RealDjs

[Ginger]

Just wanted to make sure you all new the goings on with RealDjs .


To clarify "RealDjs" was set up 7 years ago with David Redmond and myself ( Niall Boylan ) ... 3 years ago Mr Redmond and i parted company and he is no longer part of our compnay Evolve Ireland . He did run his own DJ agency called under the company name " Red Moon " and also before that he had trading name "real dee jays" , or something like that .

From previous posts i have seen that things went a little south for Mr Redmond and somE individuals are owed money . From a conversation i had with him recently i believe many of the djs were payed what they were owed and there are still 3 or 4 owed money and he has assured them that they will be payed in due course but this is up to him and none of my business. As For his company it is all but gone and not on to kick any man when hes down i wish him the best of luck ....

I would like to also point out the purpose of the thread is not to open a Mr Redmond is this or that or owes me x amount of money . i will leave that to you and Mr Redmond and for legal reasons the board is not the place to discuss it .

The reason for the thread is that when our partnership was dissolved 3 years ago i agreed in writing not to operate a DJ company in competition with Mr Redmond for a period of time and i kept my word and have been busy with my own business anyway . The time is now over and as i am the sole owner of the trading name "RealDjs" and always have been , i will be reformming the agency as before . All of the DJs will agree that at the time RealDjs was operated by myself , they were all payed and on time and the business was properly run . I am currently sending the marketing material , brochures , flyers etc to print and will be ready to roll in about two weeks .

If any Dj is interested in work please dont hesitate to call me . I am not going to post my number here but the djs who know me have my number and those who dont im sure can get it from somebody . The emphasis for nightclubs unfourtunitly is on price these days and we will be offering djs at a good price but not the low prices i heard from one outfit during the week as i could never ask a good dj to work for such a scandelous fee .

We have one major ace card which i will be revealing in about 4 weeks that will make sure that RealDjs wilbe a must for every bar in the city ...

Once again , please do not turn this in to a Dave Redmond bashing thread as i can assure you his reputation has been badly damaged and as much as i have had my personal issues with Dave when we parted company , kick a man when hes down serves no purpose. I have no business dealings with Mr Redmond anymore and will have none in the future.

RealDjs is soley owned by me, Niall Boylan and operates under my own company name ...

BTW if anybody has any suggestions as to how t make things better in the industry please dont hesitate to post or call .. Its tough for us all out there right now an working togther is the best way out .

Cheers
Niall

[jolishan]

I just want to throw my penny's worth in here. In the early days of Real DJ's I did a fair amount of work with Niall and the treatment I recieved was first class every time. There was never a question about money or payments being on time. It was run as a professional outfit. When the two lads went their seperate ways things did change and it was around this time that my situation changed and thankfully I never had to endure what others have plainly had to endure. As an off shoot of the connection between Niall myself and Mr Redmond I did however manage to get royally screwed and while I agree with Niall about not kicking a man when he is down I can not in all concience find it in my heart to forgive Mr Redmond for the extremely serious pain and stress he put me and my family through but neither would I wish him or any other person ill will for the future.

If I have learnt anything over the years it is that everything you do and say, good or bad will come back to you in time. I have tried to surround myself with people that I think have a good heart and a good soul. I don't always get it right but the amount of bad choices get less and less. If Niall is going to relaunch the agency I wish him all the luck he needs and some more for good measure. At the moment the business needs his calibre of operators.
Jim

[HammerJ]

Best of Luck Niall,

The main problem we have there days is numbers.
You are right about price,unfortunately that is accross the board.
From Weddings to Pub gigs it's all down to price.
By numbers I mean punters,how do you get punters into a venue on a Friday night?
What can you offer a venue that is different to another dj company?
The main problem I have at the moment is getting the venue to run with your idea long enough for it to work.
But as I say Good luck to you and I genuinely hope you are sucessful,we need more well run dj companies out there to raise standards rather than the current situation of a race to the bottom.

[Caretaker]

Good luck Niall,

I know you from a long time ago .. and believe that you are well know in the industry so that alone is an ace card ....

C

[disc]

best of luck niall. Only have ever met you a few times but a true gent .
its sad to see any partnership fail

[Admin]

We have been asked to clarify that the Dave Redmond mentioned in this thread is not the radio presenter formerly of 2FM and Q102. We are happy to do this.

[dj ray]

best of luck niall - not that you`ll need it - your name is worth your weight in gold ( im not saying your fat or anything )
good luck ............

[buzzbomb]

Niall there a few 'For's and against's here .

Against.....DJ Agencies are 10 a penny now , not all of them are any good but its still competition . In the last 5 years theres been in influx of dj's coming onto the scene , some of them are actually ok for doing clubs , laptop and controller and away you go so beat mixing is not a skill anymore . Common sence can get them through a gig with a full club . Unfortunately clubs are not full anymore but if the dj can get them dancing with 'The hits and remixes ' for shite money then nobody is going to change because most managers now were originally lounge boys 2 years ago . Yes god be with the days of 'Tony Daly [ Club 92], Barry o sullivan [ Club M], Phil in Tamango , experienced men who knew what they wanted , how to run a venue and employed the best dj's on the circut . Now its not about reputation , its about money , i know of two well known dj agencies offering dj's on a Saturday night for 120 euro, dj gets 100 , agency gets 20 euro . Its happening and i can prove it . Were up against dj's who have skills but who have no mortgages , no children , no bills 4 times a month , small car repayments and a willingless to work for crap money just to add to their CV .
To be honest Niall , anybody can play a mainstream club now , there really is nothing that seperates any dj from another unless the dj is completely useless and has no idea what he's doing , most punters now just expect the hits , remixed or otherwise and i dosent matter if their beat mixed as long as
its played .

For's........ You cannot buy experience , lets take a late bar gig for example , city centre , older crowd so you need a dj who can work the mic when necessary and change styles , play a party set without being afraid of not coming across as cool, 'No way am i playing that ' , what if somebody walks in ' ? Somebody who's experienced to earn his wages and work hard at it , even when its quiet . There have been times and make no mistake about it where ive got it wrong , horribly wrong , to the point where i question my ability as a dj , even if ive had a stomper the night before , but you'll agree , it bothers us , of course it does and it should because its our living . There is one thing that seperates experience from yellow pack dj's ..................READING A CROWD , thats a skill that comes with experience and i hope it will be the downfall of the above mentioned agencies [But i doubt it ] , its not something you can teach somebody , not even the saturday night head down dj who cant go wrong .

A lot of bars Niall are looking to find ways to pull in crowds and your idea of what you mentioned in your post is a great idea , but it can only work Mon to Wed ,but pubs are dead on those nights , you will need a lot of marketing to get interest but theres already 7 dj's i know doing pub tv quiz's where you cant google , Family fortunes , Reeling in the years quiz , mobile phone text quiz etc . Wish ya luck dude.

At least you have decent names on your profile , i just beg to differ over a few of the radio names you mentioned , its the club/bar world you need to penitrate and expose yourself to , thats where the you'll succeed , i can think of maybe 12 radio dj's who can cut it in clubs and bars , the rest will maybe make you money in the short term .

Stick to what you know that works Niall, it worked for you before mate.

[Caretaker]

Hi Niall,

Looked at your post in more detail and am wondering why you wish to trade under the same name again.. especially if it got a bad rep from recent issues.

realdjs may be a trading name but from what I can see you are not the owner of the .ie or .com domain names .. so to me anyone searching for you via the web will get an other DJ outfit .. who may well benefit by you using the trading name..

"Evolve ireland" when searched in google does not come up with anything relating to DJing or entertainment..

Maybe a rethink on the trading name would be something to think about before any marketing begins.

BUZZBOMB
"i know of two well known dj agencies offering dj's on a Saturday night for 120 euro, dj gets 100 , agency gets 20 euro"

This is why a licence to play recorded music in a venue professionally should be introduced and one of the things needed to be issues one is to a letter from an accountant to prove that they are making income tax returns..

won't get too many €100 DJs if they were paying Tax on earnings

You should have my number via the PM.

HTH's

[Ginger]

I would like to clarify as there is some confusion of the names in the thread . David Redmond ( my ex business partner and Club Dj ) that i am referring to , is not related to or is not the same David Redmond is a radio Dj and has worked on many of the countrys radio stations . Mr redmond that i refer to has no radio connections whatsoever and has never worked in radio .. Happ to clarify that ....

Also caretaker , in relation to the name "realdjs " . It is a regestered trading name under my name soley and the reason i am using it is that (a) i have always used it and like it (b) we already paid out money in marketing material and logos . In relation to the other dj company operating the same name , i have spoken to the owner already as i was only made aware of it recently and asked him to cease and desist . As i own the trading name he has no right to opena dj agency under the same name . In relation to the " ,ie" domain i have objected under european laws to the domain protection agency and they are going to look into the case for me as once again the fact that the other agency does not own the rading name and the fact we have traded for a longer period of time , we are within our rigths to have it retracted from them .

I dont think the bname has been damaged as it was never used by Dave at the time and i feel that only Daves name was damaged by the situations that arouse . I think most people in the bar and club trade and also the djs would knw i am a person of moral integrity ..

Regards

Niall

[Caretaker]

Hi Niall,

once you have a real DJs CRO number you may have a case but one my trading as names has two listings on the CRO search .. so this seems to be acceptable practice with the cro .. A business name can beused by other people even if it is already listed they are issued another CRO number..A Limited company name cannot be used by anyone else.

Re Domains the company that owns it are a limited company and must have had to prove that they had the right to use it before it was allocated, so you may not be entitled to ask them to had it back

I own 53 domian names and each one required a letter stating my claim to the domian name.