You mean the LOOK AT ME, I CAN TALK ON THE MIC AS WELL AS PLAY MUSIC game?
HATE IT and although I do ask clients if they'd like me to do it, I've had a grand total of 2 (Yanks at that, they seem to love it) take me up on it.
My brother has the same experience despite a lot of guys we know up here saying 90%+ of their clients chew their hand off to have it.
Bull
, between us we do close to 200 gigs a year and get 1 or 2 people who are up for it, the rest range from "nah we don't want to be put on the spot" to "that's an absolutely pish idea"
There's a disconnect somewhere and you can say all you want that you need to know the client well enough (what, like I don't know my clients?) and pitch it the right way (again, I'm one of the dearest DJs around here, I know how to sell something to a punter) but when you've got a lot of bride and grooms who hate the idea of even having to do the first dance as all eyes are on them, how many people actually want to be put on the spot for the Mr&MRS game?
The love story is a lot of pish too, as you said - it's the job of the minister / celebrant and grooms party to tell everyone the couples journey, not ours and just smacks of trying to put the spotlight on you.