Today we’d like to introduce you to Joey Lavin.
Joey, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I started growing my passion for music as a young child from Natick, Massachusetts. I came from a family with divorced parents so I was forced to move often, in middle school I had attended 4 different schools between 5th and 8th grade. Moving around a lot at a young age taught me the ability to adapt to changes in my life and how to network with others this has been my greatest asset today and has helped me get to where I am.
Even though I moved around often my ambition to lead and passion for music followed me everywhere. I simply wanted to share my diverse collection of music with audiences. I began shadowing other established DJs at nightclubs and private events in 2011 and began officially DJing one year later in 2012. I had also learned in the beginning that I needed to expand my knowledge and do more than just DJ because my reliability in others became detrimental to my business. I began reading books and watching videos on everything surrounding the craft such as graphic design, photography, marketing, entrepreneurship, and Videography.
Has it been a smooth road?
DJ’ing has been far from a smooth road the beginning was the hardest, many family members and people close to me didn’t think this was a good career path. I had imagined that things would be easier and that others who had mastered the craft would always be there to help out, but I was mostly on my own so the fear of the unknown had haunted me for a while. Often times I battled with stage fright and a major fear of failure which has since gone away.
The more I DJ’d live and practiced while no one was watching helped me to develop a sense of confidence and a distinctive style. Branding myself was a challenge finding that “something” that other DJs didn’t offer was tough, and outsourcing to vendors and peers that didn’t have the same vision or reliability in this industry as I do was an obstacle above all.
So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the DJ Joey Lavish story. Tell us more about the business.
My business is a Disc Jockey service that specializes in production for all occasions. My brand and willingness to delay instant gratification in order to grow sets me apart from others this is seen in my extensive music library of over 50,000 songs, and visual marketing on social media and websites. I am known for getting involved in great causes, and as a solo DJ, this is what I am most proud of.
Some causes I have been privileged with supplying music and donating to is the Devin Suau/Defeat DIPG Foundation otherwise known as Why Not Devin, and The Birthday Wishes Foundation. I donate 100% of my tips from DJ services to these two major foundations with a goal to make a difference in someone’s world other than my own. Apart from my own personal brand, I have als0 created The New England DJ Network otherwise known as The Network.
In this role as CEO, I apply my knowledge of the industry and I am tasked with leading a team of DJs who are collectively raising the bar. The base of The Network is to connect clients to a DJ or multiple DJs who are tailored to the specific needs and characteristics of clients. We also teach people how to DJ and the back ends of the industry such as negotiations of market rates for bars and nightclubs within The New England Region.
Where do you see your industry going over the next 5-10 years? Any big shifts, changes, trends, etc?
Within 5-10 years I see the value in the DJ industry drastically going upwards. It is nearly impossible to raise the worth of DJs unless we come together which is my personal goal as the CEO of The New England DJ Network.
Technology is always changing so DJs must be ready to adapt to this. It is challenging to gage the trends and shifts within a 5-10 year time span as this industry changes frequently all we can do is embrace whatever trend changes come our way, a major shift in the industry that I foresee as growing in the future is the needle-less turntables I believe that this concept will be huge in time.
Contact Info:
- Website: www.djjoeylavish.com
- Phone: 5086541616
- Email: info@djjoeylavish.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djjoeylavish/?hl=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/djjoeylavish/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/djjoeylavish
- Yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/dj-joey-lavish-framingham?select=wNMU9WgR9p6hDK-_mqPnjA
- Other: https://birthdaywishes.org/
Image Credit:
Real Ace Visuals, Tongo Visuals, Mapenzi Aesthetics
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