Southern Style Entertainment LLC

out a month out, it started taking days if not weeks to hear back and then a few days before I was informed that Brett would not be DJing my wedding and he sent DJ Trey. DJ Trey ended up being okay for the most part, the biggest issue was awkward transitions between key events (I.e., our grand entrance was supposed to go straight into our first dance, but the song wasn’t ready so then we were just standing there for a couple minutes just awkwardly waiting). I also used Southern Style for their photobooth services and unfortunately didn’t receive what I paid for. Our contract included 4x6 prints and a scrapbook for our guests to sign and write messages next to their photobooth photo like a guestbook, but neither of those services were provided day-of. We only received digital copies of the photos. The uplighting and monogram services were both great.

ll night; great MC. The marquee letters and cold sparks were awesome touches to our wedding, and the photobooth was user-friendly! The ONLY downside was it seemed there was something wrong with the microphones during the best man + MOH speeches. It sounded “echo-y” and it was difficult to understand what they were saying… I did give this feedback on another review so hopefully it’s better for other brides. Otherwise, I’d definitely recommend SSE!

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the ceremony and was open to suggestions. He arrived promptly with no issues. Would definitely recommend to anyone for their next event!

at has already been created. The night went super smoothly and people were on the dance floor ALL night. Thank you Brett, I’ll recommend you to everyone I meet!

-friendly, keeping the party going the entire night! The sparkler fountains they provided us for our exit were also awesome too and just the cherry on top of an awesome wedding day!

t but he had already made other arrangements for his partner Victor to be at the wedding for us. I couldn't have been happier with Victor as well, he called me and went over everything with me and made sure that the day was going to be perfect and it was. Highly recommend Southern Style to ANYONE!!

care of us on really short notice. His website says and planning aides are tops. Makes it easy and helps to not overlook the details.

eceived several calls from him in one night within three hours (while I was at work no less as I work night shift) which was somewhat unprofessional as it was not an urgent issue whatsoever. We also were extremely unhappy as he played a song we specifically sent him a text message asking him not to play. He realized later and explained he "didn't read the message carefully" but you cannot unplay a song that makes some people very uncomfortable once you have played it. Overall, he would still be a good choice for your wedding but just make sure that you are very very clear on what you would like.

oring our original contract. Just a few things that could've been improved: lack of communication (Brett didn't respond to emails well, but was good with phone calls), wireless mics weren't cooperative during the reception, and there weren't enough sheets in the photo booth album they provided for us. Overall, he did a really great job being our DJ, the uplighting he provided for the cake and the banquet hall were beautiful, and our guests had an excellent time on the dance floor with the music selection! We were very pleased with Brett and his services. :)

Technician for both ceremony and reception As a result, the band was not able to perform to their full capability and because of the small mixer, the XLR cables were almost unusable. Thus, the sound was not clear and this was evident as we received the same complaint from our guests and those who watched us live. In addition, my brother in law had to go to the store just to get extra extensions since Brett's cables were not long enough. Overall, the band had a difficult time in setting up everything due to the incorrect mixer and the required cables were not brought Brett. Also, Brett's promised to bring a sound technician, but there was nobody helping him so my guests had to help you out in setting up the sound and media. Now for the reception, the speakers were right by each other, I am not a sound person but I know that speakers are to be placed in the corners of the room. Due to this, what was said through the mic was not audible and unclear to those who sat in the middle and back portion of the room. Also, Brett failed to play the music which was given to you on the USB, and embarrassed us for our grand entrance to the reception. In addition, for our first dance you did not even bring the clouds until my MC had to remind you about it, thus it was displayed only half way through our dance. Lastly, our end of the night dance was atrocious, we had given Brett the Youtube link on his website, as per your instruction through our phone conversation and he said he would download the playlist. However, he did not and then he proceeded to play random music which was first of all slow and you played the entire song, which does not keep the crowd engaged. The thing that upset us the most was that our guests had a negative experience at our wedding because of all these reasons and our wedding was not memorable. Due to that, many of our friends, family, and guests were very disappointed and in fact they left early on. As a result of not meeting all of the items on the contract and for the reasons mentioned above. you did not meet our expectations, and also made our family and guests upset, and it still brings us bad memories!

y early, so the cloud and the sparklers were definitely a hit at our wedding!! I am happy I booked with him.

edding due to COVID, and willing to work with us while setting up our new date. Brett was receptive to our ideas, and supported the choices we made for our big day. Before the wedding, he called to confirm our song choices and make sure we were good to go. At the wedding, Brett played all of our requested songs while choosing a fun mix of others that kept our guests dancing and happy. I would highly recommend Brett for your next event- his fun personality and professionalism will make your big day even better!

o we were happy with this. A couple months before our last payment was due, Brett offered us the cold sparklers for our exit thrown in for free if we went ahead and paid our balance early. We complied, but requested a new contract showing this change before we paid. We didn't hear back at first (which was suspicious) but after another prompt, he sent a new contract over. The cold sparklers were great for our exit, and again, we were happy with this addition. Now for the drawbacks. One was unreliable communication. There would be times I would get replies via email within 5-10 minutes, and other times where it would be days. More than one of these times, I was having major issues with the website and needed him to fix something because my 'deadline' to submit our music choices was approaching. The website itself was okay, though I didn't find it to be the best. There were also some issues with the music choices I could add to my list [I wanted a couple of different Queen songs to be played, but they were not the original versions (Adam Lambert instead of Freddie). It was so weird.] After having issues with both communication and the website, I opted not to request these songs in the correct version because I didn't want the wrong version to still be played. However, I ultimately still had this problem, because the wrong version of the song was played when my husband and bridesmaids were supposed to walk down the aisle. It was not a song that Brett had preloaded into his database, so I had to write it out in my form. I'm still not sure how it happened, but maybe I should have specified "acoustic" in my notes? Either way, the issue could've been solved by either a) Brett asking for confirmation on which version because it was one of the most important songs of the wedding or b) having a more user-friendly database that links the song correctly. Also, Brett was late getting set up for our ceremony because he was busy setting up our LOVE letters for the reception, so hardly any of our "pre-ceremony" songs were played, and the ones that were weren't even the most important ones (I had given him an order of increasing importance/order in which I wanted the music to be played). The LOVE letters easily could have waited to be set up during cocktail hour. Lastly, when dinner started, we were supposed to have a transition into different music, and again Brett was late on this; only a few of my songs for the hour were played. I had taken so much time labeling EVERY SONG as either “ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and reception.” Bummer. Overall, our guests were entertained after dinner, so that was good. Some of our “must play” songs were played, not all. Brett did come up to us in the middle of us talking to our guests to make sure "we were satisfied". I obviously had some problems, but I wasn't going to have a confrontation with him on our wedding day (who would want that memory?), so I didn’t say anything negative. He did a good job with the small crowd we had, so that was appreciated! All of the “special effects” went perfectly…which is great, but not 100% why we hired him. Hopefully he can correct these errors for future brides.

as this was a very important thing for my husband! We spent hours making a playlist and uploading each song to our account under our portal for the wedding day. There was almost NO communication up until a few weeks before the wedding and this was after calling Brett multiple times, emailing, and texting. He finally was able to call us back and we talked about specific things we wanted. My husband wrote the song on piano that I walked down the aisle too, and in case it wasn’t long enough we asked Brett to loop it out until I got to the alter. Well, it just so happens as I am walking down the aisle the music stops and there is an awkward silence right before I get to my husband... it was our ONE request for the ceremony and he failed at doing it. He ended up playing his own songs 90% of the time and almost none that were on our playlist, or he would cut the song short! He didn’t know how to read the crowd well!! Please spend time doing research and book with another DJ/company who actually cares about your song requests and making your wedding a good time.

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communicated with me and my groom during our reception to make sure everything was to our liking. He truly wanted to make sure we had everything we asked for. The guests were really impressed with the "dancing on a cloud" feature during our first dance. The uplights Brett uses were a great feature, as they can be changed to any color at a moment's notice, and can also coordinate with the music being played. DJ Brett really picks up on what music our guests liked, and everyone ended up having a good time! The service was a really great value for what we got. Would definitely recommend!