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Your Search Begins
Congratulations! You're planning a wedding. You've taken care of the venue, photographer, menu, decorator, cake, dress, dishes, centre pieces, kitchen sink. Ok, maybe not the sink, but you've thought of everything right?
Oh wait, we forgot to book a DJ! Now what? I don't know how to book a DJ. What questions should I
ask? Are there things I should look for? What makes one DJ better than another?
No more worries, I am here to help and I’ve compiled this book to answer some of your most frequently asked questions – as well as a couple of thoughts to consider when hiring a DJ for that big event.
With experience performing at more than 100 weddings, 200 public and private events, and countless other gigs, I have taken different scenarios and situations and written from both points of view.
By interviewing other DJs and wedding professionals, I hope to gain different perspectives and learn different pitfalls and mistakes made. It's true that you should learn from the mistakes of others, you'll never have the time (or the desire) to make them all yourself.
You will see behind the conversations and get a glimpse of what is happening inside the heads of both parties. In order to do this effectively, I called a dozen or so fellow DJs and interviewed them the way I would interview any potential service provider. What I found was a common theme and set of questions. What I also found was that there were two very different customer mindsets going into the selection process.
