Hiring a DJ is not as easy as one thinks. You want the best, someone that can not only be in tune with you and your needs but have everyone, including grandma, up on that dance floor by the end of the night.
1. Knowledge - You don't want Uncle Kenny with an iPod filled with Nickleback songs DJing your event for two reason; Nickleback doesn't have a broad catalog of music and an iPod is great for when you're wired in at the gym not DJing a party. Look for a DJ who not only has a wide range of music in his repertoire, but who knows the catalog like the back of his hand, and can offer up concrete advice on what may be best to play when from meeting with you personally and getting to know who you are and what you're looking for out of your even.
2. Organization - It's your day and you expect everyone to be prompt and ready to go, so why should you expect anything less form your DJ? The right DJ will not only be organized and ready to cue your music selection at the right time but his professionalism and organization will allow how to also be ten steps ahead, anticipating the moments to come,
3. Energizing and Attentive - Are your bridesmaids falling asleep before the cutting of the cake? Are the twenty five 13 year olds at your son's Bar Mitzvah running a muck in the lobby of the hotel outside the ballroom? Then you have the wrong DJ providing your guests with entertainment. The right DJ feeds off of the guests at your event. While staying attentive to the person(s) of honor, the DJ will be able to wrangle the tweens into fun activities on the dance floor, or keep the bridesmaids up and on their feet while getting grandma and grandpa to enjoy the fun on the dance floor. A great DJ can round out any event by catering to the masses and treating everyone's ear buds to their favorite flavors.
4. Stress Free Planning - A bride and groom have a million things to plan before their big day and the entertainment is always towards the top of the list. Any great DJ will assist in taking the guess work out of what goes into reception planning. From ceremony, to cocktail hour, to dinner and dancing the right DJ can not only make suggestions based upon your taste in entertainment as well as offer up suggestions to what would best compliment your big day from music, to lighting suggestions.
5. Experience - Would you take your car to be repaired by an 18 year old kid with a monkey wrench and just graduated from auto repair school? No because he doesn't have the experience with cars you are looking for. So why go to an inexperienced DJ for your big day? You shouldn't. Any great DJ has gone through the proper training through apprenticeship and years of perfecting his technique. Handle with care should be any DJ's motto when helping you customize your event. Great DJs are not in it for the fame or glory but the pride and reception of an amazing job well done.
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