Wedding DJ Tips

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!!!!!

Dionne Entertainment is and has been LGTBQ Friendly!! The State of Maine made same-sex marriage legal in 2012. The Supreme Court made same-sex marriage legal on 06/26/15 nationally. One of my favorite weddings was that of Jean-Stephane and Tom at Point Lookout! It was in French and English and featured a massive fireworks display.

Being the Wedding DJ for a Caribbean wedding has been quite the unique experience! My wife Kim deserves all the credit for making it possible, she started booking herself as a destination wedding photographer back in 2008, I rode her coattails as an add-on, a Wedding DJ add-on.

The Father/Daughter dance or the Mother/Son dance can easily be turned into quite a spectacle. And out of the clear blue, when nobody suspects it. It's not as common as it used to be but it still comes up every now and then.

There are still couples shopping for a wedding DJ for 2021 dates and even more checking out availability for 2022 dates. With Covid-19 on the decline, the mood is better amongst many couples. There are still a few couples considering postponing or canceling their 2021 weddings. The wedding vendors in Maine would love to get back to normal, so stay the course, wear a mask and get the vaccine.

Many weddings still feature centerpieces at each table. Traditionally, you can give away those centerpieces to one guest at each table. You could stick something under the winners chair, or have the DJ ask who's birthday is closest to the wedding day per table. Or, a game, like passing a dollar around the table to a piece of music!!

Kim and I go on our Covid-19 car tour out West. We drove to Newark from Maine, then flew first class to Denver. With our rental car, we drove to Kim's brother's house in Basalt, CO to a delicious breakfast. Next, we drove to Arches National Park in Moab, Utah. On to Flagstaff, AZ then to the Grand Canyon then onto Las Vegas. We took a day ride to visit Kim's aunt in Corona, Ca! A short flight from...

In Lewiston, Maine, where I grew up in the 60's, Franco-American Catholic Weddings always featured tons of food, alcohol and music!! Many receptions were held in church basements, which had built-in kitchens due to the fact that they served as cafeteria's for the Catholic grade schools. Daytime receptions with bands (not DJs).

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Making use of Doppler Radar is very wise on days where there is a risk of showers or rain. mathematically speaker, your wedding day is more likely to feature good to great weather. Watch the radar and be ready to mover forward or delay, as needed.

I had always dreamt of being a radio disc jockey! While still in high school, my father drove me to the FCC building in Boston where I took the exam to get my 3rd Class Radiotelephone license, giving me the authority to turn on or turn off radio station transmitters and to take readings of the frequency, transmitter and antennas.

It's a classic moment to a great toast, the mic drop. Of course, if you're the wedding DJ, and that mic drop includes a $1000+ Shure wireless microphone, it's a less than desirable moment. Let me know in advance if you can, I'll make sure the right wireless mic is available for the drop.

It happens every year, couples opt for the "free" DJ offer from a friend. Often times, those same couples contact me within weeks of their wedding frantically looking for a real wedding DJ, reason: their friend has backed out!!!

It's important that those individuals who will be giving a toast or speech know that there is a time limit on how long they can talk! Your caterer and or chef has food properly timed to be ready to be served at a certain time. Let everyone know, there's a time limit on talking on the wireless mic.

It's a very common question, "can we borrow a wireless microphone for the ceremony"? Yes! All you need to do is add our complete ceremony services. The DJ needs to set-up speakers, a wireless receiver, a DJ mixer, stands, wires and other stuff to make that wireless microphone work!!

Many traditional elements of a wedding are being dropped by Millennials, some affecting the ceremony others geared towards dropping reception traditions like the cake cutting or bouquet toss, even intros.. Either way, it's still a celebration of love with family, friends and co-workers.

Watching the dance floor like a hawk, that's the Wedding DJ's primary role when it's party time!! Call an audible, a sudden change of song choice to fit what's happening on the dance floor. The dance floor, watch, respond and react appropriately with the right song at the right time!!

In addition to picking specific songs you may also want to talk to your DJ about how loud that music will get played. Pre-ceremony music is typically soft while the dancing portion of the night features much louder party music!!

The State of Maine has a multitude of amazing wedding venues. From the mountains of western Maine to the numerous venues along the coast. Spectacular wedding barns and gorgeous summer camps on lakes.

My first wedding as a DJ, January 14, 1977. The Lewiston Music Literary Hall. 3rd floor. My old friend, Phil Chabot and I hauled in a ton of heavy equipment up 3 flights of stairs. We used the WPNO remote broadcast board and Phil's band's speaker/amp system.

When it comes to weddings being held on bots and ships, I tend to defer to other DJs on my staff. The primary reason, motion sickness. I think I may also have a bit of fear about being on a vessel in deep water. This landlubber needs to stay off the water!!!