MarBecca Workshops

This is a flashback podcast from DiscJockeyAmerica Radio (aka DJA Radio), which was the first "podcast radio station" and was created by Mark Ferrell. Although this podcast was recorded and published in 2008, the message is as relevant today as it was then. You can find something like, "we just play music...it's not rocket science" [...]

This is a flashback podcast from DiscJockeyAmerica Radio (aka DJA Radio), which was the first “podcast radio station” and was created by Mark Ferrell. Although this podcast was recorded and published in 2008, the message is as relevant today as it was then. You can find something like, “we just play music…it’s not rocket science” […]

Each year, I reminisce a Christmas in 2006 when I wrote a little “Night Before Christmas” poem for the mobile DJ industry. It first aired on my “podcast radio station” named Disc Jockey America Radio or “DJA Radio.” I was sitting in my studio and, with no agenda other than to create a Christmas podcast, […]

“Wedding Specialist, Entertainment Director, Event Director, Wedding DJ Conductor, Entertainer, Professional DJ, Certified Something, or Personalized Mobile Music Entertainment Interactivity Manager??????“ A question was recently posed on a facebook group page, “Do titles really matter?” I would imagine that the question was posed because there are so many different mobile DJs trying desperately to […]

(Podcast is published below this article) Did you know that most mobile or “wedding DJs” have to supplement their income by working another full-time job or by renting extra equipment because they can’t or won’t charge enough to live on? Did you know that some of the most talented performers among mobile DJs struggle with […]

The MarBecca Method is unique and specific. It is more complex than it appears on the surface. It’s the kind of thing that takes a bit of exposure to fully understand. It is something we lived for over 35 years, drawing from experience and training in the entertainment industry and corporate event planning. As it’s […]

“Getting What You’re Worth” (GWYW) is a seminar that I first presented in a very raw form in 1996 when I was invited by the Southern California chapter of the ADJA (American Disc Jockey Association) to speak. Following that presentation, I was invited to speak to a variety of other associations in California, which led […]

DJA Radio Crew – Launch Day Promotion Web Page Art In 2006, I launched a concept that, I believe, was unique – at least at the time. “Podcasts” were mostly amateurish, horribly produced ramblings in 2006. I wanted to produce broadcast-quality shows, but more… I wanted to create a “radio station” with a diverse cast […]

I know, I know. I posted “Part 2” first and now I’m posting “Part 1”. That’s the way I roll. I became a DJ the way that most of us became a DJ. I saw someone else doing it and said “hey I can do that” and shazaam I was a DJ. Fortunately like […]

Hi. I’m Neal Howard and I’ll be guest posting on Mark’s blog from time to time. A few days ago, I conducted an interview with Mark – something that I’ve been meaning to do for quite some time because every time I talk with him on the phone, he always says  something I wish […]