What to Look for in a Wedding DJ
Experienced
When choosing a wedding DJ, experience stands out as one of the most important factors…
An experienced DJ has the ability to understand and anticipate the flow of a wedding, helping to ensure seamless transitions between your key events.
When it comes to music, experience is the only way a DJ can learn to read a crowd to adjust their playlists to match the energy and preferences of attendees. If you want a packed dance floor at your wedding this is essential!
When it comes to the microphone, experienced DJs have confidence when they speak and are able to capture everyone's attention with ease.
Let’s be honest for a minute… unforeseen things happen! Sometimes there will be a complex technical, scheduling, or social issue that arises during your wedding. You want someone who is going to be able to handle it quickly and professionally.
Experienced DJs have worked with lots of vendors which ensures a cohesive and coordinated event as they know how to best communicate with one another.
Professional
From the planning process right up until the very end of the wedding, you’ll want a professional
A professional DJ will look polished and organized. Like it or not, your DJ is going to end up in a lot of your pictures so make sure they’ll fit the part by the way they dress and hold themselves.
Before your wedding even begins, a professional DJ will be reliable (not missing meetings, delivering items when they say they will, etc) and responsive when you reach out. This is so important to make sure you’re on the same page come wedding day
Nobody wants to wait around for a late DJ. Find someone who will arrive not only on time but early in order to set up and be ready for your wedding.
You and/or your wedding planner spent hours deciding the best flow of events for the day so don’t let an unprofessional DJ ruin it by going off the timeline and making up events. Make sure your DJ will stick to your timeline unless told otherwise.
This one might be controversial but we think that DJs shouldn’t drink at weddings. While the DJ might be more fun that way, it's also a sure-fire way to say dumb things over the microphone, do a sloppy job mixing songs, and mess up important events.
Quality
It's your big day! Don’t choose a low quality DJ…
Make sure your DJ has high quality sound and lighting equipment that sounds great, looks great, and enhances the ambiance instead of taking away from it. You and your planner spent all this time selecting the perfect decorations so the last thing you want is to have an eye sore by the DJ booth or terrible sounding audio.
Imagine this: your first dance just started and all the sudden the music goes out… Dead silent. Ensure your DJ has reliable equipment and avoid this situation from ever happening.
There might be a small chance the DJs equipment breaks but if it does you’ll want to make sure they have a backup ready to go. More than that though, make sure they can get that backup running quickly because every moment without music will feel like an eternity.
Versatile
Not every wedding is the same…
Your DJ needs to be able to adapt to what your guests want to hear by catering to the varied music tastes and preferences of guests while also including your suggested and must play songs.
Sometimes there are certain moments or moods during a wedding that weren’t planned so you need to make sure your DJ is able to pick up on these quickly and play the right music to match what’s happening.
To ensure all of your guests feel included and engaged a DJ needs to be flexible in accommodating requests at the wedding. With requests though its also important not to play every single request but to be able to vet them for what the DJ thinks will work best.
Playing one genre for dancing the entire night is extremely boring. A versatile DJ will be able to transition between genres smoothly while keeping the dance floor alive.
Trusted
Reviews, testimonials, recommendations…
These all provide valuable insights into whether a DJ can actually deliver on what they say they can, straight from the mouths of past clients.
Reviews offer a glimpse into a DJ’s style and personality in a way that you can’t get from an email or website.
They help gauge consistency and reliability of the DJs services.
All in all, reviews, testimonials, and recommendations can give you reassurance and confidence when you choose your wedding DJ.
If you're searching for a wedding DJ around Raleigh, NC, we hope you’ll consider us! One of our experienced and professional DJs could be just the right fit for your wedding. We’d love to talk with you to find out. Reach out here!
