Leading the Rochester area in Wedding Services
Tony Starnino and Tim LaMoy
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Tones Entertainment is a wedding DJ company operating out of Rochester, NY. This full-time entertainment company strives to put on spectacular shows for celebrations of all kinds. From anniversary parties to wedding receptions, they will ensure a fun and lively time is had by all. These professionals love the atmosphere of joy and excitement at every wedding and are honored to be part of the festivities.
Tones Entertainment is owned and operated by Tony Starnino. Tony is a NASCAR enthusiasts and have been performing extensively throughout the Rochester area for many years and are deeply involved in the community. Along with DJ services, they also offer photography, videography, and photo booths in order to not only create, but help preserve, all your memories.
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The DJs at Tones Entertainment are highly trained and come to every wedding dressed for success. They have a large selection of songs in their library, including hits from today and classics from decades past. They will customize their setlist to suit your preferences and are always happy to take requests from your loved ones.
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Tony Starnino and Tim LaMoy
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Tim LaMoy and Tony Starnino are two DJ’s well known around Rochester, and very active in the community. Tim has worked at News 8, serving Rochester and its surrounding areas for 16 years and enjoys camping and NASCAR. Tony has proudly worked for Wegmans for 30 years, has a passion for racquetball and NASCAR. Both are excited to be leading the industry in entertainment and wedding services.
Tony and Tim are excited to serve you with all your Wedding!
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Tones Entertainment received high praise for their exceptional service at weddings, with multiple reviewers commending the professional and personable staff, particularly Tony. Many highlighted the DJs' abilities to keep the party lively and accommodated last-minute requests, making the reception a hit. Communication with office staff was smooth, and the personal touches, such as custom song choices and photo booth services, were well-received. Tones Entertainment was highly recommended for weddings due to their prompt responses, organization, and top-notch entertainment services.- Top reviews
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Joe M
5.0
11/03/2024
It was great to work with Tony the owner while planning the event! Everything went smoothly and the Dj and Photo Booth was amazing!
Kaly P
5.0
11/03/2024
Tones Entertainment did our wedding. We opted for their DJ services and Photo Booth.
The DJ, Matt, did an outstanding job. He was our emcee for the reception. Matt did such a wonderful job of introducing the parties and kept the flow at a good pace. The music he played got everyone, old and young, on the dance floor and really made it a party. Matt also made sure to check in on us throughout the night to ensure our requests were being fulfilled.
Kurt did our photo booth and we cannot say enough good things about his interactions with our guests. Despite the fact that he was in the hallway and "away from the party," he kept the energy up out there. He was quite accommodating with requests and the booth ended up being one of the biggest hits of the night.
Thank you so much Tones Entertainment for making our wedding night a fun event for all.
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Emma S
5.0
11/02/2024
Tones was so professional and personable and did a WONDERFUL job for my sister’s wedding. They came in clutch after a last minute cancellation and our only regret was not hiring them sooner. Easy to work with and super pleasant from start to finish! 100/10 recommend them!!
Judy O
5.0
9/30/2024
Hire Tones Entertainment! Tony is the best .. we had a great time .. he made our reception the best time ever...
Paris L
5.0
9/23/2024
Matt came through with a last minute request, after our original DJ canceled. He was great and saved the day!
Paris L
5.0
9/20/2024
We were able to book with only short notice and with a very professional DJ. Thanks!!
Taylor D
5.0
5/29/2024
Tony from Tones entertainment was incredibly helpful and wonderful to work with for our wedding uplighting and Photo Booth! He really went above and beyond for us and we were so happy with his services for our big night!
Maryanne R
5.0
4/06/2024
Excellent service, personable and great with our wedding guests! Pictures were a great hit with everyone! Highly recommend!
Molly M
5.0
4/04/2024
Tony did such an amazing job for our wedding day. He brought some great ideas up, such as instead of our guests clinking glasses to get my husband and I to kiss, he asked the guests (with our permission of course) to stand up when they think of a song that has the word love in it and sing it to us to encourage us to kiss. It was really cool. He was so polite when we lost our tip set aside for him and we promised we would get it to him. He was so great all around. He even stuck around for our after party. Our guests loved him.
Kathy was also great at communicating with us from the office of of things.
I highly recommend Tony, Kathy, and Tones Entertainment.
Ria F
5.0
7/19/2023
Tony from Tone's Entertainment was our DJ at our wedding and he was outstanding! Very prompt, organized, professional and fun. He kept the party moving and the dance floor packed. I highly recommend him and his staff.
Miranda L
5.0
7/11/2023
I could not recommend a better DJ for your wedding or event. Tony and his staff were absolutely amazing from the early stages of booking to the day of the wedding. He was fun and upbeat and kept my guests entertained throughout the entire night. The best wedding DJ I could ask for, thank you Tones Entertainment!!
Liz C
5.0
7/08/2023
My fiancé and I were looking for a DJ with lots of energy that would be sure to keep the energy up on the dance floor for our wedding. Tony exceeded our expectations, the dance floor was hopping the entire night with tons of positive energy. ☺️Tony played the perfect mix of music, including music requested by my fiancé and I , as well as our wedding guests. By the end of the night myself and so many others were soaked in sweat from all of the dancing. That’s how great Tony was! I 110% recommend, you will not be disappointed. ☺️
John S
5.0
6/22/2023
Tones did an amazing job from the very first communication we had with the owner, through the entire event. There was no pressure but a sincere willingness to help. They knew exactly what was needed at the wedding and reception at all times. These put ours and the bride's mind at ease with their knowledge and experience.
Chen K
5.0
2/13/2023
Very pleasant experience with super professional staff.
Brandon G
5.0
11/19/2022
So much fun, and very professional!
Sally P
5.0
9/25/2022
My now husband and I hired Tony from Tones Entertainment as our DJ for our wedding last weekend and he did a fantastic job! My husband used to be a wedding DJ and we're both huge music nerds so a good DJ was one of our top wedding vendor priorities. And Tony nailed it! From being open to our long list of must plays, enthusiastic about our sillier requests (like playing "Somebody's Getting Married" from Muppets Taken Manhattan during our ceremony to playing Weird Al's "Eat It" for the cake cutting) to working with our more unusual, wooded venue with no wifi or reception.
One of the best things Tony did was take note that in our vows we mentioned meeting through our favorite band, and throughout the night he worked in as many Barenaked Ladies songs as he could. It was just a really special touch of care that did not go unnoticed.
Dawn S
5.0
9/13/2022
Our videographer cancelled for my daughters wedding 4 days before the event via text with no excuse. They were booked and paid months in advance. Tones responded to our inquiry immediately and did everything within their power to help us. The videographer they sent was amazing and did an amazing job. They were so good, I was glad the other company cancelled.
Melina S
5.0
9/10/2022
Our photographer and his assistant were AMAZING! Our videographer was equally AMAZING! They all made myself, my husband, and our bridal party members feel comfortable and made sure we had fun and to capture that in all of us and my guests. We also had a photobooth as well and it was well used by everyone. 1,000/10 recommend.
shawn b
5.0
6/29/2022
Mike was the dj for our wedding. He played all the music we requested and a bunch of his own that were hits. He was energetic and got the party rolling. Thank you tones for providing such great entertainment at our wedding.
Ashley C
5.0
6/27/2022
Tones was an amazing vendor to work with! I used their photographers, videographers, DJ and photo booth services... making planning that much easier to have all of them in one package!!! Everyone was amazing to work with and very personable, making it a seamless transaction and a beautiful wedding day!! Thank you!!!!
Rachael E
3.0
10/09/2021
Highly recommend if you’re only hiring to DJ your wedding reception or other celebration. They did great at getting people on the dance floor, playing songs for all generations, and making sure everyone stuck to the timeline. However, if you’re looking to hire them to DJ your ceremony and use their PA system, I don’t recommend. They refused to come to rehearsal saying they will know what to do and it will be fine, but they did not play the music to our wishes on the day of during our ceremony. Music cues weren’t played as wished and transitions weren’t smooth. Microphone they gave our pastor cut out a couple times during the ceremony. It was minor and didn’t ruin our day, but still frustrating. Our guests weren’t aware of the issues. I love to dance and had the dancing as one of my top three things as important to me. For our reception they definitely took care of that! The dance floor was never empty and people still are talking about our wedding a couple months later with how much fun they had.
Susan K
5.0
6/08/2021
We used Tones Entertainment for our High School event on Friday night. We had a DJ and an Open Photo booth. They were very accommodating of our request for the background of the photo booth. We are very pleased with their services. They showed up on time, were very personable and professional. I would recommend their services! It was nice to have one company that did both services!
Christina G
5.0
12/11/2020
Such an amazing group!! Took their time with our wedding video and had all the songs i wanted to play at my wedding !! I could not think of a better company to use than tones entertainment .
Brittany L
5.0
10/17/2020
What a crazy time to try and plan a wedding!! We were lucky enough to work with Tones Entertainment who were always available through all the changes & challenges to answer all our questions. We did a package deal with all 4 services. DJ (Tony was fantastic!!), Photo Booth (our guests loved this! We opted for an open Photo Booth and it was a blast!), photographer & videographer (both were fantastic and captured our entire day). All the memories created & captured will be cherished forever. Highly recommend!
Katie S
5.0
9/19/2020
Tones Entertainment was so flexible! I was canceling and rescheduling my wedding due to covid. Once we had a plan, Tony and the team were ready to help in any way! I cannot thank tones enough for the amazing tunes. I am ready to jam out for next year! I highly recommend Tones Entertainment!
Renee H
5.0
7/22/2020
Tones entertainment was phenomenal! They did all they could to help make our day special and Tony was so professional and fun through the whole night
Stephanie N
5.0
10/21/2019
Wow wow wow! Tony was our DJ and he absolutely killed it. Nothing but compliments about the music people are dancing and having fun the entire time. My biggest fear was that nobody would dance and Tony totally took that away. We also used Roger for our photography and James was our videographer. Both were very professional and understanding when working with our goofy bunch of bridal party. I cannot wait to see the photos taken and a video captured. Donny was in charge of our photo booth and from what I hear he did an absolutely amazing job and the book that we got with all of the memories it’s something I husband and I will cherish forever: once again Tones absolutely made the day
response 10/21/2019
Thank you!!!! We had such a great time...
Maria P
5.0
9/25/2019
We highly recommend Tones Entertainment! They did an amazing job with DJ,Video,Photographer & photo booth! Roger,Chris & Tony were so accommodating. We couldnt thank them enough!
Allie N
5.0
7/29/2019
Thanks tony for beating such a great DJ! We had a great time at our wedding!
Joleen S
5.0
6/24/2019
Tones entertainment was amazing on our wedding day! They went above and beyond for all of our needs. Tony was our DJ and did everything perfect with what we asked for. The photo booth was such a huge hit with all of our guests! I would highly recommend Tones Entertainment for all your wedding and party needs!!!!!
Jasmyn O
5.0
4/26/2019
We hiredTones Entertainment to DJ for our wedding and Tim was amazing! People were on the dance floor all night and everyone had a great time. They we're extremely professional to work with and I highly recommend them
Elizabeth C
5.0
9/21/2018
Tones Entertainment helped to make our wedding the best night of our lives! Our DJ Rod kept people on the dance floor all night long. His music quality was fantastic, and the price was reasonable. Rod was incredibly fun to work with and kept the life flowing in the party during the speeches and reception. He DJ'd for both our reception and ceremony and I had the biggest smile walking down the isle and dancing to our favorite songs! Highly recommend Tones Entertainment!
Marcia J
5.0
8/20/2018
The most amazing DJ!!!! Played great music and had everyone dancing! Can’t say enough good things about Tim!!!
Jennifer J
5.0
8/17/2018
Tony was amazing! He was professional and accommodating to our needs with the photographer and with the caterers. He wasn't intrusive while ensuring that the flow of the night was perfect. We received many compliments from guests that he was able to entertain a room of different tastes in music. He kept the dance floor full and was accommodating to guests requests. Tony made sure our night was everything that we hoped it would be! We would absolutely recommend Tones Entertainment to anyone hoping for a perfect wedding night.
Jasmine F
5.0
6/23/2018
I highly recommend Tones Entertainment. Tim LaMoy DJ’d for our wedding and he’s an excellent DJ. We had lots of unusual requests: specific songs for the hora and several Middle Eastern / foreign language tracks that were not part of their repertoire. Tim nailed it. The guests had a blast during the hora, which lasted >16 min, and people were dancing until the music ended at midnight. Tammy was also very responsive when we were organizing everything, answered all of our questions (and we had a lot of them…), and was generally great to work with. Both Tim and Tammy were incredibly patient with all of our requests. If you want a hopping party at your wedding, go with Tones.
Karmen P
5.0
11/16/2017
Tones Entertainment:
Just wanted to say a huge thank you for helping make our day so great! Your personality just added to the atmosphere of our wedding. Thanks for going above and beyond, particularly when you even incorporated audio from a different source just so we could hear a horse race! You made everything run so smooth and really hit the mark perfectly. We will definitely be recommending you to our friends. Thank You for being our wedding DJ Timmy!
Karmen and Holly Peterson
Rose C
5.0
10/13/2017
Wedding was 9.2.17
WOW! We are so IMPRESSED with Tones Entertainment! We used Tones for both our DJ and our Photographer. The Diplomat Banquet Center (where we got married, AMAZING by the way!) suggested Tones, so we went with it; best decision ever! Ya’ll, these photos are AMAZING! Our photographers name was John. Not only was John amazing at his job, but he was so kind and personable too, which makes EVERYHTING a lot easier and more comfortable too! John was so professional and knew all the right angles, and lighting. Our photos are beyond incredible!
Tim (owner of Tones) was our D.J. This guy ROCKS! He played all the songs we requested, and added a few more songs that worked PERFECTLY with the crowd at our wedding! The best part, watching Tim smile and move to his music, he had our dance floor PACKED from song 1 to the last song; it was incredible! Tim announced all names correctly, started and stopped songs perfectly as requested, and again, kept out guests dancing all night long! Tim was flawless through our ceremony and our reception!
Not only is Tones Entertainment incredible, their prices are almost unbelievable! I seriously cannot believe what we were about to pay if we had chosen another company; it’s insane! Tones Entertainment made every part of our wedding and reception perfect, without busting our wallets!
Tones is truly a “well oiled machine.” We worked a lot with Tammy who was in charge of communicating our requests to the DJ and Photographer, and she did that perfectly! They are an amazing company!
You have my word that Tones Entertainment is the company you need. We will forever be loyal to you and promise to share all of our great experiences with those planning weddings! Thank you, thank you, thank you for making our day PERFECT!
Tracy C
5.0
9/24/2017
Tony DJ-ed our wedding and I couldn't have been happier. One of my guests actually said "I was afraid to go to the bathroom because I might lose my spot on the dance floor." He kept the party rocking all night and everyone couldn't stop talking about how much fun they had. We had an awesome experience with Tones Entertaiment!!
Amir K
5.0
2/14/2017
I contacted Jimmy C's for DJ service, and ended up requesting DJ, photobooth and a photographer. They have the best prices in Rochester and are very quick to respond to any questions or concerns you have. Ultimately, we had some change of plans for our wedding and will not be utilizing their services. However, they offered to refund the deposit we put down and were very communicative throughout the process.
Allison B
5.0
1/20/2017
the did such a good job on my daughters wedding hihgly reccomend
dEBRA J
5.0
1/20/2017
BEST GUYS EVER
Kelly G
5.0
1/19/2017
jimmy c and staff was the best!
Ellen W
5.0
1/19/2017
Jimmy C and his staff were amazing, they did however lose my wedding video with a hard drive problem, Jimmy was nothing but helpful and empathetic to my feelings, yes I was upset, but my mother always told me IT ISN'T THE PROBLEM IT IS HOW THEY FIXED IT Jimmy sent me a gorgeous wall hanging for my home, and refunded the money I spent on the video, no I can't get those memories back but it was handled so well and professionally. the rest of their services were amazing.
Debra M
5.0
1/19/2017
oh. my. god
To start Jimmy and his staff were friendly, helpful, and funny from the moment they answered the phone so kind and helpful. they helped me decide what what best and suggest a photo booth, which I never even thought of!!! their prices can't be beat!!! 2999 for unlimited photography (with an album) a 5 hour DJ (PA and ceremony were extra and not by much) unlimited unedited video (i paid an extra 300 for an edited video and I am so glad I did it was beautiful and well put together) and a 3 hour photo booth. everyone got a cute picture (much better than favors they would throw in a drawer) and props. their DJ kept everyone dancing knew what to play when and really got everyone moving and having fun, they really made my wedding special, thank you so much Jimmy and staff
Helen M
5.0
1/19/2017
most amazing company ever. prices are amazing and my video was the most heartwarming thing in the world they did such an amazing job, looked like it came out of pintrest my whole wedding album was amazing
Della F
5.0
1/19/2017
the best ever
Grace E
5.0
1/19/2017
Jimmy C did an amazing job on our wedding, we did a full package which was THE BEST price around FOUR SERVICES for only 2999 VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPHY, DJ, AND PHOTOBOOTH you can't get that anywhere and you definitely can't get the service he provides anywhere, staff is confident. and helpful so blessed to have found Jimmy, god forbid I need another wedding, we would use him all over again
Andrea W
5.0
1/19/2017
amazing amazing amazing, is all I can say, video was so beautifully done, staff was kind, funny, and helpful, highly reccomend!!!! have used for three wedding and a retirement now!
Sarah M
5.0
1/16/2017
We had a wedding video with Jimmy and it was beautiful, staff was so kind, highly recommend!!!
f m
1.0
1/13/2017
JIMMY C MUSIC MACHINE PER HIS WEBSITE(your wedding vows take only a few moments,if ever a single moment of your life is worth preserving,this is the one,photography cant do it alone,you need the magical artistry of a professional video to do this moment justice) well we tried to use him his computer crashed and where is my daughters professional video,how does a professional for over 30 years not have a backup system and what makes the matter worse is the dumb auto reply i will get after this review is added all the negative ones are the same,what a joke this company is!!
response 01/16/2017
Hi! I'm actually a live person there is no auto response. We've tried to be as transparent...
as possible in what has happened here. we are available to show you paper work from 4 different recovery services on why our hard drive was unable to be recovered. We have refunded all money paid for our services and offered any solution we can, repeatedly posting negative reviews from you and all your friends is fine with us, one mistake in over 50 years does not define our company, being the top rated photographer/videographer in Rochester/Buffalo three years in a row speaks for itself. we know how to use computers, we had a proper backup, we AGAIN offer our deepest sympathies, as a bride myself I understand what a wedding video means, out apologies cannot bring the video back, we wish it could
A H
1.0
1/12/2017
We used Jimmy C's for videography and DJ. James Cielinski's staff the day of were awesome. He himself is a jerk. After losing my wedding video due to "hard drive and external hard drive crash", he stopped contacting me to tell me the status of my video. When I called for a refund in December, he refused to give it to me "claiming he was going to fix it". After telling me it was sent out to 4 different vendors, he still never told me what those people said. I don't believe him for one second. I know hard drives can be recovered. He was a jerk on the phone to me and my family and is awful at communication. Although his prices are great and we can't complain about the guys we were lucky enough to have, we will NEVER recommend this company to anyone and we are going to be sure to write a bad review on every page possible to save others from this same misery. Yes, he did give my money back for the video services but that doesn't fix the fact that my wedding day video is GONE because of him and his selfish ways. Figure out how to use computers, have proper backup, or just SHUT DOWN.
response 01/12/2017
Hi! we were very sorry that we had such issues, and we did all we could to recover them, w...
e are more than happy to send you information from all 4 vendors stating that information could not be recovered, and why, we appreciate your honest feedback. after 50 years in the buisness this is the first time this has happened, we have now taken measures to make sure this cannot happen again. again this was out of our control, we offer our most sincere apologies.
Shannon L
1.0
1/12/2017
One of my friends just had her wedding in October, never received her video and all the memories she had with her family on her special day. Apparently the computer with the file on it broke, along with the hard drive and backup. After many phone calls she got her money back but not the moments she wanted to cherish 😔
response 01/12/2017
Hi! we were very sorry that we had such issues, and we did all we could to recover them, w...
e are more than happy to send you information from all 4 vendors stating that information could not be recovered, and why, we appreciate your honest feedback. after 50 years in the buisness this is the first time this has happened, we have now taken measures to make sure this cannot happen again. again this was out of our control, we offer our most sincere apologies.
Shelby M
5.0
6/15/2016
Peter rocked it on the music and made everyone had
a time of their lives!
Cori R
5.0
8/10/2015
I really enjoyed looking through the album we got of all our guests' photos and well wishes. My aunt used to run a photo lab and had to tell the attendant to change something (I can't remember what) to make the pictures come out clearer. I'm glad she was able to help out because the first couple photos were pretty fuzzy. The attendant was very helpful though and said everyone looked like they were having a lot of fun! We definitely were!!
Shannon M
4.0
3/12/2014
Can't remember our DJ's name. He had everyone dancing. He put out request sheets for songs but said no to everyone's requests except mine. Other than that, awesome
Tiffany B
5.0
1/17/2014
Jimmy C entertainment was my Photographer and my DJ. Michelle was amazing, she took so many pictures on request and ones she thought we would love to have. She had a smile on her face the entire time, she looked like she enjoyed her self as much as I did!
Jenna T
5.0
11/05/2013
:)
Jessica S
5.0
8/11/2013
Jimmy C offers some of the best deals in the area. We had 6 hours of service and even WON a free photo booth! Our DJ played music we requested for our cocktail hour and during dinner. Once it was time to really party, he was great at entertaining the crowd. If no one was dancing, he switched up the type of music playing right away. If something was working, he kept with it. The DJ is one of the most important parts of a reception and we had so many compliments on how great he was! The photo booth also became the life of the party as well!
Theresa C
3.0
8/06/2013
We got a really great deal for having a Friday wedding and with combining packages. The photographer we worked with was great, but the videographer was beyond rude to one of our guests and that's unacceptable.
Elizabeth D
3.0
8/05/2013
We used Jimmy C Music Machine for photography and videography. The people who we initially met with were nice and helpful. The day of the wedding the photographer was great, however the videographer was very rude to a guest. He followed the guest around and told them to sit down, to get out of the way, and that she was a bother to him multiple times. Besides the videographer, everyone else was really great. Still waiting to get our pictures. I would use them again, as long as I had a different videographer
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