I had high expectations for our wedding DJ, but unfortunately, our experience fell far short.
Two days before our wedding, our day-of coordinator finally met with the DJ, who info...rmed her that she had stepped in last minute and as Midwest Sound didn’t have anyone assigned to our event. We understand Thursday wedding is out of the ordinary but we gave our DJ a year in advance to find someone for our day. During their conversation, the DJ seemed unprepared, taking the call while in a car with distractions around her. It was concerning that she didn’t take notes and didn’t demonstrate familiarity with our timeline or specific requests.
Our coordinator confirmed several critical details, including the song for our grand march would feature “Forever” by Chris Brown, our dj dropped the ball and quickly announced us with the same song as the wedding party. We were unprepared to walk out as we believed the song would change and the doors would open and we would get this grand entrance. We also discussed that only the bride and groom would give speeches before dinner, we had to awkwardly walk back to the dj station to wait for a corded mic to thank all our guests for being there. Given that we had already provided a detailed timeline, we assumed there wouldn’t be a need to revisit these details on the day of the wedding.
On the day of, our coordinator guided her on where to set up for the ceremony, but she did not follow those instructions. Her equipment was visibly placed on the right side of the ceremony space, with cords out in the open, detracting from the appearance of the event. It was unprofessional and looked unkempt.
Additionally, the music selection was disappointing. Out of a curated list of 100 songs, she only played about five and then went her own direction of what she believed was okay to play, and even included many songs from our ‘Do Not Play’ list which was also provided to her in advance. This led to awkward moments where we had to stop the music ourselves and ask for the next song.
I wish we had been informed earlier that there would be issues with our DJ, so we could have sought alternatives. Overall, the lack of communication and professionalism left us disappointed on a day that should have been perfect.