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"THE WEDDING DJ"

Santa Barbara, CA
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    Monica Sent on 08/28/2016
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    I’m so glad I hired Russ for our wedding. What an amazing DJ he is for weddings. His professionalism really comes through and this is one of those things where it’s obvious to everyone at your wedding if your DJ comes across professional or not. He was great with how he handled our music, did all the announcing. helped keep the coordination smooth, and everything else that he had a hand at. Also, he’s a really nice guy, very honest, and very personable. If you can get Russ for your wedding you’ll be doing yourself and your wedding a very big favor. My friend tried to book him for her wedding, but he was already booked and her DJ was not all that great or professional I’m sorry to say. She was the one that told me about Russ and then I found him here on wedding wire.
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    Andrea Sent on 08/25/2016
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    We had Russ as our DJ for our wedding and I have to say he’s really professional. He’s a fantastic DJ and really skilled. I wanted someone really good since I knew this part of our wedding was going to be the part that was going to make it really great or possibly really bad. I’m glad we hired Russ, we both agree it was definitely the most important decision we made with putting together our wedding.
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    Lori Sent on 08/08/2016
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    Russ was great at my wedding. He played all our music we wanted, kept it all together and his announcing sounded great. Highly recommend.
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    Kari Sent on 07/29/2016
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    I wanted to review Russ for other brides so they know what to expect. Let me start off by saying that Russ is really a valuable asset for any wedding. There are too many ways you can waist your money when putting together your wedding, but Russ is not one of them. He’s definitely someone that’s going to make a huge impact in a positive way on how your wedding’s going to turn out. Some of the things that stand out about him are his professional demeanor, the way he stays on top of everything, his excellent reliability and punctuality, how prepared he comes to the wedding, how well he treated us and our guests, his ability to help coordinate our reception, the way he sounds when he announces the steps, the way he handled our music, his overall presentation, and how easy he is to work with. I was helping my sister put together and run her wedding some years ago and her DJ wasn’t like this at all, and these things really do matter. It was my job to get the DJ, so I really did my homework and knew Russ was it when it came to our DJ. He’s definitely someone I can recommend to other brides and grooms and I don’t easily recommend anyone for anything.
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    John Sent on 06/18/2016
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    Russ is the best DJ ever. Seriously, he is awesome to have if you’re getting married. He is such a wedding expert it was really impressive. So many reasons why I can say he is just an awesome DJ. It would take too much time to go over all of it. If you’re getting married, you would be crazy not to have him as your DJ.
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    Mark Sent on 05/23/2016
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    Had Russ run our wedding as our DJ and MC and he rocked it. He is really experienced and it shows. Made for a great wedding having him do his magic. Everything was really well done, perfect style across the board, really professional but personable at the same time. Absolutely nailed the music. Can not even imagine how it would have been with another DJ, other than it would not have been anywhere near as good and could have been really bad. When we do our renewing of vows in ten years I hope he’s still doing DJIng weddings, since I’m not going to happy with another DJ after experiencing what he can do with a wedding. Trust me, he’s the only way to go.
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    Maria Sent on 05/11/2016
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    If you’re in need of a DJ for a wedding, then you will be wanting Russ the wedding DJ for your DJ. He’s fantastic and as professional as it gets. He did our wedding and if it wasn’t for his excellent abilities and DJing and MCing, and coordinating our reception, I know it would have been a real mess. Great voice and words when announcing, super on top of it with the coordination, and really knows how to play the right songs at the right times. Super fun and very satisfied with his work he did for us and defiantly a five star quality.
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    Russ is a great DJ! We had alot of fun at my wedding because of him. Hire him and you’ll be happy you did.
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    Marisa Sent on 04/25/2016
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    My husband and I hired Russ for our wedding and it ended up being the smartest decision we made having to do with our entire wedding. What a difference Russ made with our wedding, he really made it so much better that I can’t even put it in words. His coordination and announcing were just perfect and really kept everything together in a clearly professional way. The way he announces is great, with a nice and natural yet professional voice, and perfect wording that kept is basic yet classy. The way he worked with our playlist we gave him was just fantastic. Nice equipment, great sound, great presentation. On top of that he’s really nice, diplomatic with everyone, and very honest. Having Russ as your DJ for your wedding is defiantly the way to go, I can’t recommend him enough.
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    Lana Sent on 04/06/2016
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    Russ is such a fantastic DJ that he’s really in a class of his own. I worked closely with four friends helping them with their wedding, and all four of them had quite a few major problems with dealing with their DJ. Three out of these four weddings I helped my friends with I feel were really ruined by their DJ. Believe me when I say, if you’re having problems with your DJ at your wedding, you’re having some serious problems. Since I had Russ as my wedding DJ, I had none of those issues and instead had the best experience with him doing this part of our wedding. Russ is fantastic at managing the music, doing all the announcements and helping coordinate. He’s really was the most important part of our wedding that made it so much better than what it otherwise would have been.
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    Jose Sent on 03/25/2016
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    Russ really made our special day absolutely great. Perfect with all the announcing, coordinating, playing the right music selections, and real professional presence in everything he does. I can definitely say that you’re not waisting money when you hire Russ for your wedding. If you have Russ as your DJ you’re wedding will be good to go.
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    We had Russ DJ our wedding at my mom and dad’s residence and it went phenomenal thanks to his help. If you want a total professional with you and your finance’s best interest in mind, then you have to get Russ as your DJ. He really made our wedding great. I have to hand it to him because our wedding would have not been very good without his professionalism input. I give him my highest recommendation.
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    Russ is an upstanding DJ. Not only is he a great DJ, but really just an all around upstanding kind guy you can count on, so he won’t let you down like the DJs my friends all hired for their wedding. He does what he say’s he’s going to do and treats you right. He is very honest, conscientious and a really nice person. I can’t say enough good about him. His website explains a lot of what he does, but he was even so much more what we expected. What an awesome and professional DJ he is for a wedding. He deserves the highest recommend from me and my husband.
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    Jennifer Sent on 03/12/2016
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    We were in complete panic mode when we first contacted Russ, since our first Dj that was also suppose to play live guitar for our ceremony canceled on us the week of our wedding. After the cancellation I realized my DJ/musician's price was really too to good to true. I found out that it’s not an uncommon for that type of thing to happen, since a coworker had it happen to her with the same exact DJ a year ago. I thought our wedding was done for until I found Russ. When I found Russ I knew I found someone that I could count on. I was so right. He provided the music for both our ceremony, cocktail hour and reception.
    Dependable service and fantastic service to say the least. Russ was great. Jenn
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    Genie Sent on 11/16/2015
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    Should be on must have list for any wedding. Russ puts out a great quality service and is extremely skilled with DJing and MCing weddings. Very natural and very fluid style that definitely kept my wedding from feeling or seeming cheap. That's one thing I noticed with other weddings I've been to, is that if the DJ is tacky, has a fake voice, acts too excited or dresses wrong or even if the look of the equipment is bad, it can really make the whole wedding seem cheap. With Russ putting out that kind of quality and taste with everything he does really can make a big difference with any wedding. So yes I definitely highly recommend him. Genie
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    Mary Sent on 09/17/2015
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    I want to start my review by pointing out that Russ is a true professional and there’s absolutely no doubt about it. I wanted a real professional and I was willing to pay for it, since I knew it pays to get a real professional for this part of your wedding. I knew I really had to have someone that’s without question a professional, running this part of my wedding. I looked at some other DJs websites and talked with them, but they were slow to reply, kind of flaky, and with a closer look, not all that professional in just about every way. I know what it would have been like with them as my DJ if I hired them. Russ was really the engine that ran my wedding and did it with class and an expert quality. Also, he really goes the mile. Whenever something changed that wasn’t planned ahead of time, he really ran with it and smoothed every wrinkle out perfectly, but that’s why you hire someone that’s a professional. That and getting someone that isn’t going to flake out on you or do something dumb or embarrassing, such as saying something on the microphone that’s embarrassing. Without a doubt, if you’re having a wedding Russ is the DJ to go with.
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    Melissa Sent on 09/13/2015
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    Russ was great to have as my dj. He played the music we wanted and MCed and coordinated my wedding perfectly. He is really the perfect DJ to have for your wedding.
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    Matt Sent on 09/12/2015
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    My wife and I hired Russ knowing that we were getting a very good DJ and a real professional. I can’t believe some of my friends were so stupid, since they hired DJs for their weddings that were terrible, thinking they were good. Whereas with Russ, he’s just absolutely awesome, not average at all. So yes we paid above average which is what you have to do if you want a real professional, and in doing so we got a real professional. When it comes to your wedding, the DJ is the one thing we realized was going to make the biggest impact, more then anything else we paid for, so the money was well spent.

    My advice is, don't mess around with this part of your wedding. Get a professional, and don’t think you have a great DJ and a professional if you’re paying the average fee for a DJ, and if you can, hire Russ for your wedding. You won’t be sorry and you wont go around kicking yourself after your wedding like my friends did.
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    Mary Sent on 09/14/2015
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    I realized that it just didn't make since to not go with the best with this part of my wedding, so I did my research thoroughly and my research proved to be 100% right; Russ is the best and because of that my wedding turned out absolutely fantastic. Russ is without question the best disc jockey you can get. If you want the best disc jockey so your wedding ends up great like mine did, and if you don’t want to risk having problems with your disc jockey like my sister and friends did, then Russ is the disc jockey for you. He just does things so much better than other disc jockeys, that you really can’t even put him in the same class and so your wedding will turn out better. This is really the most important advice and contribution I can give to the brides out there to help them with their wedding.
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    Russ does some great DJing. He was really very reliable and professional. I never had to worry about anything with him DJing my wedding.
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    Rachael Sent on 07/18/2015
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    Russ was fantastic!  Thank goodness I had him dj my wedding.  I realize now even more than before how important it is to have a great wedding dj and one that strictly only does weddings.  Some djs on here told me that most of their events they DJ were weddings and that weddings is their specialty, but I know that still means they’re not really a wedding specialist the way Russ is. He really does things that much different. It's so true that your dj will either make or break your wedding.  From experience I can say my best advise is don't worry about the other things and services your going to be getting for your wedding, but do worry about the dj.  Russ is the one dj I can and will recommend to my friends and family.
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    Sarah Sent on 07/17/2015
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    We found Russ online and planned everything from our home here on the East Coast, since we were having our wedding back in California. I was looking for DJ that met our requirements such as focus on weddings, versatility, service oriented, organized, does all work himself, has good taste, and all the things that were important to us. Planning from out of state with him was was not a problem and went very smooth, since he has everything organized and user friendly.
    Although he was a bit more expensive than some of the other DJs, I chose him over the others for reasons a lot of the other reviews mentioned. Our wedding turned out great thanks to Russ. He was all around excellent with everything he provided for our wedding.
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    Terrance Sent on 07/20/2015
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    I’m not one to write reviews, but I told Russ after our wedding I wanted to leave a review for him, since we were so happy with what he did with our wedding. Russ was absolutely phenomenal and we can’t recommend him enough to everyone. This guy is a real professional at this work and it’s very obvious when he was working our wedding. He really made our wedding great like I know no other DJ could have. Just amazing what he does, so yes do hire him for your wedding if you want a great wedding.
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    Shelly Sent on 09/07/2015
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    Russ was a godsend, keeping it all together on that day. He did exactly what we wanted with the music and everything, and helped us with some things that that we didn’t even know needed to be done. He knows so much about how to handle a wedding, but after doing weddings for over 25 years, I guess that’s what you can expect. He costs a little more than other DJs, but boy is he worth it. All I can say is, he has got to be the best DJ out there for weddings, I can assume the best in the world. His experience is really invaluable, you just can’t put a price on it. He’s really that good.
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    After my three friends had such bad experiences with their DJ, I had to go with someone I could really trust. My one friend’s DJ said something extremely obscene over his microphone and even in front of her grandparents and then was a complete jerk to her husband even though before this he seemed very professional and nice, then my other friends DJ showed up late and then played music she told him not to play and wouldn't quit playing music she didn't want, and my other friend who's DJ acted and sounded embarrassingly tacky or goofy on the Mic along with having her reception all mixed up.
    It was really sad since all of my friends thought they had picked out really good DJs before their wedding and they all were positive they made a good choice. They all said their DJ before their wedding acted very professional and really nice and classy. What you see is not what you get and how things change after you book them. They even had a lot of good reviews. With Russ I had no problems at all and he had everything just the way I wanted it to go. He had the music perfect and the coordination very professionally run. Just an amazing DJ and a lot of my guests commented how great he was. Not to mention his voice sounded really great and natural for my announcements.
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