"Just a quick note to say a big THANK YOU from myself and my family and friends. Everybody had a brilliant night and the music was excellent. I really apprecate all your hard work on the night and working around my live band was fantastic. My wedding was wonderful and it was finished off with a wonderful night. Thank you."
- Lesley & Adam (Wedding at Greenhill Hotel, Wigton – 19 Nov. 2011)
As you can imagine, my prices are based on the service provided and are determined by a wholerange of factors. Please contact me, and I will happily provide a bespoke price for the services you require.
Yes, once you have made your booking, regardless of the service being provided, I issue a Contract Agreement, which both parties sign to confirm the booking.
By issuing you with a Contract Agreement, I am entering into a legally binding agreement, and are therefore assuring you that I will turn up. In the unlikely event that I cannot attend (illness, etc), I have a number close contacts with a number of equally capable and experienced DJ’s, who can step in at short notice.
Appearance is everything, and i will usually attend your function wearing black trousers with a black shirt and black tie, and dress shoes.
During set-up and pack down, I will usually replace the shirt and tie with a black polo shirt. If you require me to wear a more formal attire (such as dinner suit or tux), please mention this at the time of booking.
All of my electrical equipment is Portable Appliance Tested (PAT), and all of the equipment carries a pass sticker. The certificate is available upon request.
Yes, I have standard Generic Assessments for all of my main types of work, which are usually suitable. However I also provide on-going Dynamic Assessments, just to pick up those individual risks that each venue may have.
For all of my services I recommend booking sooner rather than later, as I often get booked up fairly early. As a rule of thumb, for dates during our peak times, we are often providing quotes 12 months in advance.
Both the Non-refundable Booking Fee, and the balance, can be paid by cash, cheque bank transfer, or using our online payments gateway (provided by PayPal). All transactions will be supported by an Invoice/Receipt.
The set-up time is often dependant on a whole number of other factors. Please contact me and I can advise you further. Rest assured that I will always arrive at venues with plenty of time to spare.
I carry a huge selection of music, ranging from the 1960's right up to the latest releases, and can often source specific tracks if they are mentioned on your playlist.
Yes, I welcome requests and playlists. You, and your guests, know what you like so it would be silly not to take advantage of this fact. I do ask that playlists are submitted approx. 4 weeks prior to your event, to give me time to source any tracks that I do not currently own.
Yes, I have ample experience at "reading the dance floor". The secret is picking the best songs from each genre of music and mixing it up throughout the night. By offering to play requests I manage to pick up the odd strange one that I wouldn't have thought to play, however, some requests may not be suitable for a mixed audience and I will always endeavour to filter them out discreetly.
Generally no. The only time we would is if it is expressly included on a playlist or the organiser, i.e. the Bride and Groom, agree and give me the OK.
In short, not if you don't want it to be. Each event is tailored to your needs so the sound sysem will be ample for your function without being overbearing. I also monitor, and adjust, the volume level throughout the night to suit.
No. Whilst I am a specialist Wedding DJ, I do get asked to attend Birthdays, Christenings, Proms, and a whole range of other functions, which I am nore than happy to provide my services for. If you are interested in booking your party with me, please get in touch.
Yes, I ensure that all of the units are presentable, and are often less than 12 months old. All units are subject to a 12 monthly Portable Appliance Test, and are visually inspected before and after use each time.
Unfortunately its one of those “How long is a piece of string?” question. The number of units you require is often dependant on the size of the room.
I usually suggest spacing each unit approx. 3 metres apart, but a site visit often allows me to discuss your options and work out what’s best for your venue.
Each one uses only 10 watts of power, so you can often run a whole rooms lighting off a single socket by daisy chaining the units (working on needing 10 units, that’s 100 watts all told, which is only a draw of 0.44 amps).
They are perfectly suited to marquees; they don’t get hot (so there’s no danger of scorching the linings), and the small draw on power means they have no chance of overloading the marquees power supply.
You can have any colour you want. The lighting utilised the RGB (Red, Green, Blue) spectrum (above right) and can be changed as often or as little as you like.
This is very much dependant on the layout of your venue, and how many units you require. Wherever possible I try to work with your venue to set up in plenty of time before your event (usually the day before), and if your request a technician during the operation then they take them out right after your function. If it’s a Dry Hire, I work with your venue to find a convenient time to remove them.
If you Dry Hire our system, then unfortunately not as I have tried to make the controller as simple as possible (unless you dont require a controller, then you are limited in your colours). If you hire the system with a technician then you could have every single unit a different colour or shade, and the controller used is a more complex.
No, you can have as many or as few as you wish. However, I do have to cover travel and labour costs so recommend approx. 10 units as a minimum, but again this is dependent on what you require and the layout of the venue.
