TOTAL DJs MUSIC PRODUCTIONS

Music was the most important part of our wedding because we're big music lovers. We knew that finding the right MC/DJ duo would be the biggest decision we'd make, and wanted to take that seriously. We met with Ceasar early on in our DJ search, and he was very nice and professional and even gave us a great presentation of his services. We were very transparent with him about meeting with other vendors before making a decision, and reached back out to him in the new year to move forward with booking. We met with him one last time before signing the contract because we had additional questions we wanted clarity on, and wanted to inquire about adding a black-and-white photo booth. We showed him the style we were going for; classic black-and-white 4x6 photo prints with our wedding logo on the corner of the picture. We didn't want any props offered to guests and we wanted a white background for the pictures. Ceasar told us they could absolutely do that so we added that cost. After signing the contract and paying the deposit, access to Ceasar definitely became more limited. Eventually, we got in contact with him so he could introduce us to Joey and Omar, our MC and DJ duo. They were very nice, but unfortunately, not very well prepared for our initial meeting. We thought we would help them out by creating a document with everything they would need for the day of the wedding, specifically all of the “big” songs we were using for our entrances, and the announcements we would want them to make. We also inputted the songs into the online platform they use internally as well. We shared the dinner and reception playlists we made, and confirmed the details for the photo booth to make sure everyone was on the same page; they even sent us a sample photo booth picture in color to show us how our wedding logo would look on it, which we flagged and said needed to be in black-and-white. On the day of the wedding, nothing went as planned. My husband had specifically asked them to play the intro to “Trophies” by Drake for the groomsmen entrance because he loved the trumpet solo. We told Joey and Omar that they could choose the parts of the songs they wanted to play for all the other entrances, but this one had to be played from the beginning. They didn’t end up playing it from the beginning and our groomsmen were confused as they walked out because they had practiced their entrance with the trumpet intro. We could’ve completely overlooked this incident, but then we saw that they started to play the reception music during dinner, specifically the Colombian songs my family had requested we play for them to dance. They apologized for the confusion and tried to correct it, but then we noticed that the photo booth pictures were being printed only in color, the background was a sequined silver, and the photo booth attendant had a bunch of props she was encouraging our guests to use even when they said they didn’t want to. After the wedding, we called Ceasar and asked about the photo booth situation, and he said he would send us all of the pictures in black-and-white so we could share them with our guests. It’s been three weeks since then and I doubt I’ll ever get those pictures. Although Joey and Omar were very nice, they were incompetent at following directions, and business is business and we know we have to provide an honest review. To future couples: if your gut is telling you they’re not the one for you, then they’re not the one for you.

We booked with Cesar after being impressed with his energy and reasonable prices. We also appreciated the website where we could add all our wedding party info, timeline of events and add to our “must plays” and “do not plays” list. He even “threw in” a complimentary add-on of a monogram with our initials. After booking and throughout the planning there were red flags we should have noted. Every single time we scheduled an appointment with them to review timelines and our music choices they either no showed or were 15-30 minutes late. During each meeting that included the MC, Omar, he was either driving or at “his store” and obviously preoccupied. Omar repeatedly emphasized his love for house music and my husband and I clarified we did not want that our wedding and wanted a mix of 80s classic wedding music and some Latin and Ecuadorean music as well and reminded him this was reflected in our “must play s” playlist. None the less we had booked them and did not want to stress about finding someone else. Our booking included complimentary music during the cocktail hour so we spoke with our venue coordinator and didn’t plan for this with them as again, it was to be arranged by our DJ. The day of our wedding we were half way through cocktail hour and found out the DJ had not yet arrived. Our venue coordinator was able to substitute something for the cocktail hour and when we went in to the reception area around 20 minutes before our grand entrance was supposed to start, we saw them arriving and starting to set up. Needless to say our reception started late. Overall we were greatly disappointed in the music and energy brought by the DJ and especially the MC Omar that evening. They played only around 30% of what was on our must play list and we missed out on a lot of the dances and music we had envisioned for that evening. After our first dances of course the evening began with some house music and odd comments/“MCing” from Omar. My husband and I spoke to Omar reiterating we did not want house music and requesting less “MCing” from him. What was more disheartening and mortifying were Omar’s comments throughout the night. At one point a large group of my husband’s family had gone over to the bar and the DJ began playing the song “Shots” by LMFAO (not on our must play list) with Omar calling out multiple times to “all the alcoholics at the bar”. I was embarrassed and shocked at how unprofessional and inappropriate he was. Throughout the night he continued making these comments including saying my Filipino husband was “looking like an Animé character” and pointing out and laughing at my special needs cousin who was dancing pointing at him and saying “what is the guy doing?”. It was really disappointing and embarrassing to have this be the entertainment our guests remembered. I highly suggest you stay far away from this vendor and if you’ve already booked do whatever you can to get your money back and find someone else. If you absolutely cannot book someone else, please make sure you do not have Omar as your MC.

Amazing service, me and my wife Hannah booked our DJ, videographer and photo booth through TOTAL DJs MUSIC PRODUCTIONS. Our Dj made sure we had enough time in advance to choose our music and he could feel the crowd and accommodate while playing. The video turn out to be great, especially the short 6 min video (the drone was a huge add on really recommended). The price was unbelievably fair compared to other vendors in NY area.

Really Amazing! This is one stop shop for your wedding. They have packages that include rhe DJ, photography, photo booth, videographer and much more. Everything is right here. No need to look any further. They handled my wedding and everything was perfect. The staff is amazing and so professional. Would highly recommend TOTAL DJ’s MUSIC PRODUCTIONS to my friends and family!