Eric was a saving grace
For the most part, our wedding vendor team came together with ease. We were able to find a photographer, florist, and caterer that fit our budget and we were confident that would compliment our vision for the wedding. The DJ, on the other hand, was always the wild card. We looked at DJs from all over the front range, consulted friends that had married in the area, and even posted in a wedding forum for advice. Despite the many options, we couldn’t seem to find someone who was clearly the right fit. We decided to rely upon our existing vendors for recommendations. Our amazing photographer, Autumn Cutaia, recommended Eric as her very favorite wedding DJ so we took her advice and set up a meeting with him.
Eric was very kind, experienced, and professional, and we had a nice time with him in our meeting. But the truth is that he was out of our budget and we still had some doubts about whether he was the right fit for our wedding. I’m sharing this process to give you context that, while my husband and I found all our other vendors with ease and had complete confidence in them, we were struggling with the process of finding a DJ and we grew nervous that what we were looking for maybe didn’t exist. Though we weren’t sure, we chose to hire Eric anyway because he so highly recommended and so friendly in person. Frankly, all the way up until the wedding day we wondered how the music situation would all pan out. It remained the biggest wild card. Then, ERIC BLEW US AWAY!
I cannot express how grateful we are to have worked with Eric. He showed up early, was a calm and helpful presence, did a phenomenal job during the ceremony, and then had every single person on the dance floor during the reception, all while avoiding top 40 hits and cheesy wedding songs as per our request. I have had countless people remark that Eric was the best wedding DJ they’d ever seen and how fun it was to have everyone dancing. One of my bridesmaids immediately booked him for her wedding next summer.
Yes, you can definitely find cheaper DJs and also our original budget was, in retrospect, unreasonably low. That said, I would not have done it any other way and feel it was among our best spent money for the wedding. With Eric, you not only get to work with a lovely person, but you also get a highly experienced DJ, which I now realize means two things:
1. He knows how to work with a couple to tailor their wedding music to their style and isn’t restrained by convention.
2. He knows how to read the room and what to do as the energy naturally ebbs and flows to keep people on the dance floor and having fun-- which is much easier said than done.
Eric, thank you thank you for all you did to help make our wedding perfect. And thank you for restoring our faith in wedding DJs all together haha. We can not thank you enough and will continue to sing your praises to our friends and community.
With gratitude,
Marissa + Ben Wild