South Jersey DJ's

First I want to state that I was a guest at the wedding mentioned in the review below. She says it herself that guest were NOT ALLOWED to request songs! That should say something for the type of person we are dealing with. I was a date to one of the bridesmaids. The bride actually tried to punch me in the face in the parking lot at her wedding. The DJs did NOT drink, and the only reason they turned the music off was because the bride who was heavily intoxicated told them to. She treated all the workers and even her family, friends and her brother in law like total crap. As far as music and things that were not played, she only wanted to hear HER songs, and anytime the DJ tried doing the planned songs she caused a scene and yelled she was the bride that he needed to listen to her. These guys have been in business 20 years with just 1 review like this anywhere?! That should speak volumes for them. They are great at what they do, and I highly recommend them to anyone...in fact I have now used them twice for jobs since attending this wedding. Its a real shame that had the bride just let them do what they are there to do she would have had an awesome time, as well as her guest. BUT in the end she ruined her own day and the night of all in attendance! Her own sister apologized on her behalf several times to all the vendors! more

A red flag should have went up when I wanted to meet the owner (Joe Tropea) when providing the deposit, and he told me "" I normally don't have the opportunity to meet with the bride or groom until the wedding reception date."" But, I was not sure if people normally did meet with their vendors, so I let it slide. \r \r We kept in contact and did contracts via email and US mail. This is also how we discussed what I wanted as far as the music went. All seemed to be no problem, until I said I did not want any requests taken. He started with telling me that is not how you do a wedding. (It all comes down to preference.) The bride and groom (a.k.a. the paying consumers) did not want requests unless it was by the bridal party or parents. Anyway, during the ceremony, he had the people who wanted to request a song, come up to me (the bride) and ask about it. \r \r We also wanted to have a dance where all the married people come out onto the dance floor and dance while the DJ counts up the years and if you have been married that long or less, then you leave the dance floor. What is supposed to happen here is that the longest married couple should be the only people left dancing at the end of the song and the bride and groom present them with the bride's bouquet. Well, he took if upon himself to never do this dance. When asked about it at 11.15pm (the reception ended at 12), he said that I said ""later."" First of all, why are you asking me (DURING MY RECEPTION) when I want it done? Was I supposed to lay out a timeline for them? I thought this company knew what they were doing? Apparently not. Second, that conversation never happened. \r \r The DJs also asked questions throughout the night about the title of songs that I wanted played. (Yes, all this information was in the contract and emails that were sent before the wedding.)\r \r I became very angry with the Owner (Joe Tropea) when he became belligerent and unprofessional with his choice of words he used to me. He continued to shout at me in front of my guests (instead of saying, I will take care of the problem). We got into a heated argument and at some point during the argument, he decided that he would end the music 25 minutes early. My guest were under the impression that the reception was over and they started to say their goodbyes. Needless to say, I was pissed. \r \r The person in charge of coordinating my wedding was very angry when this guy turned off the music. She stormed up to the DJ and told him that if he was paid to play until 12, then he must play until then. He did turn the music back on, but that was after our guests had already left. We were so embarrassed by this guy, \r \r \r A few weeks after our wedding, we picked up our wedding photos and video. The vendors were telling my husband and I that the DJ was drinking!! The other vendors also said that when asking him some questions about when things were going to take place, the owner (Joe Tropea) admitted that he ""had no idea what was going on."" I am all about having a good time, but there is no way it should ever interfere with your work!! I am disgusted with the way this company conducted themselves. I am even more angry with myself for not going with my gut from the very start. \r \r Brides, if you are reading this... keep looking, or at least interview the owner/operator. I have no doubt that if I had met with the owner before hand, I would have noticed his arrogance and went with another company. One thing a bride does not need to deal with on her wedding day is some disc jockey yelling in her face all because she wanted things done according to the contract. more