Dreamlike DJ and Lighting Experience!
Working with Mike was a dream from the start. My husband and I met Mike at one of the many Wedding Expos in the Tampa Bay area, and we were immediately drawn in. I remember seeing his setup and thinking how professional and elegant everything looked. He had great pamphlets that we were able to bring home, and we instantly got along with him. You could tell within seconds that this company means everything to Mike. His passion just swims in his eyes!
When we made the decision to book Mike, he was so easy to work with. He met us at our venue so that he could evaluate the space to determine what kind of lighting/setup would be needed, talk to us through some ideas he had, and to get an overall idea of the timeline so he knew when and where he would be needed. I would also love to GUSH about his online web service where we were able to put in all of the details about our wedding in one convenient space, and began to build song lists. You can even put comments on the songs so for example, I had him play my brother and sister-in-law's wedding song (who had just been married the previous year) and dedicated it to them. It went off without a hitch! I loved his tool and it let us tag songs we must have him play, songs we would hope he could play if he had time, and songs that we definitely did not want played.
I think the most amazing part about working with Mike is his flexibility, honesty, and passion. My husband is super passionate about music and wanted to build the cocktail hour playlist on Spotify. He and I spent countless hours listening to music, putting songs in order, etc., only to then be concerned that Mike wouldn't be able to get the playlist to work! He registered for a trial account with Spotify so that he was able to play our music during Cocktail hour which made my husband incredibly happy. He also put some uplights into the cocktail hour space which he didn’t have to do!
At our venue, we had three different spaces that would need to be wired (the ceremony space, cocktail hour, and reception). He wired everything flawlessly. I can't even remember seeing where he was for our ceremony, but the music was played beautifully and echoed throughout our ceremony space. The microphone setup worked so well and there were no audio concerns. What was SUPER cool was that my husband found a song for us to play when we were leaving the front to walk out, but he wanted it to be started exactly at a specific time (when the music explodes), let the song end, then loop it. When we turned to walk and we were announced, it started right on point and it made us cry a bit while we were walking away from the front because he FREAKING NAILED IT. I'm getting chills typing this now.
For the reception, Mike completely transformed our space. We had determined that doing piping and draping would be absolutely out of the question (SO EXPENSIVE), and Mike promised us that when he was done, we wouldn't even realize we didn't have draping. He was so spot on. Our venue space was STUNNING. We had discussed the colors (purple during intro/special dances/speeches/dinner and blue during dancing) which were done flawlessly, he had brought so many uplights to ensure the space was filled (last minute, our venue decided we could have an additional part of the reception hall and Mike made sure to accommodate this request when he could've asked to add more money to the contract - it was so surprising to me that he was ok with it and didn't ask for any more money on top of our package). We wanted some starry effects, so he made sure a blank wall in the venue was splashed with starry texture which looked SO AWESOME! I was bummed that my venue opened up part of the wall to let people get to the bar in the other room because I know Mike worked so hard on getting everything perfect! Another thing that was brilliant was our decor was based on lighting - we had tall vases with puzzle lamps on top. I had been so stressed about how to light the lamps, but Mike assured me he could get pin lights from the ceiling and light each one individually on every table. It looked so beautiful! He made sure everything was lit and it really made our table decorations come to life.
He also had some fun lights that he used during dancing, and just really made everything feel very personalized. We don't have the most outgoing family, so not a ton of dancers, but he kept the music going and switched it up where needed.
I would 100,000% recommend Mike to work with you for your wedding. His dedication, expertise, and kindness will truly win you over. If you are a fretful, anxious bride (like ME!), please believe me when I say he mad freaking MAGIC happen for our wedding. He was unbelievable to work with, has lots of ways to customize your package and experience, and truly has your best interests at heart. We thank Mike from the bottom of our hearts!!!
Thanks,
Jessica and Chris
(Note: Our wedding was 11/16/18 at the Four Points Sheraton in Tampa, FL on Cypress!)