The Wedding Reception: Where The Guests Always Think They Know More Than The Person Playing The Music

Tonight begins the worst season of the year "The Wedding Season" the time of year when the assholes all seem to gather around my DJ station to tell me how they used to do this when they were young or how to get the so-called party started. Well the funny thing about weddings and receptions is that nobody really dances anymore. It's all about the visiting with friends and family around the table or outside where they can smoke.

Over the past ten years the dancers have became far and few in between for the most part. Sure there are some groups that get out there and dance making the night fun for the person playing music. But more so they'd just rather sit, chat, eat, drink and remember the "old days". I haven't even started the circuit this year and I'm already bored with the whole deal. The drunk idiots who come over and slur as they speak telling you about how when they had their own system it was huge and we used records or cassettes. Then you get the younger kids constantly asking for Bieber or the like. The best ones are those males who come over and ask for the absolute stupidest music for a wedding reception like Korn, Tool or Metallica. Then when you say no they get all macho and usually insult you or say something smart ass'd then walk away in a huff.

My other favorite annoyance is the girl who comes over and says 'the bride wants to hear' like that's supposed to get her crappy house music played or the others that come and say can you play such and such and then continues to ask for song after song after song and then tells you to play it now. But in the end the best request is still the 'can you play something good' to which I reply nope. I think that I've gotten to a point where I don't enjoy giving up my Saturday nights to play music for a bunch of un-grateful asshats. I don't like people and I'm not comfortable being there at all. I do enjoy the other aspect which is booking the gigs, setting up the gear and hanging out with the DJ I send to do the actual event. When I have a partner to help me along with the people handling while I play music and do the other stuff. It's really the people I don't like and grow each year to like even less.

So here we go again I've got a few events this summer but if all works in my favour I will have passed the weddings off to my other DJ and let him take on the annoying task. Wedding season the season of suck ass but the money is good. Just remember I've been doing this for many years and know how to read a crowd. I'm pretty sure the DJ you hire for your wedding also has experience and knows what he's doing so just leave him alone and let him work. If he's truly awful you probably took the cheapest service you could get and deserve having a bad DJ but really most of us know the crowds and if you can bite your tongue and not be a picky little piss-ant or music snob and just dance to whatever is playing you'd have a lot more fun, in turn so will your DJ making your event much better than it will be if your group sits on their ass waiting for that specific Lady GaGa track or that one waltz at a specific bpm. Stop being pretentious jerks and loosen up. Hopefully I have good crowds this season and don't make me dread every wedding reception I show up to perform at this year like last year.