Planning Beats
Get set up free

DJ staff management that knows who’s actually free.

Your DJs connect their own personal calendar. It syncs both ways, so you see when they’re really available, live, and the gigs you give them land straight in their diary. No more “are you free on the 14th?” Three DJs are included in £27/month plus tax. Office and support staff are always free.

14 days free with every feature. Then £27/month plus tax for three DJs.

The Planning Beats wages board: overdue, due and paid wages for each DJ, MC and photo booth attendant, by event
No gatekeeping by price

A group chat isn’t a rota.

The second you send another DJ out under your name, the admin doubles. You message four people to fill one Saturday. Two reply. One forgot he’s at his cousin’s wedding.

Then there’s the brief, the music, the wage you agreed in a voice note, and the insurance certificate the venue wants by Friday.

The big multi-ops solved this years ago with systems most DJs couldn’t justify. Every working DJ should have the same tools, so they’re all in here, with nothing locked behind a higher tier.

How it runs

See who’s free. Brief them. Pay them.

1

You see who’s really free

Each DJ links their own Google, Outlook or Apple calendar. Their day job, their holiday and their other gigs block them out for you, live, without them telling you a thing.

2

The brief sends itself

Assign the gig and the communication goes out on its own: the details, the reminders, the changes. They open it in the mobile app, with the client’s plan and the music matched to their library by Set Ready.

3

They’re paid the way you agreed

A fixed fee per event, hourly, salary, or a percentage of the booking. The wage builds itself when you put them on a gig. Track what’s due, hold one if there’s a question, and mark several paid at once.

Inside the app

See it working.

The Planning Beats staff page with DJs, an MC and a photo booth attendant, each with their role, pay rate and permissions
Your team

Everyone, with their role, pay and access.

DJs, MCs, photo booth and sound crew on one page. Office and support staff are always free.

The Role and Pay step when adding a DJ, with Event Fee percent chosen and the percentage worked out on the whole booking
Pay

Paid the way you agreed.

Fixed per event, hourly, salary, or a percentage of the booking: all of it, or only the services you pick. Put them on a gig and the wage builds itself.

Staff permissions in Planning Beats, set area by area, with Hide Client Contact Info under Bookings
Access

They see what they need. Nothing else.

Set access area by area: leads, bookings, finance, equipment, venues and more. Hide client contact details, and decide whether they use the company inbox.

The Event Team for a wedding: a DJ, a second DJ, an MC and a photo booth attendant, each marked Request Accepted
The event team

Who’s on, and who’s said yes.

Put people on a gig from the booking. Each card shows their role, pay and whether they’ve accepted.

The Event Team timeline for a wedding, with a DJ, an MC and a photo booth attendant booked from 7pm to 12:30am
On the night

The whole team, on one timeline.

Open a booking and see who’s on it and when. The list you pick from only shows people who are free.

What’s in it

Run a team without becoming an office.

Live availability from their own calendar

Two-way sync with each DJ’s personal calendar. You see real availability, and their gigs appear in their diary.

Clashes caught before they happen

Shifts and approved holiday block people out, so you only pick from who can actually do it. Gigs with nobody on them are flagged on your dashboard.

Staff communication, automated

Booking details, reminders and changes go out to your team on their own. You stop being the messenger.

Four ways to pay

Fixed per event, hourly, salary, or a percentage of the booking: all of it, or only the services you pick.

Set Ready for every DJ

Whoever you send turns up with the client’s plan matched to their own music library.

Their documents, kept with them

Insurance certificates, signed contracts, ID, whatever you need on file, stored against each member of staff.

The mobile app, for them too

Your DJs get their gigs and briefs on their phone.

Email access you control

Let someone help with the company inbox, use only their own, or have no email access at all. Permissions decide.

Roles, permissions and time off

Choose who sees finance, scheduling, staffing and event prep, and approve holiday requests in a tap.

“My DJing and equipment side was perfect, but I was being let down by the admin.”

Charlie · verified Trustpilot review
Questions

DJ staff management questions.

Anything else, just ask us.

Each DJ connects their own personal Google, Outlook or Apple calendar. It syncs both ways: anything in their diary shows them as unavailable to you, live, and the gigs you assign appear in their calendar.
Four ways: a fixed fee per event, hourly, salary, or a percentage of the booking (the whole booking, or only the services you pick). Putting someone on a gig creates their wage from that rate. The Wages page groups everything by when it’s due, and you can put one on hold or mark several paid at once.
Yes. Every DJ on your account can use Set Ready, so whoever you send turns up with the music prepped against their own library.
Only what you allow. Roles and permissions decide who sees finance, scheduling, staffing and event prep, and whether someone can help with the company email, use only their own, or have none.
Yes. Store documents against each member of staff, so the insurance certificate a venue asks for is one search away.
Three DJs are included. After that each extra DJ is £3.95/month plus tax. Office and support staff are always free, and during the 14-day trial everyone’s included.

The same tools as the agencies.

14 days free with every feature, no card. If it’s not for you, you walk. Nothing to cancel.