We have so many good things to say about our DJ, Jonathan Simpson, and DeepBlu Entertainment, owned by Jimmy Harris. We contacted Jimmy, as a highly regarded florist in Memphis recommended him to us. From the get go, Jimmy showed intense inte...rest and enthusiasm in getting to know us. He spend at least an hour with us on the phone - we lived out of state - discussing our wedding and DJ needs. We loved that all his DJs are/were musicians. We figured that they would be more in tune with music and have an advantage at sizing up a crowd and selecting the right songs. As we were having a formal wedding, we were delighted that his DJs always come to work dressed in a shirt, jacket and slacks. Lastly, his drive for making sure his team delivered the best service possible appealed to us. It was so easy to hear it in his voice and in what he said.
Jimmy contacted us again a few weeks before the wedding to finalize plans. We were pretty stressed and appreciated how he took it in stride that we hadn't quite gotten to answering a few of his requests....questions we really needed to answer such as what kind of music do you want, what does the DJ need to announce and when, etc.. A few days after he assigned a DJ to us, Jonathan contacted us by e-mail and by phone to introduce himself and check in on us. As my fiancée is polish and we had several polish guests, she asked Jonathan to see if he could get a few polish songs from a list she sent him.
Jonathan killed it at the wedding. He was super nice, so easy to work with and had no problem adjusting to a few things we figured out and asked for on the fly.
Throughout the cocktail hour and dinner, he played lots of background music and kept the volume low so that everyone could talk. He even found and played some of the polish songs my polish bride requested! It wasn't until the end of the evening when people were ready to dance that he turned up the volume. That meant so much to us as our reception had a lot of people who we thought would probably not dance. Our cocktail hour started at 6 PM and I don't think anyone started to leave until 11 PM precisely because they were able to talk! As to the dance music, he read the crowd right and kept the floor packed.
We talked with Jimmy again after the wedding and reception. He was keenly interested in hearing about our experience, what we liked, what could have been better (we couldn't think of anything!).
Hire Deepblu. They're easy to work with, professional, and they deliver. We'd hired them again in a heartbeat!
Oh yes, ask for Jonathan to DJ too :)