Judd & Terri had a nice wedding this very classic yet simple. The Coordinator - Sabrina Cadini of La Dolce Idea, did a great job of keeping everything on track.
They had a very nice 4 course dinner with their best man's toast, a full table of cupcakes in place of the tradtional wedding cake and then some dancing afterward.
I got some nice comments from Judd just after the event...
Spencer was great. He received compliments from professional musicians attending our wedding as guests. It doesn't get any better than that. The music was up beat and people were dancing throughout the evening. He was easily able to balance the interests of children and young adults as well as our older guests. Everyone was dancing together all night long.
My Radio on air alter ego, Dr Boogie (TM) from Magic 92.5 FM had me playing as the closing act after R&B Singer Teedra Moses. She's primarily an East Coast Artist, but she's got a long list of credits that you would recognize including song writing for Mary J Blige, Macy Gray and Support Rolls for R Kelly, Will Smith and No Doubt.
I was booked to play old school (like we play on Magic 92.5) videos and the crowd loved it. The best feature of my Video DJ performance still continues to be my wide variety of Videos or different music genres.
This party was fun but I have to admit, it was a new experience for me. Anthology is a Live music show club, not a dance club and consequently the audience comes to see a performance, that was the first time I have ever been "The Show" I'm usually called in to create the dance atmosphere of a party or Night Club.
Chris and Jennifer went all out on their Rock n Roll themed wedding, I have to give the credit to her wedding planner Jessica Gillon for really making it all come to life. Their Ceremony was on the 4th Floor Woodstock Terrace featured a close friend of theirs singling and playing the keyboard for their music selections. The Cocktail reception was also on the terrace separated by Garden Decor and was all Coldplay, Uncle Cracker and the Killers.
When the guests were invited down to the Legends Ballroom, they were treated to the works. Photobooth complete with costume hats and feather boas, Record shaped Menu cards and actual records (with their personal label of course) as table number signs, the Late Night Party Donut Station and I Video DJ 'd on the Main stage. With the Rock n' roll theme we got to have a lot of fun with the Background music videos, and they had a few close friends that offered some of the best toasts I'd heard in a while, the kind where the audience laughs and cries all within 4-5 minutes. After dinner it didn't take much effort to get the group up and dancing, I was scheduled to play dance music for about 45 minutes to make way for the Closing Act, but once we got going they pushed the final act back a little.
Joey Cape was the Closer and if you aren't familiar with his work, I can best describe him as Jack Johnson meets Grunge, sort of. I have to admit I was a little worried about having a down tempo Acoustic act close the party. Completely the opposite, the group were BIG fans. The keyboard player for the ceremony had actually collaborated on a song for Joey's recent album. I don't usually offer live band PA due to the amount of work involved but Joey was super nice and it was only 3 microphones and 3 Instruments.
One of my favorite features about Video DJ is that I can take monograms, designs and logo and put them right on the screen. If you look on the screen behind Joey Cape in the video clip you'll see Chris and Jenn's logo for the wedding.
Brian & Courtney brought a few dozen people in from Phoenix for their wedding and really wanted to make it as much of a party as it was a traditional wedding reception.
They asked for DJ and Karaoke with Dance lighting and a custom Monogram projected on the wall (visible in the video clip).
This group really got into the party, the formalities included several introduction songs. Thunderstruck - ACDC for the Father of the Bride's Welcome toast; The Univ. of Arizona fight song for the groom toast and a fully choreographed dance by the bridal party to I got a Feeling- Black Eyed Peas to start the night off.
The Karaoke singers were... Entertaining. As with any party with karaoke there were some great singers and there were some that weren't as great but they definitely had fun with it. Dancing and singing til the end.
A Beautiful Mid-August Wedding at the Sheraton Harbor Island, right on the water in downtown San Diego. Austin & Lindsey had me share the entertainment duties with NRG a variety band that does a lot of Weddings and Corporate events here in Southern California. DJing with a band is a special task that not all DJs can handle (or are good at). The primary concern is that since the band only knows a few dozen songs or so, I have to be sure not to play anything on their playlist until they are finished with their last set. Some think that since the band knows a lot of Disco, Motown and Rock n Roll that the easy way to resolve this would be for the band to play the older music and the DJ to play the new music. That, in fact would be easiest but the new top 40 isn't necessarily or usually the best music to lead into a night with. The grandparents and aunts and uncles along with the rest of the older generation of guests, in my experience, really appreciate some music that they can relate and dance to. I usually find that when they get the music they know as a lead in, they dance more to the other music throughout the night. I try to play songs the band won't be playing but still play some songs that the older group will like before moving into the fun 80s and dance music that fits the younger guests like we had at this wedding.
Amber and Blue uplights and a Monogram in light (Gobo) on the dancfloor accented the room, with the stage and the sweetheart table in the center of the room it only left space for a long narrow dancefloor. The Video clips weren't able to capture the whole dancefloor in one frame. From the Grand Entrance to the Toast and Dancing, the night went off without a hitch thanks to Julie Scrivener the wedding planner. At the end of the night I got thank yous and compliments from both the Father of the Bride and the Bride and the Groom. That let me know I did exactly what was needed, played good music for everyone and kept the whole group engaged in the party.
Here is a post wedding comment I received from Lindsey the bride a few weeks after the event... Spencer did a wonderful job selecting music and incorporating my suggestions into the playlist. He also coincidentally chose the perfect song for our last dance. It was a Coldplay song that Austin (Groom) says was written for me. Bravo!
When asked to name one thing that could been even a little bit better:
I thought everything was awesome - he did a great job
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Alex and Kristen had their reception for 250 guests. The RB Inn staff did a great job with a very elegant dinner. The evenings events were flawless with the coordination from Diane Kern from Exclusive Designs and Events. They had given me a small list of must play songs and also a handful of please don't play-songs and from there let me do what I do best, play the best songs for the crowd. There were a lot of family members from the midwest and they were really into the oldies and motown in particular, so I played a good mix of those along with some fun 80s, 90s and top 40 and it worked out perfectly. Go to www.mobilemusicplus.com for more info on Spencer Bezy.
The La Jolla Bridge Club is a pretty cool place to have a wedding. The Ceremony area is just feet from the water, you can hear the waves crashing. Even though the park is a very popular family beach area during the summer months, there are enough bushes and trees to block the both the ceremony area and the main lawn from the public area. Due to the size of this group dinner was buffet style out on the lawn, inside the club only seats 50-75 guests, but I really think with good weather outside is the best option.
The City of La Jolla has some noise ordinances that restrict amplified music outside on the lawn, but there are some tricks of the trade to still accomplish some light background music and announcements. The dancing is always inside (again due to the noise ordinance), dancing in the main area is preferred since the ventilation in the parlor is minimal.
Terry & Amber hired Gayle Feallock of Just Imagine Weddings to coordinate their wedding. I've worked with Gayle a lot over the years and she's great, I highly recommend her if you're looking for a coordinator. OH! and the party was good too...
I've been DJing for 17 years, I began in nightclubs and then professionally for special events several years later. In 1997, I began as a radio mix DJ at KLUC 98.5FM in Las Vegas and built a weekly syndication of over 28 stations including Magic 92.5 FM in San Diego. In 2000 I helped found and produce "The Digital Groove" a ground breaking House and Techno music radio show syndicated nationally on 14 stations. As a mobile entertainer I developed my skill as a Professional Emcee for special events and now offer a variety of services, Wedding DJ, Emcee, Nightclub DJ, Karoake, and VIDEO DJ. I've worked with artists suchs as Roberta Flack and Earth Wind & Fire and Jay Leno, and I'm as comfortable speaking to an intimate event of 14 guests as I am speaking to a concert of 4,000.
