DJ Event Intake Sheet
Turns a client's inquiry, call notes, texts, or emails into one clean intake sheet for a DJ booking.
Before and after
Event Intake Sheet: Bluedale Sound
Prepared by Brandon McKenzie
Client
- Name: Brenda Mills (mother of the bride)
- Phone: 216-555-0182
- Email: Not yet provided
- Best time to reach: Not yet provided
Event
- Type: Wedding reception
- Date: Saturday, September 20
- Start: 6:00 PM
- End: 11:30 PM (last song)
- Guest count: See Conflicts
Venue
- Name: Brightdale Hall
- Address: 7881 Aspendale Ave, Laurelbury
- Venue contact: Boris Maxwell
- Load-in: 3:00 PM, as told to us by Boris Maxwell
- Power and parking: Not yet provided
- Indoor or outdoor: Not yet provided for the reception. The outdoor ceremony is at a different location and is not part of this booking.
Schedule
- 6:00 PM: Reception starts
- 6:30 PM: Grand entrance
- 7:00 PM: Dinner
- 7:45 PM: Best man toast (approximate)
- 8:00 PM: First dance
- 11:30 PM: Last song
- Cake cutting, bouquet or garter, parent dance time: Not yet provided
Music
- Genres: 80s, Motown, and some country for the older crowd
- Must play: "September" by Earth Wind and Fire, for the parent dance
- Do not play: Anything explicit
- Crowd age range: Not yet provided
- Clean edits needed: Yes, no explicit songs
Announcements
- Couple: Bryce Norman (bride) and Blake Lyons (groom)
- Name pronunciations: Not yet provided
- Toasts: Best man at about 7:45 PM
- Other introductions (wedding party, parents): Not yet provided
Equipment
- Wireless microphone needed for toasts
- Venue has a house sound system, but Brenda does not know if it works
- Lighting: Not yet provided
Money
- Quoted price: $1,400
- Deposit: $400
- Balance: $1,000
- Deposit received: Not yet provided
Special notes
- Accessibility needs: Not yet provided
- Other vendors to coordinate with: Not yet provided
Conflicts
- Guest count: Brenda first said 150, then said about 130 later in the same call. We need the number she wants us to plan for.
Follow-up questions for the client
- What is the best email address to send the agreement and timeline to?
- Which guest count should we plan around, 150 or about 130?
- Do you know if the hall's sound system works?
- When will the parent dance and any cake cutting happen?
- How would you like us to announce the wedding party, and how are the names pronounced?
- Are there any other songs you want us to be sure to play?
- Has the $400 deposit been sent, and how would you like to pay it?
Completeness: Complete: Client name and phone, Event date and times, Venue name and address, Music genres, Money quote. Still needs answers: Email, guest count, power and parking, announcements, lighting, accessibility, deposit status.
Questions for the owner
- Do you want to confirm power access, parking, and any venue sound or load-in rules directly with Boris Maxwell at
Brightdale Hall before the event? - What time should the grand entrance song and first dance song be locked in with the couple?
What it does
Turns a client's inquiry, call notes, texts, or emails into one clean intake sheet for a DJ booking. It shows what you know, what is still missing, and what to ask the client next.
Use it when: Use when a DJ needs to turn a client's inquiry, call notes, or messy messages into a complete event intake sheet, such as: "intake this wedding", "organize my notes for this gig", or "what do I still need to ask this client."