Vendor Interview
REEL DJs
Interview Transcript
What makes a professional DJ?
Music Machine
I believe a professional DJ is somebody that understands the wedding business.
DJ Valentina
What makes a professional DJ is the way that they act, the way they dress, the way they present themselves.
Dawson Entertainment
You should always choose a professional DJ if the event that you are throwing is important to you.
Xtreme Soundz
We’re going to keep it organized, but at the end of the day you have somebody that’s going to lead and that’s what we are.
What kind of equipment should a profesional DJ have?
Arpeggio
A professional DJ should always have professional equipment.
Conte Sound Productions
When I go to a venue I don’t know if the ceilings are going to be high. I need a system for that.
Xtreme Soundz
Obviously be enough to provide sound for up to 4- 500 people.
Epic Entertainment
Just to make sure that we have the best sound and the best equipment available that’s needed for your space.
DJ Corey Young
Being a DJ today is like having an iPhone. You need to upgrade your equipment every two years.
What about experience?
Dawson Entertainment
A professional DJ should have many years of experience you know the more experience you have the more situations you’ve seen and the more ways you have to resolve potential issues.
Xtreme Soundz
What not to do, what to do.
Arpeggio
A friend that might not have the experience with weddings might not know how to react and it could cause some interruptions for your wedding day which you definitely do not want.
Music Machine
A wedding’s a one time thing, you can’t mess anything up, you can’t get back a first dance or a parent dance and so on and so forth.
Epic Entertainment
Experience for a professional DJ is ultimate. I think sometimes it’s the ultimate game changer.
How much preparation goes into an event?
Arpeggio
There’s so much preparation that goes into an event. It is so much more than just showing up pressing play and letting a music play for 5-6 hours.
Xtreme Soundz
The preparation starts right from the beginning as soon as we meet with you.
Conte Sound Productions
You're preparing to get to know them and what’s so important to me is building relationships with the couple.
DJ Valentina
It takes hours to put together songs to put together a library based on the vibe that you think it’s going to be.
DJ Corey Young
Through experience it could be five hours, could be ten hours. Depends on the size of a DJ’s library.
Dawson Entertainment
Then take your vision and make your vision into a playlist for the day.
How should a professional DJ respond to a technical malfunction?
Arpeggio
So malfunctions happen. Thing of it at home, your lightbulb goes out there’s no warning you don’t know. Same thing happens with DJ equipment sometimes.
Xtreme Soundz
They should stay calm. They should be confident that they’re going to fix it.
Dawson Entertainment
Experience in these situations can often lead you to some troubleshooting techniques to quickly figure out what the problem is.
Music Machine
We deal with computers. They could have a hiccup, but having a professional DJ with professional equipment would make the event run a lot smoother.
Epic Entertainment
I think a professional DJ should have top of the line equipment and multiple versions of it.
How should a professional DJ read the room?
DJ Corey Young
Reading a room as a professional DJ takes a lot of experience. The ability to understand if the dance floor is getting tired, if they need to change it up a little bit.
Xtreme Soundz
Older guests, you obviously have to cater to them, to make sure that they’re not being left out.
Conte Sound Productions
If you have a DJ or someone that’s also a vocalist or a live performer at your wedding, they also have to know the time to bring that up.
Arpeggio
But sometimes those songs that you pick, that you want played, sometimes they don’t get the best reaction so it’s our DJ‘s job to quickly move out of that song and into something that they think will work and keep the vibe alive.
Dawson Entertainment
And if they don’t respond well to that song, well maybe I can go this way and play these other sets of songs that are going to really get them to respond.
Music Machine
Understanding your crowd, understanding the music, knowing what to play to get people on the dance floor, that is our job as a DJ.
