What Kind of
Music Do You Play?
I'm not there to showcase my DJ skills. My DJ skills are there to help your event feel like it showcases you.
The music isn't about me.
Weddings
Your guests should feel like they get to know you a little better through the jams we're rocking.
Corporate Events
Your employees should feel like you really care about them for hiring a cool DJ who actually gets their vibe.
Organizations & Brands
Your guests should walk away with a little more clarity about what your organization stands for—even from the music you chose to let your DJ play.
You establish the boundaries.
Every client gets an Event Worksheet with a dedicated section for defining what the event should—and shouldn't—sound like.
Have three songs that absolutely must happen and twelve that will get me fired if I play them? Perfect. That's exactly what the worksheet is for.
You establish the boundaries. My job is to make something great happen inside them.
Whatever works.
I love a good throwback, but I also want to wow people with an awesome mixture of old, new, niche and popular music based on who's actually in the room.
I gotchu with an Indian song or two.
How about some Elvis—or a slow dance he'd recognize?
I certainly have my own preferences about what's most fun to play. But I don't let those preferences get in the way of reading the crowd and finding the right song for your audience.
Song selection or perfect transitions?
There's a war among DJs about which matters more. I'm firmly on the side of song selection.
Obviously, I want both. A great DJ should be able to move smoothly from one song to the next without making the dance floor feel like somebody hit Shuffle.
A technically flawless transition into the wrong song is still the wrong song.
So my first priority is finding the perfect song to play next. How we get there comes second.
It
On.
I've DJed in languages I don't speak and genres I'd never even heard of before the customer asked for it—and still finished the night with satisfied clients.
I have a system that has proven to be successful over and over. With enough preparation, I can confidently play music in any language and any genre.
I'll lead you through a process that helps me calibrate my taste in music around what I find out about you. I learn the genres, find the important artists and songs, and build the necessary library before the event.
I've even been known to improvise some surprisingly well-selected international tracks on the fly. But that's much harder.
Give me time to prepare, and we can do it properly.
I'm not an expert in every musical tradition on Earth.
And I'm not going to pretend I am.
If your event depends heavily on music I don't already know, I'll research it, work with you, and build the necessary library before the event.
If your event needs more than music—perhaps a genuinely culturally in-tune MC or someone fluent in a particular language—I'd rather solve that problem properly than bluff my way through it.
In that situation, I can bring in a professional speaker and entertainer who speaks the language and understands the audience.
The music, the mixing, the preparation and the crowd-reading are all tools.
It's supposed to showcase you.