Tell it like it is?

We got an email the other day I had twittered that our blog tells it like it is, and while with a relatively new blog we haven't really said anything earth shattering, let me explain the basis for that.

1. The customer is always right or of course should always be treated as right however the Wedding Vendor, especially vendors with multiple events every week, must know a lot about what they do right? Just remember with most vendors you're hiring experience. If your Best Friend Kenny from college who used to dj really could handle your wedding you would have asked him right? There's a reason you hired us or the caterer, the planner etc. You may have great ideas that would work but you want someone to help someone with EXPERIENCE. And we have that.

The biggest place that this comes up is in music lists. Time and Time again we see someones "Sunday Drive" ipod list for wedding music.

That's great it really is if you want your guests to hear that and not "Dance" that's fine we will help you explain it really well


"Ladies and Gentleman as a token of their gratitude for attending this festive evening John & Mary had prepared tonights music playlist it's their Sunday Drive list from their ipod, and as such we are not taking requests.. enjoy"

A simple statement like that saves the DJ and also the bride and groom because most wedding guests have been trained for a wedding

-beautiful ceremony
-vows
-cocktails
-dinner
-dancing

when the music isnt conducive to the dancing part than a lot of guests are going to think that your wedding dj sucked or nobody danced.

So what should you do?

Why not take your best danceable songs off that ipod, then take the most danceable songs off your fiances ipod and roll with those

Or better yet 1st djs (http://www.1stdjs.com) offers all of their brides access to our award winning online planning system which has a portal where you can send a link to guests or put it on your wedding website and they can request songs for you. Imagine that actually adding to your wedding the songs your guests will dance to, that would be a great party.

There is a reason that time and time again we are booked for overtime and extra hours in leiu of an "after party" want to know why? This is part of that answer.