Comments on: Music makes the wedding go ’round.

By: Tiffany @ Engagement101

Tiffany @ Engagement101 — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 16:57:07 +0000

I never been to a wedding that played music. Basically the bride and groom will have their first awkward dance, but the majority of the time was spent just chowing down on food.

By: Cheap&Easy

Cheap&Easy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 19:57:27 +0000

We’re going the iPod route. We get to pick all our own music so no worries about anything we don’t like & we don’t really feel the need for an emcee. Although we do have a friend that’s a comic that may step in & do a little emceeing.

By: Anita

Anita — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:56:29 +0000

We were the same way – music was one of the MOST important things for us. My fiance and I have varying music tastes and none of them fit in with your “traditional” wedding music. Add on top of that the fact that I wanted to make sure we threw in some Bollywood and bhangra for my side of the family, and finding a DJ was near impossible. One thing I want to recommend is asking around about your favorite club DJs. There are two DJs here in DC who spin at bars and clubs that I like (The Black Cat, Wonderland, Saint-Ex) that I found out also do weddings. Unfortunately both were booked on my wedding day, so I went with a DJ company, but my fiance and I are super thrilled with the guy we chose – he specializes in intercultural weddings and international music, and got rave reviews on WeddingWire, which is how we found him. We called a couple DJ companies, told them exactly what we were looking for and all of them had DJs that were more international or alternative in nature – so definitely ask around, I’m sure you’ll find someone you love! Good luck!!

By: Bethany P

Bethany P — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 02:54:30 +0000

Gigmasters.com has provided me with a dj and instrumentalists for my wedding. By reading the reviews of other people that have booked that talent, you can get a better idea of whether it is truly professional dj or just some guy with a can full of speakers.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 00:57:28 +0000

Dana not sure where you are getting married at but I have a recommendation if you’d like one… and are getting married somewhere around the ATL area.

By: One Barefoot Bride

One Barefoot Bride — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:52:55 +0000

I don’t really have an answer, but wanted to sympathize, as we are going through the same thing right now. We really don’t want a traditional wedding DJ who’s going to make tons of announcement or spin the Chicken Dance. I’ve been reaching out to friends to see who they know, and have gotten a couple suggestions on cover bands that we’re going to check out… This seems like one of the tougher pieces to pull together, if you don’t know musicians.

By: kaori

kaori — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:49:55 +0000

We had the same prob…our musical tastes r the same as urs. Then I found a dj 4 our event @ an event we attended. He plays EVERYTHING n if he doesn’t have it, he’ll get it 4 u & he is a FANTASTIC EMCEE to boot. The dance floor was packed all nite & well past the alotted time that we had the venue 4. No one wanted it 2 end. His name is eugene macala. He travels everywhere becuz he is that good. U can find some work on youtube, but I wouldn’t take the video as evidence of what he can do. Good luck!