I was happy with the quality of our DJ experience for the price that we paid. DJ connection is very professional. Our DJ arrived promptly and knew exactly what needed to be done for setup. He was a good match for our level of involvement and th...e last hour of our wedding music was mixed so well and the dance floor was packed!
That being said, the management model was not well done for our wedding. My major complaint is that I never talked to my DJ beforehand and realize this would have made for a better experience.
When I first talked to the DJ company, they made sure to get EVERY detail. We spent 30 min- 1 hour discussing what I wanted for my wedding, the timeline, how the venue set up was, and finalizing a cost. Unfortunately, the next time we talked (final meeting before the wedding), it felt like they did not take any notes at the first meeting. Instead of confirming the details we had talked about, they asked the exact same questions again and I recited the same wedding details to them as if we never talked the first time. This was slightly frustrating, but I would rather them get all the details than not. Other than that, they want to know how involved you want your DJ to be and they give great examples of DJ involvement, and our DJ was the perfect fit for our personality and our guests!
The reason I wish that I could have talked to my actual DJ beforehand is because I wanted to convey my "vibe" I was hoping for. If you have any "vision" for the day of how you would like for things to play out, this is difficult to do through a middle man aka DJ coordinator. For example, I practiced our last name pronunciation with the DJ coordinator multiple times, yet our actual DJ was still hesitant on the day of and our coordinator had to practice it with him in order for him to announce us. Further, I think things would have ran more smoothly if he knew what we wanted as a couple. We had such a chill wedding and if our 3 requests weren't executed fully, I don't know how those with multiple requests would fair.
I want to be clear that our DJ did a great job and was as flexible as possible especially with the weather changing some plans. I know that if the company had included him in the planning process meeting, my expectations would have been fully met.