It is your wedding day and you have been getting ready for this day since you first met each other. Everything is perfect; flowers, ceremony, photographer, table-setting, dress, tux, family arrived safe, just the way you planned it! It is time to enter the reception hall for the first time as husband and wife with all your friends and family waiting excitedly. You enter the room to cheers and glasses tapping and you see some guy standing behind the professional DJ equipment wearing a t-shirt and jeans that you have never met before pronouncing your name incorrectly. Who is this guy and what is he doing at our wedding? Where is the professional Wedding DJ we booked?
Funny scene right? Well, this happens more than you think. It has become a sad but somewhat common practice for professional Wedding DJ companies to sell you on one Wedding DJ and have another show up. The professional Wedding DJ that you picked was one you felt comfortable with and shared several phone conversations and emails. You discussed the music, your favorite songs and the ones you didn’t want to hear, order of events, dress code, pronunciation of family members names and all the professional Wedding MC duties till all three of you felt you were on the same page. Now some other guy is here who you have never met before DJing your wedding.
Hint #1: When signing your contract with your professional Wedding DJ, make certain it states which Wedding DJ will be the one providing services at your event. Do not let them choose for you, unless you get to make the final decision. They can pick one out for you but make sure you are comfortable with the one they choose. It is your event, you get to choose. Chances are that a good professional agency will pick out the right Wedding DJ for you but it is still in your best interest to have the final say.
Hint #2: Have direct communication with your Wedding DJ before the event to make sure they have your playlist, special songs, order of events, names of those being announced, proper clothing (don’t laugh) and understand how you want the event to transpire. This is crucial. Even the best professional DJ wants to know before showing up what is expected and needed to perform their work effectively. Sure, we can improvise and do when necessary, but having a plan is helpful for all involved and limits misunderstandings at your event.
Hint #3: It is your event! You may have as much or as little input into your professional DJ service as you wish. Again, it is your event!
Remember, it is your event! This is your mantra: It is MY event!
