DO NOT BOOK THIS DJ FOR YOUR WEDDING.
If I can give him 0 or negative stars, I would.
I am writing this yelp review in hopes that future brides do not have the same experience . Prior to the wedding James and I met twice. He was late to our meetings which were always held at a Coffee Bean. He reassured us that he would take care of everything and kept telling us to not be stressed. On the second meeting, we gave him a list of songs and mixes that we would like for him to play and mix for us. He promised that he would have it to us within the week so that we can practice our dance. My mom and myself had to email and call him 3 times to get these mixes from him and it took more than 2 weeks to receive them. In addition, any mixes that were additional, he wanted to charge $50 for any re-edits. I have worked with other DJs in the past, for friends' weddings and none charged extra for edits on the mixes, this is a DJs job.
During the last month leading up to the wedding, emails were sent to him multiple times and he did not respond to them until I finally called him. Requests for copy of his business liability insurance was asked twice by my wedding coordinator, twice by my mother, and twice by me. It took 6 times for him to finally send us his insurance.
By this time, I had a feeling he was not a very responsible vendor. We could not back out because I have already paid him. I decided, that in order to have minimal mistakes during our wedding, I would send him a timeline as well as detailed instructions on how I would like the wedding to go. In essence, I wrote him 5 pages of detailed instructions in which all he had to do was read it before hand and read the paper word for word during our event. I made it fool proof, or so I thought.
Prior to the wedding, he mentioned that he would have two microphones for us to use. One for the string quartet and one for the pastor with a stand. During our wedding, we had one microphone and have had feedback that the string quartet was barely heard due to the fact that they did not have a mic, which he promised he would have. In addition, he did not provide a stand for the pastor as promised.
On the wedding day, my wonderful father in law sang during our ceremony. He had a CD track to accompany his song. James told him that he didn't have a CD player and even had the audacity to respond to my father in law that everything now is digital. Compact disks are digital. He did not even try to help him find a way to play his track. My father in law, in the hot sun, ran around our venue for an hour, trying to find a way to play his track. I believe that this is the DJ's responsibility but yet, I am very thankful for our wonderful venue for their help.
When he was announcing our grand entrance, names were not announced correctly. All he had to do was read the email that I sent him with the detailed instructions. I even wrote on the instructions that one of our bridal party participants was not going to be present and took him off the list of names to announce. Of course, he still mentioned that name and actually eliminated the couple that WAS present. In addition to not reading our list, our coordinator told him that the last couple was not present. I know this to be true because there are several witnesses, including family members.
As our meal was served, I noticed that I did not recognize the music that he was playing. Our guests were VERY conservative and our music selection took hours in order to accommodate our beloved guests. I, the bride, went up to the DJ during what was supposed to be the 5 minutes I had to eat and asked him to change the music to our playlist that we sent him many weeks prior to the event. He once again had the audacity to tell me, the bride, that he couldn't do his job if people keep coming to him and talking to him! I was bewildered and quite upset at his response.
We had a couple guests leave because they were offended by the music that he was playing. My wonderful new husband's surprise dance for me was not the right version of the song, even after a detailed email was sent to him regarding which song to use. Our bouquet toss was not announced properly. I had to run over to him and tell him to please stop announcing the wrong thing. I showed him on the detailed instruction paper that was IN FRONT OF HIM (because my wedding coordinator printed it out for him because at this point he was making mistakes left and right) and all he answered was, "Oh".
Also, after our slideshow with our baby pictures and couple pictures, he announced, "Well that was all very nice and sweet..... for now". I CAN NOT BELIEVE THAT HE WOULD SAY THAT AT A WEDDING! I had so many guests call me and tell me how hurt and upset they were at this comment.
I can go on and on about his numerous mistakes. Weddings are so stressful for Brides, if you would like a stress-free DJ, please stay away from Mixx Entertainment. read more