packaged deal. He will NOT PLAY YOUR SONG REQUESTS, he will play songs HE LIKES. If you ask him to change during the wedding, he will basically say no. He will start your first dance song at the 30 second mark without ever telling you he will d...o that (making your first dance look dumb). And he will also call the bride by the wrong name (Her name is Diana, yet he still messed that up). More info below.
There are TWO separate things I will be reviewing for this. If this review was about the venue and the manager/coordinator you work with, this is a 5 star review. Both David and Najim were great at helping us and accommodating us. There are amazing at their job and they truly helped us with our wedding.
In their wedding package they offer, they include a DJ named Jon Stricklan. He is the reason it is not a 5 star review. If I was reviewing the DJ Jon Stricklan alone, it would be a 1 star review. He was probably one of the worst DJs/MCs you could possibly have. We met with him a couple of times before our wedding to get the itinerary scheduled and also music ideas handled. Both my wife and I were born in the 1990s and the majority of our guests are also on the younger half. Also, being Asian, our families came to America in the 1980s. HOWEVER, the DJ Jon kept wanting to play 1960s music saying "its music that everyone knows". Not fully trusting his music choices, my wife and I created a playlist of "Must Have Songs" to be played at our wedding. We did this because we did not trust his wedding song choices. Sure enough, we were right.
On the day of our wedding, Jon Stricklan from Fresh Spin Entertainment, kept playing some weird songs that my wife and I never wanted on our playlist. We had created a specific playlist specifically for this reason and we told him MANY times to stick to our Must Have Songs and also our playlist if those songs run out. He started playing weird elevator music, Egyptian dance music, etc. So during the wedding, we told our bridal party to talk to him and to please stick to our playlist. He seemed offended by this and gave sass to our bridal party. About 20 minutes later, he AGAIN played music that was definitely not to our taste. So we told him again to stick to our playlist, and his response was "No, no one will dance to those songs." WHAT TYPE OF DJ DOES NOT LISTEN TO THE BRIDE/GROOM??! That was despicable. I have never once heard of a DJ denying a bride/groom's song requests. Ever.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to problems with Jon Stricklan from Fresh Spin Entertainment. When it was time for our first dance song, my wife and I were prepared for the entire song. All 3 and a half minutes of it because we choreographed every second of it. Out of nowhere, Jon started the song at around the 30 second mark. Without any warning to us or even telling us he would crop the song. Because of this, it ruined our choreography and ruined our first dance because my wife and I were so frazzled. I have never once heard of a DJ cutting someone's first dance song without ever telling them that.
Jon also said my wife's name wrong during the introductions. Her name is Diana. Jon is an American. I do not know how he can mess that up. How can a MC mess up the BRIDE'S name on her wedding day??!