Did anyone use their DJ for music for the cocktail hour and ceremony as well as reception? I never thought about it before this weekend! apprently I thought the music for these things is magical and takes care of itself How much does this usually add-on to the 4 hour basic dj price? I've gotten some quotes but they were all for 4 hours..just curious what the norm is..thanks!
buddysgirl
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we used vinny from high voltage for the reception and cocktail hour. he was awesome. his prices are great. i think it was an extra $150 for the cocktail hour.
cindyandkevin
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That's what we're doing with LI Sound. We got a 4 hour package for the reception and then added the CH for $150 and the ceremony for $100.
heidla
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We decided against cocktail music. Our location was outside next to the Bronx river so we let nature do that job for us.
I know that High Voltage does offer this at a great price. I used Vinny for our reception and highly reccomend him.
beanee514
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I'm using Tommy's Tunes for 5 1/2 hours versus 4 hours (so that includes ceremony and cocktail hour) it went from $1795- $2,095. So $300 is the difference, aren't I a math genius?!
Mrs. dleeny
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I'm using Ray from Variety Music and he gave us an amazing price overall. he is very flexible.
JLP
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Check with your hall. Sometimes they can just put a few cds in their stereo (on shuffle)and pipe it into the cocktail hour.
It can save you some $.
Especially since you can't usually hear the music with all the talking during the cocktail hour anyway.
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Posted by buddysgirl
we used vinny from high voltage for the reception and cocktail hour. he was awesome. his prices are great. i think it was an extra $150 for the cocktail hour.
yes, I'm using vinny too. I hear nothing but raves for him. (and he's so reasonable!)
jenny26
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Our DJ said we could have them play for the hour for 150 or get a jazz trio. We got the trio.
wendy1220
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Posted by cindyandkevin
That's what we're doing with LI Sound. We got a 4 hour package for the reception and then added the CH for $150 and the ceremony for $100.
Yay! We're using LI Sound also! Did you meet with Chris? I really liked him. Anyway, we're not sure what we're going to do yet but he can either CH music for the $150 or if we want a piano or keyboard player I believe that's around $300 for the CH.
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I'm doing this with Vinny from High Voltage. Already have ceremony music picked out, and I think cocktail hour is preprepared. He did a birthday party for me in August and was amazing. He's reasonable and I highly reommend him.
Here's a place you can save thousands, and I actually prefer a DJ so you get the real music, not an interpretation of it.
--Kathy
IslandPrincess
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I already have my cocktail hour person booked, but how would it work if I wanted the dj to work the ceremony too besides the reception? Would I have to pay for the hour in between of doing nothing? TIA!
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I already have my cocktail hour person booked, but how would it work if I wanted the dj to work the ceremony too besides the reception? Would I have to pay for the hour in between of doing nothing? TIA!
Hmm, that I'm not sure about. Call the people you've already spoken to and ask them. I don't think the DJ we're using is charging hourly but you should check it out just in case.
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I'm using my DJ (Vinny from High Voltage) for both CH and ceremony. His list price is $150 for CH and $100 for ceremony. Now all I have to do is figure out what music I want for the ceremony and I'll be set.
Laura&Phil
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My Dj is Bravo sounds and they threw in cocktail hour for free. Otherwise we were going to just have the hall play general backround music-people don't really notice it anyway unless it's live music and that gets $$! about 100-150 may be a fair price tho.
MrsFudge
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I am having the DJ play soft music - lots of frankie and dean in the background...
tracy2246
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I am having DJ play music at the CH-It was part of the package that we have.
LuvMyFH
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We are using Chris from LI Sounds we paid I think $100 for the ceremony and rec'd the cocktail hour for free!
Shelly1bc
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We are having a Roaming Sax During our Cocktail Hr. Sax playing jazz walking around the room. Manny from Fusion DL included it in our package, normally they charge $250. Something different, they are awesome and vendors on here!
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Posted by dleeny
I'm using Ray from Variety Music and he gave us an amazing price overall. he is very flexible.
We are also using Ray from Variety Music and adding the cocktail hour and ceremony only cost us about $100 more. And they threw in some extras. He is very affordable, so nice and extremely flexible.
