Well I am back working on wedding planning at least for a little bit. I figured wedding planning is one good way to avoid writing papers for my classes. I’m up to DJ selection, and its harder then it looks, mainly cause I don’t really know what I am doing. I know what I don’t want… I don’t want anything cheesy, so no hats, singing djs, costumes, etc… I just want someone professional, that can read the crowd and play for a mixed audience. Can that be so hard??? And again I seem to be late in the game on this one as people are already out for our wedding date. Any suggestions on this one would be great… like what questions to ask, what to avoid.
Mike Says:
November 6th, 2005 at 8:27 pmVisit Mike
I’ve been to too many weddings lately where the DJ didn’t play a single song from the last 15 years let alone this decade (or millenium). One of them even had a laptop which should conceiveably allow limitless options, but he accepted requests and didn’t play a single song that was sent in from our table.
And make sure you get one that doesn’t use a microphone to talk to the crowd. Those guys who get on the mics and start talking to the crowd almost always moonlight as karaoke emcees during the week — think the Jon Lovitz character from the movie Wedding Singer.
You gotta get sample playlists from these guys and that should make it easy to weed out the bad ones. Sure, our parents need some music to listen to, but it isn’t all about them… right?
Rachel Says:
January 15th, 2006 at 8:01 pmVisit Rachel
I would pick up the book Bridal Bargains. It is seriously a survival guide. As far as DJs and/or bands, you need to weding crach (with the DJ’s permission) and see the actual person you are going to get in action, not someone else from the same service. You set up with the DJ that you are going an you dress like a guest. You show up at an appointed time and observe from the back then leave. We found it quite effective.