{"id":3243,"date":"2014-01-06T17:36:48","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T06:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/articles\/make-sure-you-ask-these-wedding-dj-questions\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T11:01:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T00:01:11","slug":"make-sure-you-ask-these-wedding-dj-questions","status":"publish","type":"uk-article","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/articles\/make-sure-you-ask-these-wedding-dj-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Make sure you ask these wedding DJ questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Picking the right wedding DJ is a crucial step in wedding planning. Get it right and you\u2019ll have a heaving dance floor. Get it wrong and you\u2019ll have guests checking their watches to see what time they can head for the door. Here are a few wedding DJ questions to help you make that choice.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6237\" alt=\"wedding dj\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/28181022\/454288009.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>Creating a list of questions will aide you to compare wedding DJs. Here are a few wedding DJ questions you should ask including questions about costs, practical arrangements, musical style, experience, and appearance. You don&#8217;t necessarily have to ask each DJ every question, just pick the ones that are most important to you.<\/p>\n<h3>Wedding DJ questions: Cost<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is included in your package?<\/li>\n<li>When do we need to pay the bill?<\/li>\n<li>What is your deposit and when do we pay it?<\/li>\n<li>Do you charge extra for travel?<\/li>\n<li>Do you want to have food \/ drinks provided?<\/li>\n<li>What do you charge for overtime if the reception is late?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding DJ questions: Practical<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Are you free on our chosen wedding date?<\/li>\n<li>Do you provide a backup DJ if you are sick on the day?<\/li>\n<li>Have you performed at our reception venue previously?<\/li>\n<li>Will you personally be the DJ for our wedding, or is it one of your colleagues?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have back up equipment?<\/li>\n<li>What is your set up time?<\/li>\n<li>Are you able to take on the role of Master of Ceremonies?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have liability insurance?<\/li>\n<li>How long will you play for?<\/li>\n<li>Is it possible to use your microphone for the wedding speeches?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-5543\" alt=\"wedding dj\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.easyweddings.com\/files\/2021\/10\/28180905\/164115441.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h3>Wedding DJ questions: Musical style<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Can we have a say in the play list?<\/li>\n<li>What is your specialist music genre?<\/li>\n<li>What styles of music will you choose for the different parts of the reception?<\/li>\n<li>What makes you a great choice over other wedding DJs?<\/li>\n<li>Do you do guest requests?<\/li>\n<li>What is your way to motivate the crowd if nobody is dancing?<\/li>\n<li>What kind of music will you play during breaks?<\/li>\n<li>When do we need to provide you with our black and white lists?<\/li>\n<li>Can you play music to work with our wedding theme?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding DJ questions: Experience<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>How long have you worked as a wedding DJ?<\/li>\n<li>What other kinds of event do you perform at?<\/li>\n<li>Are we able to attend an event that you are performing at?<\/li>\n<li>How many weddings do you do in a year?<\/li>\n<li>Can you provide a recent wedding reference we could contact?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Wedding DJ questions: Appearance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What will you wear on the day?<\/li>\n<li>How much space does your equipment take up?<\/li>\n<li>What will your equipment look like at the venue; can we see pictures?<\/li>\n<li>What lighting are you able to provide and will it fit with our theme?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3244,"parent":0,"template":"","uk_article_category":[6778],"uk_article_tag":[],"class_list":["post-3243","uk-article","type-uk-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","uk_article_category-weddingmusic"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/3243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/uk-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk-article\/3243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"uk_article_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_category?post=3243"},{"taxonomy":"uk_article_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uk_article_tag?post=3243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}