Different Types of DJ
There are many types of DJs; Club DJs, Kids Party DJs, Karaoke DJs, Rock DJs, RnB DJs, Old Skool DJs. The list is endless.
Should you book any of them for your wedding? You might if you wanted that specific genre all evening but in my experieene it’s a big no! They don’t specialise in what you are looking for – despite the fact that they could all be fantastic DJs! Have you ever seen a setup like the mine in a pub? In a photo you couldn’t tell the difference betwen a £75 light effect or one for £750 but over 5 hours at a wedding it’s very obvious. Similarly there’s a huge difference between a pair of speakers for £300 vs £3500. It’s not about loud, it’s about clarity and how your ears feel afterwards. The very opposite of just being loud – I’ve left parties that hurt my ears because they were being played beyond their capabilities.
Wedding DJ
For a full-time professional wedding DJ, experience, training, microphone technique, attire, equipment, presentation and most importantly, service, should all be exceptional. A wedding DJ needs all of these as well as having a huge range of music, a great sound system, fabulous lighting and the skills to use it all. A club DJ will often just own a controller. A kids party DJ will not need a high-end sound system.
Before I started my own wedding entertainment company, I had worked part-time for other wedding DJ agencies. I was also doing the usual round of pubs and clubs residencies, birthdays, anniversaries etc! I decided to become a full-time wedding DJ because I realised that I’d NEVER seen a good one!
Experience and Training
What do you do when you want to get better at something? Learn and practice! I spoke to some of the best guys in the UK, I invested in training and in improving my own show. Not just in better equipment (toys as my wife likes to call them) but in the real tools of my trade MYSELF! I now
specialise in making each occasion unique and personal. There is so much more that a wedding DJ can do for you than just turn up and play a few tunes!
Different Skills
Some of the great DJs I have learned from have the ability to make you howl with laughter or cry tears of joy. This ability to create moments of incredible emotion don’t occur by accident, it’s a tremendous amount of hard work, preparation and dedication. Each event takes, on average, 30 hours of preparation with a mixture of emails, Zoom, phone calls and face to face meetings. If you’re not getting this then you’re not getting the same level of service.
If you want a wedding with real emotion, a DJ who cares about the success of your event, someone who will always try to overachieve and deliver more than they promise then please drop me a line.
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