A Fresh Take.

Hey folks!

So we are letting this tumblog sail off into the sunset. However, there are still places to check out randomhappenstances that goes on at FreshBooks HQ:

http://www.freshbooks.com/blog/

http://www.facebook.com/FreshBooks

Our users do amazing things and one thing that keeps coming up during our customer visits is that they have turned something they loved doing into a career. From running an amazing food truck to being a corporate comedian, our users have found their market.

Justin, aka the Indie Wedding DJ, has also done this with his love of music. He realized soon into his DJ career that not everybody wants to dance to the Black Eyed Peas during their wedding. Justin graduated with an engineering degree but later realized that he would prefer playing great music that would get people to at least nod their heads.

Justin started playing for his friends’ weddings, as they wanted to have music that most wedding DJs would not play. He liked bands and songs that can be considered "indie", so he decided to play what he enjoys listening to and that is how he got his name!

His first paid gig was from a posting on Kijiji and he is now playing around 35-40 weddings a year (that is nearly a wedding every weekend!). Now that he is getting more opportunities to play music for people, being the Indie Wedding DJ has become his full time job.

Justin mentioned that there is now a small active community of wedding DJs that share what has worked recently for them during weddings and it is a great way for him to share notes with other wedding DJs. We asked Justin about a lesson he learned early on and he mentioned that you should always value your services at the price you think it is worth because you could potentially be making more money.