Encore Professional DJs

In response to the review posted on 9/24/24, I was a staff member at the wedding and feel the need to clarify a few things. The intros went as planned, and while there were minor technical issues, there were no "tinder notifications", everything came together, and the couple seemed happy. From my perspective, George, the DJ, was professional and approachable all night. The lighting looked fine, and the music kept the dance floor lively, with no complaints from the guests I spoke to. As for the serious accusations, I didn't witness anything inappropriate. The review doesn't seem to reflect the overall experience, which was a beautiful and successful event.

A fundamental failure of a DJ. A couple of weeks ago I attended a wedding where George was the DJ. Amazing wedding, on time, professional, and beautiful despite George’s best efforts. For some context, I’ve worked in the events industry and wedding industry for the last 15 years. George was a colossal failure on nearly every level. I am friends with the bride and mother of the bride and was involved as they attempted to get George on board for the wedding they wanted. At the most basic level the function of a DJ is to play recorded music to the audience. George failed at this. The wedding got Alan Roach (yes Alan f$&king Roach, the voice of the Super Bowl and Stanley Cup Playoffs) to record the intros for the wedding party to the reception. When the client emailed them to George and asked if he could play them his answer was that he didn’t know how. Yeah, I don’t understand either. After some conversation he agreed to play the intros. Excellent. Problem solved. Nope. On the wedding day George presented as a swarmy, inauthentic DJ who treated nearly everyone as another cookie-cutter person in his cookie-cutter life. At best he was dismissive and unaware to anyone’s concerns and at worst, rude and arrogant. The trouble really started though after the ceremony when the intros for the wedding party to the reception were due to be played. This is when his fundamental inability to be a functional DJ or partner in a life-changing event moved from our inboxes to the experience of every guest. As George prepared to play the recorded intros he plugged his phone into the speaker system, and what ensued was an absolute calamity. For the next 10 minutes he played the intros over some sort of dance music (not requested), while his phone continued to make notification sounds, which I can only assume were tinder notifications. I was aware of what was supposed to happen and what actually happened, but before you assume that I was the only one that noticed you have to understand that literally every single person in the room was looking around in confusion. I answered questions for my table for the next 45minutes and it’s all anyone talked about all night. The rest of the night? Just as bad. From charging extra for market lights to failing to turn off the house lights so the dance floor felt like an elementary school cafeteria. From playing nothing on the supplied playlists from the happy couple to evacuating the entire party to patio where the music wasn’t so loud and abrasive. From him being dismissive and rude, to reports of him doing lines behind the bar, absolutely nothing demonstrates professionalism or even approachable behavior. If you are recruiting for a Comcast call center and you need someone who can be inauthentic, pushy, and wildly incompetent while taking way too much of your money and time, George is definitely your guy. If you need a kind, flexible and professional DJ for your wedding I’d look somewhere else…and if you were one of those tinder notifications, I’d think again… Is this written in haste or anger? No. It’s been weeks. I didn’t spend any money, it didn’t cost me anything, and the couple are happily married. I wrote this because what happened was broken. Wedding aren’t cheap, entertainment isn’t cheap and unless someone says something, how would you know? There are plenty of great options out there, go pursue them!

George was our DJ and he could not have been more incredible. Such a huge help and very attentive. He gave great advice and really made our night special. He made sure to get all of our song requests and even some of our strange music requests! 100% recommend

George was the dj for our wedding and he did a phenomenal job. He informed our photographer when important things were happening and made sure we got all the songs we requested!