Hiring a wedding DJ can be the perfect catalyst for ensuring a lively, tasteful, and professionally fun experience to celebrate the biggest day of your life. A wedding DJ can feel the pulse of the party and adjust accordingly, as well as work with the bride and groom to tailor a celebration that reflects who they are as a couple coming together.
A wedding DJ also serves as the conductor of the evening, effortlessly transitioning between important moments in the celebration, like moving from cocktail hour to dinner to the bride and groom’s first dance. The music is coordinated with the event, and the DJ makes announcements to the crowd. They also cue up important speeches, and scale the music speed up and down as the night’s celebration evolves.
Because of the weight of these responsibilities, some essential skills are needed to handle this critical job to perfection. In this blog, we’re going to break down five specific skills that are required to be successful in the wedding DJ field.
At RMF Entertainment, our wedding DJs are held to the highest standards in the industry, and our list of success stories proves it. We understand and value that you are the architect of your big day. Simply enough, we are the builders eager to bring it to life. Through collaborative, carefully constructed playlists, stellar MC services, and bonus offerings like dance floor lights and photo booths, our team of experts can create an unforgettable experience that you and your loved ones will cherish forever.
Below, we explore some of the qualities that we consider requirements in our professional wedding DJs.
1. Musical Knowledge & Expertise
Our wedding DJs possess an extensive knowledge of music; we don’t simply plug in the aux cord and hit play. We understand the intricacies of weaving a playlist together, no matter what genres you’d like to feature at your wedding. We also understand the importance of seamless transitions between songs and the ability to turn a party on its head with the right song at the right time. We can create mashups for songs, and even provide live music if you prefer a more traditional approach to your wedding’s entertainment. For an extra classy event, consider our live jazz musician offerings.
2. Equipment Proficiency
Anyone can show up with a bluetooth speaker and a playlist. But our DJs understand that your wedding needs the best equipment in the business to take your celebration to the next level. Through state-of-the-art controllers, computers, monitors, speakers, and everything in between, your wedding reception suddenly transforms into a nightclub-level experience. We handle the setup and teardown in no time, and can adapt and scale to any kind of wedding, whether it’s indoors or outdoors, large or small, or any other accommodation.
3. Generous Flexibility
A successful wedding DJ needs to be flexible. Weddings can go off the rails, guests can request songs that throw a cork in the playlist (14 on average per wedding), and bride and grooms can go off script and improvise if they want to switch up the schedule. It is their wedding after all. Because of this, wedding DJs need to seamlessly adapt to the celebration as it unfolds and potentially changes. Our wedding DJs are flexible in many ways, accommodating any type of wedding, any style of music, or any changes you want to make in the moment.
4. Stellar Communication Skills
Our wedding DJs constantly collaborate with couples and wedding planners. In order to bring your dream wedding to life, productive conversations need to take place and wedding DJs need to be able to roll with the punches in any situation. Whether it’s tending to a particular family member, handling intoxicated wedding guests’ requests and demands, or changing the night’s agenda on a dime, our wedding DJs are versatile, malleable, and available to meet your celebration’s every need.
5. Effortless Public Speaking
Because our wedding DJs are more than just DJs, public speaking is essential to deliver our professional MC services. It’s more than just handling important announcements and cues throughout the night, though these are critical components of the job. For example, mispronouncing a name or missing an announcement could quickly disrupt the evening.
Wedding DJs coordinate the speeches of the best man and maid of honor, they handle any particular wedding party games or events that might take place, and they control who can and can’t take hold of the microphone. At weddings, this is an important and essential duty. Because our wedding DJs pride themselves on bringing to the party to your celebration—no matter how big or small—we demand professionalism behind a microphone when talking to your beloved guests on your wedding day.
A Wedding DJ Bears A Lot Of Responsibility
It can be difficult to craft a playlist that everyone at the wedding party will be happy with. As opposed to a club setting, a wedding guest list contains a variety of different people of all ages and tastes. Working with the bride and groom is essential to determine what is acceptable to play and what isn’t. Generally, they will have an idea of the direction they want the music to go, but not always.
Also, critical components of the night, such as announcements and transitions, must be perfectly executed. You don’t want to say something inappropriate or out of line. You also don’t want to mispronounce a name or even worse: say the wrong name. Because of this, a wedding DJ must review the list of speakers and ensure they know who is in what role in order to announce them correctly.
A wedding DJ also sets the tone for important events like the cutting of the cake or cocktail hour. Often, a couple will pick songs they want played during this time, but not every time. It’s important to have a feel for the event that can be difficult to place. Our professional DJs carry years of experience in serving weddings of all shapes and sizes. This experience helps us bring your big day to life effectively and harmoniously.
Wedding DJs also need to be prepared to answer any questions or concerns a couple or their guests may have. The first step to booking a wedding is establishing trust with the soon-to-be married couple and their families. These questions may look like, “How long have you been a professional DJ?” or “Can we watch your DJ set before we hire you?”.
A professional wedding DJ will have all these answers ready to put any concerns at ease and build a relationship with their prospective clients.
Final Words
The job of a professional wedding DJ is no simple task. Not anyone can decide to do it on a whim; it takes years of on-the-job experience and education about music, equipment, public speaking, and communication skills to take the reins of someone’s wedding entertainment and deliver an unforgettable experience.
The professionals at RMF Entertainment understand the importance of providing the best wedding DJs in the business. We can tailor our services to your unique ideas and needs for your celebration, whether it’s indoor or outdoor, big or small, traditional or nontraditional. Flexibility is at the heart of our beliefs, so we can create the perfect atmosphere you’ve always envisioned for your wedding ceremony.
If you want to take your wedding to new heights, contact us to see how our DJs at RMF can create unforgettable memories for your guests and loved ones on the most important day of your life. Simply give us a call at (406) 531-2321 or email hello@rmfdjs.com today.
