Alyssa C. says, "I have a very mixed review, and more of a “you get what you pay for” kind of mindset. I had to book a DJ last minute for my wedding because my original one fell through so I knew my options were going to be limited.
From the beginning I was in contact with who i believe is the main DJs girlfriend(?), J Leyva, and she helped me get all the info I needed for the event. The communication was great, vibes were good so I went ahead and booked with them. I didn’t hear from them for a while to see what they needed in regards to the day of so I did my own research to put together what they needed to create a successful night and shared the note with them, including all announcements I would need made throughout the night, must play songs that I want definitely played, and no list songs that are not to be played under any circumstance, and any genres, etc of any other information that I thought that they might need. less than two weeks before the wedding, we hopped on the phone and went over all the details they said that everything was perfect. I felt confident in how the day would play out. then, less than a week before my wedding I get a text asking for a playlist with as many songs as possible. as I was deep in wedding preparations and bachelor/bachelorette stuff this kind of overwhelmed and frustrated me a little bit, because I thought they had what they needed to make a playlist… but I made it happen and I made a five hour playlist and sent it over.
But when it came down to the day of, it seemed like the songs that were being played midway through the reception was just requested songs, and only 3 out of 9 of the songs that I had put as must play had been played by the end of the night and only because they were requested by somebody. And only 1/2 of the announcements were actually made and it was only bc I asked her to say it in the moment.
On the day of, it was J and another guy who said he was related to her bf and he just comes along to join sometimes. After announcing us in, we went into our first dance and she kept playing the song after the song was supposed to fade out and we had bowed and started heading to our seats. One thing that I was really upset about was that she was supposed to announce the pastor to come pray over us and invite our family and friends to lay hands while playing “the blessing” this whole event just got completely deleted from the reception and it was such an important moment we wanted. instead, she asked the pastor to pray over the food and wasn’t really leading the crowd into what was supposed to be next.
We go on with the party and I do want to put some compliments here, J is very good at mixing music and putting good vibes together when she’s actually playing music and she was dancing with the crowd and engaging with our guests so im not saying I had an awful experience there’s just some kinks that need to be worked on for future weddings. there were often times the music would completely cut off after a song would end, and when I would look up to try to find out what happened, she was away from the booth and across the venue chatting with guests. she kept having to find her helper as well, who was off doing his own thing… I had multiple guests tell me after the wedding that he was blazing up with some of the guests… Which, as a wedding photographer myself, I found extremely unprofessional. If you’re at work, you should not be partaking in specific activities no matter if guest say it’s okay because in this moment, you are representing a company. That’s all I will say about that lol.
When it came down to the sparkler exit, all she did was go to the mike and say that we are doing a sparkler exit but give no direction to guests on what to do or where to go, I ended up, asking the photographer to take over and she took control over the situation for me. As we’re getting ready to walk through the sparkler, the DJ’s helper was right behind us the entire time recording on his phone, and I asked him to not be in the back of us because I had my videographer and my photographer in front of me and I didn’t want him in the background, but he stuck like glue to our backs, especially when we were running back up the aisle, and the photographer was taking pictures of us running away with the guy literally following behind us so those photos are unusable because of it.
I say all of this from my personal experience, it seems like they may not have a lot of wedding experience and may be better for a smaller event that doesn’t have so many moving parts but I share my experience so those considering this company can make an informed decision on their experience. Like I said I didn’t have an awful experience but there were a lot of little things that added up to a bigger overall experience. As a bride, I shouldn’t have to be micromanaging vendors to be where they need or reminding them to play certain songs, cut off songs, announce everything when we spoke prior to the event on what was expected."See more
