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| This happens every week to Brides and Grooms everywhere on a weekly basis. Wouldn't it be worth a few extra hundred dollars to hire a real professional for one of the biggest days of your life? |
| "Don't Fall Victim On Your Wedding Day!" The Issues With Amateur Disc Jockeys |
| "Do not use ******** DJ service, They messed so many things up. I filled out a song list, and the DJ didn't have it. wedding party! He only announced my husbands name, the only name he had on this sheet of paper. I went up to talk to him, and he said call my boss if your unhappy. At my wedding!! And he continued to argue with me. After the wedding when I tried to contact ******** DJ service, no return call. Imagine that!" From Kelly r n 21 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix. |
| Her DJ spent the night in Jail |
| "Do not use ********* DJ!!! They were paid in full and my wedding coordinator spoke with them twice last week to confirm the details. Wedding was last night and they did not show up, did not call, and neither the DJ or the owner of the company answered their phones. Jerks!!" From Laura mcc Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
| me. They barely announced the cake cut, so not many people knew right away what was going on. I would not use them again! Not enough energy. We really didn't even need a DJ." From Rab41830 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
| DJ demanded a tip at the end of the night? |
| "We had met with ******** twice prior and discussed specifics including the order of reception, songs to play & not to play. We even gave him a CD of must play songs. It seemed he was very accommodating and agreed that we almost acted as if it were his show. We specifically asked him NOT to play cheesy line dance / group dance our cake, and was egging us on to smush it on each other's faces. dancing songs, until we told him. We ended up leaving early (8:30) because so many guests had left because the music he was playing wasn't danceable for most of the crowd that was over 40. Plus it didn't help that they didn't tell you until the end that they require 20% gratuity with the remainder of the balance." From 8711 / Source: The Knot Forums Phoenix |
| "We had a friend-of-a-friend DJ our wedding for $250. He was late and hadequipment problems. In hindsight, we should have done the same thing we did with our photographer & caterer... Hired a professional." Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| "My cousin was supposed to DJ at my wedding. I think he would have done a good job if he hadn't flaked out on us at the last minute. He decided to go to the Warp Tour concert instead." Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| Another iPod wedding disaster story |
| "We decided to save money and hook up an iPod through a speaker system. A lot of people complained about not being able to make requests, and the iPod kept resetting itself. My husband had to keep going over to fix it. It was embarrassing. We also forgot about a microphone for the announcements." Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| Our DJ was bad! He would never return our calls. About two weeks before our wedding, his cell phone was no longer working. We had to hire another company, and lost $100 on the first guy whom we still never heard from." Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| "Oh my God !! Our DJ was the worst. He was a friend of my maid of honor. She said he was good so I hired him. Though the music was decent, everybody hated him. He was obnoxious and rude on the microphone. I guess he thought his jokes were funny, but this was my wedding! My husband asked him to stop talking. We should have hired the DJ my sister had at her wedding. He was very professional." Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| "A friend told us about this guy who DJ'd on the side. He was a fraction of the cost of other companies. We found out why, when he started hitting on the single girls during the bouquet toss. He did many inappropriate things that were completely embarrassing. We learned our lesson. Unfortunately, we can't go back and do it again the right way!" Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| "Friends don't let friends DJ their weddings! Ours was drunk the whole time. At the time, we figured, we couldn't tell him to stay away from the bar- after all, we're not paying him! We still haven't spoken since the wedding. There's definitely some tension there!" Source: Letter to Mobile Beat Magazine |
| Met her DJ for the first time on her wedding day. |
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the *******company was pleasant and we were really looking forward for the ceremony as well as the reception. The DJ arrived only to find out 5 minutes before the ceremony that he did not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception he completely forgot played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. Source: 2007 Review from weddingwire.com |
| DJ -- ________, ___ and ____: B-/C+Late!! I was sheilded from this fact, or I would've gone bridezilla. They did microphones for the ceremony, and arrived *10 minutes* before the ceremony start time. The reader's mic didn't work, which _____ claimed was because of the wind......... I'm sorry, wind doesn't make a mic turn OFF. Make it harder to hear, sure... not turn off. Sorry. During the reception itself, I think _____ did a poor job getting the party started. He eventually picked it up, but I later found out that DAVE told him to. That shouldn't have to happen. _____ was great, though. Kept things gong smoothly. Overall I guess I got what I paid for, but I was disappointed.” DJ Review from The Knot Forums Phoenix |
| “I have been thinking about my vendor reviews and what I learned from my experiences and how I could help you ladies out with your planning so you don’t make the same mistakes I did” Also I apologize for anyone who hired my DJ based on my recommending him before he even performed. I know that a few of you did. It might be worth losing your deposit to reconsider who you hired. I thought _____ & has wife were very nice and seemed helpful, and they cut me such a great deal. I have bragged on these boards for the last 10 months about how great my DJ was because he was nice to me on the phone and cut me such a great deal. $450.00 for 4 hours reception and $100.00 for ceremony mics. I really was kicking myself because I kept thinking I got what I paid for. Then when I got to the point of wanting to shift the blame (cuz we all do that ; D) I decided the fault lied with the more expensive DJ because he didn’t do a better job convincing me why he was worth more and saved me from this poor decision and myself. He is the professional after all. Sheesh! I outa call him and give him a piece of my mind. LOL J/K kinda…Just remember ladies cheaper isn’t always better. Be frugal when buying TP not your wedding pros.” A Post from The Knot Forums Phoenix |
| You get what you pay for! |
| It won't matter what you pay if the DJ ruins your wedding |
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to for the ceremony as well as the reception. The DJ arrived only to find out 5 minutes before the ceremony that he did The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be using this company for our wedding. They matched us up with a DJ that was horrible. We had arranged for music played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception he completely forgot a couple. Many of the songs that we had chosen did not get played and songs that we said we did not want were played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. |
| The week before the wedding, we were told that our DJ could not make it because he had something come up where he works and that another DJ was chosen for us. We were a little skeptical, but we had all ready paid a deposit and didn't have time to find a new DJ on our own time. Needless to say, the week before was CRAZY busy with so many nails done. The reception was a DISASTER. I wanted to cry, but tried to keep a tough face. For our first dance, he seemed confused and it took a second for him to realize what was happening. For the anniversary dance, he did it BACKWARDS and there was a minute (which feels like a lifetime when you're on a dance floor) where he stopped playing music all together (I just laughed and told all of the guests to keep dancing and pretend there was music). For garter toss, he only announced "taking off the garter" and was going to stop after that. My brother-in-law had to go up to him to tell him that we wanted to "toss" the garter too. EVERYTHING else was perfect, except the music at the reception. I am still so bummed when I think back to it and I really feel that a DJ should be one of the best parts of your reception since he really has the power to make it enjoyable or not... and this was not enjoyable. |
| The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to using this company for our wedding. They matched us up with a DJ that was horrible. We had arranged for music The initial meeting with the owner/coordinator of the company was pleasant and we were really looking forward to for ceremony that he did ceremony that he did not bring the music for the ceremony. I had to provide the DJ, who I paid good money for, a copy of the CD to be copy of the CD to be played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing everyone into the reception played during the ceremony. Then at the reception while introducing unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly played. Overall I felt that the DJ was unprepared and not professional at all. I would highly recommend meeting your DJ before booking with a company. |
| I was actually talking to the place I had my reception today and they apologized for how unprofessional my dj was and what a poor job he did. Everyone talks about how beautiful my wedding was and how bad my dj was till this day. He showed up as I was walking down the isle, he was in a wife beater, he played the wrong song to announce us, left the list of people to announce at home of the wedding party, didn't play one artist we asked for and made rude comments over the speaker. Overall it was a very bad experience. If I didn't pay cash I would dispute the charge and get my money back it was that bad. |
| The DJ we received from this company was a different DJ than who we were told we would have. We met with him 2 days before our wedding to go over everything and he seemed confident that we would do a good job. However, during our reception, he played the wrong wedding party entrance song, mispronounced the names of my mother, my maid of honor, and the best man. He sounded very unprepared and unproffesional. Not only that, he barely spoke for the rest of the evening, and failed to announce our cake cutting so that half the guests missed it. I would never recommend this company to ANYONE. |
| Leading up to the wedding, Rob seemed like a dream come true. We met several times, and he seemed like such a nice guy, and so professional, understanding, helpful, etc. I had requested some pretty specific music, and he made it seem like it would be no problem at all. I wanted soft piano music, during the cocktail hour and then big band, swing, jazz, etc. for the reception. However, during the cocktail hour he started playing a lot of the big band style music that I had really been looking forward to dancing to - and obviously couldn't because we were taking our formal pictures. At the time, I thought - oh well, no big deal, try not to sweat it. Unfortunately, things got much worse after that. He did play the songs I had requested for my first dance with my husband, and the daddy/daughter dance, but immediately following that he played "Shake your Booty". NOT what I wanted, AT all. But I didn't want to cause a scene or make a big deal about it, thinking he'd get back to the music I wanted after that. NOPE. After that he continued to play more disco. I started to voice concerns, and asked him to play the music I wanted and he said he'd take care of it. When he continued with the disco, my husband, the best man, my maid of honour AND my brother all went to him in turn and asked him to play the right music, as it was beginning to upset me quite a bit. After about 45 minutes of disco, and multiple requests from various people (meanwhile, NO ONE was dancing) he finally started to play the right music. My other problem with him was that he told me to give him a list of must play songs prior to the wedding, and I did so. I gave him 20 songs that I wanted to hear and I expected to hear them throughout the evening. This didn't happen. Instead, he played my requested songs all in a row after about 10:30 in the evening, when people had pretty much stopped dancing and some guests had even started to go home. All in all, I was extremely disappointed with this DJ, and would not recommend him to anyone. |
| These guys didn't play anything except the "special songs" that we requested. They were raunchy at the garter toss even though we asked them not to, and the guy we met with was NOT the guy you did the reception. I would not recommend them at all. |
| Disc Jockey's get the most complaints of any wedding vendor |
| All complaints were posted on-line in Phoenix |
| At first, we really liked S_____ and D____s who was assigned to be our DJ. We got along great with him in all the meetings and he seemed to really understand us. At the wedding, it was a different story. He didn't play half of what we had asked (even when I specifically went up to him and asked him to play it). We went with a decades theme where he was supposed to move seamlessly from 50's to 60's, etc. He spent way too much time in the 50's (and played too much Elvis for my taste), and barely spent any time on the other decades. We were not that impressed with him. Plus, on the grand entrance, he almost forgot the flower girl after confirming her name with us 2 minutes before. |
| When we first interviewed with Phil, we really liked him and his slightly different approach to weddings. He was very interested in what WE wanted out of our wedding experience, and throughout the year we continued to discuss with him the style of DJ we wanted as well as specific details we wanted. We wanted him to not play too big of a role at the wedding (more of a background role), and of course there were some details like how to introduce us. He put together a pretty detailed itinerary, but we also met a few times in the couple months leading up to the wedding and discussed more details as well as overall themes. I was a little concerned throughout those meetings that he wasn't taking very good notes, because we had to repeat some things multiple times (such as whether we were doing the garter toss, and other details that should have been simple for him to note). Turns out my concerns weren't for nothing! In the end it felt like he squeezed our wedding into HIS own vision, and it didn't quite fit. His performance at the wedding was a mixed bag. He was a great DJ in terms of music -- he really read the crowd well and played fun music. We would have preferred more slow dance songs, but he definitely kept the crowd out on the dance floor, which was fun. His lot in the beginning, which we'd basically asked him not to do. He made mistakes that he shouldn't have, such as calling my mom by the wrong name (really embarrassing!!) and introducing us incorrectly even though he had the correct way written down right in front of him. The result of these kinds of mistakes was that both my (now) husband and I were nervous for the first hour or so of the wedding, wondering what other mistakes he might make. It's no fun being worried about that during your wedding. Phil is priced on the high end of the market, so these sorts of mistakes during the event were unacceptable and showed that he really hadn't paid attention during our meetings. Maybe he has too many weddings these days, but that's no excuse for getting simple things wrong. After the wedding I wrote him a long email about it, and he never responded, which makes us feel like he's really not interested in constructive criticism. I have a hard time recommending Phil for a wedding. |
| He played the wrong song during the grand entrance, and he played the wrong song during the father daughter dance, caught the mistake and then played the correct song. Both errors could have been avoided if I had an opportunity to meet my DJ face to face prior to the wedding date to clearly review what I wanted. Unfortunately this service does not provide you the opportunity to meet your DJ face to face until the day of the wedding. All correspondences are done through the owner David, and he may not be the DJ at your wedding. |
| We had a very bad experience with C___n S___d. First, the DJ did not set up the microphone for the readers at our wedding so no one heard them. Then he didn't have our song list-no father/daughter song, no mother/son song, my husband had to take time out of the wedding and tell him all the songs. He also did not have the list of the wedding party to do the introductions, which ended up taking 10 minutes for him to write everything down which made us late into getting into our actual wedding. We didn't think it could get worse, but it did. We had asked if we could provide a song list for the DJ to play from and C___n said no problem. We went over the list with the DJ a few times and he had all the songs and no issues, but when we started the wedding he had them all wrong. He played fast music instead of light jazz during dinner, played his own songs he wanted instead of the ones we picked out, and there was a point from dinner to dancing that he didn't play any music at all. We were soo disappointed with the professionalism and did not think that DJing was that difficult. It really put a damper on our wedding reception. When we told the owner what had happened he basically said sorry for the microphone and stated that the DJ received a compliment from a random guest and that that was good enough for him. Enough said...don't waste your time or money, they were awful. |
| I went through this company as a referral however I had a less than stellar experience. The actually ceremony and reception were fantastic and everyone had a good time. But getting in touch with them prior was a nightmare. The first DJ assigned to me was fired and the second was not good at getting back to me in a |
| I had booked a DJ with this company a few months before the date (we had a short engagement). We met with the owner of the company and he was very nice. He said he specifically picked a DJ that he felt would do a wonderful job. He seemed as if he had a lot of experience and we were very excited and happy with this meeting. The week before the wedding, we were told that our DJ could not make it because he had something come up where he works and that another DJ was chosen for us. We were a little skeptical, but we had all ready paid a deposit and didn't have time to find a new DJ on our own time. Needless to say, the week before was CRAZY busy with so many out of town guests coming in. I talked to our new DJ over the phone the day before the wedding while I was getting my nails done. The reception was a DISASTER. I wanted to cry, but tried to keep a tough face. For our first dance, he seemed confused and it took a second for him to realize what was happening. For the anniversary dance, he did it BACKWARDS and there was a minute (which feels like a lifetime when you're on a dance floor) where he stopped playing music all together (I just laughed and told all of the guests to keep dancing and pretend there was music). For the money dance, he stopped playing music while there were still guests in line waiting to dance with us. For the garter toss, he only announced "taking off the garter" and was going to stop after that. My brother-in-law had to go up to him to tell him that we wanted to "toss" the garter too. EVERYTHING else was perfect, except the music at the reception. I am still so bummed when I think back to it and I really feel that a DJ should be one of the best parts of your reception since he really has the power to make it enjoyable or not... and this was not enjoyable. |
| BEWARE! I booked S----- B in February of 2009. When I first called Steve he was very quick to call me back. Within one week he had an appointment with me and my now husband. Steve sounded great. He told me how he was doing this for over 20 years and how he was laid back and made every wedding very stress free and fun. So we booked him and signed for his service that day. At that time he required a 300.00 deposit. That day he also asked if I had a photographer or a videotographer. I had a photographer at the time so I told him that we were very interested in the video service of his fianc?, she was also there at the signing of the contract. So I asked for a quote for the video and he told me 200.00. Wow, I thought that was going to be awesome and told them I would be happy to hire her. I emailed and called S----- two months later to ask to see his fianc?s work. Steve never e-mailed me or called me back. ONE MONTH until the wedding I called to see how he wanted payments for the video. S------ told me that we never told him we wanted to book her and continued to tell me that she already had another gig. I was now stressed because it was one month prior to the wedding and we did not have video but S--------- assured me about his connections and how he would help us find someone else. HE NEVER CALLED BACK to recommend anyone. I was lucky to have found someone at the last minute. I called him again to give him the songs. He asked if I talked to another DJ because he assigned someone else to my wedding. I told him I had not talked to anyone and I thought HE was going to be my DJ. So he said that he would be there and take care of everything. One week later we received a call from some other DJ asking for our music. I called him again and personally requested that he be our DJ. S----- said No problem. One week before I wanted to call and confirm the wedding and the agenda. I called and called, left e-mails but no response for 4 days!! I finally hear from him on THURSDAY before my Saturday wedding and he said he had no reception in Vegas where he had some other job. I didn't appreciate him not getting back to me or not telling me he would be out of town, especially the week before. The wedding day they were there....S---------, his daughter and Ruben. S------ told be before I walked down the aisle that he would be there all night. The sound system to the ceremony cut out the entire time. My guests told me that they could not hear a thing. Into the reception, Ruben Dj-ed the entire night. I asked him when the wedding was over where Steve was. Although he promised to be there all night he left after the ceremony without telling us! Not only that but it was tacky that he signed my guest book! Ruben did a good job. He told me that he had received our music THE NIGHT BEFORE!!!!I told Ruben that I hired S-------, 7 MONTHS AGO!. I would not recommend this company to anyone. He was a smooth talker, over promised and under delivered! The attitude from S----- was that he had been doing this for years so he did not need to respond until he wanted to. Completely unprofessional! Thank you Ruben for a good job at the ceremony. |
| I had a very positive initial meeting with this group. They were extremely professional and went above and beyond in their initial presentation to me. However, the DJ that was then assigned to me did not meet with me until a few days before my wedding, was late to set up, and then did not seem to know how a wedding worked. He didn't know how to pronounce my parents' names (despite having been told), and we spent about 15-20 minutes waiting outside the reception hall for him to announce the wedding party. When the reception started, the music was way too loud (we kept telling him to turn it down, but he couldn't hear us!), and he didn't try and engage the crowd at all. He would have been a good DJ for a club or dance party, but not for a wedding. The business owners were very professional, but my DJ experience was lacking. |
| I would never recommend him to anyone... he was late, disorganized, played the wrong Grand Entrance songs for the wedding party & also never did the other events at the wedding he promised he would do. Horrible. |
| Below you will see the problems and issues that may occur with amateur Disc Jockeys. Your wedding is too important to have these kind of problems. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, you'll never forget with only one chance to get right the first time. The DJ you choose will be the one representing you on the microphone. So don't make the same mistake many brides make by believing a DJ is... "Just the music" "Were all the same" "The cheaper DJ is the better Value." Don't you think you deserve better on your wedding day? |
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| Wedding DJ pulls a "No Show" |
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| The Drunk Cheesy Wedding DJ |
| This DJ wants to be the center of attention A wedding DJ is there to run the show, not be the show |
| How not to introduce a Bride & Groom at a reception. This had to be a very embarrassing moment for everyone except the DJ. He attempts to make him himself look good by making the groom look like a complete idiot. Shouting commands at the groom and treating the guest of honor like a dog is not proper wedding etiquette. Please allow 35 seconds to see the introduction. |