This story has been an odd one in the making.  A couple of years ago I was living in Hong Kong, and bought myself a MiniDisc Player.  For those of you unfamiliar with MiniDisc, it is a media that allows you to copy digital media (such as CDs) without loss of quality.  This is similiar to a cassette tape, but fully digital, so you can skip songs, display titles, rearrange order, and loss very little resolution in the music.  This resulted in my gathering a large amount of music and placing them in the order that I preferred. 

I have also been a member of many bands in the past so I have aquired a lot of PA equipment.  One Sunday afternoon, after playing bass at a friends house, I stopped by a local bar in Leavenworth called Trails End Lounge.  After talking with some of the people there and singing some old songs (we were there for a while!) I told them that I had a good disc that I made in the car and I could bring it in and play it through the bass amp.  We sat there drinking beer and listening to that disc for several hours. (One MiniDisc can hold about 3 CDs but if it is compressed they can hold about 6 to 8 hours of music).  Well the owner had such a good time, he invited me to bring some of my PA equipment down and DJ for the bar on a Friday night.  Hence Steve's DJ Service was born.

It grew quite a bit from there.  That night, I played on an old EV 18" Sub and a 15" top, through a power PA Mixer, with two portable CD Players, and a portable MiniDisc player.  Over time, I started building up my equipment and now have a professional level setup.

I curently bring most of the following hardware with me for a typical job:

• 2 Yamaha 2000W Speakers, Each with 2 15" Woofers and a Horn
• 1 2600W Makie Power Amplifier
• 1 American DJ Mixing Console
• 1 Peavy Microphone
• 2 Sony MiniDisc Players
• 2 MP3 CD Players
• 2 Trees of American DJ 4XPar 32 Lights for Dance Floor Lighting
• 2 American DJ Music Pulse Dimmer Packs

The lighting system can easily cover a dance floor of about 100-150 SqFt.  The sound system could push sound clearly for several miles.  Believe me there is enough top end for any room size.

I will be adding to this section soon.  Basically I plan to have a downloadable pdf file with a list of the songs I have archived.  Basically I own somewhere between 50,000 and 70,000 songs, of which I have archived in a database only about 12,000.  I have material from the 1920's to the 2000's.  I am a special blend of DJ though.  I do not mix live, host kareoke, showboat, or talk a lot.  I just play music for good fun, and believe me, I party with the crowd (sometimes more than the crowd) and in some cases that can be incorperated  in the price of the job.  I specialize in 80's retro and some modern dance, but I'm up and versitile for all situations.  Here is a link to a very small bit of the music I have.

MiniDisc A to Z

MP3 Compilations A to C

MP3 Compilations D to J

MP3 Compilations K to S

MP3 Compilations T to Z

I have DJ'd for several weddings, whose names I will not mention unless I get their individual permission to do so.  (Some of them might not want people to know they are married!)  Here is a list of some of the other jobs do regularly, that you might want to contact if you are interested in hiring me.

• Warren Middle School - Leavenworth, Kansas
• DeLaval - Kansas City, Missouri
• High Noon Saloon - Leavenworth, Kansas
• Trails End Lounge - Leavenworth, Kansas
• Knights of Columbus - Leavenworth, Kansas
• Chad Hagan's House (Personal Party)

OK, here is the section of this page that is going to generate a lot of talk.  Lets just say that my pricing can be fairly flexible considering the circumstances of the job, and more importantly the location of the job.  For thos people that I DJ for regularly, a quote is set and ussually I stick to that quote.

• Local Weddings in Leavenworth Area - $400
• Weddings outside of Leavenworth Area - Contact for price.
• Karaoke and DJ for Bars in Leavenworth Area - $200
• DJ for Bars in Leavenworth Area - $150
• Bars outside of Leavenworth Area - Contact for price.
• Private home parties - $200
• Other inquiries - Contact for price

You will find my prices very cheap compared to other DJ's in the area, and this is why.  I do this for fun!  The pricing only covers my cost of doing it.  If it stops being fun, I will simply stop doing it, because I already have a good paying job that I like.  So basically this is a simple way for me to get invited to fun parties and to be able to select the music.  I don't try to book my entire month with these jobs so at the prices I charge it is always a good idea to contact me early as there are just some weekends I want to go out and not be bothered with working.

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