STAY AWAY from hiring NR Band. I absolutely cannot recommend them to anyone. Let me start off by…read moresaying that I saw NR Band (Jackie, Jerome and Bryan) perform at an event and fell in love with them. When I found out they were available for my wedding date I was thrilled! They were one of the parts of my wedding that I was most looking forward to. Now comes the day of my wedding, 8/25/18, and I was totally disappointed, upset and let down. Not only did the THREE singers (Jackie, Jerome and Bryan) that I had hired and SIGNED A CONTRACT FOR not show up, but they sent us TWO singers who were not dressed in formal attire (like the contract states they need to be) and were horrible. Their style was nothing like Jackie, Jerome and Bryan. To be honest,
Initially I thought that the wrong band showed up at our venue. In our contract it stated that we needed to approve of any changes in Band members, so NR broke contract by not running it by us first. Now let me tell you about the MULTIPLE issues we had. #1, our wedding party was introduced into the reception by a woman using an iPad...at any wedding I've been to, the band introduces the bridal party. #2, our first dance song was played using a band members iPhone and TWICE their phone went off from a phone call during our first dance. It was totally unprofessional and embarrassing to us. Also, they cut off the song about halfway through, so it just stopped playing. My husband and I were shocked and had no idea what to do, so we just sort of walked off the dance floor and went to our seats. I remember hearing gasps from guests when the phone rang during our first dance. #3, our MOH and best man speeches were announced by the woman with the iPad, the band still wasn't present on the stage. #4, when the band finally appeared and started to play, they were way too loud for dinner music and my venue needed to instruct them to turn down the volume. #5, they took several breaks and only performed about 1 hour tops and they didn't perform anything we had included on a "Love list" Also, the style of their performing was totally not what you'd expect to get with Jackie,
Jerome and Bryan. #6, father/daughter and mother/son dances were played on an iPhone and the volume was so low, guests commented to me after that they could not even hear what songs were being played.
Basically, it seemed totally unorganized, chaotic and like everyone was a "fill in"... most likely due to my wedding date being double booked. Also, when we did have contact with the band manager Jerome prior to the wedding, it took weeks or multiple emails to get a response. The only reason I'm giving one star is because they did refund us some of the money (I don't even think they were worth what we paid after some refund), and the back up instrumental musicians were actually talented (one played a lovely piano solo during cocktail hour). All of my vendors, as well as my venue, told me afterwards that they've added NR to their "do not hire" lists for other clients. I hope that other brides and grooms do not have to go through what my husband and I went through. It was a total disaster.
