So many hours, so much planning and the DJ doesn’t execute. What was the point?!?
A Wedding is not a club event, a high school dance or a rave. There are guests of many age groups. We asked for a mix of dance music of all styles; we asked ...for music of all genre, we got club music. Requests for completely ignored. Michael Jackson is not considered oldies dance music. Even when we were very specific in song choices, they were ignored. We had a “must play” list with specific songs, for goodness sake.
The Bride and Groom spend hours on playlists and special requests. What happened to the Anniversary Dance block? He did get the music for bridal party entrance correct, but I think that was because the coordinator had to remind him.
Totally missed the 60’s Oldies block, the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s block, country block. What DJ doesn’t play Uptown Funk? What happened to the mix of line dances that the Bride requested? How does a Wedding DJ not know Journey, Sweet Caroline and Happy? What Wedding DJ doesn’t play a few slow songs in the mix? We asked for specific artists: Michael Buble, Bryan Adams, Ed Sheeran---still waiting. For the money dance, he repeated one song three times when asked to “keep it going” instead of pulling out a few more slow songs.
Most disappointing was the fact that the person we spent hours on the phone with was not the same person sent to our event. What was the point of getting to know us, our music styles and our requests if someone else shows up and plays one style of music? The DJ was very young and inexperienced. He did not talk, did not engage the crowd, did not respond to requests. He would need to shadow at several more events if he wants to do more weddings.