A DJ and live band website with your sound, your set list and a booking form that asks the right questions.

A planner needs to hear you in thirty seconds

People booking entertainment have no time for a long introduction. A bride, an office manager or a venue coordinator opens the site and wants to hear and see the act within seconds. Put a live video at the top, not a studio recording, and a short line saying what you play and for what kind of event. Everything else, including your history, can wait lower down.

Video from real gigs beats everything

Film a full song from a real event, with decent sound and a moving crowd. Two or three clips in different settings, like a wedding, a corporate event and a bar, show that you adapt. A DJ should show the room responding, plus the equipment and lighting. Add a list of the genres and decades you play and a few songs you are happy to take requests on.

The booking form is a checklist for a quote

• Event date and start time, and the length of the set
• Venue, including whether it is indoors or outdoors and has power and load-in access
• Type of event and expected guests
• Whether they need a sound system, lighting or a ceremony setup
• Any must-play or do-not-play songs

Mention your usual deposit and when it is due. Say what areas you travel to and whether travel is billed.

What bookers check before they ask about a date

The person booking a DJ or a band is often doing it for someone else: a couple, a boss, a committee. They need to show the others something and get a yes. On your site they look for:

• A clip from a real event, with sound they can play on a phone
• What you play, and for what kind of crowd
• Package options with a starting price
• How much space and power you need, and whether you bring sound for speeches
• Whether you travel to their venue

If they can forward one link that answers all of it, you're easier to pick.

The apps for a working act, and the ones to skip

Appointments books a call to talk through the night, a planning call before a wedding, or a slot to come hear you in a rehearsal. Each gets its own length, and the notes field takes the date and venue. Booking a call isn't the same as holding the date; say how you confirm a booking in your own words, since DollarSite doesn't take deposits or send contracts.

The Photo gallery shows the setup, the lights and the crowd. The AI Agent answers "do you do ceremony music?" or "how long are your sets?" from your pages, and takes a name and email when it doesn't know. The Announcement bar points fans at your next public show. Visitor stats show whether people found you from a venue's link or a search. Contacts keeps planners and venues tagged, since they book you more than once.

A walk through The Groove Merchants example

The Groove Merchants is the made-up band in the preview: soul, funk and floor-fillers for your big night, with a Check our availability button. Listen holds live videos and a few mixes, linked from the places you already post them. Packages sets out a ceremony set, a reception night and a DJ add-on, each with what's included. Upcoming gigs is a page Chip writes with dates and venues for fans. Book us gives the phone number and opens the calendar for a call.

Send Chip 5 to 15 photos from gigs, or describe the act in a chat, and approve the draft. It starts at a free address such as thegroovemerchants.dollarsite.page, and you can connect a domain you own once it is live.

If gig marketplaces and Instagram already fill the calendar

Gig marketplaces bring bookers who have never heard of you, and Instagram keeps fans close. Keep both, and follow each marketplace's rules on taking bookings outside it. Your own site gives the venue coordinator a link to send the couple, and gives the wedding guest who asked your name at the bar somewhere to look you up. Put the address on your kick drum, your business card and the end of every set.

Equipment, setup and the day itself

Say how long you need to set up and sound-check, how much power and space you need, and what you bring: speakers, microphones, lighting. Mention your backup plan if equipment fails. State your policy on breaks and how you work with an MC or a photographer. Planners hire acts that make their own day easier.