The Secret formula

So you’re at a wedding, and it’s just not happening like some of the weddings you have been to in the past. The DJ, you guess, is not very good . . .

-or it could be –

·         The wedding party members do not know each other very well, and thus they are a little reserved and did not get the reception off to a rousing start when they were introduced

·         That this reception is from 3-9, and it’s at the end of June, when daylight hours are at a peak, and there is beautiful sunshine streaming onto the dance floor through the floor to ceiling windows, making people feel like they are too visible if they cut loose a bit.

·         and because it is a beautiful day most everyone has decided to go outside and sit on the patio and enjoy the weather or the view.

·         The bride and groom are not really party people and would rather just mingle with their guests.

·         The couple has given their DJ a restrictive must play and do not play list (and that is why you keep hearing all of those Snow Patrol songs).

·         There are dynamics in play, whether it be that there was a divorce among the parents and they still are uncomfortable being in the same room with one another, or maybe one side of the family is not really sold on this whole marriage thing yet.

·         Or yes, it could be that the DJ is inexperienced and although his i-pad has 10,000 songs on it he has not figured out which ones will motivate this particular crowd.

There is a secret formula to making a good party a great party. I always use the kool-aid analogy, which is, if you’re making kool-aid you have to have the water, the sugar and the little magic powder. If one of them is missing, it’s just not kool-aid. Wedding receptions and other events are much the same. As DJs we like to think that we are that magic powder, but we still need the other ingredients to make it all work.

But what are those ingredients?

Until next time,

~Mike ~