Greetings all,

I am working on a website for christian DJ's. There used to be a directory on Championscrew but it was very limited and a simple flat file.

This will be a database driven directory.  The purpose of the site is two-fold.

I. To provide a means for Christian DJs to find each other, assisting in the organization and co-ordinating of events.

II. To provide a means for the consumer to find a christian DJ that meets their specific needs.

The site will provide a searchable directory. One that will go beyond merely searching for a name, rather, it will allow you filter that search on a variety of criteria. Including searching by performance type (club, wedding, etc), music styles (hip-hop, trance, ebm, synthpop, etc).  I am also going to provide the means to search for all DJs within "x miles" via ZIP code. I believe this will be quite useful both to DJs and consumers.

Hey, I may love Frankie Vibe and think he does a great job spinning. But he's probably NOT who I'm looking to bring in for a dark rave. 

Mock-up
http://www.easternstorm.net/djdb/djdbmockup.html

The site will also allow for the inclusion of equipment. I believe this is important for us when planning events.  Some of us have resources that we can help others with.  (ie: I own a 3,000 watt Mackie system and a full mobile lighting rig. If someone was looking to do an event in the PA/MD area, I'd be a good person for them to get in touch with.)

I've also tried to include aspects relevant to the christian scene such as music type (secular or christian) as well as a brief testimony. I believe this is an important aspect to include.  Testimony is probably not the correct word, as really the intent is not to get your whole life's story but rather just that which is relevant to you as a DJ.

That said, this mock-up is likely to change quite a bit. I will most likely break it all down to smaller tabbed sections.

- Contact (this will include basic identity and primary contact info. Secondary info will come in addition. Also, a user will be able to denote whether they would like to hide their real name or address.)

- Bio (personal info related to the DJ as a DJ)

- Performance & Music

- Equipment

- Faith

- Contact Info

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Okay, with that all said. I did this mock-up specifically to post to Tastyfresh.com for feedback.  If you any thoughts, comments, additional ideas you'd like to see. Please post them to this thread and/or email them to me Saj@easternstorm.net

I am really hoping to provide a tool that can both help strengthen the connections between DJs in the scene as well as provide a place for consumers to find us.

I believe tastyfresh.com is a superb scene builder for us, and carries the dialogs, news, events, and discussions quite well. I do not intend to move in that direction. But I do feel our scene will benefit from such a tool as I am creating. 

Your feedback is appreciated and highly desired.  I tried to cover most of the bases. But I am sure that I will likely have missed a few here and there.  I thought about finance/fees. But those vary so widely per event I decided I did not want to go there.

The mock-up can be found here:  http://www.easternstorm.net/djdb/djdbmockup.html

Thanks in advance for the feedback!

Sincerely,
Jason "The Saj"

Not sure if you already saw this, but I have started this on Assembly Of Groove.  Here is a link to it:
http://www.assemblyofgroove.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=4&Itemid=103

I do like how much more involved yours is than mine. Mine is simply location based. Perhaps maybe we can help each other out.

images I usually resize to 100px tall (width does not matter).

producer refers to music.

a discography on a dj listing site is too much. they should have that already listed on thier website