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rickryan.com

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What the???? Here's what I got from their planner email:

For the bride and groom's entrance, we will be singing a duet in Vietnamese ( I will provide you with the cd.) I would like for you to introduce us as "Mr. and Mrs. Phan" and then begin playing the song that I have provided for you. (I will need two wireless microphones) After the song, we will have a Vietnamese person who will be introducing the bride and groom's family. I will need to borrow a wireless microphone during this time. I would like to request that we play Vietnamese songs during dinner time. About halfway during dinner time, the bride and groom will be going around each table as a tradition to personally thank our guests for attending. I would also like you to play Vietnamese music during this time. This will take approximately 30 minutes to 45 minutes. Following this will be cutting the cake and then the Bride and Groom's first dance. For our first dance, we will actually begin with a traditional slow song and then surprise our guests with a surprise dance. (I will also provide you the cd.)
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Just when you think you've seen it all. Okay, I'll ask. Is anybody here familiar and can recommend good Vietnamese dinner music? Holy moly.
 
rickryan.com said:
What the???? Here's what I got from their planner email:



Just when you think you've seen it all. Okay, I'll ask. Is anybody here familiar and can recommend good Vietnamese dinner music? Holy moly.
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Check your Charts. You got me on this one. However, I do have Vietnamese friends and others with whom I do business.
 
rickryan.com said:
What the???? Here's what I got from their planner email:



Just when you think you've seen it all. Okay, I'll ask. Is anybody here familiar and can recommend good Vietnamese dinner music? Holy moly.
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I did a Vietnamese Wedding Reception a couple years ago.... they provided the music they gave me 20 songs ranging from traditional to a hip-hop'ish Vietnamese sound..... I played those same 20 songs 3 times each for three hours..... :triconfused:

Be honest with them and tell them that you do not know what would be popular music for their event and ask if they could provide you with either a list or the music itself, preferably the later.

Now that I read this post I'm actually sorry, because I'm pretty sure I trashed the music I had from my drive thinking I'd never use it for anything again.

In my case I didn't have to do any of the Emcee work as the father of the bride did all of the introductions and formalities and it sounds like you're in the same, gulp, boat.... {I'm going to hell for that one...} LOL

Now.... I would highly recomend boning up on your Techno, Electronica and Hip-Hop... for later in the evening....
 
Oh, also expect about 3 or 4 costume changes for the bride and groom.... these are a lot of fun and very colorful.... if they do the traditional Tea Ceremony which it sounds like they will.... my couple did it with Hennisey (sp?) and those tea cups are about equal to one shot each and they had 15 tables and did four toasts at each of them.... needless to say... they could barely stand much less dance by time they were done.... LOL
 
jokerswild said:
I did a Vietnamese Wedding Reception a couple years ago.... they provided the music they gave me 20 songs ranging from traditional to a hip-hop'ish Vietnamese sound..... I played those same 20 songs 3 times each for three hours..... :triconfused:

Be honest with them and tell them that you do not know what would be popular music for their event and ask if they could provide you with either a list or the music itself, preferably the later.

Now that I read this post I'm actually sorry, because I'm pretty sure I trashed the music I had from my drive thinking I'd never use it for anything again.

In my case I didn't have to do any of the Emcee work as the father of the bride did all of the introductions and formalities and it sounds like you're in the same, gulp, boat.... {I'm going to hell for that one...} LOL

Now.... I would highly recomend boning up on your Techno, Electronica and Hip-Hop... for later in the evening....
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Great minds think alike. I've already emailed the client and admitted to them that I'll have to research it. I told them I'd like to submit a list for their approval, so that I don't ignorantly play anything offensive. I've also asked them to let me have the tracks ahead of time as I never like playing anything that's not be pre-tested. It sounds like this should be a piece of cake with the emcee stuff. Just stand there, play sound engineer, and look pretty. I'm kinda stoked about it (as of this moment).
 
Check this out Rick there are a few links in the comments that may help you

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091223123445AAvp3fg

Here's the thing I would worry about you may find a great source for Vietnamese music but how is it lyrically? If I don't know what they are saying I may be a bit uncomfortable playing it
 
rickryan.com said:
Great minds think alike. I've already emailed the client and admitted to them that I'll have to research it. I told them I'd like to submit a list for their approval, so that I don't ignorantly play anything offensive. I've also asked them to let me have the tracks ahead of time as I never like playing anything that's not be pre-tested. It sounds like this should be a piece of cake with the emcee stuff. Just stand there, play sound engineer, and look pretty. I'm kinda stoked about it (as of this moment).
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Jeff Romard said:
Check this out Rick there are a few links in the comments that may help you

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20091223123445AAvp3fg

Here's the thing I would worry about you may find a great source for Vietnamese music but how is it lyrically? If I don't know what they are saying I may be a bit uncomfortable playing it
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And again great minds think alike I posted the same time as you lol
 
Jeff Romard said:
And again great minds think alike I posted the same time as you lol
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Thanks Jeff. Kinda stoked about seeing this one. I did a Korean wedding last year but it didn't have any of the ceremony elements mentioned. It was actually pretty boring and getting them to dance was like pulling teeth. They did dig the LivePics and especially the texting thing however.
 
Rick...my wife told me today that I may be getting a call to do a Vietnamese wedding. The lady who does her nails is Vietnamese and the fact that I was a DJ came up in the conversation. Seems that the "nail lady" has a Vietnamese friend who is getting married this Summer. It seems that the lady got a quote from a DJ for $1000 wedding..."too expensive...she say." My wife told her that I my fee is less. "She say she will tell her friend." Maybe I'll be doing one too.

What is the date of your Vietnamese wedding? Maybe IF I get the job we can compare notes and music.

I've done several Puerto Rican and Hispanic weddings. Never a problem...they provided me with some "older" music (Salsa, Merengue, Bachata) and I took it from there. I now have a few CD's that I can use whenever. The Hispanic wedding was anglo/hispanic. The mother of the bride (anglo) wanted all of the announcements done in Spanish. I hired a friend of mine that speaks and sings Spanish to do the MC work. Turned out OK.

I now have seveal contacts that can assist me with Latin music. Nice to have DJ associates who are willing to help one another. :)
 
TwinSpinDJ said:
Rick...my wife told me today that I may be getting a call to do a Vietnamese wedding. The lady who does her nails is Vietnamese and the fact that I was a DJ came up in the conversation. Seems that the "nail lady" has a Vietnamese friend who is getting married this Summer. It seems that the lady got a quote from a DJ for $1000 wedding..."too expensive...she say." My wife told her that I my fee is less. "She say she will tell her friend." Maybe I'll be doing one too.

What is the date of your Vietnamese wedding? Maybe IF I get the job we can compare notes and music.

I've done several Puerto Rican and Hispanic weddings. Never a problem...they provided me with some "older" music (Salsa, Merengue, Bachata) and I took it from there. I now have a few CD's that I can use whenever. The Hispanic wedding was anglo/hispanic. The mother of the bride (anglo) wanted all of the announcements done in Spanish. I hired a friend of mine that speaks and sings Spanish to do the MC work. Turned out OK.

I now have seveal contacts that can assist me with Latin music. Nice to have DJ associates who are willing to help one another. :)
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Mine's in 3 weeks. I'll be happy to share with you and will try to make notes on what I see them doing. I already got a response back from the client and she was thankful that I was honest with her and that I'm putting forth the effort. Drop me a note in a few weeks and we'll catch up on it.
 
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