Five stars for our daughter’s wedding DJ, Joseph Kaszuba (Fine Tune Entertainment). Our daughter (the bride) and her fiance really enjoyed working with Joe. Both have a deep love o...f music across many genres and eras, and Joe totally understood (and enjoyed) their vibe. He is a Berklee School of Music (Boston) alum, and his musical chops and knowledge of and appreciation for a wide array of music was one of several reasons why our daughter and her fiance thoroughly enjoyed their music planning sessions with him.
In addition, Joe has a friendly, calm, reassuring presence that helped steer the bride and groom, the bridal party, and the bride and groom’s fathers—who officiated the wedding—successfully through the ceremony (for which Joe provided amplification and recorded music). There were a lot of moving parts—the two officiants with lavalier microphones, a stationary microphone, background music, someone playing acoustic guitar (unmic’d), and my request to have the officiants’ microphone volume turned down when singing along with a group hymn so our voices wouldn’t boom above everyone else’s--that Joe was spot-on on top of throughout the ceremony. I should also note that the ceremony sound quality (in an outdoor setting) was excellent.
Joe had three distinct spaces where he had to set up his equipment--in the ceremony area, in the reception tent, and in the indoor dance area. That was a lot of logistical maneuvering, but he did it all invisibly in the background and expertly well, without breaking a (noticeable) sweat, all the while making it look like he was the most relaxed person present.
The DJ'ing portion of the evening was excellent as well. Joe stayed in the background, as requested, and played an excellent mix of music, reading the audience as needed. And he worked my middle-eastern-dancing sister's five-minute bellydance routine into the dancing part of the evening quite seamlessly, even when she then exited the dance floor without transitioning to the Horah as originally planned (she forgot!). Joe managed that blip quite well.
It says a lot that long after our guests had departed, Joe was still packing up and rolling out all his equipment--he had a lot of gear to deal with. And however tired he might have been, it didn’t show an iota, and he was as cheery, kind, and friendly as the moment when he first arrived. Pretty impressive!
It takes a village to make a wedding happen, and Joe’s contribution within that community of wedding vendors was critical. We highly recommend him and would work with him again in a heartbeat.