, that takes a little bit of sacrifice. Over the past 6 years since I got my first business license, I have grown a lot as a businessman, a dj, and an entertainer. There was a time as a dj a few years ago that I was not happy, and it was because I gave up control of what I did as a dj. I let other people dictate my moves. I allowed abuse because I was convinced that it was how it was supposed to go down. When I wasn't a happy dj, I was not a happy man. Or it could have been the other way around. Once I decided to take full control over what I did as a dj, man, and entrepreneur, I became happy again and I haven't fallen off since. Does working weddings suck? HECK NO!!! Not once I started taking better care of business. If anything it has expanded my dj reach. When I opened myself up to being a multi-genre dj, it made me appreciate music overall much more than I ever did. In 2008, I never would have imagined that I would make a club go crazy playing "Bohemian Rhapsody". Do I hate requests? Not really. The idea of djing is that we are playing for music lovers as well. A lot of times, they end up requesting something brilliant that I did not think of, and I am creative so instantly I might find some cool way to mix or remix it. Do I do more than just being a dj in my work? Most definitely. I told you guys that I am a product of performing arts schools and programs. I wrote stage plays in my youth. I served as A/V tech. I acted in many of those plays in school. I paid attention to what the producer was doing, the camera persons, the audio technicians, all of that. That's why I love what I do. When I perform as a dj, I am still paying attention to the whole aspect of the entire event. The flow of the event. The sound of the event. The personality of the performers and hosts. All of it. So please folks, don't try to deter me from what I am doing. I'm absolutely in love with it, even if I want to improve certain aspects of it like nightclub relations amongst djs. Yes I am going to school to get a degree in one area and a license in another and both of them have nothing to do with being a dj or entertainer. Can't a guy have something to fall back on? Professional athletes love what they do and they get paid more than I probably would ever see (or I just might see it.lol) and they love what they do. Many of them have college degrees in something they may never do as a job, but they have it there. Many of them do other things outside of their main profession, as long as it does not interfere with their main profession. Why can't I? Once again folks, your love for something may be different than my love for something. When you see me sad and overall miserable, then it is appropriate for you to suggest I do something different. If you see me wanting to improve on something, just know that I am the type that if I don't like something, I work to find solutions instead of just sitting and complaining or giving up.