Shakermaker Promotions
20-04-2010, 10:58 PM
Hi all,
A few months ago I got chatting to one of the cashiers in my bank. She mentioned that she was getting married and it just happened to be at my new hotel residency. She asked if it was going to be me that was doing the DJing. After checking my dates out etc etc, I realised that it wasn't me as I was booked elsewhere so I checked with the manager. He informed me that it was a booking from late last year that he had already sorted the DJ for and it was the last Disco that the guy would be doing at the hotel (He said he would tell him afterwards that he would be using someone else...as in ME...even though I have done a number of Discos there since the turn of the year).
The wedding was 3 weeks ago and today was the first time I had seen the Bride back at work so I asked her how everything went.
She was not happy at all.
She said that the actual day itself and the hotel were brilliant. She praised the manager and everything that he did and said she couldn't fault it as it was more than she could have wished for. She said the big disappointment was the Disco...well, more the DJ so I asked why.
She said that she had a conversation with the DJ over the phone and he seemed pleasant enough. She told him about her first dance etc (a Carpenters track) and wanted to make sure that he had it. Apparently he said "Yeah, no problem...I have a number of their albums". When it came to the night itself, she said she went up to him early in the night to let him know that they would be doing their first dance at around 8.30pm. She was told that she would HAVE to pick a different song as he realised that he didn't have it!!!!!!
Now, that is outrageous in my opinion.
She told me that on her wedding day, she had to ask one of her guests to go to her house and get the Disc with the song on so he could play it as she wanted that song and nothing else (and rightly so). This meant that their first dance was delayed and she said she had guests asking what the delay was. She said that rather than cause a scene...she told them that it was her that had forgotten the Disc.
She then went on to say that the DJ didn't play any of their requests. She said they specifically asked for lots of 70s and 80s and that was more or less ignored as there was lots of chart stuff. I asked what the DJ looked like and when she described him I realised that it was infact the bloke I have replaced and the same one that had undercut me at my previous residency. I asked if he was dressed smartly and she said "He had a T-Shirt and Jeans on but I wasn't bothered about what he was wearing".
I really felt sorry for her. She is a lovely girl, quite chilled out and softly spoken. She said she got very annoyed because no'one seemed to warm to the DJ. She said it felt like he was there for his own pleasure and not hers but the main thing was the first dance being mucked up.
Why couldn't the guy just download the track and make sure that he had it?
I said to her that I know it's late but it would never have happened if I was there and he is a classic example of what is bad about this industry.
Just thought I'd share that. Now I'm off to bed.
Night!
A few months ago I got chatting to one of the cashiers in my bank. She mentioned that she was getting married and it just happened to be at my new hotel residency. She asked if it was going to be me that was doing the DJing. After checking my dates out etc etc, I realised that it wasn't me as I was booked elsewhere so I checked with the manager. He informed me that it was a booking from late last year that he had already sorted the DJ for and it was the last Disco that the guy would be doing at the hotel (He said he would tell him afterwards that he would be using someone else...as in ME...even though I have done a number of Discos there since the turn of the year).
The wedding was 3 weeks ago and today was the first time I had seen the Bride back at work so I asked her how everything went.
She was not happy at all.
She said that the actual day itself and the hotel were brilliant. She praised the manager and everything that he did and said she couldn't fault it as it was more than she could have wished for. She said the big disappointment was the Disco...well, more the DJ so I asked why.
She said that she had a conversation with the DJ over the phone and he seemed pleasant enough. She told him about her first dance etc (a Carpenters track) and wanted to make sure that he had it. Apparently he said "Yeah, no problem...I have a number of their albums". When it came to the night itself, she said she went up to him early in the night to let him know that they would be doing their first dance at around 8.30pm. She was told that she would HAVE to pick a different song as he realised that he didn't have it!!!!!!
Now, that is outrageous in my opinion.
She told me that on her wedding day, she had to ask one of her guests to go to her house and get the Disc with the song on so he could play it as she wanted that song and nothing else (and rightly so). This meant that their first dance was delayed and she said she had guests asking what the delay was. She said that rather than cause a scene...she told them that it was her that had forgotten the Disc.
She then went on to say that the DJ didn't play any of their requests. She said they specifically asked for lots of 70s and 80s and that was more or less ignored as there was lots of chart stuff. I asked what the DJ looked like and when she described him I realised that it was infact the bloke I have replaced and the same one that had undercut me at my previous residency. I asked if he was dressed smartly and she said "He had a T-Shirt and Jeans on but I wasn't bothered about what he was wearing".
I really felt sorry for her. She is a lovely girl, quite chilled out and softly spoken. She said she got very annoyed because no'one seemed to warm to the DJ. She said it felt like he was there for his own pleasure and not hers but the main thing was the first dance being mucked up.
Why couldn't the guy just download the track and make sure that he had it?
I said to her that I know it's late but it would never have happened if I was there and he is a classic example of what is bad about this industry.
Just thought I'd share that. Now I'm off to bed.
Night!