DJ Robert Rhythm Back To The 80's! Wednesday, Jan 6th @ Risque Cafe - 9PM to 2AM Need a DJ for your next event? When you need a DJ for your party, wedding, reunion, or corporate event, and you need it done right… look no further! Ask yourself... how many times have you requested a song that the DJ doesn’t have? Or maybe the DJ noted your request but forgot to play it? This is a big problem for me, and I have found my own solution. I am a computer programmer by trade and I have invested much of my time over the years creating software to keep track of songs using data from the Billboard Charts. The Billboard Charts ranks songs based on sales/airplay and reports the top songs each week. My software incorporates the following Billboard Charts: Chart Name # Songs Reported Weekly Hot Country Songs 60 Hot Dance Club Play 50 Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 50 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 100 The Billboard Hot 100 100 Below is a partial screen shot from the software: When taking requests, my software incorporates a custom request list. When someone requests a song, the software puts the song in order of when it was requested along with who it was requested by as well as any public announcement to be made with the song, if needed. I can search for songs by artist name, song title, year, peak position (on the Billboard Chart), genre, BPM (beats per minute), and key (used for harmonic mixing). In addition, I also include notable songs that were not on the Billboard Chart. I have also invested a lot of time and resources in my gear and have the latest advances in technology. All of my music is stored on dual large capacity hard drives, just in case one hard drive fails. In the slim chance both hard drives fail, I also have my music stored on DVD’s. All of my music is in full, uncompressed digital quality giving you the best sound possible. I also have wireless microphones. If your thinking... "Wait! I can not afford a good DJ"... think again. My prices are fair and very competitive. My price includes all setup/breakdown time with no hidden fees. My initial deposit to secure your event is only $100.00 (which is applied towards your final cost), and my minimum playing time is only 3 hours. Playing Time Price   Up to 3 Hours $350.00   Up to 4 Hours $450.00   Up to 5 Hours $550.00   Up to 6 Hours $650.00   Any additional hours over 6 hours will be billed at $100.00/hour. For example: If your event runs 7 hours, your price would be $750.00. (6 hours @ $650.00 + 1 additional hour @ $100.00 per hour). Also, all times are rounded to the next hour (after 15 minutes). For example, if your event runs 3 hours and 15 minutes, your price would be $350.00. If your event runs 3 hours and 30 minutes, your price would be $450.00. Send me an e-mail with your event information by filling out my handy contact form. Who is Robert Rhythm? DJ Robert Rhythm, a.k.a. Robert Mattson, based in Chicago, remembers his love for music at the young age of 10. He took his first drum lessons then and looks to that moment as the starting point when music took over his world. Throughout school he perfected the art of playing drums. He played to all kinds of grooves, and listened to songs over and over through his headphones until each song was perfected. By the age of 15, he expanded his horizons and traded his drum set for a PA system and mixer. He later bought a drum machine and started recording his own beats. By the age of 19, he was in and out of the recording studio. He sent in a few tapes to record companies and talent agencies, but no one every replied. By 24, he was out of money and had to put his musical career on hold. While growing up as a teen in his spare time, Robert became an adapt at computer programming. He took those skills to the real world and made a successful career of it. For a while, this is how life was. A dramatic change altered his course when he met his wife, a young energetic dancer from the Philippines. After his wife took a job in a popular mega club in Chicago, he started getting seriously back into music. He would frequent the club each weekend to dance and listen to the great new house, trance and techno grooves from every DJ they had to offer. He made it a point to learn the club scene and get to know the people quickly. This new sound took him to new heights and awoke the passion that was locked inside of him for years. He would study the art of DJ'ing night after night and saw how the DJ brought the crowd to a utopia that can only be experienced while on the dance floor. Every day he would scour the Internet to find the best sounds through various vinyl record shops concentrated in house, techno, and trance. It didn't take long to develop a style of his own. This music was what he was looking for all his life. Fueled by this passion inside, he went out and bought an entire system, complete with Technics turntables, Pioneer CD players and mixer. Every chance he could get, Robert would be spinning. At least once or twice a week Robert would hook up with fellow friends he met through the club to spend the night spinning records. In 2005, Robert has hooked up with undergound record label, Spankin Muzik, featuring the talents of DJ Reverse. Watch out for his promo CD party with Spankin Muzik soon!!