Wedding DJ Tips

The best and easiest way to relay your favorite songs to me is by emailing me your Spotify URL's. You can also use iTunes if you prefer. Spotify has made it so easy to acquire your entire playlist and/or multiple playlists. Choose your favorite songs for the ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner and dancing and send them my way!!!

My wife is a wedding photographer, she often tells me about how many DJs have an "awkward silence" issue during the intros, first dance, toasts, cake cutting, etc... In radio, we refer to this as the dreaded "DEAD AIR". Not acceptable. All the DJ has to do is be prepared, alert and ready to chime in and start up music.

Lod music can have a negative impact on your hearing. I'm a classic example of a person with Tinnitus (ringing in the ears). From wearing really loud headphones during my radio career to attending extremely low concerts (Queen, Boston, Aerosmith, Alice Cooper.....) as well as all those loud dancing portions of weddings!!! Let me know if you want me to lower the volume!

It's pretty tough to enjoy the wedding day and night if you drank too much the night before and you have a hangover! My tip, wait to party until the ceremony is over, perhaps start at the cocktail hour. I've seen it dozens of times over the years, members of the wedding party struggling to make it through the day and night.

One of those "little" details, the timing of the cutting of the cake. I recommend right after meal service. It makes sense and guests are typically ready for their dose of sugar. Check with your caterer, wedding planner or venue, see when they have it planned on their timeline.

I like hearing back from vendors quickly and accurately. Once your information has been submitted to a Wedding DJ, how long are you willing to wait for a quote? Hours? Days? A week or more??? Not me. Phone calls and text messages can get you a fast and accurate quote. Even form submissions and emails get a quick response from me.

I've brought up this subject before in a prior podcast but it's worth talking about it again, "Guests Requesting Music". Most couples send me their request lists for ceremony, cocktail, dinner and dancing music. Many also send a "Do Not Play" list too. The DJ needs to be judge and jury when a guest makes a musical request during the dancing portion of the night!!

It seems like a minor subject but it's a very important issue to be prepared for. Gusty winds or even a steady breeze can create more noise on a microphone than the person speaking into the microphone. Be prepared, brief the officiant and readers as to what to do just in case the wind becomes a problem.

A very common wedding favor is Maine Made Maple Syrup!! It's delicious, native to Maine and healthier than refined sugar. European settlers were taught by indigenous people here in North America how to tap maple trees!! Warm days and cold nights are all you need!!!

Moving Maine Forward, the first good news about weddings in Maine in a year!! Increases in indoor and out door gathering capacities to 50% and 75% respectively on March 26, 2021. And on May 24, 2021, 75% indoors and 100% outdoor gathering capacity!!!!!