Wedding Receptions: Expectations vs. Reality
We all love a good party! And this time, the party is all about you and your love 😍 Your favorite foods, songs and people will all soon be a major part of your wedding reception celebration. We’ve lit up hundreds and hundreds of unique wedding receptions. Here are our top tips to add even more energy and fun to yours!
Introduce Your Dream Team to One Another
We believe in the power of planning! A prepared team is an excellent team. Great communication between you and your vendors will help the transitions throughout the day go seamlessly. Create a timeline with feedback from your photographer, planner, caterer and entertainment. Your DJ and MC will be working closely with your vendor team at your reception to keep everything flowing smoothly without any downtime for you and your guests. Introducing your dream team to one another before the day-of is an easy win.
What to Know about Special Dances
As you think about your first dance or family dances, we recommend also considering how long you’d like the songs to be played for. If it’s a long song or you are camera shy, feel free to let us know when you’d like the song to fade out.
We also want to remind you that your wedding reception is all about your unique love 💖 Want to have a custom mashup for your first dance? Would you prefer a group photo instead of any special dances? We are here to help you make this party yours in every way.
Will Everyone Dance?
Your friends and family’s different tastes in music may seem impossibly distant from one another, but that’s where we come in. As real DJs, we are mixing and doing live mashups of your favorite songs to create a VIBE on the dancefloor! Because we are both musicians and professional DJs, we are able to blend genres, BPMs and seemingly different types of styles together in ways that create momentum and energy on the dance floor.
We often see the family-friendly songs come out earlier in the evening, and then see the energy build throughout the night, leading up to bigger anthems later in the party. Ultimately, it’s up to you how you’d like the dance party to go! Slow dances between Big Gigantic hits? Funk and then house music? Our DJs will mix up your requests from your playlist as well as from requests the day of, piece of cake 🍰
We have a great playlisting planning app, Vibo, that is easy and fun to use. You can even share your playlist with some of your guests, and they can vote up their favorite songs. Having an idea of what you and your guests would like to hear via playlisting is helpful, as we can download those songs in advance and have those tracks ready at your wedding reception. Wifi isn’t always reliable, so we love preparing as much as possible.
So, will everyone dance? We are known for our great planning and totally lit dance parties. These two things together create epic wedding receptions!
Setting the Vibe
Music does a lot to really create a powerful experience at your wedding reception. Here are a few things to consider to set the vibe just right:
For your ceremony, these are the songs closest to your heart. Your song selections here are going to be impactful and memorable. Your ceremony setup is always included (wireless mic & sound) which makes it easy to add on ceremony musicians or soloists, as well as know that your guests will hear your voice AND the music clearly*.
At cocktail hour, music becomes part of the decor. What is the vibe you want to set during this transitional time? We will create a custom playlist of your favorite tracks, or you can choose of of our incredible playlists; classic rock or deep house are popular choices.
Playlisting is a great tool to share your must-play, play-if-possible, and do-not-play lists for your wedding reception. It’s easy to use our playlisting app, Vibo, which also organizes your flow of events. We will play your requests while mixing them up live, and also read the dancefloor live the night of. Your DJ will be watching the energy of the dancefloor closely, monitoring the room, and also looking at where your energy is at as the couple of honor. Your DJ is an artist, a live performer, and a true professional. They will be able to read the room and keep your wedding reception’s energy building all night long 🚀
Your wedding reception is going to be a hit! Sharing a party with your friends and family is so much fun, it truly is a trip. We are excited to get to know you and your favorite tracks, and even more excited to perform for you live at your reception.
What do you want your wedding reception to be like? We’d love to hear all about it! Drop us a line.
*A note on microphones: Wind can be a factor in Colorado weddings, so most of the time we recommend a hand-held wireless mic. Lapel mics are available for your ceremony, but can pick up wind and blowing noise easier. Your DJ will mix the music and microphones, so you know everyone can hear this beautiful moment perfectly.