I аm getting married іח a month, аחԁ һаνе һаԁ a DJ booked fοr a couple months now. I fіחіѕһеԁ up meeting mу DJ іח person yesterday аt ουr reception site аחԁ һаνе ѕοmе qυеѕtіοחѕ….
Hе іѕ wеіrԁ!! Hе came looking Ɩіkе һе јυѕt rolled out οf bed!!! TеrrіbƖе hair, ancient rugged jeans, tennis shoes, аחԁ a zip up sweatshirt tһаt looked 20 years ancient!!!
Hе аƖѕο needs 25′ x 15′ οf room!!! Thats 25′ асrοѕѕ tһе wall іח length аחԁ 15′ out frοm tһе wall!
I јυѕt want mу wedding day/night аחԁ dance tο bе perfect јυѕt Ɩіkе аחу bride аחԁ groom wουƖԁ hope fοr. Sο I’m јυѕt wondering һοw much tһе DJ matters? Theres a guy frοm mу church tһаt сουƖԁ ԁο tһе music аחԁ take up barely аחу room bυt һе wont bе tһе announcer. Tһеח I need tο find аח announcer!
Oh someone сοοƖ mу fears please! I’m חο bridezilla.. I promise!! I јυѕt want tο mаkе sure everything goes аt Ɩеаѕt a small smooth!!!!
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ok…why does he need so much room? My husband has been a wedding DJ for 7 years. He needs a fold out table and a small extra room for the speakers, illumination, etc.
I would question him why he needs that much room. Does that include the dance floor?
As for using a friend for a DJ, that may be a small underwhelming depending on the kind of reception you are having.
I would question the DJ about the space he needs first, and question if he has any referrals. A lot of DJs have previous couples that you can call/email or see pics of how the DJ set up was.
I reckon I would have gone with the guy from your church from the start. If you’ve already paid the DJ a deposit, you doubtless can’t get it back. As for an announcer, question one of the groomsman or ushers to do the honors.
If you have the time to do it, make a list of songs you want, download them, place them on cd’s and use one of those 5 or 6 disk Cd players, place the cd’s in and you won’t need a DJ.
The Cd player and Speakers wouldn’t take up much room and you could just let the music play or you could hit the random button…
I’m thinking thats what I might do for my wedding…
Cancel the DJ. Tell him it won’t work out. You are having second thoughts, and your intuition is doubtless right. The worst thing is to be saying to yourself afterwards, "I should have listened to myself." Find someone else you are comfortable with.
Your DJ doubtless did just roll out of bed…he did a gig last night. The area he needs is because he has a light system, sound system, etc., etc. and wants to do a professional job. Hopefully you questioned and checked his references. If not, now is the time. You can also tell him you want him dressed professionally. He doubtless will show up dressed just like he did today, and he will doubtless will be the one hauling in his equipment, setting up his tables, etc., etc. Then he will change into his DJ attire. I hired a DJ for a recent wedding, the parents nearly freaked when they first saw him come into the venue early to set up. When they returned for the reception he was all duded up tux and all. After the reception, they left him $100 tip as he was the best they had scene. I wasn’t surprised, I really dropped in on a couple of his gigs to check out if he was for real…and he didn’t disappoint me. I have used him ever since. And, the price was aptly!
Check him out now to be sure. Unfortunately, there are plenty of wanna bes out there and very few professionals.
Best wishes and excellent luck.
Are you sure that 25 feet doesn’t include the dance floor? It sounds like alot but really isn’t that much when you consider all the equipment required to give you the ambiance you want. Just because they guy was at the meeting looking "cool" doesn’t mean he will show up that way on wedding day. All you have to do is make sure that it clearly states in the contract that he will be wearing a tux or whatever you want.
The other guy has issues too. Why won’t he be emcee? Seriously it takes what? 10 seconds? He doubtless has minmium equipment and a turntable if you are lucky. That means you may get stuck renting a sound system and lighting seperately which sucks up any savings you may have using him. I suppose you could go with him and question a marriage party person to play Mistress of Ceremonies but I wonder what else he is going to refuse to do later on.
Personally I wouldn’t hire either of them and keep looking. I reckon DJs are cheeseball to start with and if you aren’t comfortable with a vendor you should never, ever sign a contract with them. Remember you have the money….YOU ARE IN CHARGE.
Hi. I can know your stress!
I know a DJ may be a small laid back, but to show up to a meeting with a client like that? Was he not compulsory to you by someone or did you just pick him out?
In any case, if you do want to cancel him, and you have a deposit down, you won’t get your deposit back. I reckon to cool my nerves, even with the deposit being gone, I would cancel him. Get the guy from the church and see about someone else doing the announcing. Does your groom have a excellent friend who is not in the wedding party? What about a relative….a cousin? A friend of yours? A spouse of someone you know? Many people are willing to do this.
Yes, I would cancel the scary looking DJ and book someone else!