Pittsburgh DJ Company: The Knot Hall of Fame and more!

I recently used the Pittsburgh DJ Co for my wedding in September. I was very excited as I saw all their accolades and great reviews but to say I was let down is an understatement! Once you sign the contract they then send you all the forms that need completed (5-7 pages worth) these forms took a lot of time and thought as you want your day to be perfect! 2 weeks before the wedding you meet with your dj I had Pat he was excited on the phone to do our wedding and sounded like he knew and agreed on everything that we were saying, it all aligned! We are so happy as the music is a crucial part of a wedding for all the guest. My husband, bridal party and I were all in the bridal suite the day of the wedding and we see the dj walk in with his helper asking me what the order is for the entrance and what song they want to do, I was furious at that point because I went through all the paperwork required that took a lot of time and thought! I told him Pat we went over all this and you should have it documented since I had it all filled out and we had a phone call about it, at that point he did not know what to say and left, I was every mad as this is my wedding day and I covered all my bases but he did not cover/prepare for our wedding properly. We were supposed to be announced at 5 we did not get announced until 5:30-5:35, 30 mins late and behind schedule just to figure out the song and order…at that point I was not happy and did not think this was a good company to work with. On that phone call you talk about what time you want to be announced, important dances, and much more, to sum it up nothing I requested happed, no bouquet toss and no anniversary dance all dances I requested did not happen so those memories were not able to be made. I did a dollar dance and at this point it was 8:30-9 around the time we had scheduled I am dancing with my guests and husband and his helper comes up to me in the middle of the floor and goes “hey we are starting the dollar dance here in 5 min”… I looked at her and said find my MOH or bridesmaid you should not bother the bride or groom as this is taking time away from our special night. Overall the lack of professionalism just made this whole experience un-enjoyable due to all the issues with Pat. We sent him a playlist of songs that we wanted played and on the phone call he told us do you want guests to make requests I said yes that’s perfect, he said okay great, my bridesmaid went up to Pat and asked for a country song knowing I put it on the playlist and he told her he can’t play or or he doesn’t have it so she came to me and I went up and asked him to play it… it came on 5 songs later. Overall I paid alot of money for a service and I was not thrilled, I have a lot of friends who are getting married next year and I will NOT recommend the Pittsburgh DJ Co to do their wedding due to all the stress I went thought on the day of my wedding. Thank you.

I would definitely recommended The Pgh DJ Company! The communication was great and everything was aligning with what we had envisioned! Once we were assigned our specific DJ for our Wedding the communication was still well done! The only issue at this point was we had been assigned Chip Highley for our reception & Shannon L for our Violinist for the ceremony. The communication from here on out was tough. we weren’t allowed to speak with shannon directly, everything had to go through brian which caused a 3 way triangle affect and information was misinformed. The violinist Shannon was unprofessional and added extra stress to myself (the bride). We understood that her violin was not able to get wet and that weather was a concern. She was not open to other options as to where she could play like under a tenth, under umbrellas, under/ inside a suv rear hatch, and even gave us grief about playing under a completely covered porch. After the weather cleared and the sun was out there were still problems as to where she would play, until finally convinced to play under a completely covered porch in the distance, with a microphone. This was a huge hassle that would have been nice if she could have possibly went to the venue owners who were right there or someone else literally anyone else besides a stressed Bride. I truly do understand the wood on her violin couldn’t get wet but she was not even considering the other options before saying no. Most vendors help to receive stress on the day of your wedding, but this was truly the ONLY person we had issues with when things went wrong (& obviously they will). Now onto the Dj! Other than the confusion with who to ask what questions and trying to determine what parts were ceremony details for Brian and what was to be directed towards our actual DJ. The sheets they have you fill out could have been a little more clear and guided towards who would be needing to look at them! Otherwise talking with Dj Chip up until the wedding he was always available to talk via a phone call and seemed to be into any last minute changes we had. Although at the wedding reception things were announced incorrectly.. names were also announced incorrectly and not corrected & in the incorrect order, including our names the bride and groom. He also would announce things such as the cake cutting, shot dance etc. when we would be on the other side of the venue & have to come running & he’d already have the song we wanted playing and nothing would have been set up for the event he would have planned for. He called for the garter removal & started playing the song and my husband & I were not near each other little alone there was not a chair on the dance floor and nobody knew this was happening or ready to be ready for it including our photographers. This continued to happen the entire night with everything we did throughout the reception. One of the biggest things we wanted was everyone on the dance floor including a few slow songs. There were no slow songs & truly he did pretty well keeping everyone on the dance floor but not as well as he had made it seem he would do. We also had strongly emphasized our want for having each table number come to get a picture with us on the dance floor as a photo bomb picture. He didnt do the best at making this known. Overall there were many things we had wish would have went a little better! We understand accidents happen but a lot of things were not corrected or handled.

Dj Pittsburgh and esp Dj Chris were absolutely wonderful. Very good at communicating and understanding exactly what we wanted for our reception!!! Even with a Few last minutes changes Chris never skipped a beat. Thank you for making our special day the best it could have been. Carly and Brian Conroy

DJ Josh was absolutely AMAZING!! He was very attentive and accommodating throughout the entire night — it’s so easy to get lost in the hustle and bustle of the day, but we gave him our timeline, and he made sure to help us stick to it. We got so many compliments on genres, flow, and overall vibes of the music. He kept our guests dancing all night! I truly understand why Pittsburgh DJ Company is so highly rated, we would definitely recommend!!!