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17 Wedding Tips that Brides Can Use to Have the Best Wedding Reception in Houston

17 wedding reception tips

I get tons of traffic to my youtube page. I have 3 videos with well over 20,000 views (Quinceanera DJ Houston Video #1 - 21,179 views : DJ Houston Wedding Mix Video # 2 - 32,826 views : DJ Houston Sonidero Mix Video # 3 – 43,560 views and all but 1 with over 1,000 views.  As a result, I get lots of people that want to subscribe to my videos and whom save my videos on their favorites.

Today I logged into my DJ Youtube account and got a new friend request. Of course, I checked out his videos and wanted to see what he was all about. He’s a cool guy that does stage lighting for big venues, concerts, fights and things of that nature. I don’t know why he would want to be a friend with a little ol’ DJ like myself, but obviously he liked something I had on my videos.

On his favorites I found a video Titled : Best Wedding Reception Tips which had over 5,685 views. And if you can get a video to be viewed more than One Thousand Times, then you got a really good video that people love.

I decided to share this video with my audience because the tips on this video are so helpful and easy to implement, I just thought to myself, this video needs to be seen. Brides as well as wedding vendors can definitely improve a wedding reception if they follow these 17 tips, and they can all be easily implemented by anyone.

Video is by party guru DJ Dan Nichols of Michigan’s Boogie Brothers Productions. Check out his website for more informative and helpful videos.

Let me type these tips out for you so that you can just copy and paste them into your word document.

  1. Don’t put the older guests next to the speakers or the dance floor.
  2. Don’t cram your entertainment out of the way.
  3. A party should end when it shouldn’t end.
  4. A ‘too small’ dance floor is better than one that is too big.
  5. Darker is better than lighter for dancing.
  6. Keep the exit doors closed. 6a. Brides and Grooms should not stand near the exit door.
  7. Nicer places (such as country clubs with great views) actually make it harder for people to dance.
  8. The bar should always be in the main room.
  9. If you are going to shut the bar down, do it during dinner.
  10. Happy music keeps things going.
  11. Respect the musical opinions of your local professionals (us dj’s).
  12. Your wedding vendor should eat with the guests.
  13. Consider not doing a Dollar dance.
  14. People tend to remember the beginning and the end (I’ve gotten some referrals just on my MC’s opening speech).
  15. Traditional events or speeches should be done before dancing, including formal pictures.
  16. Do all you can to arrange your rehearsal dinner 2 nights before the wedding.
  17. If you have to cut corners, don’t compromise on your entertainment.

These are the 17 tips but you have to watch the video for great reasons why you should do these.

Happy Planning!

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|o| Simply Frank |o|
Professional Wedding DJ Houston

My Youtube Vidoes are Showing up in the Search Engines!!

I’m happy. I was asked to DJ a Wedding Recently for friends of the family and I decided to take video of  my mixing abilities so that I can hear what the people hear. Most of the time when I’m DJing I get so into the music that all my concentration is on making sure the mix comes out flawless, and that no one is interrupted in their dancing groove or their dancing step, that I don’t really hear what the guests hear. This in the DJ world is called Beat Mixing or Beat matching. this is where the dj goes from one song to the next and it sounds seamless or the sound and beat keep going. MOST DJ’s do n’t do this because they claim they don’t have to. I have proven over and over to DJ’s that if they take the time to learn to beatmatch, their events will be ALOT more successful. However, since it is hard work and  takes extra effort learn, for those who havent’mastered it, these djs usually don’t make the effort to learn to match beats.

Once you master the concept of beatmixing, it is actually easy to do. It’s like riding a 10 speed bike effectively. But it does take a lot of concentration even though it’s still easy. I mean, you still have to determine what the next song should be that’s around the same BPM (Beats Per Minute), the unit of measure that DJs use, or close to it. Add to that that you have to make sure the musical sounds or instruments are similar or sound similar enough to get by. Also, you have to determine if you should keep playing the same genre or switch it up to a new genre. If you do switch it what will you switch it too so that you can keep as many people on the dance floor and bring in some of the people that have been waiting to dance. Aaaaand you have to keep withing the specifications of what the bride and groom (or your clients) request or want to hear. So again, I say it’s easy, bearing all this in mind. Easy, as I said before. ;)

Well the videos are on Youtube and are linked to below:

  1. The first one that comes up on the search engines is actually video # 2 and it consists of Banda Music and Sonidero (Sabor Kolombia Music)
    DJ In Houston Wedding Video Mix of Banda and Sonidero (Sabor Kolombia) Music
  2. The second one is Video #1. Pay no Attention to the comments, they are from a local DJ who shall remain un-named and who wen through the trouble of creating a profile just to post on my videos, thinking I would not figure out who it was.
    DJ in Houston Wedding Vidoe Mix: Merengue, Slow Sonidero Music (Supermerk2 Que Calor), Duranguense, and Tejano
  3. The Third I have not gone thorougly through to see what kind of Music But here is the link
    DJ in Houston Wedding Mix Cumbias Merengue Bachata #3
  4. And the Final One is here:
    DJ in Houston Wedding Mix Cumbias Sonideras ( Aniceto Molina Celso Pina) Huapangos Corridos Tigres Del Norte Duranguense #4

They are all of spanish music, it was for a latino wedding and the only music they wanted to hear was spanish. Now I did sneak in the Cupid Shuffle, Cha Cha Slide and the Boot Scootin Boogie.

Also, the light system used is our highest upgrade and does not come with our standard packages.

Happy Planning!

DJ Francisco
Professional Bilingual DJ in Hosuton
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