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DJ or a Band

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭kingofslaves


    Looking through the posts in this thread, it looks like we all have a view. At the end of the day, whatever you decide on, you wont please everyone. It's like going to a club, not every song they play you'll like. Unless you go round everyone asking for requests, you wont please everyone.

    But the most important thing is the bride & groom get thier favourites songs played, the sound is good, and the DJ looks smart. I have been to weddings where the DJ hasn't had loads of lights, just 2 lasers, and 3 or 4 lights on sound to light. It's not about the flashing lights, it's about the music. Have you been to a pub where they play music to dance to? do they always have loads of high tech lighting? no. If you can hear the music, then who cares if there are no lights?

    Make your own mind up people, and hopefully you'll have a good time. Congratulations to everyone who is getting married, hope you have many happy years together.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    davylee wrote: »
    :eek: don't know what kinda bands you are booking
    so next time i'm playing a 3 hour i get 5 breaks. nice one

    I didnt mean literelly, but every wedding iv been to, bands seem to take more time breaking than they do playing and alot of them are so expensive. Paying 1500-3000 for a 3 hour set and be lucky if u hear 2 hours music. Just my opinion, but bands are not for me.

    Dj is quater the price and can do the same job- if not better!
    Again just my opinion and possibley maybe because we just had amazing luck with our Dj with not only been a dj but a great entertainer!!

    Good luck yo all getting married ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    I am a wedding DJ. I press play the second the band finishes, and do not use mixes unless Im on my own and need a bathroom break. I have backup decks, mixers, lights, laptops, CDs and audio equipment always in my van.

    I always contact Brides for playlists, always take requests and do my best to work them in when possible. I take names of the primary people who are there (bridal party) and mention them during the night.

    I have up to date Top 40s, I sub to DJ magazines online, keep abreast of latest developments and releases. I am requested by those who have heard me DJ as theyve enjoyed the night so much. I consider myself a professional at it.

    But I also play in the wedding band that are on before me. Some posts have stated that you should never book the DJ through the band, in some cases this is true, in some cases it is not.

    I was at a friends wedding recently (I was offered the gig but declined as I would be drinking during the day, the 2 dont mix). When requested, the DJ had not heard of the number one at the time and when further pressed for uptodate music, he did not have a release from the last 2 years. He was from the band.

    Moral: always ask to speak to the DJ themself if youre going through the band for one. Ask about playlists and what kind of music will they play, have they top 40s, will they interact with the crowd etc, you can guage yourself from suggestions on here what you should be looking for.
    I didnt mean literelly, but every wedding iv been to, bands seem to take more time breaking than they do playing and alot of them are so expensive. Paying 1500-3000 for a 3 hour set and be lucky if u hear 2 hours music. Just my opinion, but bands are not for me.
    Band should take no more then 1 x 15-20 minute break and that should be for finger food and arranged with the bride/groom and timed with the banqueting manager.

    You say bands are expensive but put it in context of what they do. If you paid 1500-2500e for an experienced 5-6 piece band that you hired to keep your guests entertained, and they did their job, are they cheap or expensive?
    You could pay 200e for a DJ, (theres guys out there who will charge that) they turn up with inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained, now for 200e, is that cheap or expensive?
    If you cant afford a band, thats one thing, but dont confuse value for money for the product, service and delivery with expensiveness.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 393 ✭✭kingofslaves


    I agree, at the end of the day bands & DJs both have to make money & have good & bad points. It's like anything else, you can't take somebodys advice as it's just that, advice. Best wishes & good luck to all brides & grooms.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    You say bands are expensive but put it in context of what they do. If you paid 1500-2500e for an experienced 5-6 piece band that you hired to keep your guests entertained, and they did their job, are they cheap or expensive?
    You could pay 200e for a DJ, (theres guys out there who will charge that) they turn up with inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained, now for 200e, is that cheap or expensive?
    If you cant afford a band, thats one thing, but dont confuse value for money for the product, service and delivery with expensiveness.[/quote]


    Firstly if i got a quote off a Dj for 200euro, that to me would tell me that the nite would be a disaster before i even thought about booking him. A good quaity Dj would cost triple this but not half as expensive as a band- In saying that i do agree that a band obviously have to charge more because there is more people to be paid.

    Why asume a Dj would turn up with "Quote " inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained. A band could also turn up at ur wedding with this poor quality??
    If ur such a good DJ, surely you would be better off quiting your band for better income. The one payment will be paid to you..

    As this is an opinion board, I just wanted to share mine & my experiences. I have been 3 weddings this year, and yes the bands did entertain the crowd BUT MY OPINION, DJ done just as good and i would be a person really into my music. Everyones different and will obviously have different views ;)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    You say bands are expensive but put it in context of what they do. If you paid 1500-2500e for an experienced 5-6 piece band that you hired to keep your guests entertained, and they did their job, are they cheap or expensive?
    You could pay 200e for a DJ, (theres guys out there who will charge that) they turn up with inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained, now for 200e, is that cheap or expensive?
    If you cant afford a band, thats one thing, but dont confuse value for money for the product, service and delivery with expensiveness.


    Firstly if i got a quote off a Dj for 200euro, that to me would tell me that the nite would be a ruined before i even thought about booking him. A good quaity Dj would cost triple this but not half as expensive as a band- In saying that i do agree that a band obviously have to charge more because there is more people to be paid.

    Why asume a Dj would turn up with "Quote " inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained. A band could also turn up at ur wedding with this poor quality??
    If ur such a good DJ, surely you would be better off quiting your band for better income. The one payment will be paid to you..

    As this is an opinion board, I just wanted to share mine & my experiences. I have been 3 weddings this year, and yes the bands did entertain the crowd BUT MY OPINION, DJ done just as good and i would be a person really into my music. Everyones different and will obviously have different views ;)[/quote]


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    Firstly if i got a quote off a Dj for 200euro, that to me would tell me that the nite would be a ruined before i even thought about booking him. A good quaity Dj would cost triple this but not half as expensive as a band- In saying that i do agree that a band obviously have to charge more because there is more people to be paid.

    Why asume a Dj would turn up with "Quote " inferior equipment, poor preparation, dont know how to work a mike, dont play requests, and in turn your guests arent entertained. A band could also turn up at ur wedding with this poor quality??
    If ur such a good DJ, surely you would be better off quiting your band for better income. The one payment will be paid to you..

    As this is an opinion board, I just wanted to share mine & my experiences. I have been 3 weddings this year, and yes the bands did entertain the crowd BUT MY OPINION, DJ done just as good and i would be a person really into my music. Everyones different and will obviously have different views ;)
    [/QUOTE]

    I mainly posted to balance points made my others. Some have said never to hire a DJ thats with the band as generally they would not be as good as a dedicated service. But I take as much pride and professional care in DJing as I do playing in the band so its not true in all cases. Of the 2 others musician/DJs that come to mind that I know that do same, 1 would be the same as me, the other wouldnt.

    Conversely, of all the DJs that I know, 2 come to mind that I wouldnt let play a mix at a kids party so the same can be said for DJ only service. I play on average 60-70 weddings a year for last 10 or years doing either band, band+DJ or DJ only so have seen the good bad and indifferent.

    If the band is good, it will make a good wedding great, if the band is indifferent or bad, there is a case for a DJ only as the band didnt bring anything extra to the night. Id be interested in hearing the bands that youve seen this year that you thought the DJ only would have sufficed, I could give you bands that if you seen live at a wedding would change your mind about DJ only.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 386 ✭✭davylee



    I mainly posted to balance points made my others. Some have said never to hire a DJ thats with the band as generally they would not be as good as a dedicated service. But I take as much pride and professional care in DJing as I do playing in the band so its not true in all cases. Of the 2 others musician/DJs that come to mind that I know that do same, 1 would be the same as me, the other wouldnt.

    Conversely, of all the DJs that I know, 2 come to mind that I wouldnt let play a mix at a kids party so the same can be said for DJ only service. I play on average 60-70 weddings a year for last 10 or years doing either band, band+DJ or DJ only so have seen the good bad and indifferent.

    If the band is good, it will make a good wedding great, if the band is indifferent or bad, there is a case for a DJ only as the band didnt bring anything extra to the night. Id be interested in hearing the bands that youve seen this year that you thought the DJ only would have sufficed, I could give you bands that if you seen live at a wedding would change your mind about DJ only.[/QUOTE]

    Good post
    There's absolutely no reason why people can't do both
    there might even be a case of the band member being the better choice of dj as he's had a few hours experience with that crowd
    and let's face it it's not rocket science djing for a wedding.
    Good song choice and a little banter and away you go so tiredness would not be an issue in most circumstances


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    …….. DO NOT hire DJ Entertainment or even consider it!!!

    We hired them (one DJ only!) for our wedding this yr and it was a disaster! The dj was hired to source music for the church....but I ended up doing it all!!! We advised what our entrance music was to be (Gabriel’s Oboe) and wanted music to compliment……he sent me a cd with Somewhere over the Rainbow on it :confused:
    Then at the church he hadn't got the entrance music we provided him with (although he was able to play all the other music required in the church???) Said it was due to his laptop breaking. There was NO backup at all. Thankfully my bridesmaid had a copy in her car so we used that. Also he only told of us the issue when we were about to make our entrance although he was there at 2.05pm, my now husband there at 2pm and me not until 2.45pm!!!!
    We had him provide music during the meal....he played LOVE & MARRIAGE (theme tune for Married with children) as we entered!! Maybe funny to him but not to us! (Tacky is not the word!!!) Then he was over an hour setting up for the evening reception due to a "missing" cable....although his equipment was in the room already!!!
    His “up to date equipment” is three laptops with iTunes…..seriously I could have done that myself!
    Next he played the WRONG first dance song!!! :mad: After that stopped the music completely to announce requests. The music constantly stopped and started for no reason. The flow of music was disgraceful. Then he played music that we told him not to and omitted music we asked him to play. ALSO he stopped the music completely to try to get our guests to sing happy birthday to one of our other guests.....ALTHOUGH I was telling him not to & to put the music back on. Also at our meeting previously we had voiced our opinions on this.
    The overall performance was disgraceful. There was no thought put into the set, no professionalism. I don't know why we had meetings with him to discuss what we wanted as he done what he liked so it was like O:| I would have been happy to allow him to do what he felt like (after all they need some freedom) if his taste in music was good and catered for our guests.
    I seriously would advise against hiring this guy. It is a HUGE waste of money and you will be left with nothing but anger and disappointment...and a DVD that you have to fast forward your first dance on!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,197 ✭✭✭elvis jones


    minnie_m wrote: »
    …….. DO NOT hire DJ Entertainment or even consider it!!!

    We hired them (one DJ only!) for our wedding this yr and it was a disaster! The dj was hired to source music for the church....but I ended up doing it all!!! We advised what our entrance music was to be (Gabriel’s Oboe) and wanted music to compliment……he sent me a cd with Somewhere over the Rainbow on it?????
    Then at the church he hadn't got the entrance music we provided him with (although he was able to play all the other music required in the church???) Said it was due to his laptop breaking. There was NO backup at all. Thankfully my bridesmaid had a copy in her car so we used that. Also he only told of us the issue when we were about to make our entrance although he was there at 2.05pm, my now husband there at 2pm and me not until 2.45pm!!!!
    We had him provide music during the meal....he played LOVE & MARRIAGE (theme tune for Married with children) as we entered!! Maybe funny to him but not to us! (Tacky is not the word!!!) Then he was over an hour setting up for the evening reception due to a "missing" cable....although his equipment was in the room already!!!
    His “up to date equipment” is three laptops with iTunes…..seriously I could have done that myself!
    Next he played the WRONG first dance song!!! >:o( After that stopped the music completely to announce requests. The music constantly stopped and started for no reason. The flow of music was disgraceful. Then he played music that we told him not to and omitted music we asked him to play. ALSO he stopped the music completely to try to get our guests to sing happy birthday to one of our other guests.....ALTHOUGH I was telling him not to & to put the music back on. Also at our meeting previously we had voiced our opinions on this.
    The overall performance was disgraceful. There was no thought put into the set, no professionalism. I don't know why we had meetings with him to discuss what we wanted as he done what he liked so it was like O:| I would have been happy to allow him to do what he felt like (after all they need some freedom) if his taste in music was good and catered for our guests.
    I seriously would advise against hiring this guy. It is a HUGE waste of money and you will be left with nothing but anger and disappointment!!! >:o( >:o( >:o( >:o(

    While the above may well be true having it as your 1st post doesn't really say a lot to me.

    BUT if it is true it is awful for such a special day. Having done about 1200 weddings some of the above have been bad dreams for me and have woken me up in the cold sweat:o


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    It may have been my first post but what reflection does that have on it being true or not? Truth is I was looking through the post to see if I could find any other thread re this DJ and stumbled across this one. I thought it would have been nice to pass on my experience so others don't get ripped off like me. Not only were we ripped off re the djing, we paid alot of money for our DVD that had to be edited to the second song as there was too much crap afterwards.

    In the current climate we live in, does not every little bit of info help :confused:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,197 ✭✭✭elvis jones


    minnie_m wrote: »
    It may have been my first post but what reflection does that have on it being true or not? Truth is I was looking through the post to see if I could find any other thread re this DJ and stumbled across this one. I thought it would have been nice to pass on my experience so others don't get ripped off like me. Not only were we ripped off re the djing, we paid alot of money for our DVD that had to be edited to the second song as there was too much crap afterwards.

    In the current climate we live in, does not every little bit of info help :confused:

    I didn't mean it that way, what i meant is that a 1st post running down a business can look suspect. That you have to agree with, i didn't doubt you for a minute.

    You did the same on weddings online ???

    Did you make a complaint afterwards about the service and how was this handled ?

    Sorry if it looked like i was doubting your cliams, only stating that a 1st post like that can be ignored ( here and on WOL )


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    Fully understand where you are coming from :)
    The DJ was priced at €800. Outstanding bal of €600 after deposit. We ended up paying €450 in total becuase of the level of service. We had to get our solicitor involved becuase the DJ didn't want to take any responsibilty for what had happened. We would have gladly paid the remaining balance and given a good reference but the fact is he was djing at a wedding and played the wrong first dance song. As far as we were concerned that was a big no no.
    I normally think you get what you pay for but unfortuantely not in this case :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    minnie_m wrote: »
    Fully understand where you are coming from :)
    The DJ was priced at €800. Outstanding bal of €600 after deposit. We ended up paying €450 in total becuase of the level of service. We had to get our solicitor involved becuase the DJ didn't want to take any responsibilty for what had happened. We would have gladly paid the remaining balance and given a good reference but the fact is he was djing at a wedding and played the wrong first dance song. As far as we were concerned that was a big no no.
    I normally think you get what you pay for but unfortuantely not in this case :(

    Takig your post at face value, as Elvis said, and Id agree, your scenario is a nightmare for a DJ who cares (and I would think just a laugh to a DJ that doesnt). We only get one chance at this for each wedding so prepare, prepare, prepare.

    Playing a wrong song can happen but shouldnt. Over Id guess 6-700 weddings Its happened to me twice, once was my fault as I put on wrong song, very early days in my career, couldnt apologise enough, second was when I was given the wrong song. Again years ago, mistakes should only have to happen once for it to never happen again in our game. now I play the song back to bride and groom before the day and even ask them to bring a cd with it if its something out of the ordinary even though I may have it so theres no mistakes.

    Missing or faulty cables can happen but shouldnt. This is just unprofessional and should hold someone up for no more then 2-3 minutes while he gets a spare out of his spares box that should be no further then his transport in the car park.

    Playing wrong song choices is again unprofessional, I love it when the Bride asks for lots of R&B, country & western and no 80s, as it makes it easier for the DJ as now I dont have to worry whether someone will dance to 80s.

    I use laptops so I can get to a song choice quickly if requested. I have everything backed up on cd. Any professional DJ should have backups whether laptop/cd or either only.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    I do agree whole heartly with you. Mistakes can happen & allowance need to be made for that. I really don't think the not playing requested song, missing cable, stopping & starting, would have been such a big issue if the entrance music was provided & the correct first dance was played.

    Again i can understand mistakes, but this DJ took no responsibilty for what he did (or didnt do!!). I find it very hard to understand 1.Why any professional wouldnt bring a backup & 2.After all the confirmation with him (booking form, calls etc) he still managed to get it wrong.

    It is so hard to find good DJs these days. My personal opinion is that this guy hasnt much wedding experience. I think that it would have shown if he had.

    I would whole heartly promote this company or any company if I had a good experience with them. I just think that most bad experiences arent always told because of the upset and disappointment it can cause. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    hi Minnie, Did you think he had experience of weddings or had he told you that he had. Did you get any references or see him in action? My heart goes out to you and glad that you got some recompense but your story shows that people need to do their homework when booking any service for their wedding day. Like the others I carry backup Pa & playback system and only recently needed to use my cd decks at the start of a gig when my laptop had an issue. All equipment is checked in advance of every gig and spare cables are at hands length when I need them.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    Not sure if he had, he said he had....but sure I can say I have had experience in anything but dont! Personally i don't think he had. There is not other explaination for the amatuer errors. And again going back to the other simply things like having a backup plan etc. I would think if you had experience then these things would come naturally?
    Ah sure as they say you live and you learn. I just hope others learn from my experience.
    x


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 TanD


    One thing to mention ask them if they play requests, I know that at my wedding everyone asked the dj for a song and some don't like to play requests, just a thought :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,915 ✭✭✭clint_silver


    Bar 1 guy one night, who looked and sounded like he only had the first 4 Now albums in his case, I dont think Ive ever heard of a DJ not taking requests.

    All DJs should take requests, and the good ones will fit them in if given time. He has to use judgement as well, if he doesnt think a song will work, he shouldnt play it unless its the bridal party requesting it.

    Ive a golden rule, if the bride or groom ask for anything, no matter how cheesey, rocky, indie, old, good, bad, indifferent, late or early it is, it gets played. I once emptied a packed floor of rock'n'rollers for the bride so she could get a scooter song played at that point as one of her mates was going, it obviously meant something to her, have to say I hadnt heard it before, was just lucky to have it on something like a "best of rave 2003" album Id gotten off a wise DJ friend who said Id need it one night.
    Anyway, bride danced with just her 2 mates to the whole thing and then it took me a couple of songs to get people back on the floor. Few older people came up to me and said that music was wholly unsuitable to the crowd that were there and that I didnt know my job. (boooo) Bride came over at end of night and couldnt thank me enough for playing scooter. (yaay). Job done as far as I was concerned.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Bar 1 guy one night, who looked and sounded like he only had the first 4 Now albums in his case, I dont think Ive ever heard of a DJ not taking requests.

    All DJs should take requests, and the good ones will fit them in if given time. He has to use judgement as well, if he doesnt think a song will work, he shouldnt play it unless its the bridal party requesting it.

    Ive a golden rule, if the bride or groom ask for anything, no matter how cheesey, rocky, indie, old, good, bad, indifferent, late or early it is, it gets played. I once emptied a packed floor of rock'n'rollers for the bride so she could get a scooter song played at that point as one of her mates was going, it obviously meant something to her, have to say I hadnt heard it before, was just lucky to have it on something like a "best of rave 2003" album Id gotten off a wise DJ friend who said Id need it one night.
    Anyway, bride danced with just her 2 mates to the whole thing and then it took me a couple of songs to get people back on the floor. Few older people came up to me and said that music was wholly unsuitable to the crowd that were there and that I didnt know my job. (boooo) Bride came over at end of night and couldnt thank me enough for playing scooter. (yaay). Job done as far as I was concerned.

    +1 For this. This has happened to me plenty of times and i approach it with the same attitude.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    Well Super Rush u done ur job and that is all a bride & groom will ever ask of anyone. Being a DJ is a hard job & can b tough catering 2 a lot of guests needs but u do need 2listen 2ur clients & u seem 2do that. As long as u do that u r good at ur job. U provide wat ur clients want so wat more can b asked of u ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    minnie_m wrote: »
    Well Super Rush u done ur job and that is all a bride & groom will ever ask of anyone. Being a DJ is a hard job & can b tough catering 2 a lot of guests needs but u do need 2listen 2ur clients & u seem 2do that. As long as u do that u r good at ur job. U provide wat ur clients want so wat more can b asked of u ;)

    Wow that was harsh. The entertainment is one of the most important things at ur wedding. U must of been really pee'd off

    Again, if anyone out there is looking for a great wedding DJ- There is a lad i would highly recommend who done our wedding and many people from my family hired him for partys and functions over the last 2 years. He's fantastic, plays requests, entertains the crowd well.. Really good at his job!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7 minnie_m


    bradleycorey....if u read what i type i said that it can b tough catering for a lot of guest but that Super Rush done a perfect job becuase he listened to his clients needs so he done a good job so I don't know what you are talking about :confused:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭lmimmfn


    yeah we just went with a DJ, took all requests and we had a load of songs picked out in advance also, worked out great tbh.

    Ignoring idiots who comment "far right" because they don't even know what it means



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    Wow that was harsh. The entertainment is one of the most important things at ur wedding. U must of been really pee'd off

    Again, if anyone out there is looking for a great wedding DJ- There is a lad i would highly recommend who done our wedding and many people from my family hired him for partys and functions over the last 2 years. He's fantastic, plays requests, entertains the crowd well.. Really good at his job!


    minnie m- i didnt mean to quote wat u had said, i was aiming that comment for the person that posted about there wedding been ruined by DJ. apologies...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    Hi there,

    Where abouts is it you are getting married?

    I got married in Navan last year and we booked this fantastic DJ reccomended by a friend. We too couldnt afford a band & Dj so went with the cheaper option of just having the DJ play for the whole night. When we phoned him, he told us we could come to any of his gigs to hear him play. We were very happy with him, he was really good at entertaining a mixed crowd.. We are in our late 20's and we had relations at our wedding who are in their 60's. He played music from the 60's right up to todays chart music. We had so many people coming up complimenting him and asking for his number for future party's. My cousin also had him play at her 30th birthday party in July- He done Karaoke for her also and had an amazing singer to get the crowd going, they were even giving out free shots of sambuca to everyone that got up and sang :P Happy days!! The whole party was well impressed and he had the floor filled for the night.
    Not quite sure of his cost now, i think for the normal 3 hour set, it was about 480euro but We had him play i think 8pm-1.30am and it cost us around 750euro, think its an extra 100euro for karaoke too. Believe the true saying " You pay for what you get" :)
    Bands cost anywhere between 1,500-2,500 and take breaks every half hour, this guy played thru the whole nite. some bands come with Dj's aswell but alot of them are brutel and just in it for the money. You can truley tell this guy loves his job.

    If you havent already booked someone, let me know. i will pass on his number ;)

    Claire i sent u a pm. let me know if you recieve, i am still getting use to this thing lol:eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,327 ✭✭✭Nasty_Girl


    Some people prefer band, some DJ,
    depends on the DJ really,
    I think older guests like to see and hear a band up there on the stage.
    Where as a DJ can play whatever you want if informed before hand.
    So if Aunty Mary will be disappointed that there's no waltz then you can throw in a waltz.

    At my wedding we had a band and a laptop with PA system after.

    The reason we had the band was my father used to play with them so he got up and did a few songs with them which was very special to me and my family.

    However had he not been in the band I don't know if I'd have had a band or not (don't get me wrong they were great).
    I personally LOVE live music, for me there's nothing better but the majority of my guests my own age couldn't give a f**k and were too busy out smoking etc and it was a bit lost on them.:rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 277 ✭✭denashpot


    Anyone here from Cork who has got a DJ for the whole night?

    Seriouly thinking about having it this way.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,797 ✭✭✭sweetie


    denashpot wrote: »
    Anyone here from Cork who has got a DJ for the whole night?

    Seriouly thinking about having it this way.

    Not from cork but can recommend an excellent dj company
    who specialise in full weddings. shay @ www.munsterdjs.ie


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18 bradleycorey


    denashpot wrote: »
    Anyone here from Cork who has got a DJ for the whole night?

    Seriouly thinking about having it this way.

    Not from cork but as i mensioned above, we had a fabulous dj at our wedding who i would highly reccomend. He charged us about 800euro for a 6hour set with karaoke also, brilliant night if i must say and guests still talk ablut him from this day. Im sure he'd be willing to travel to cork if the price was right. I know he's done my friends uncles wedding in midlands for an extra couple of hundred for travel allowance and to stay the night in the hotel. if 1,000 mark is not too expensive for brilliant all nite entertainment, then i would defo consider this guy.


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