Wedding DJ near Akron/Hudson

kplant27 · June 2010

We are looking for recomendations for a good and reliable wedding dj. The one that we are going to interview today hasnt had such good reviews in the past few months. So any help would be great!
Thanks

Crawfordec · June 2010

We are using DJ Lokey and he is AWESOME ! I am a stickler for communication and exceeds my expectations in all factors not to mention he his rate is perfect.

Check out his website. Tell him Erica and Aaron September 4 recommended you.

http://djlokey.com/home.html

If you have more questions page me.

w121acc · June 2010

I got recommended to Beach Boyz Entertainment. You just have to make sure that you get one of their better DJs. They have a whole bunch of DJs on their roster, but if you get one of their better ones (Rich for example) they were highly recommended.

l337Jacqui · June 2010

the DJ Crew!
they get amazing reviews on here, and john (one of the owners) has been awesome to work with

also, if you mention me, jacqui from the knot, it will save you $50! here is their website!
www.thedjcrew.com

mandapandapie · June 2010

Check our Something New Entertainment. They have a great group of DJs and offer a lot of extras. Like lighting, photo slideshows, monagrmas. Worth checking out. We could actually save you 50 dollars too. I have the referal cards.

starshine985 · June 2010

TKO Entertainment does a GREAT job and gets rave reviews on this site. Also, Big Ear Entertainment is definitely worth looking into and they're in the Akron area.

AshleeB85 · June 2010

I second Big Ear Entertainment. Very reasonable and great company.

kplant27 · June 2010

Thanks Everyone for the recomendations!!!!

kimkim2002 · June 2010

Im going to go with beachboyz entertanment. They are amazing

kplant27 · July 2010

Well after meeting with three different ones.... We have decided to go with Beach Boyz!!! Thank you all for the recomendations!!! Next PHOTOGRAPHERS!!!!

srbajb618 · July 2011

I am recommending some one NOT to go to! I am someone who doesn't usually complain, especially in public, it's not my nature. However, as I work in the event planning business as my career, when it came time for my own wedding to plan, I looked for a DJ that could be as detail oriented as I was. I met Billy J Disc Jockeys and he was everything I was looking for, full of details, schedules and deadlines, but he was EXPENSIVE. I decided peace of mind was worth it and I never worried about the DJ. Until April. When 2 months before the wedding, I was having my schedule for my wedding day re-written over and over, because whenever I corrected someone's name or a song choice, I would have to re-do it because they kept sending me the original copy. Not too bad. Next-The DJ we were meeting with: Billy J- not the DJ that would be there on my wedding day, so I would have to wait until the week of my wedding to meet the one who would be there on my wedding day. We met him 2 days before the wedding, at night, and he was an hour late, so he didn't really have time to go over the details, the ones I needed to be sure about- he said he had done 708 weddings and mine would be just like any other. Wedding day-I called as was requested to let them know we were leaving the last photo site, so they could prepare for the intro- an important one that was to be timed. He was 20 minutes late, and my guests were coming outside to ask me why I wasn't coming in yet. The DJ didn't line people up until I was already there, which was not what I had been told would be the plan. Next- he started the toasts- before we got to the table- and there was no time to pour the special champange we had bought, so we raised empty glasses as we rushed to our table. During dinner, timed out to be 30 minutes into dinner by our agreed timeline- a slideshow I had prepared was suppose to start- It was an hour after dinner was over, which set back the cake cutting. People left during dinner, without cake, because they had waited so long and I was behind almost 1 1/2 hours. Then with the cake cutting songs, we had a choreographed waltz to do that would lead into the father/daughter dance, my dad was ready and so were we and the DJ told my dad it would be 5 minutes before we started, so my dad went out of the room, as soon as my dad left, the DJ started the song, so someone had to chase my dad.Next- the father daughter dance was cut short- he forgot to call other father/daughters up to dance with us and when I motioned for him to call them up, he started the mother/son dance. I got to dance with my dad 45 seconds. I then went up to the DJ with my dad and asked him to call for the other mother/sons to go up for their dance and he refused, he didn't have it on his list and he wouldn't do it. I said his list was wrong and to call it. My mother had been looking forward to dancing with my brother for a year! So he did it and then he annouced "The bride is having me play this song until her mother has danced enough." For the bouquet toss, he didn't tell us he was starting, he just started the music and it was half way through the song before we got the toss bouquet and the girls in the room. My sister the maid of honor, missed it, as did my videographer, because they weren't told to be in there, and weren't ready. He only played one slow song after the bride/groom dances that I had planned out ahead of time and he played the last song 20 minutes early. His name was Daryl.
If this all wasn't bad enough, when I went to pick up the cds from our wedding, the DJ-Billy, was supposed to have created a cd that has a special song on it that I had made as my gift to my groom. He didn't do, yelled at me that he wasn't suppose to do it, even though we paid for him to do it, and called me a liar when I recited word for word our agreement. I cried. I had never been yelled at before like that and by a practical stranger! Who I had paid alot of money for! Oh! and while he was yelling at me, telling my mom I was a liar, he was doing this with his pants un-zipped. I say this not to be bitter, but as a warning: Get everything in writing, go over EVERYTHING! and be sure you meet your DJ way before the wedding. The music was so important to our wedding and Daryl and Billy from Billy J Disc Jockeys ruined it. Don't trust details at a show, trust your written word on a contract.

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