Navy Wedding at Loews Coronado with DJ, uplights and Open area photobooth.

   Navy Wedding at Loews Coronado - this wedding is a perfect example of this: As a DJ its not about playing the hot new songs or "keeping it real" or anything else that DJs will tell you are the important aspects of being a great DJ.   It really all comes down to playing the music that the guests love and will have fun to, whether that Pitbull or the Beatles.
  We provided the Photobooth with a black drape backdrop so it was more of a mini studio than a booth.  Amber LED uplights and DJ for the Ceremony and Reception.
  Tim Otto did a great job on the photography as always and Susanne Duffy of Crown Weddings,  the Event Designer and Coordinator is always the best.

Enzoani Fashion Show

  Last week a team of Lighting, Audio and Fashion Show Production pro's descended upon the St Regis Resort in Dana Pt. CA for Enzoani's fashion show.  I was playing the music for the runway models to walk to.  The Show used the entire space on the Grand Lawn including the walkways that served as the runway.   Models appeared on the upper level of the Grand Lawn Stairs and progressed down into the audience and around both section of the runway.  It was amazing...  and the Enzoani line for 2012 is beyond amazing.  Such creativity yet functionality in a real world situations.   No 6 ft wide hats or 25 ft wedding gown trains, just elegance at its best.

See the video for yourself - Click Here

Here's a link to their Flickr Page of more event photos.

Wedding DJ, Uplights and Gobo ( Monogram) at NTC Promenade

  This was a LONG party, they danced for like 3.5 hours.  But that's the key word, they Danced the entire time.  We only stopped for Cake Cutting and few other formalities.  I provided 16 Uplights and their monogram in light in the center of the dancefloor.  The room looked great and the night was a lot of fun.  There is another Video on my blog by Videographer Joe Park that shows some other great shots away from the dancefloor

Video Dj Wedding at the Prado

  About 200 people for this one, lots of them from the Jersey Area (as you can see by the Boss Video being played).  The Prado is one of my all time favorite locations.  Its classic look and elegance is 5 star quality and the staff from the Sales Team to the Banquet servers are on the ball and really impress me every time I'm there. 
  Video DJ is the same great DJ performance plus the visually engaging element that you get from a music video for each song as it plays.  My Video Library of 18,000 plus videos covers from the Rolling Stones to the Beatles and LMFAO to Katy Perry and everything in between.  Words don't do it justice, you have to see if live to really get the full effect of the energy I create as I DJ and mix live with music videos for Video DJ parties.

Tracy & Ben's St Patrick's Day Wedding DJ & Uplights

March 17th I had the pleasure of being the DJ & Emcee for Ben & Tracy Tong at Maderas Golf Club in Poway. It was a little rainy that day so on short notice the Ceremony was moved indoors into half of the ballroom. These two were all smiles though and the rooom looked great thanks to the Florist and Uplights it made the rain outside melt away.

Here is a video clip from Catch Motion Productions who filmed the whole day.

"Can You Stand The Rain?" from Catch Motion on Vimeo.

The Ceremony really set the pace for the rest of day. Tracy walked down the aisle to a family friend singing "If I ain't Got You" originally by Alicia Keys. She sang it so well and in such similar style to the original that I noticed people looking toward when they finally figured out that it wasn't the prerecorded original song.
Reverend Deborah Young delivered the Ceremony for them and when they read their own vows Ben, the Groom went first and really did well. Tracy, the Bride was next and she had arranged with me in advance a special cue to start her music track of "The Way I am" by Ingrid Michaelson,, but she had rewritten the words to fit her Lyrics to a Cheesy Love Song reference in her vows. The crowd erupted in applause when she finished.
Once the Ceremony had finished the Maderas staff invited the guests to the foyer and the tented area outside for a few minutes while the room was converted back to Dinner seating for the reception. You should've seen it, they were amazing, 160 chairs and half a room full of tables, fully set for dinner in just over 15 minutes. I provided music during the break but guests were anxious to get back in and get started.

The room looked great all set and ready, my 8 Amber uplights really gave the room a nice warm touch to make the rainy day quickly forgotten. Dinner was wonderful, if you've never had the food at Maderas you have to go have lunch or dinner there. The chef is amazing and the staff is 5 star quality without a doubt. We finished Dinner with a Video Montage on the 7 ft screen and projector that I provided.

On to the PARTY! You may have noticed in the video clip but at some point, 2 guys in Leprechaun suits showed up.... not just green clothes, I mean full suits, with formal button up vests and jackets and knickers. I don't know where they came from but they were dancing and everyone enjoyed them being there.


The group was really into a lot of top 40 dance with some of the party song classics mixed in from time to time. They really seemed to have fun as they danced the night away, they even extended the party to have me stay longer.

A Day at the Beach

A day at the Beach with WSCA in March, we spent all day with the Water Safety Congress of America at the Catamaran Resort on Mission Bay. They were hosting an educational outing for their conference that involved the San Diego Lifeguard, US Coast Guard, San Diego Police and Navy Seals. Since some of their education was best suited to take place while on water, we brought out top of the line audio and microphone equipment so that not only could the group on the beach hear the actors as they acted out their skits out on the boats, those actors could hear everything the Emcee said from the beach as well.

Wedding at Scripps Seaside Forum

Late fall 2011 I DJ'd a wedding and then the reception right afterward at the Seaside Forum. The wedding went perfectly, they were from Hawaii so the music choices for the wedding were mostly Hawaiian. The Bride is a Dance Music Recording Artist and normally when I have clients like that I try to avoid playing their music during the event, mainly just because its a little weird. But this one wasn't like that, she was perfectly fine with it. As a matter of fact, at first she gave me the track titles and didn't even tell me they were her tracks.

It was kind of a dance music crowd and pretty much the entire group recognized, got up, danced and sang along when I played the first 2 of her songs. By the time I played the 3rd song I honestly think I had worn them out. They danced solid for about 2 hours and were still dancing but I think they were pretty out of gas at that point.

December Wedding

I'll try to post more on this wedding later but I wanted to get this video posted ASAP. Joe Park is an awesome videographer, one of the things I like best is that you can have him create a teaser video for the wedding. Since the full Wedding Video takes weeks and weeks to edit in some cases, the teaser video just shows some of the highlights at a quick glimpse. As usual, he hit another homer with this one from Dec 3rd.

Nina & Andrew Highlight Teaser from Joe Park on Vimeo.

Corporate Party at Fox Sports Grill in San Diego at Hilton Bay Front

This group came in for a few days, one of their nights was a party at Fox Sports Grill. It didn't take them long to get out on the dancefloor. Fox Sports Grill is a great place for a Corporate Party, plenty of space, night near the bay, indoor and outdoor mixed seating and plenty of video screens for sports or Video DJ would be amazing...

Dubstep Wedding

This is the one everyone is talking about. A DJ friend of mine was in the LA area on a gig and talking with another DJ there about music when the topic of Dubstep came up and how well it is (or is not) working in SoCal. As I understand it, part of that conversation they my friend bought up that a friend of his (me) had just done a wedding with mostly house and dubstep music and the response was something like oh yeah I heard about that.

That doesn't surprise me though, the bride and groom are part of a group of people I've gotten to know pretty well over the years. They all work together but what they really all have in common is we're all friends of DJ Miss Lisa. Miss Lisa is one of San Diego's original and Pioneering DJs and has been a friend for about 16 years (wow that's a long time now that I think about it), she plays all over the world with some of the very biggest and high profile events. So since this is really one big circle of DJs and DJs friends, it seems like everyone there is a DJ (including the Groom was a DJ too). I don't mean like everyone there has a mixer and turntables in their bedroom...I mean like some of these guests have DJ residencies in some of the Biggest and Hottest Clubs in New York, many of whom make their own music and tour the world doing gigs for groups of thousands of people. I'm talking about the RockStar Circuit of DJs. Yeah! No Pressure! I don't talk about it often but I spent 13 years doing on air mix Dj work and was syndicated on multiple stations around the country, San Diego, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Salt Lake City and more (as many as 48 stations through the 2005-2006 timeframe). So I feel like I can hold my own, but I still found myself mentally reviewing every move I made throughout the night.
There were a lot of DJs there, I don't want to leave anyone out so I won't list them by name except for DJ Slynkee, thanks for your help. The one thing I'll say is that most of them came over to say hello, and they were ALL super nice and easy going and genuinely just there to have a good time.

The wedding was great though, it started off with a perfect ceremony at the Island Club on the Navy Base in Coronado overlooking the beach. The Groom and groomsmen arrived on the back of a Fire Engine with full Lights & Sirens. I provided music and a wireless mic (done the right way). For anyone thinking about an outdoor ceremony on any of the Navy Bases, you have to spend the extra money to do the wireless microphones correctly. Cutting corners in that department opens you up to all kinds of potential interference problems with the frequencies that the Navy uses. You only get one chance to get the Ceremony right. The $100-$200 you could've spent to do it right will seem like small change if things go wrong with the wireless mics.

After the Ceremony it was inside for the Cocktail Reception and then Dinner. After the traditional dances and toasts, I hit them hard Right out of the gate when open dancing started. With some of the pop / top 40 stuff and slowly working into Sexy & I know it (that was about 3 weeks before it started to play on radio, but again...the DJs at this wedding had all been playing it in their clubs and gigs for weeks at that point.)

If you really want to see the music video for this song, be warned. It's graphic but hilarious and probably my favorite video of 2011 Click Here

The rest of the night was a high energy dance party. I did work in some more recognizable 80s for the family and guests that weren't as into the house and Dubstep.
Here's the clip.

The only bad thing was that the club staff turned the lights on 10 minutes before the end of their party, but it didn't even phase this crowd.

Destination Wedding at the Hard Rock Hotel with Uplights

A couple of months ago I DJ'd a Destination Wedding for a couple at the Hard Rock Hotel. Kristen at White Wedding Day Events did the big white backdrop behind the head table and dancefloor. I brought in 8 light violet LED lights and DJ'd the night for them.

Here's the clip:


You can get so much from Uplighting for the cost, with just 8-10 lights you can completely transform a room. It allows you to bring down the house lighting and the result is a completely costumized room. It can be one of the colors of your wedding or something to compliment your colors

DJ & Uplights for a 18 yr Birthday

DJ and Uplights with a completely PINK theme. This party was for a group of people some of which were under 18, so to protect their privacy the video only shows shots of the uplights from before the party began.

It was great though, a few uplights and the rest were carefully placed area lighting. These Full Color LED lights that we use are so versatile and are some of the brightest available.

60th Birthday Party DJ & Karaoke in Del Mar - Private Residence

This party was at the private residence of the client's family in Del Mar for about 40 people. It's one of the biggest plots of land in Del Mar and is right on the Coast. It has a Mini Train complete with the Scaled down buildings for the mini town, A Hedge Maze, tennis Court and Party lawn. They had me set up on the Tennis Court and play toward the dancefloor on the Party Lawn. Karaoke Singers sang from the Tennis Court entrance area.

Corporate Dinner Party and Dancing on a Yacht

A weekday night party on Flagship Cruises Yacht - The Spirit of California. We picked this group oof 200 up on the Chart House Pier in Coronado newar the Hotel del Coronado. They were treated to a world class dinner and then back upstairs for dancing and the party.

This is a good example to show that while most of the parties that I play are a variety of music, really what I do is play to the crowd. It's not always Black Eyed Peas and Earth Wind and Fire. Sometimes its more Lynyrd Skynyrd and Alabama... That's what I love about what I do its always something new.

Sorry the video is a little dark, but hopefully you can still see what's happening.

Peter & Candice' Wedding and Uplights - Park Hyatt Aviara

Peter & Candice were great, they had so many different pieces of entertainment. Best Man-Bruce strummed guitar lightly as toasts were given. Another played the Clarinet, Cindy gave what I can only describe as the best live variety show act I've seen in quite some time and Peter the groom played a song on violin that he dedicated to Candice. Later the first dance was preceded by about 30 seconds of a skit by the Bride & Groom. the guests absolutely loved it and that's the best thing. I Emcee'd the evening, did 10 Deep pink uplights and DJ'd the dancing at the end.

After dinner we watched 2 short video clips shown on the 7 ft screen and projector that I brought and finished the night with some dancing.

The rest of the A list vendor team was amazing designer Thomas Bui and the Photo and Video was done by Visual Masterpiece they did this video recap, check out their blog post (nov 8th) for some really incredible photos.

Candice + Peter {NDE} Highlight from VisualMasterpiece on Vimeo.

94th Aero Squadron Friday Nights

94th Aero Squardon has one of the best and longest running Friday Night crowds anywhere in San Diego. From Happy hour until late night, the crowd gets going and doesn't stop. I've been the lead DJ since 2000.

Come check it out.

Wedding DJ and Uplights at the Park Hyatt Aviara

The Park Hyatt Aviara is such a great resort. They are a true 5 star resort and it shows in everything they do. I DJ'd and provided 14 pink uplights for this wedding in the Aviara Room. It really came out looking great. The Wedding Coordinator was Susanne from Crowne Weddings and she's absolutely one of the best around.

Fundraiser DJ at Paradise Point in San Diego

This event is a few months old now but I wanted to post it since we've done this party for about 5-6 years now. They start things off with Dinner and Announcements then the Live Auction and finish with dancing.

Wedding and Uplighting at the Hotel del Coronado

I recently DJ'd a small wedding at the Hotel Del in Coronado in the Windsor Complex Room. I provided 8 uplights (RGBA LED full Color of course) which is perfect for that room since the ceiling isn't really tall enough to put up raised dance floor lighting. Sabrina Cadini of La Dolce Idea was the Wedding Coordinator and always does a great job, Photographer Tim Otto was capturing the night and I emcee'd and played the music for the night.

I know the dance floor doesn't look that full in most of the clips, but there were only about 35 guests at the so I was rotating the crowd pretty well throughout the night.

Fashion's Night Out at the Beverly Center

Fashion's Night Out is a Global Shopping Party. The Beverly Center in Los Angeles they roll out the red carpet with an annual fashion show that showcases some of the new fall lines available at the stores in the Center. I've been a part of the production team that is called in to conduct the fashion show for the past couple of years and its been a lot of fun each time. It's a couple of long days, but show time is worth it watching the Stars come in on the Red Carpet / Step & Repeat for photos before the 5 o'clock show. This year's Official hosts were Randy Jackson & Nicole Richie along with Lisa Love (West Coast Editor of Vogue Magazine). I'm admittedly bad at recognizing celebrities, I always know "hey that's somebody" but I can't usually tell you who or what they're known for. The second show at 8 O'clock was hosted by a few of the Cast members of Glee. The fashion show was a big hit and went off without a hitch.



Sorry the video doesn't have any shots of the actual fashion show, I was too busy hitting music cues to work the camera. It mainly shows the set before the first show and some of the lighting and the crowd as they start to gather and watch from the railings. The Step & Repeat is black wall that's all lit up.