Wedding
Watch some behind the scenes content, gig logs of various weddings I DJ, and articles related to wedding planning, music selection, and more.
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A Fun and Funny Wedding (DJ Recap)
The ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner, and reception all took place inside the Agricultural Hall in Glencoe for this amazing wedding. Come behind the scenes with me to see my set-up and some video clips of different parts of the day. One hilarious thing happened at this wedding. The MC tried to announce the first dance…
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From Group Photo to Dance Party
This is a great way to kick off the dancing portion of a wedding. After dinner and the special dances have concluded, get all of your guests to come to the dance floor. Announce that there will be a group picture being taken. As soon as the photographer has the shot, start the music. It’s…
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A Disney Themed Wedding (DJ Recap)
This wedding was Disney-themed. The tables weren’t simply numbered. They were named after movies and the center-pieces reflected that. There was a table for each of these movies: The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, Tangled, Aladdin, The lion King, The Princess and the Frog, and Hercules. I played a lot of Disney music…
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A Bogey’s Inn Wedding
I love DJing weddings at Bogey’s Inn and Venue. It is such a beautiful location just outside of Sarnia and the staff are absolutely wonderful here. Come with me behind the scenes as I show you how I set up my speakers, my smaller ceremony rig, and some of the features of the venue and…
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A Glencoe Agricultural Hall Wedding (DJ Vlog)
It was a warm one for this wedding, but a lot of fun. First, I set up in the main hall for the reception and then I headed to a nearby backyard for the outdoor ceremony. I used a Hercules Starlight controller with Serato to provide the music, but I forgot the microphone stand and…
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DJ, you’re the man!
Sing-alongs are a great way to close out a wedding DJ set. It brings the energy down and signals an end to the celebrations. In the video clip attached, I am playing a song that is often requested at weddings. I love cutting out the music during “Sweet Caroline” so you can clearly hear everyone…
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A Purple Hill Country Hall Wedding
The Purple Hill Country Hall is a beautiful place for a wedding. It is located in Thorndale, Ontario (just outside of London). Come with me behind the scenes as I show you my battery-powered ceremony system and my bigger sound system for inside the hall. I moved my ceremony system to the front of the…
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Links of Kent Golf Club (Wedding Vlog)
The Links of Kent Golf Course is a beautiful venue. I was a little worried about how bright the dance floor would be with the long windows along the perimeter of the room. But everything went amazingly well. I put a satellite speaker out on the patio as a pre-emptive measure but people stayed inside…
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Rose Chapel Wedding – A Gig Log
The Rose Chapel is a nice venue in London, Ontario that I have done several weddings at. I thought I knew what to expect for this one, but I was wrong. Last time I did the sound for a ceremony here, it was easy – just plug-and-play. Their new system removed that feature, so I…
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How DJs Looped Music Before Samplers
I recently did a classroom workshop on DJing and demonstrated how early pioneers of this art were able to loop up a portion of a record without using anything other than two turntables and two copies of the same record. I showed the students how this was done using a song by Led Zeppelin. Basically,…