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Fun Booking Your Party & Wedding DJ

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Wow! I have been having so much fun booking professional DJ events for Weddings and Parties lately! It seems every day I am booking another Wedding DJ or Event DJ gig. I meet such great people and love hearing their stories of what and why they need a professional DJ for their Wedding or Event. Of course, my favorites are The Brides and Grooms. They have the best stories to share and the excitement and energy level is off the charts booking your party.

 

This has been my busiest booking season so far for Wedding DJ and Parties. I am getting the opportunity to provide music, DJ and MC services for Weddings, Sweet Sixteens, Sorority Formals, Anniversary Parties, Birthday Parties, a Reunion and a really neat Fundraiser in Old Bridge, NJ.

 

I know some professional DJs find the booking your party and coordination of Wedding and Parties boring and a hassle. To me it is the best opportunity to get to know my clients and connect with them before their Wedding or Event. I want to know you so I can perform better and make sure you receive the Entertainer you had in your mind when you decided to hire a professional DJ for your Wedding or Party. I think it is fun and just as rewarding as providing professional music, DJ and MC services at your Wedding or Party.

 

I am also finding out how many times folks have hired a professional DJ and been really disappointed in the past. This is why I began offering a guarantee. If you are not satisfied with my DJ and MC services, DO NOT PAY ME THE BALANCE OWED! I want your trust, so you can know you are in great shape with your music and entertainment for your Wedding or Party. That is what all professional DJs should offer when booking your party, if they have the self-confidence in their work and the reviews and references to back it.

DJ Mystical Michael Booking Your Party and Wedding DJ

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Professional DJs Can Have Fun Too!

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As a professional DJ, I typically enjoy every gig I perform, some more than others. When I am hired for a wedding or event, I am focused on making sure I meet needs of the host, and all the guests are having a great time. That is what I am hired to do and my primary focus.

 

When I am offering my services for somewhere like The Barefoot Boogie, I can relax and enjoy myself even more. Last Saturday night was one of those nights. It was a night when I was really feeling the crowd and aligning with their rhythm and flow. I was able to sense when they needed the music to slow and become more lyrical and lush, and when they needed me to pick it up and reach 135 beats per minute. For me, that is fun since I appreciate when good dancers go deeper into music and embody the vibration and energy.

 

At professional functions I do not dance when performing as professional DJ and MC. I have to control myself sometimes since I like to dance and want to get out and move, but that is not what I am hired to do. At events like Barefoot Boogie I can jump out on the dance floor and join the group in movement.

 

We had an exceptional time collectively last Saturday night. I came home tired, sore and glowing. It could be worse…

Professional DJ Mystical Michael Prepping For A Wedding

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The DJ Wears Out The Wedding Partiers!

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Last night was a really fun wedding. They all seem to be fun these days. It was nice that for the second Saturday in a row, the weather called for rain all day and the ceremony was outdoors on the beach, this time right next to Barnegat Lighthouse at Barnegat Light, NJ, but we had no rain and even some glimpses of sunshine.  The Bride looked like a walking magazine cover as she made the long walk from the top of the hill, down to the beach finally reaching her fiancé amongst family and friends.  We provided nice acoustic music in the background as the guests waited her arrival dressed in a multitude of colors with deep blue, lavender and black being the predominant choices.  The Groomsmen were in beige suits with white sneaker-like footwear for the beach. Most women were in bare feet with their beautiful dresses.

 

 

After the ceremony, we had to make our way back towards the bridge off Long Beach Island to a great venue,The Stateroom in Ship Bottom, NJ. We had to rush to make sure we had our gear set-up for both The Cocktail Hour downstairs and The Reception upstairs. It took some hustling but we were able to be ready in time for the guests as they arrived to enjoy the music.  Who knew we were in for such a fun night?

 

It was almost comical how quickly we got the party rolling in full force as soon as dinner was done.  I checked with The Bride to make sure she was ready for us to turn-up the volume and get things started. She answered with a resounding, “Yes! We are freezing and need to get moving!” A professional DJ’s words of ignition.

 

We transitioned with Bob Marley and Lauryn Hill’s version of “Turn The Lights Down Low” followed by “Stand By Me” covered by 4 The Cause. We sensed it would be the prefect segues to dance music but they were already making their way onto the floor midway through the second song. By the time we raised the volume for Pitbull, there was no letting up on the dance floor till the caterers asked me to quit three hours later!  At one point, all of the 150 or so guests were on the dance floor for a half-hour straight except for about ten people. It was that kind of night. Professional Wedding DJs smile broadly at these kinds of weddings.

 

As is with most weddings that I participate in, at the end of the night when The Bride runs up to thank and hug me. Breaking down and loading my gear are done with me floating on air from the experience.

 

To top it off, as soon as I pulled out of the parking lot, an old dear friend called and we had an inspiring conversation on my ride back North up The Garden State Parkway.  How much better can it get for a NJ Professional Wedding DJ?

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DJ Spins Another Totally Fun Wedding!

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If you have been following my blogs, you know that I had been looking forward to The Wedding of Yomi & Mark. I have really grown to know and like them very much. I can’t lie, I knew in advance this would be a fun wedding based on the music they choose and just spending time with them. The wedding was held at Stevens Institute in Hoboken, NJ right on the Hudson River with a fabulous view of Manhattan, NYC, NY.  The ceremony was outside near sunset with a scare by some swirling winds making us believe we would have to move inside due to possible storms but we were fortunate it styed beautiuful and even lowered the temperature a few degrees. Here is what the ceremony looked like:

With The Groomsmen looking stately:

And of course The Bridesmaids were stunning:

The Bride and Groom are such wonderful people that I knew they would look outstanding because they love each other and have great friends and family.

One of the unique aspects of their reception they decided in advance that since they were having a buffet, they wanted us to play dance and fun Wedding DJ music all night long without the often mellowing effect that dinner music can sometimes facilitate. It worked as it had at other weddings that we have determined this style was preferred for certain receptions.

This allowed people to come on and off the dance floor as they felt moved and ate when they needed a break or hungry. Another advantage is that there are people on the dance floor all night and not waiting for others to get started. There were couples and individuals choosing to dance without the need of a full dance floor.

After everybody was done eating and warmed-up, things really got rockin’ and nobody wanted the night to end, including the Wedding DJ himself.

A good time was had by all.

DJ Mystical Michael Rhode Island DJ & NY DJ

The Professional Wedding DJ Spins A Great Time!

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I knew it was going to be a great day when we had our first warm and sunny day in weeks.  It was your basic dream wedding weather in May. I was already excited about providing professional Wedding DJ music and MC services for this fun and interesting couple, the sunshine was the finishing touch.

The wedding was being held at Rutgers Gardens i New Brunswick, NJ. If you have never been there, Rutgers Gardens is a gorgeous botanical garden near the Rutgers campus.  The caterers I had heard very positive reviews about, Twin Oaks Caterers, were all set-up by the time we arrived to get our gear ready and checked before the guests arrived at The Pavilion.

 

If I had any doubts otherwise, the excitement and energy from the guests towards the forthcoming music and dancing, the Wedding DJ request list was nearly three pages long before we even finished dinner!  The Best Man approached and gave me the OK that it was time to start cranking-up the music to begin the dancing for the night. They had given a clue of how much fun it would be during the playful manner they expressed for The First Dance. I had several requests from the younger folks for some old Motown tunes and that seemed a good place to start. Four songs later the dance floor was packed for the rest of the night. We moved from Motown to Prince to Daft Punk to Disco and a dose of The B-52s. It was a great night to be a professional Wedding DJ!

It is nights like this that remind why I am a professional Wedding DJ and why I am so passionate about what I do.

DJ Mystical Michael Rhode Island DJ & NY DJ