First off, I have to say that our dance floor was rocking. The dance party was very important to my husband and me, and we ultimately chose Matt and BPM after we did some research on a bunch of other DJ's. The main deciding factor was that ther...e wasn't a set amount of hours that he would play. We had our wedding on my husband's family farm and so dancing into the night was key! Matt kept the dance floor packed long into the night, and we all had a ball.
I wanted to start with the positive because in terms of DJ skill, Matt is top notch, but in terms of attitude, communicativeness, and service for the ceremony, he left something to be desired. As the wedding drew closer, I found that Matt wasn't very responsive to my or my coordinator's communications (be it email, call, or text). We had added the ceremony service, and there were a few things both my coordinator and I felt were important to go over. I was starting to feel nervous about our choice, especially because the ceremony music, emceeing, reception music, announcements, etc. are all hugely important to the flow of the day, and we had some non-traditional and specific requests. We finally got on a call the three of us a couple days before the wedding, and he kind of gave off the "this is easy, I've got this" vibe. Unfortunately, that wasn't exactly the case.
During the ceremony, there were issues with the backtrack and microphone for the song my friend sang and the recessional cue was late. During the reception, he announced my dad's name wrong twice (it also happens to be my maiden name, so I thought it was pretty unfortunate considering we had communicated for almost a year). He also made an announcement for the mother/son dance when we had asked him not to (because we weren't doing a father/daughter dance, so we didn't want to make an announcement).
There were just enough miscues and complaints about his attitude from others who worked with him that day to make me feel like he wasn't really giving our big day his all. That said, everyone is human, and he could've been having a bad day or just feeling a little overbooked, but I felt it important to share my experience so all you brides can get all the info, weigh it, and ultimately make the best choice for you!