Mobile DJ: Choosing Songs at Wedding Reception

Video Transcript

"Oh hi there, I love that Keith Sweat, makes me dance like crazy. I Marvelous Marvin, professional trained disc jockey, I have been a regular DJ for 30 years and a mobile DJ for 30 years. And, one thing I have learned that works out pretty well is songs. They come in very handy actually they even put them on CD's. Here's one from Louie Armstrong. Can't go wrong with Louie Armstrong especial that "It's A Wonderful World" where no one else is dancing put that on people will dance. But here is what you have to consider when your DJ'ing a party, two types of songs. There are songs you listen to and songs you dance to. When your playing to a group of people you don't want to play songs that people just listen to. Unless! They're songs at the wedding reception that the bride and groom have requested. Play them during dinner and keep the level low. Cause basically unless they are already drunk they are not going to be dancing during dinner. You don't really care. So you want to get those songs out of the way. And again the bride and groom is happy cause you played their songs. Then when it comes time for the dance music, that's what you want to play. So you got to think is any body going to like this song, a lot of people going to dance to this song? When you do a lot of parties you get a feel for that you look at the room, you can tell what's going on. You can tell what kind of songs people like, by looking at the feet when they are eating just sitting there, cause they will tap their toes to songs that they like. Gives you an idea of what kind of crowd it is you read the crowd. You play the listen to songs during dinner and the dance songs strangely enough during the dance portion of the show. And then you take request, but another topic. I am Marvelous Marvin a DJ strangely enough talking about songs."