Frequently Asked Questions

The shoe game is a fun way to entertain your guests and see how well your answers line up with your now spouse. We have you sit back-to-back and take off your shoes. You’ll hold one of your shoes in one hand and one of your partner’s in the other hand. Then we’ll ask you a series of questions and you raise the shoe of the person that best answers the question. For example, “who is the better cook?” or “Who starts the most fights?”. As I’m sure you can imagine, it can get pretty entertaining. 

What is the shoe game?

This is a fun activity to consider if you have guests attending that have been married for a long time. There are multiple variations but the one we typically do goes like this…invite all married couples out to the dance floor and start playing a slow dance song. We start calling out time periods and asking couples that have been married for less than that time period to step aside until we are left with the longest married couple out on the dance floor. We once had a couple that had been married 67 years! It’s a fun way to honor that couple. Sometimes we’ll re-invite the newlyweds back to the dance floor for the last 30 seconds or so to dance with that couple.

What is an Anniversary dance?

Yes, but not in a way that affects the music. We may need to step away to grab water or use the restroom, but we’re never away for more than a few minutes and the music will continue regardless.

Does the DJ take breaks?

Out of respect for the clients we are actively working with, we are not able to invite future couples/clients to events where we are DJ’ing. The best way to get a feel for who we are and what we do is through our reviews on Google & The Knot. 

Can we see you in actition? Either at an event of recorded video?

Within your DJ Questionnaire inside your Client Portal, there’s a place where we ask you to give us approximately 20 song requests. That’s usually a good number to give the DJ a direction of what you’re looking for but also gives them freedom to use guest requests and their own selections to fill in the rest. Some couples simply pick their first dance song and leave the rest to us while other couples pick 100 songs and tell us to only play from that list. We prefer the default middle ground but we’ll work with whatever you give us. There’s also a section on the DJ Questionnaire to list any do-not-play requests. 

Can we give a list of music requests or do not playlist?

We accept guest requests by default but have had some couples in the past ask that we not take requests. If that’s you, just let us know.

Can you take guest requests?

Where can I get song ideas? 

We include lighting for the dance floor with all our DJ packages. This lighting will be on a stand next to one of our speakers with the lights shining down on the dance floor. They’ll change colors with the music and help provide a fun atmosphere for dancing. Uplighting is not included but an optional add-on, and it’s for lighting the space or the room at large. They are called uplights because they sit on the floor and point up. We use them to light behind the head table, pillars, walls, drapes, corners, etc. We offer them in different quantities depending on what you want to light.

What is the difference between dance floor lighting and uplights?

We use LED lighting which takes very little energy and puts out very little heat. You won’t burn up from the hot lights as you might from traditional stage lighting. Our lights change colors with the music to create a nice ambiance, but we do not use club or party lighting such as strobes, lasers, and fog machines.

What type of lighting is included? 

Of course! We will handle all announcements and activities as needed. Some couples do have a friend or family member that wants to take on some of those responsibilities and that’s fine with us as well.

Will my DJ act as an emcee?

We consider ourselves more as facilitators then entertainers. Your guests are there to have a good time…not to listen to us talk all night. We’ll facilitate all the events you want (grand march, 1st dances, bouquet/garter tosses, cake cutting) and none of the ones you don’t. Unless there’s an announcement that needs to be made or one of the above events taking place, we let good music decisions do the talking for us. In our experience, if guests don’t want to dance, nothing we do or say will change that. And if they DO want to dance, they will love the music choices we make!

How would you describe your DJ style? 

Our DJ’s vary slightly in their setup time. They will arrive between 1 and 2 hours before guest arrival into the reception space to load-in and set up. Music begins playing when 1st guests arrive. At the end of the night, it’ll take approximately 30-45 minutes to tear down and load out.

How does the setup and teardown work? 

With our Full Day DJ package, we arrive about 90 minutes before the ceremony to load-in and set up. We typically start playing seating music 30 minutes prior to the ceremony, as guests begin arriving. Two handheld wireless microphones are available for the officiant, wedding couple, musicians, and readers to use. Lapel or headset microphones are available upon request and for a small rental fee. We will play any music you would like throughout your ceremony. If you plan to have musicians, they may also plug into our soundboard, but must provide their own cables to go from the instrument to the soundboard.

How does the ceremony add-on work? 

Absolutely! It’s your day, not ours. Some couples leave it totally up to us, and others pick every song. Most fall somewhere in the middle. This is where we combine our experience with guest requests to play music that everyone will enjoy. You’ll communicate song requests, do-not-play lists and other details via your DJ Questionnaire in your Client Portal after booking.

Can I help pick the music? 

Unless you are booking the Full Day DJ package by Ryan Veil, DJ scheduling is based on individual availability. We are a smaller company with a roster of only 10 DJ’s so we are able to maintain a pretty consistent style across our DJ’s plus we have extremely low turnover. Our DJ’s are experienced and amazing which allows us to schedule based on availability rather than trying to play matchmaker. Our online Client Portal makes it SUPER easy to communicate details of your wedding with us beforehand and then we finalize those details directly with you a few weeks prior to your wedding.

Do I get to pick my DJ?