About me

Who am I?

My name is Ian Plested and I have lived in Guildford, Surrey for most of my life, and after working at Standard Life for eight years when they moved to Bournemouth I took redundancy. This funded four years at Portsmouth University from where I graduated in 2011 and decided to run my own business as a DJ, early in 2012.

DJ & Hosting experience –

I began working as a DJ over ten years ago, doing a few private gigs then began using my decks in The Drummond, a local pub. I was a Resident DJ there on Saturday night for over a year, 2003-4. (I started with a friend then went solo.) This was followed by private family and/or friends’ gigs until University, these included an engagement party and a leaving party for a staff member who was leaving an international, locally based company. During this time I was DJ for two New Year’s Eve parties.

From 2007 onwards I did occasional PA work at Guildford City Football Club, whilst I was finishing my studies at Portsmouth University until August 2011.
I then took over the PA system and music for all home matches from October 2011 to the present day, this also included –
Conducting the Combined Counties Premier Division Championship presentation to Guildford City FC in April 2012 and then hosting the Guildford City FC End of Season Awards/Championship Celebration in May 2012. I have continued since 2012/13 for all home matches with announcements, music and presentations for each individual match.

Currently-

For my Guildford City PA and Music work I use playlists and tracks, organised using itunes and ipods, to play before the match and at half time. I provide information on the game, future matches and events, substitutions and all stadium announcements via the PA.
I am available to DJ all sorts of events – Birthdays, Weddings and Parties. If you have a specialist event I can also be your Master of Ceremonies. I specialise in playing music from the decades, 50′s to the present and the dance, indie and music classics that you all know and love.

As a host I can even put a quiz together for your event or evening of celebrations.

Equipment-

NEW – 600W Amplified speakers – 1200W Outage

NEW – CD MIXER – NUMARK CD 1 – CD MIX STATION

2x Gemini Direct drive decks, Gemini 626-Pro – Mixer, Marantz CD player & Sansui CD player (Enables mixing through two CD players),

Large collection of vinyl – 12”, 7” and LP’s

Extensive CD back catalogues – Albums, EP’s and Singles,

MP3 music files on two ipods – 1 x original and 1x ipod nano

Lights stand and lights – LCD Wash, Obsession and Mega Trix.