About DJ Music
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Can I choose from a song list?
Can I choose a "no play" song list?
Does the DJ have a wide variety of song selections?
Can the DJ play songs to suite the tastes of ALL my
guests?
How do you stay current with your DJ music library?
Do you take and play requests?
Can I see a list of your songs?
Do you have Spanish/Italian/Ballroom/Jewish/etc music?
How many songs do you have?
Disc Jockeys have different opinions on music. Some of us see our primary
responsibility as throwing a great party. Wedding DJs like me think that our
main responsibility is to carry out our clients instructions. Your idea of a
great wedding may be quite different than my idea of a great wedding.
Likewise, your idea of great music may be quite different than my idea of
great music.
That's why I always request to be given a song list, artist list, or genre
list of the music you want and don't want at your wedding. Some of my
clients have wanted nothing but swing music, nothing but Motown, or
nothing but 80s music. Other clients have told me to play whatever their
guests asked to hear. I am comfortable in each of these situations.
I have a music library of over 10,000 songs ranging from Blues to Ballroom
and World War II to newly released hits. Some wedding DJs actually have many
times more music than I have while others have less than 3,000 songs in
their collection. If you don't have a particular music taste then you will
do fine hiring a wedding DJ with a smaller collection. However, if you want
specific music played at your wedding and you don't want the typical wedding
music then you should ask specific questions about the size and variety of
music that a wedding DJ will bring with them to your wedding.
Many wedding DJs are moving away from having a hardcopy of their entire
collection to have an electronic list that you can access online. This is
because it takes a lot of paper to print 10,000 songs and also because any
list is outdated the next time that a wedding DJ adds music to their
collection. For wedding DJs who stay current with music by having a
subscription to a radio music supplier, this would mean printing a new list
every month.
As a wedding DJ, it would be nice to say that I have every song that you
might ask me to play. Unfortunately, that's not true. Each bride and groom
is unique and have some unique music to suit their tastes. Just make sure
that your wedding DJ is willing to go buy the music that you want for your
wedding. |
