April 2, 2025 • 18 mins
Your wedding day deserves only the best! Find out why investing in a quality #weddingDJ is crucial for a memorable day full of love, laughter, and dancing.
This podcast is for engaged couples who are stressed out with wedding planning and family expectations but want a fun wedding day.
In this edition, we uncover the critical role a professional wedding DJ plays in creating an unforgettable wedding experience.
Sal and Sam share insider secrets on personalizing your wedding reception, crowd engagement, and ensuring seamless transitions.
Learn why investing in a quality DJ is one of the best decisions for a stress-free and memorable wedding day.
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(00:00):
If you're planning a wedding, there areimportant aspects you need to consider.
In this edition, we're goingto talk about something that's
overlooked quite often in the weddingplanning, and it's very important,
and that is hiring a quality DJ.
If you're debating whether togo with a professional or have a
playlist, this edition is for you.
There's some questionsthat you need to consider.
(00:23):
What kind of atmosphere do youwant to create at your wedding?
Have you ever been to a wedding wherethe music made or broke the experience?
Do you want someone to helpguide you through the flow?
Or are you just going to handlethe transitions yourself?
How important is the guest experience?
Do you want to keep the dance floor full?
What happens if the equipment fails?
(00:44):
Do you have backup?
What are you going to do?
Thanks for joining us.
Hi, I'm Sal from AfterHours Events in New England.
We'll answer these questions andmore in today's edition of the
Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast.
Welcome to another edition of our podcast.
Hi, I'm Sam from Atmosphere Productions.
Listen now and discover investingin unforgettable memories, the case
(01:08):
for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
These are wedding insider secrets fora stress free fun and memorable day.
Our podcast will help you as anengaged couple navigate wedding
planning complexities whileaddressing family expectations.
We'll guide you through the journeyof creating the perfect wedding
(01:29):
day without unnecessary stress.
By the end of this edition, you'llget concise tips on budgeting,
wedding party management, ceremony,reception planning, and more.
Hey, it's perfect for anyone planninga wedding, all in 30 minutes or less.
Trust me, you don't want to miss this.
Welcome to Stress Free WeddingPlanning, the podcast that will
(01:51):
transform your wedding planningjourney from chaotic to enchanting.
Sal and Sam bring over 80 years ofcombined wedding expertise and exclusive
insider information to the table.
If you're recently engaged, feelingthe pressure of wedding planning,
Struggling with family expectations, butstill dreaming of a joy filled wedding.
You've come to the right place.
Get ready to unveil the best kept weddingsecrets, discover practical tips and
(02:14):
strategies, and learn life changinglessons for a stress free wedding.
Your unforgettable wedding day awaits.
We're here to take you on a transformativejourney of love, laughter, and memories.
So don't miss out on the podcastthat just might change your life.
This is the stress free weddingplanning podcast with Sal and Sam.
On today's podcast, investing inunforgettable memories, the case
(02:37):
for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
We're going to explain to you today howa DJ plays a critical role in setting the
mood and the energy for your wedding pluswe'll cover how a professional DJ ensures
smooth transitions throughout the nightand why investing in an experienced DJ is
one of the best decisions you can make.
Hi, I'm Sal from After Hours Events in NewEngland, the experts in creating a stress
(03:00):
free unforgettable wedding experience.
We bring energy, professionalism,and a passion to making every
couple's big day, truly special.
Visit us at After HoursEvents of N.E dot com.
Learn more about our experienceand journey to help you with
stress-free wedding planning in thetrailer or pilot of this podcast.
It's important for you to know howmuch influence a DJ has over the flow
(03:25):
and energy of your entire wedding.
Today we'll discuss what to look forwhen you go to hire a DJ and share
some real stories from weddingswhere music made all the difference.
Hi, I'm Sam from the awardwinning Atmosphere Productions,
wedding entertainment with expertknowledge and the difference.
In quality, specializing in liveceremony, musicians, cocktail, our
(03:48):
string musicians, plus lighting andelegant and classy presentations.
We have exactly what you need.
Visit us at atmospherehyphen productions dot com.
That's atmosphere hyphenproductions dot com.
Today's edition is all aboutinvesting in unforgettable memories.
The case for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
(04:12):
Keep in mind, a wedding DJ ismore than just a button presser.
They are the heartbeat of yourcelebration, setting the tone
for each part of your big day.
A great DJ knows how to play music andmove around with the vibe, breeding the
crowd, managing the flow of events andensure that everything stays on schedule.
Have you ever been to a weddingwhere the dance floor was empty
(04:34):
and the transitions felt awkward?
That's what happens when you don'thave an experienced DJ in charge.
Now just a reminder you can joinus on YouTube and if you're already
there it means that you've searchedfor the Stress-free Wedding
Planning podcast with Sal and Sam.
And if you're watching make sureyou subscribe and get it first.
(04:55):
Now, What is the realvalue of a professional DJ?
There are certain aspects that separatesa professional experienced wedding DJ.
The first one we shoulddiscuss is the personalization.
Now, when I do a wedding, I makesure that everything that I do at the
(05:16):
wedding is customized and personalizedto the client, the playlist, how all
the events are going to happen, rightdown to the way I say their name.
It's not "the bride or the groom".
It's "Jackie and Jenny" or "Tomand Bob", whatever it is, that is
(05:38):
the personalization that I do atevery single wedding reception.
There's much more, but that's a start.
Make sure you DJ can personalizeyour wedding reception.
Personalization is so important, Sam.
One thing I've been finding couples who'vebeen asking this one question a number of
times over the phone is, " what is yourplaylist?" And I'm like, I don't have.
(06:01):
A set playlist, because if I havea set playlist, that means I'm just
pressing a button and let it play.
And I do that every wedding.
Your wedding should be unique.
The vibe is going to bedifferent in your wedding.
So I have to read the crowd and figure outwhat direction I need to go at different
times to keep things rocking and verysmooth and just having great transitions.
(06:21):
Another thing we have to worry aboutis, crowd engagement, you know, kind
of like what we're talking about.
You want to keep the energy flowing.
So you have to read that crowd.
You have to have someonewho could do that.
You can't do that with creating yourown Spotify playlist and playing it
off your iPhone or something like that.
You need a person who's physicallywatching the crowd and reading them and
(06:43):
figuring out what direction to go into.
In my experience doing weddings,reading in the crowd is one of the
hardest things to teach another DJ.
So you can imagine if you are justputting songs on a Spotify playlist
and trying to get people up to dance.
It's going to be nearly impossible.
(07:03):
Crowd engagement is so, so importantand that is looking at the tables,
looking at the guests, playingthe right music at the right time.
Having those two or three songtransitions that, you know, are going
to get everybody up and dancing.
Which leads me to thoseseamless transitions.
(07:23):
How are you going to go from theintroduction to the first dance?
How are you going to go fromdinner to the cake cutting?
All that happens.
in a transient way with aprofessional DJ who has done weddings.
It is not herky jerky andone thing going to another.
You're not going from the cakecutting to the first dance, the
(07:44):
last dance, and then you do, somemore dancing throughout the evening.
That It doesn't make any sense.
These transitions need to beseamless, and it needs to have
what I call "forward motion".
Everything needs to keep movingtowards the end of the reception.
These are all things that are well thoughtout by a professional DJ and will help
(08:06):
guide you through the whole process.
Another thing you need to worryabout is high quality equipment.
When you're getting a professional DJ,typically you're going to get top tier
sound and lighting equipment, making sureyour wedding sounds and looks amazing.
Also, a professional, as a norm, will havebackup equipment because even with the
best equipment, things could go wrong.
(08:28):
So it's important to have backupequipment and that backup equipment
needs to be on the premises.
If it's anywhere else, it's not backingup anything and the party's over.
So backup is very important.
So if you're doing your own musicwith your iPhone and you, rented
a speaker, something goes wrong.
What do you do?
And that leads us to our nextsubject, Sam backup plans.
(08:50):
that's right.
You know, if you don't have a backupplan, things are going to fail.
Now, one of the big thingsthat fails is microphones.
Well, you know, do youhave backup microphones?
Obviously computers.
If the computer fails, doyou have a backup plan?
If your phone fails, ifyou're running Spotify.
(09:10):
Backup plans are somethingthat all wedding DJs have.
And they usually bring a planB and a plan C. I particularly
have three Apple PowerBook Pros,at my disposal at any wedding.
And the chances of all threefailing is darn near impossible.
(09:32):
But That's the reason I carry three.
In case one fails, I havebackup two and a backup three.
All professionals should have thislevel of backup plans in force.
Now we talked about the backing up ofequipment, which is very important,
but how about a backup to the DJ?
A professional DJ company is going tohave a contingency plan if something
(09:55):
should happen to that DJ MC that'ssupposed to work that day at your wedding.
I know with our company, we have backupbuilt into our company, but we also
have a network of DJs outside of ourcompany that we know and trust and can
get the job done for us if need be.
So we've just explained how aprofessional DJ keeps the flow of
(10:15):
events smooth and reads the crowd toplay the right music at the right time.
Plus we explained about backupplans, high quality equipment,
and those seamless transitions.
Coming up next, investing in yourmemories and stories from real weddings.
But first, if you have a questionor concern, go now to Facebook and
(10:35):
join us on the Stress-free WeddingPlanning Community and ask away.
You can also join uson our YouTube channel.
Just search for Stress-freeWedding Planning Podcast.
With Sal and Sam,subscribe and get it first.
This is the Stress Free WeddingPlanning Podcast with Sal and Sam.
It's Wedding Tip Wednesday time.
Remember, marriage lets you annoy onespecial person for the rest of their life.
(10:59):
No way, my wife has never annoyed me.
Wink!
Wink!
On today's Wedding Tip Wednesday.
During the rehearsal, please let yourwedding party know where they're going
to be seated during the reception.
You don't want all that craziness,when they're getting ready for
introductions that they don't knowwhere to go when it's time to be seated.
So make sure during cocktail hourthey go find the seating chart, find
(11:22):
out where they're seated, so they'recompletely ready when it comes time.
And that's another weddingtip from Sal and Sam.
Wedding Tip Wednesday is availableon the Stress Free Wedding Planning
Facebook group page every Wednesday.
Join the group for free!
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FitznerProductions dot com.
(11:43):
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(12:08):
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This is the Stress Free WeddingPlanning Podcast with Sal and Sam.
Welcome back to our discussion aboutinvesting in unforgettable memories.
(12:29):
That's right.
The case for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
I'm Sam from Atmosphere Productions.
I'm Sal from After HoursEvents of New England.
We've already discussed how a professionalDJ keeps the flow of your events
smooth and reads the crowd to play theright music to keep the energy going.
In my experience, one of the mostimportant things a couple can say to me
(12:50):
is how they enjoyed the introductionsand how the names were pronounced
correctly and how the event went fromone item to another so seamlessly.
I do this because before the wedding Iwork with the couple endlessly to make
sure I know exactly what they want.
(13:11):
And I go through the names to make surethe names are correctly pronounced and
where everybody's going to be standing.
It is so important that yourDJ knows how to coordinate the
details, not only with the couple,but with the other vendors around.
So that's why in my experience, myweddings tend to flow effortlessly,
(13:37):
and it's great when you get a responseback from a client that says that.
We've seen firsthand how the rightDJ can make or break a wedding.
One couple we worked with told usthat their wedding felt effortless
because we handled all the details fromtiming the first dance to ensuring the
dance floor stayed packed all night.
(13:57):
Now on the flip side, I'm sure you'veheard the horror stories of DJ showing up
at weddings with the wrong equipment orbad equipment or equipment that doesn't
work, or they don't have any idea ofwhat's going on at the wedding reception.
Now it's very, very important thatyou research your DJ so that you
(14:19):
don't get these horror stories.
There's a whole list of questions thatyou can ask your prospective wedding DJ.
It's all on our website, atmospherehyphen productions dot com and it
goes through about 10 or 15 questionsthat you need to ask your wedding DJ.
I also suggest that you go back to editionnumber two, "how hiring a professional
(14:44):
DJ gives you peace of mind." That's agreat edition that will help you with some
of the questions that you need to ask.
You know, Sam, I know you do this too.
We, we talked to the roomcaptains and we always get to
hear a lot of different stories.
And one story that keeps reoccurringto me is about these inexperienced
DJs, not knowing what to do, how todo it, not having it written down
(15:05):
on what the plan is, but even worse.
They're not even goingto do the announcements.
They're actually trying to hand themicrophone over to the room manager
to make all the announcements.
So these are definitely things you needto ask whoever you're going to hire.
Are you the MC also?
Are you going to help us throughthe whole process of the wedding to
make sure everything runs smoothly?
(15:27):
When you ask questions like that,this is usually where the red
flags come up very quickly for you.
And you know, if you shouldbe going in another direction.
Think of your wedding DJ as aninvestment, just like your dress.
It's an investment.
It's not an expense.
Long after the food has been eaten, andthe flowers have faded, and your guests
(15:48):
are gone home, the only thing that peopleremember is how they felt on that day.
Did they have fun?
How did things smoothly flow?
And how connected to the event were they?
That's what a professional DJ delivers.
You know a professional DJcould help you in so many ways.
I'm going to give you one of thebiggest horror stories of my life.
(16:09):
As a DJ, I was DJing a wedding andwhat happened is the room captain
came up to me and said, we're notgoing to be able to serve dinner.
We're having problems in the kitchen.
So I asked if I could be the one whotalked to the couple, cause I felt
very close to them and, and talkingthrough things to see another way
to still make this a great partyand not let this day be ruined.
(16:32):
And of course I asked the manager too,is there any finger food you could give
out just anything that has some sustancethough, so they can eat a little something
and I will make up everything else.
I took the couple to theside and we had a talk.
I gave them the big pep talk.
They walked in that room with their bestfoot forward and we had the greatest time.
I got to tell you, it was probably one ofthe best parties I ever had in my life.
(16:53):
Now it's my experiencethat got us through that.
If you've got someone who has noexperience, pretty much the party's over.
So there you have it.
We've just provided you someinsider tips on how to invest in
unforgettable memories, the casefor hiring a quality wedding DJ.
So if you're planning a wedding,take the time to find a DJ who truly
(17:15):
understands the importance of theirrole and understands what you want.
Ask for their experience, theirequipment, their backup plans.
Don't just go for the cheapest.
Not all DJs are created equal.
Now as you spend the next weekplanning your wedding, if you want
me, Sam, or our community of stressfree, engaged couples and wedding
(17:37):
experts to answer any wedding relatedquestions, join us over in the Stress
Free Wedding Planning Facebook group.
Once you're in, go ahead and share yourconcerns and worries and we'll let you
know if you're on the right track or ifthere's something we need to work on.
The link to join us is in the shownotes of this edition, or go to
Facebook and search for the StressFree Wedding Planning Community.
(17:57):
A new edition is released every Wednesday.
Subscribe and get it burst.
Remember to do something nice forsomeone today, and if you can't,
do something nice for yourself.
We'll catch you then.
Ciao.
Thank you for listening to this edition.
If you've enjoyed what you've justheard, leave a review and share it
with a friend or someone who wouldbenefit from this information.
Until next time, it's TTFN.
(18:18):
Ta ta for now.
The Stress Free Wedding PlanningPodcast is produced and copyrighted by
Atmosphere Productions in associationwith After Hours Events of New England.
If you're planning a wedding, there areimportant aspects you need to consider.
In this edition, we're goingto talk about something that's
overlooked quite often in the weddingplanning, and it's very important,
and that is hiring a quality DJ.
If you're debating whether togo with a professional or have a
playlist, this edition is for you.
There's some questionsthat you need to consider.
(00:23):
What kind of atmosphere do youwant to create at your wedding?
Have you ever been to a wedding wherethe music made or broke the experience?
Do you want someone to helpguide you through the flow?
Or are you just going to handlethe transitions yourself?
How important is the guest experience?
Do you want to keep the dance floor full?
What happens if the equipment fails?
(00:44):
Do you have backup?
What are you going to do?
Thanks for joining us.
Hi, I'm Sal from AfterHours Events in New England.
We'll answer these questions andmore in today's edition of the
Stress-free Wedding Planning Podcast.
Welcome to another edition of our podcast.
Hi, I'm Sam from Atmosphere Productions.
Listen now and discover investingin unforgettable memories, the case
(01:08):
for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
These are wedding insider secrets fora stress free fun and memorable day.
Our podcast will help you as anengaged couple navigate wedding
planning complexities whileaddressing family expectations.
We'll guide you through the journeyof creating the perfect wedding
(01:29):
day without unnecessary stress.
By the end of this edition, you'llget concise tips on budgeting,
wedding party management, ceremony,reception planning, and more.
Hey, it's perfect for anyone planninga wedding, all in 30 minutes or less.
Trust me, you don't want to miss this.
Welcome to Stress Free WeddingPlanning, the podcast that will
(01:51):
transform your wedding planningjourney from chaotic to enchanting.
Sal and Sam bring over 80 years ofcombined wedding expertise and exclusive
insider information to the table.
If you're recently engaged, feelingthe pressure of wedding planning,
Struggling with family expectations, butstill dreaming of a joy filled wedding.
You've come to the right place.
Get ready to unveil the best kept weddingsecrets, discover practical tips and
(02:14):
strategies, and learn life changinglessons for a stress free wedding.
Your unforgettable wedding day awaits.
We're here to take you on a transformativejourney of love, laughter, and memories.
So don't miss out on the podcastthat just might change your life.
This is the stress free weddingplanning podcast with Sal and Sam.
On today's podcast, investing inunforgettable memories, the case
(02:37):
for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
We're going to explain to you today howa DJ plays a critical role in setting the
mood and the energy for your wedding pluswe'll cover how a professional DJ ensures
smooth transitions throughout the nightand why investing in an experienced DJ is
one of the best decisions you can make.
Hi, I'm Sal from After Hours Events in NewEngland, the experts in creating a stress
(03:00):
free unforgettable wedding experience.
We bring energy, professionalism,and a passion to making every
couple's big day, truly special.
Visit us at After HoursEvents of N.E dot com.
Learn more about our experienceand journey to help you with
stress-free wedding planning in thetrailer or pilot of this podcast.
It's important for you to know howmuch influence a DJ has over the flow
(03:25):
and energy of your entire wedding.
Today we'll discuss what to look forwhen you go to hire a DJ and share
some real stories from weddingswhere music made all the difference.
Hi, I'm Sam from the awardwinning Atmosphere Productions,
wedding entertainment with expertknowledge and the difference.
In quality, specializing in liveceremony, musicians, cocktail, our
(03:48):
string musicians, plus lighting andelegant and classy presentations.
We have exactly what you need.
Visit us at atmospherehyphen productions dot com.
That's atmosphere hyphenproductions dot com.
Today's edition is all aboutinvesting in unforgettable memories.
The case for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
(04:12):
Keep in mind, a wedding DJ ismore than just a button presser.
They are the heartbeat of yourcelebration, setting the tone
for each part of your big day.
A great DJ knows how to play music andmove around with the vibe, breeding the
crowd, managing the flow of events andensure that everything stays on schedule.
Have you ever been to a weddingwhere the dance floor was empty
(04:34):
and the transitions felt awkward?
That's what happens when you don'thave an experienced DJ in charge.
Now just a reminder you can joinus on YouTube and if you're already
there it means that you've searchedfor the Stress-free Wedding
Planning podcast with Sal and Sam.
And if you're watching make sureyou subscribe and get it first.
(04:55):
Now, What is the realvalue of a professional DJ?
There are certain aspects that separatesa professional experienced wedding DJ.
The first one we shoulddiscuss is the personalization.
Now, when I do a wedding, I makesure that everything that I do at the
(05:16):
wedding is customized and personalizedto the client, the playlist, how all
the events are going to happen, rightdown to the way I say their name.
It's not "the bride or the groom".
It's "Jackie and Jenny" or "Tomand Bob", whatever it is, that is
(05:38):
the personalization that I do atevery single wedding reception.
There's much more, but that's a start.
Make sure you DJ can personalizeyour wedding reception.
Personalization is so important, Sam.
One thing I've been finding couples who'vebeen asking this one question a number of
times over the phone is, " what is yourplaylist?" And I'm like, I don't have.
(06:01):
A set playlist, because if I havea set playlist, that means I'm just
pressing a button and let it play.
And I do that every wedding.
Your wedding should be unique.
The vibe is going to bedifferent in your wedding.
So I have to read the crowd and figure outwhat direction I need to go at different
times to keep things rocking and verysmooth and just having great transitions.
(06:21):
Another thing we have to worry aboutis, crowd engagement, you know, kind
of like what we're talking about.
You want to keep the energy flowing.
So you have to read that crowd.
You have to have someonewho could do that.
You can't do that with creating yourown Spotify playlist and playing it
off your iPhone or something like that.
You need a person who's physicallywatching the crowd and reading them and
(06:43):
figuring out what direction to go into.
In my experience doing weddings,reading in the crowd is one of the
hardest things to teach another DJ.
So you can imagine if you are justputting songs on a Spotify playlist
and trying to get people up to dance.
It's going to be nearly impossible.
(07:03):
Crowd engagement is so, so importantand that is looking at the tables,
looking at the guests, playingthe right music at the right time.
Having those two or three songtransitions that, you know, are going
to get everybody up and dancing.
Which leads me to thoseseamless transitions.
(07:23):
How are you going to go from theintroduction to the first dance?
How are you going to go fromdinner to the cake cutting?
All that happens.
in a transient way with aprofessional DJ who has done weddings.
It is not herky jerky andone thing going to another.
You're not going from the cakecutting to the first dance, the
(07:44):
last dance, and then you do, somemore dancing throughout the evening.
That It doesn't make any sense.
These transitions need to beseamless, and it needs to have
what I call "forward motion".
Everything needs to keep movingtowards the end of the reception.
These are all things that are well thoughtout by a professional DJ and will help
(08:06):
guide you through the whole process.
Another thing you need to worryabout is high quality equipment.
When you're getting a professional DJ,typically you're going to get top tier
sound and lighting equipment, making sureyour wedding sounds and looks amazing.
Also, a professional, as a norm, will havebackup equipment because even with the
best equipment, things could go wrong.
(08:28):
So it's important to have backupequipment and that backup equipment
needs to be on the premises.
If it's anywhere else, it's not backingup anything and the party's over.
So backup is very important.
So if you're doing your own musicwith your iPhone and you, rented
a speaker, something goes wrong.
What do you do?
And that leads us to our nextsubject, Sam backup plans.
(08:50):
that's right.
You know, if you don't have a backupplan, things are going to fail.
Now, one of the big thingsthat fails is microphones.
Well, you know, do youhave backup microphones?
Obviously computers.
If the computer fails, doyou have a backup plan?
If your phone fails, ifyou're running Spotify.
(09:10):
Backup plans are somethingthat all wedding DJs have.
And they usually bring a planB and a plan C. I particularly
have three Apple PowerBook Pros,at my disposal at any wedding.
And the chances of all threefailing is darn near impossible.
(09:32):
But That's the reason I carry three.
In case one fails, I havebackup two and a backup three.
All professionals should have thislevel of backup plans in force.
Now we talked about the backing up ofequipment, which is very important,
but how about a backup to the DJ?
A professional DJ company is going tohave a contingency plan if something
(09:55):
should happen to that DJ MC that'ssupposed to work that day at your wedding.
I know with our company, we have backupbuilt into our company, but we also
have a network of DJs outside of ourcompany that we know and trust and can
get the job done for us if need be.
So we've just explained how aprofessional DJ keeps the flow of
(10:15):
events smooth and reads the crowd toplay the right music at the right time.
Plus we explained about backupplans, high quality equipment,
and those seamless transitions.
Coming up next, investing in yourmemories and stories from real weddings.
But first, if you have a questionor concern, go now to Facebook and
(10:35):
join us on the Stress-free WeddingPlanning Community and ask away.
You can also join uson our YouTube channel.
Just search for Stress-freeWedding Planning Podcast.
With Sal and Sam,subscribe and get it first.
This is the Stress Free WeddingPlanning Podcast with Sal and Sam.
It's Wedding Tip Wednesday time.
Remember, marriage lets you annoy onespecial person for the rest of their life.
(10:59):
No way, my wife has never annoyed me.
Wink!
Wink!
On today's Wedding Tip Wednesday.
During the rehearsal, please let yourwedding party know where they're going
to be seated during the reception.
You don't want all that craziness,when they're getting ready for
introductions that they don't knowwhere to go when it's time to be seated.
So make sure during cocktail hourthey go find the seating chart, find
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out where they're seated, so they'recompletely ready when it comes time.
And that's another weddingtip from Sal and Sam.
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This is the Stress Free WeddingPlanning Podcast with Sal and Sam.
Welcome back to our discussion aboutinvesting in unforgettable memories.
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That's right.
The case for hiring a quality wedding DJ.
I'm Sam from Atmosphere Productions.
I'm Sal from After HoursEvents of New England.
We've already discussed how a professionalDJ keeps the flow of your events
smooth and reads the crowd to play theright music to keep the energy going.
In my experience, one of the mostimportant things a couple can say to me
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is how they enjoyed the introductionsand how the names were pronounced
correctly and how the event went fromone item to another so seamlessly.
I do this because before the wedding Iwork with the couple endlessly to make
sure I know exactly what they want.
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And I go through the names to make surethe names are correctly pronounced and
where everybody's going to be standing.
It is so important that yourDJ knows how to coordinate the
details, not only with the couple,but with the other vendors around.
So that's why in my experience, myweddings tend to flow effortlessly,
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and it's great when you get a responseback from a client that says that.
We've seen firsthand how the rightDJ can make or break a wedding.
One couple we worked with told usthat their wedding felt effortless
because we handled all the details fromtiming the first dance to ensuring the
dance floor stayed packed all night.
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Now on the flip side, I'm sure you'veheard the horror stories of DJ showing up
at weddings with the wrong equipment orbad equipment or equipment that doesn't
work, or they don't have any idea ofwhat's going on at the wedding reception.
Now it's very, very important thatyou research your DJ so that you
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don't get these horror stories.
There's a whole list of questions thatyou can ask your prospective wedding DJ.
It's all on our website, atmospherehyphen productions dot com and it
goes through about 10 or 15 questionsthat you need to ask your wedding DJ.
I also suggest that you go back to editionnumber two, "how hiring a professional
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DJ gives you peace of mind." That's agreat edition that will help you with some
of the questions that you need to ask.
You know, Sam, I know you do this too.
We, we talked to the roomcaptains and we always get to
hear a lot of different stories.
And one story that keeps reoccurringto me is about these inexperienced
DJs, not knowing what to do, how todo it, not having it written down
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on what the plan is, but even worse.
They're not even goingto do the announcements.
They're actually trying to hand themicrophone over to the room manager
to make all the announcements.
So these are definitely things you needto ask whoever you're going to hire.
Are you the MC also?
Are you going to help us throughthe whole process of the wedding to
make sure everything runs smoothly?
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When you ask questions like that,this is usually where the red
flags come up very quickly for you.
And you know, if you shouldbe going in another direction.
Think of your wedding DJ as aninvestment, just like your dress.
It's an investment.
It's not an expense.
Long after the food has been eaten, andthe flowers have faded, and your guests
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are gone home, the only thing that peopleremember is how they felt on that day.
Did they have fun?
How did things smoothly flow?
And how connected to the event were they?
That's what a professional DJ delivers.
You know a professional DJcould help you in so many ways.
I'm going to give you one of thebiggest horror stories of my life.
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As a DJ, I was DJing a wedding andwhat happened is the room captain
came up to me and said, we're notgoing to be able to serve dinner.
We're having problems in the kitchen.
So I asked if I could be the one whotalked to the couple, cause I felt
very close to them and, and talkingthrough things to see another way
to still make this a great partyand not let this day be ruined.
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And of course I asked the manager too,is there any finger food you could give
out just anything that has some sustancethough, so they can eat a little something
and I will make up everything else.
I took the couple to theside and we had a talk.
I gave them the big pep talk.
They walked in that room with their bestfoot forward and we had the greatest time.
I got to tell you, it was probably one ofthe best parties I ever had in my life.
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Now it's my experiencethat got us through that.
If you've got someone who has noexperience, pretty much the party's over.
So there you have it.
We've just provided you someinsider tips on how to invest in
unforgettable memories, the casefor hiring a quality wedding DJ.
So if you're planning a wedding,take the time to find a DJ who truly
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understands the importance of theirrole and understands what you want.
Ask for their experience, theirequipment, their backup plans.
Don't just go for the cheapest.
Not all DJs are created equal.
Now as you spend the next weekplanning your wedding, if you want
me, Sam, or our community of stressfree, engaged couples and wedding
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experts to answer any wedding relatedquestions, join us over in the Stress
Free Wedding Planning Facebook group.
Once you're in, go ahead and share yourconcerns and worries and we'll let you
know if you're on the right track or ifthere's something we need to work on.
The link to join us is in the shownotes of this edition, or go to
Facebook and search for the StressFree Wedding Planning Community.
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A new edition is released every Wednesday.
Subscribe and get it burst.
Remember to do something nice forsomeone today, and if you can't,
do something nice for yourself.
We'll catch you then.
Ciao.
Thank you for listening to this edition.
If you've enjoyed what you've justheard, leave a review and share it
with a friend or someone who wouldbenefit from this information.
Until next time, it's TTFN.
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Ta ta for now.
The Stress Free Wedding PlanningPodcast is produced and copyrighted by
Atmosphere Productions in associationwith After Hours Events of New England.
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