Midwest Association Of
Professional Disc Jockeys

The Midwest Association of Professional Disc Jockeys is an organization formed to bring Disc Jockeys together to learn, grow and improve the entire Disc Jockey industry. The group was first started in 2001 by a few DJ’s with a dream of working together to improve the quality, standards and ethics of all DJ’s. Today it continues to expand and lead the way in the Mobile Entertainer Industry. MAPDJ has the dream of bringing all DJ’s to a standard of excellence that will shine above all the rest.

When the organization was first formed, a few rules and regulations in our by-laws were designed to show the direction that the group wishes to go. Over the last few years we have continued to struggle to set an exact standards and ethics for MAPDJ members. Due to the wide variety, styles, values and production qualities of our membership it was difficult to incorporate a set group of rules for all the members to follow without possibly eliminating some great Entertainers.

The following are just some of the Standards and Ethics that we would like all our members to follow to provide the best service to you the consumer. At this point MAPDJ doesn’t have a way to police or enforce many of these rules. It is up to you the consumer to decide which Standards and Ethics you believe a DJ should follow explicitly and which ones may not be as important.

MAPDJ can not be responsible for any of the actions an individual member may take or any rules or regulations that they may not follow. It is with great hope that one day all of our members will follow all the rules we have formed to improve our industry.

Note: These are proposed guidelines and not currently enforced

1. Honesty, Sincerity and Reliability: All members should be Honest at all times with clients. They should be Dependable and Reliable and Respect clients, guests, location staff and fellow vendors.

2. Provide a legal, ethical and understandable contract to clients.

3. Register business with State and/or local government.

4. Provide business with an insurance policy for staff and equipment.

5. Do background checks on all employees to provide a safe atmosphere.

6. Provide the best service possible and give 100% at each event.

7. Do not subcontract events without the Clients knowledge of doing so.

8. No use of Alcohol, Tobacco or Illegal Substances on the job.

9. Act in a Professional manner at all times.

10. Show up at all events on time as scheduled and prepared.

11. Follow all rules and regulations as stated in the business contract.

12. Do not speak poorly of fellow DJ’s, locations, vendors or customers.

13. Do not use illegal, pirated, or unpaid downloaded material, music or equipment.

14. Keep your membership up to date and paid. No use of the MAPDJ name without proper membership.

15. Supply adequate sound system, music library and back up equipment to handle requirements of the function booked as stated in by-laws. (article 18)

16. Use only professional grade DJ equipment, music and talent as stated in the by-laws. (article 18)

17. Members must attend MAPDJ meetings as outlined in the By-laws (article 18)

Ethics Grievance Form: download here

Article dealing with Standards and Ethics published in the Disc Jockey News: download here

If you have any input please contact Dustin Reichart, the Standards And Ethics Committee Chairman at dustin@SUentertainment.com