Beyond the DJ Booth

Recent Episodes

March 26, 2025

The Heater Playlist: Elevating Your Wedding's First Impression

Send us a text Wedding cocktail hours set the tone for the entire reception, yet finding that perfect musical sweet spot between ambient background and engaging atmosphere remains an elusive challenge for many DJs. In this se...
March 19, 2025

DJ Dream Teams & Volcanic Vacations

Send us a text "What would your ultimate DJ crew look like?" We kick off our season finale with a fantasy draft where we build our dream teams – from hype men like Lil Jon and DJ Kool to security (Taylor Swift's $1.3 million ...
March 12, 2025

The Ultimate DJ Dilemmas: Mixing and Musing

Send us a text Step into the world of DJing with our latest episode, where we explore hilarious and relatable "Would You Rather" scenarios designed just for DJs. Join hosts Brian B. and Joe Bunn as they navigate through wild ...
March 5, 2025

Buffalo Sauce Head Sweats, DJ Quotes, and Insurance Thoughts

Send us a text Ever wondered why your head starts sweating just from a splash of buffalo sauce? Join us on this entertaining episode of Beyond the DJ Booth Podcast, where Brian B and Joe Bunn Jr. take a humorous look at this ...
Feb. 26, 2025

Museum Galas, Faith-Based Proms, and YouTube Sales Strategy

Send us a text Picture this: you're DJing a museum gala, trying to keep the energy high, but you have to pause for painting unveilings. Sounds like a nightmare, doesn't it? Join Joe Bunn and Brian i as they share their wild r...
Feb. 19, 2025

Grammys Revelations, Super Bowl Showdowns, and DJ Business Insights

Send us a text Step into the vibrant world of the Beyond the DJ Booth Podcast, where we unpack the intricacies of music awards, entertainment spectacles, and the DJ business landscape. Do you think a Super Bowl performance an...

About the Hosts

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Joe Bunn

Co-Host

Joe Bunn started his DJ career at the age of 14 in Eastern North Carolina. In the late 90s, he started Bunn DJ Company. The company grew from a couple of DJs to 25 of the area’s best mobile DJs. Over the years, Bunn DJ Company has expanded to Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC, Richmond, VA, San Diego, CA, and Bozeman, Montana. The company performs at thousands of weddings, private, corporate and charity events yearly.
Joe still DJs almost every weekend, but in recent years has been helping other entrepreneurs across the country grow their businesses by giving seminars, consulting, recording podcasts, doing workshops, and producing videos.
In addition, he is the founder of The DJ’s Vault, a members only website for mobile DJs to learn how to grow their businesses. He is also part owner of a DJ software company called Crate Hackers, and is the owner/founder of Bunn Gear that makes portable DJ booths.

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Brian Buonassissi

Co-Host

One of the premier destination private event DJs, Brian B travels around the world DJing some of the most luxurious events. When he isn’t on a plane or behind the decks somewhere, he can be found giving back to the industry by speaking at various industry events, writing for various blogs and publications, leading his own crowd-sourced coaching group, or recording episodes of this podcast. After living in the Big Apple for 11 years, Brian moved in April 2022 to Raleigh, NC with his wife, Tara, their now 4-year-old daughter, Annie, and 9-year-old teacup morkie, Tucker.

Reviews

Informative and fun!

"Great podcast from 2 great guys that are true legends in the business. Very informative, lots of awesome tips and tricks, helpful gear suggestions in a cool casual atmosphere. Thanks so much guys!! L…"

Jeff Brown | Oct. 31, 2024

Fire!!!

"Absolute fire for the info you 2 offer. Keep up the good work."

Daniel Fish Dayton, OH | Dec. 23, 2024