Durham Wedding DJs

You Bring the Heart, We'll Bring the Beat

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Hangin with my peeps! #z1035 #durhamdjs #idobridalboutique

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Catch #durhamdjs at the Newcastle Town Hall for a very special fund raiser tonight. Be there or be square!

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You can do it, put your back into it! #hitched #wedding #durhamregion #dj #durhamdjs

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Congrats Braedon and Danielle on your wedding. It was raining but as you rounded the corner.. #sunshine #wedding #durhamregion #durhamdjs

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Just hanging with our peeps!

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How many wedding MCs do you know that will sweep your guests off their feet as well!? #durhamregion #durhamdjs #weloveourjob #hitched #photobooth #mollyphotog

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They like us, they really like us! We've just been awarded with the 2014 'Diamond' Readers choice award. #winning #wedding #dj #hitched #durhamregion

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Sending a shout out to Melody & James for signing up with the Durham Wedding DJs for your December wedding! #wedding #DJ #hitched #party #weddingdj

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Cara & Jesse's first dance

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MC Anthony Michael laying down the law at Nikki & Tyson's wedding last Saturday.

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Wedding DJ's - Good vs Bad

"They'll forget the food, but not the fun!"

~Alan McKenzie - Entertainment Editor of UltimateWedding.com

When planning their wedding, very few couples truly and fully understand the impact that their DJ will have on their evening

Underestimating how significant of a role that your wedding DJ will fulfil at your reception is similar to comparing the importance of an airplane pilot on a trip across the Atlantic. The music professional that you choose for your wedding reception will, undoubtably, make or break your evening, period.

The biggest pain point in your planning is that couples have no experience whatsoever in hiring their services, this is their first wedding, maybe. They don't have the experience to know what questions to ask or even what responsibilities a professional DJ should have. People's gut and intuition is usually fairly reliable to spot a good one, but even more dangerous, they can't spot a bad one...(See included good vs. bad picture)

There are over a hundred questions that you "could" ask your wedding DJ,  however these are the questions that you "should" ask, and ask them all!

Let's consider this...Your DJ, the loudest and expectedly, most animated person in the room, should not be "price shopped".

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Is your DJ licensed?

When the fines can be in the millions of dollars and the penalties severe, why is it that something as important as music licensing gets ignored by clients and professionals as frequently as it does? Is it because people feel the likelihood of getting caught is slim? Is it because everyone does it so why can't I? Perhaps, but for many the idea of playing copyrighted music isn't given a second thought and the terms SOCAN, Connect or AVLA are completely new. Until you plan an event or a wedding, why would you ever require a license that the AVLA/Connect or SOCAN might provide? You might not, but if the professionals you hire are properly doing their job and you as a client are reading the paperwork or contracts being provided to you by these professionals, you'll undoubtedly start to see and perhaps become familiar with these terms. The purpose of these licenses are to protect you from any sort of playback trouble when it comes to the copyright of music at your function.Obviously, if you are illegally downloading music, no license will cover you for that -- it's illegal; but there are formats, that when licensing is purchased, can be played legally at your event.  A lot of DJ companies will brag about having thousands of songs. But did you ever stop to think about how they obtained them? And once they did, how they planned to legally play them at events? Many people do not understand the consequences of being caught without being licensed to play the music you are playing, but they can be quite severe. Whether it be the music provided by your DJ and all of the tracks he/she is playing during the function or the background music on something simple like a slideshow, a license is required. Anything purchased retail, through iTunes, streamed through a professional service or obtained through other legal means still needs to be licensed in order for you to play it at an event for other people’s enjoyment. This license your DJ provides for you is called your AVLA or Connect music licensing. Make sure your DJ company has it. Or you may just be sorry!!