We were lucky to catch up with David Campo recently and have shared our conversation below.

David, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. Can you talk to us about how you learned to do what you do?

Starting out in the DJ business was hard at first, even though I was an assistant to a co-op DJ company. I watched and learned how he did things, and I took to the internet to get ideas on how best to put together the perfect timeline, and little by little I managed to save up enough money to buy my first pair of speakers and a mixer and started my own mobile DJ company. I had plenty of CDs, I just didn’t have the exposure, so I began to do a lot of class reunions. Doing those events was okay, it paid the bills and it got me some experience on knowing what to play and when, but the joy and excitement really wasn’t there, not like the joy I surround myself with at a wedding. In the beginning I did a lot of birthday parties, Cotillions, corporate events but it wasn’t what I truly wanted to do. Once I did my first wedding, it was all I wanted to do; I wanted to learn more about the technical part of a wedding and began to get more acquainted with classical music to make myself more familiar with the perfect mix of prelude music. I learned something new with every wedding that I did, adding it to an already-detailed planning form so that I knew more about her wedding than she did! In the beginning it was difficult to do weddings while still holding down a full-time job and a family, but I somehow managed to do just that. My only regret was not starting this journey earlier in life, but in my heart I knew God directed my steps and put me where He needed me to be at the perfect time.

David, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

I’ve always loved music, ever since I was in my pre-teen years. I grew up listening to old records, and in the mid-80’s discovered Casey Kasem and the American Top 40 countdown; I didn’t just listen to the countdown, I literally wrote down every song that hit the charts in the order that Casey counted them down in from mid-1983 to late 1985. I didn’t know it then, but I was mentally building up my knowledge for 80’s music. In the 90’s I began joining the Columbia House 10 CDs for a penny offer, and really built up my CD collection. I had all this great music but nothing to do with it until I got a taste of mobile DJing.
Once I started doing weddings, my main goal was to have the perfect planning form where couples could actually visually see their wedding day unfolding; with each wedding, there was always something new that I would add to make it even better and more user-friendly, my main goal being that I knew what I needed to know and avoided having to bother the couple during their celebration.
I’ve never had a group of DJs working for me, I always loved being at every wedding which I believe sets me apart from others. Couples know when they book me, it’s me and not another DJ that I send out just to be able to book multiple events, and it’s how I truly connect with brides, know their wedding vision, likes, loves and dislikes, and charge them half of what the other companies do. Yet, I still needed another specialty that would stand out about my business.
I was working a wedding back in 2016, setting up the music when I overheard that the officiant was late, causing the wedding to be delayed. I could tell that everyone was on edge and started to think…what IF something happened to where the officiant could not get there? Would the wedding have to be postponed, or worse cancelled? He eventually did show up and the wedding was beautiful, but the very next day I got online and got ordained as an officiant. I learned how to run the music AND officiate at the same time without needing anyone’s help, and numerous weddings later, it’s one of my most popular add-ons.

We’d love to hear a story of resilience from your journey.

A few years ago, I was the DJ at a wedding. It had gone pretty much perfectly (which I love) and it came time for the toasts. The father of the bride had spoke, the maid of honor, best man, and then came the mother of the bride. Her toast was still going on but she was rambling. The bride looked back at me and gave me the cutoff sign. Even back then I wasn’t a fan of cutting someone off, but on this night I learned a hard lesson. I had my hands on the volume knob but didn’t make a move yet. The bride again looked back at me and repeated the cutoff sign, so I slowly lowered the mother’s volume and began to say that it was time to move on; the crowd let me hear it: she isn’t finished with her toast! So, I brought her volume back up and let her finally finish her toast. A bit later, as I was helping a sibling connect his acoustic guitar to the speaker for a performance, the father of the bride came up to me, kneeled down and says, “you really messed that one up.” (That’s not the word he used.) I was just stunned that the bride never bothered to say ‘dad, I told him to cut her off.’ Nothing was ever said and I’ll be honest, it took all my energy to get back on track for the rest of the wedding. From that day on, I vowed never to cut anyone off again, and always mention that to couples prior to their wedding: KNOW who you want to toast and make sure you’re ok with it because I won’t cut anyone off again!
That night I could’ve easily said you know what? I’m done, I don’t want to do this anymore, but my resilience kept me pushing through, I just needed to make adjustments and realize that there will always be someone at some wedding that you won’t be able to please. I just keep doing what I’m doing!

Is there a particular goal or mission driving your creative journey?

My goal was always to give couples the best experience that they could hope for, an stress-free, energetic and fun night of friends, family and dancing. Unfortunately, not every DJ has the same sentiment. To some, it’s just a payday, and after numerous stories about hearing bad DJs ruining weddings, I set out to try and help brides avoid disastrous mistakes, but there was really no way to reach out to these couples. How could I reach them?
Then came the idea for a book. I began to write it late last year, revealing everything I’ve learned in the last 20+ years, secrets on finding the perfect DJ, how to book them, what to ask, what they should and shouldn’t be doing. I wanted every bride reading it to have just as much knowledge about the business that most DJs had, and to realize that this is your wedding, don’t go cheap on entertainment. Guests will remember it and you don’t want them to remember a bad experience. After all, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event; make it what you always dreamed it would be.
I also wrote about every single event in the wedding timeline, how to pick songs, how to organize the formal dances, tosses, last dance and my favorite, the private dance (including song suggestions, playlists and how much control to let the DJ have.)
Now it’s my goal to reach as many couples as possible to get them through this most stressful part of wedding planning.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.spinmajic.com
• Instagram: @spinmajic
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spinmajic
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/spinmajic
• Other: Link to buy The Diary of a DJ:

  https://www.amazon.com/Diary-DJ-should-before-wedding/dp/1963748689/ref=sr_1_1?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.FHSzsyJlP_WBF6g4jkSlZlox5q9mneDAy59MfRaswaXZvcyvQCRrcU_xcCz1aPZr-gMFntmRoy4FFg6EpEObFaGFLkKLo_TEqS3k8dYfDwquJAb2RA4TB5ZcY9MbvkJuX-Yx2bacfSXhRDXOwrSFgGTi_iKDugFgGd33-kOznp50skNCppbpcsq1Qk83RuIIoPIJgfGf2hPjsto5onDAnC8iACyWWfB4AGuxc1gwvuA.5gFzWgbK9BAQZ8-1XC4Bq6IGTw3UaeQsttKreH6quDI&dib_tag=se&keywords=diary+of+a+dj&qid=1732200680&sr=8-1