Corporate events · Knoxville
A corporate DJ who reads the run sheet, not just the room.
You are the one who gets the email on Monday morning. Either it says the night was the best one the company has had, or it asks why nobody could hear the awards. Holiday parties, awards nights, galas, conferences and company picnics across Knoxville and East Tennessee, run by somebody who has worked the production side as well as the booth and knows which of those two emails he is being paid to produce.
What Rob covers
Six kinds of company event.
Holiday parties
The one everyone remembers, for better or worse. Dinner volume that lets people talk, then a floor that fills once the speeches are done.
Awards and galas
Walk-on music, name announcements, and a segment that lands on time because somebody is watching the run sheet rather than the crowd.
Conferences and meetings
Room sound, lectern and lapel microphones, walk-in and walk-out music, and someone who knows to kill the music before the speaker reaches the stage, not after.
Company picnics and family days
Outdoor sound that reaches without blasting, and a playlist that works with children present.
Openings and customer events
Background that sets a tone without dominating, and clear announcements when you need the room.
Team celebrations
Retirements, milestones and end-of-project nights. Smaller, and still worth doing properly.
Why planners rebook him
The reason you get to enjoy your own event.
Every one of these exists so that you are not the person walking the room at seven o’clock wondering whether the microphone is working. You should be at your own event, talking to people, not standing at the back watching the AV.
He came out of event marketing
Before founding Midas Entertainment in 2022, Rob worked in event marketing and event management alongside media companies including MTV and GMR. A run sheet is not a new concept to him.
One invoice, one vendor
Sound, microphones, lighting and a photo booth from one team on one load-in. Fewer certificates of insurance to chase, fewer contacts to brief, one person accountable for all of it.
Insurance, on request
Most corporate venues and office parks want a certificate before load-in. Midas Entertainment is fully insured and a certificate of insurance is available on request.
Low-key on the microphone
In his own words: not one of the hype DJs who interrupts the music every other song. Crisp announcements timed to the moments that need them, and otherwise out of the way.
Before you brief anyone
What Rob will ask you for.
These are the questions a DJ who has run corporate nights asks first, and the ones a DJ who has not will ask you at the load-in door. Having them ready makes the whole thing shorter, whoever you end up booking.
- The venue, and whether they have a preferred vendor list or a load-in window.
- A run sheet, even a rough one. What happens, and when.
- Who speaks, and whether they need a lectern, a handheld or a lapel microphone.
- Hard finish time, and whether the venue enforces it.
- Headcount, and whether it is a seated dinner or a standing reception.
- Anything that must not play. Every company has one.
Add to any booking
One vendor, one invoice, one van.
Color on the walls turns a function room into somewhere people take photographs. Booking it from the person already running your sound means one contact, one certificate of insurance and one load-in to sign in at the door.
Questions
The ones planners ask.
Do you MC as well as DJ?
Yes, and it is one voice doing both. Your DJ handles the introductions, the toasts and every announcement, so there is no second vendor to brief and nobody handing a microphone back and forth. Rob works with his brother Dan on every event he plays, which is what lets the person on the microphone stay on it.
What is Rob’s style on the microphone?
Low-key. In his own words: “I am not one of the hype DJs out there that is going to interrupt the music on every other song with a shout-out.” What he does instead is crisp, clear announcements timed to the moments that matter, a toast or a cake cutting, so the transitions are smooth and the music is at the right volume at the right time.
Is there a contract?
Yes, always. In Rob’s words, “a contract protects both you the customer and myself.” It fixes the date, the hours, the price and what is included, so nothing about the booking depends on either side remembering a conversation.
Check the date
Send the date, the venue and roughly what the evening has to do. Rob will come back with availability and a price, and he answers these himself.
Prefer to talk? Call or text (607) 743-1217.