What are the vital ingredients a DJ needs if they are to secure repeat bookings in the future? A good selection of music helps with playlists that cater for their customers’ needs. Personality is a must, they have to get along with their clients and have the knack of entertaining a large crowd of people. Modern studio equipment or mobile equipment is a must and disco lighting is essential if they want to put in a spectacular visual feast. It’s easy to underestimate the importance of Disco Lighting at social events. You take the Disco Lighting for granted and think the music is the most important thing but the lighting adds to the overall enjoyment of the occasion. Get the Disco Lighting right and it acts as a pulse for the music, perfectly punctuating each individual piece. Use Disco Lighting and you can create a musical masterpiece that’s blessed with fabulous visuals as well.
What are the origins of Disco Lighting?
Disco Lighting first became popular on the club scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s but the origins of using lighting to enhance a dance hall setting goes back way further than that. Well before Disco Lighting and studio equipment became popular the humble glitter ball was used in venues as early as the 1920s. A glitter ball was basically a large spinning ball that was suspended from a ceiling covered in tiny mirrors. When lights were shone on the ball beams shot around the room create the effect of mini light streams. That was the earliest version of lighting used for dance pleasure but it was during the 1970s when discotheques started to become more established and widespread that Disco Lighting really came into its own.
The advances in Disco Lighting
Of course, Disco Lighting has evolved quite dramatically since the early days when discotheques first started using this type of equipment. Today Disco Lighting has become state-of-the-art you can still buy simple features like glass mirror balls but that’s just the tip of a lighting iceberg. Sound activated lighting, strobes, colour cannons and 4-way party lights are just a selection of Disco Lighting that is currently available. DJs are constantly on the lookout for new lighting effects that can help to produce a crowd-pleasing performance and manufacturers of studio equipment and Disco Lighting are continually updating their lighting technology.
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