It was a casual wedding....in a tent. When the tent wedding I was doing got rained out...
most people left before my end time.
Mike, Did you bring the piece of plywood? If so, wise move!
It was a casual wedding....in a tent. When the tent wedding I was doing got rained out...
most people left before my end time.
I did not. It was already drizzling when I arrived,,Mike, Did you bring the piece of plywood? If so, wise move!
We got a bad review once because one of our DJs (a Christian) refused to play unedited cuts and there were young children present. We got a lot of extra bookings based on my response that we do NOT play unedited cuts.
I would have never played that song! You have to listen to a song, before being played for your Audience. Even if it was the Bride's request, this song should never get played during a Wedding/Reception.Take a gander at this song my bride had my play at last weekend's wedding. Luckily it was late in the night when I finally got around to playing it. When she requested it early on I swore she said Miley Cyrus so I played party in the USA. When she came back up later she clarified herself. Needless to say I was shocked at the lyrics. I had never heard this one before.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP0-AfcttAY
I did a wedding, 2 weeks ago, where the bride asked for un-edited (explicit) versions. The venue owner, my friend, also wanted me to play them. I told the venue owner "No, I won't do it." She said she'd tell the bride and I told her "Don't do it. You'll cause problems." Fortunately, she listened, kept it to herself and the bride never noticed (or perhaps didn't say anything). It just never seems to fail that you're going to catch guff from the guests, and they don't care that the bride herself asked for the filthy version.
Normally if it's all adults in the room I don't have a real issue with unedited cuts but if there are kids or old people I do. Last weekend a guest wanted me to play Snoop Dogg she gave me a choice between I wanna F**k you and another about as classy I can't recall the name. I refused she went to the bride she OK'd it and I still refused so she went to the Groom same thing. I explained to them all that with kids in the room there was no way I would play it. The bride and Groom understood her not so much she must have asked me 9 or 10 more times...The answer was still no
To each their own I guess. The crowd was okay with it and the person paying me to be there requested it. If you pay a painter to paint a room in your house the color you want they should paint it the color you want, whether they like the color or not.I would have never played that song! You have to listen to a song, before being played for your Audience. Even if it was the Bride's request, this song should never get played during a Wedding/Reception.
Good Man, Jeff.(I never play unedited versions: 1) When kids are attending; 2) Weddings; etc.; no matter who is requesting the songs.
I never did as well. I felt the need to protect my reputation. Any client that demands explicit music is NOT a client for me....IMHO...
Thank you! Well written!! ...
... when a "potential client" states that they want explicit music, I advise them that they need a different DJ.