2012 Bookings

Jan 7th- School Banquet (Ambient)

Jan 14th- Tween Party (Smith Events)

Jan 21st- Christening Party (Ambient)

Jan 28th- 30th HS Reunion (Hurricane DJ)

Feb 10th- Brewster's Pub (Iron Mike)

Feb 11th- Ryan's QuestValentine's Day Ball (Ambient)

Feb 24th- School Dance (MDJ)

Feb 25th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

Feb 26th- Bridal Show (Ambient)

Mar 3rd-Bridal Show 11am-3pm (MDJ)

Mar 3rd- Silent Auction (MDJ) 6:30 to 11:30

Mar 10th- 30th Birthday (Iron Mike)

Mar 11th (Blackout)

Mar 17th-Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)

Mar 24th- Party (MDJ)

Mar 31st- Wedding (Ambient)

April 14th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)

April 20th- School Dance (Gary G)

April 21st- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

April 22nd- Communion (MDJ)

April 27th- Fundraiser (Ambient)

April 28th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

April 29th- Bridal Showcase (MDJ)

May 4th- 13th Birthday Party (Ambient)

May 5th- Communion Party (MDJ)

May 11th- School Dance (Ambient) 

May 12th- Banquet (MDJ)

May 17th- Dress Rehearsal (Ambient)

May 18th- 30th Birthday (Ambient)

May 19th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

May 24th- School Dance (MDJ)

May 26th- Wedding (Ambient)

May 27th- Pool Party (MDJ)

June 1st- Grad Party (Ambient)

June 2nd- Blackout

June 3rd- Blackout

June 8th- School Dance (MDJ)

June 9th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)

June 15th- Graduation Party (Ambient)

June 16th- 50th Birthday (Ambient)

June 22nd- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

June 23rd- Wedding (Ambient)

June 24th- Family Party (Ambient)

June 30th- Wedding (Ambient)

July 7th- Wedding (MDJ)

July 13th- Dinner Party (MDJ)

July 16th-20th (Blackout)

July 26th- Corporate Event (Ambient)

July 28th- Wedding Lighting (MDJ)

Aug 4th- Wedding (MDJ)

Aug 5th- Sweet 16 w Dj Jagged (Ambient)

Aug 10th- Birthday Party (Smith Events)

Aug 11th- Wedding (Ambient)

Aug 12th- Wedding (Ambient)

Aug 13th-17th (Blackout)

Aug 18th- 2nd Wedding (Ambient)

Aug 25th- Quinceanera (Iron Mike)

Aug 26th- Grad Party (Smith Events) 

Sept 1st- Wedding (MDJ)

Sept 2nd- Wedding (Ambient)

Sept 7th- Brewster's Pub 9-12 (Iron Mike)

Sept 8th- Bar Mitzvah w Gregg (MDJ)

Sept 15th- Wedding (Ambient)

Sept 22nd- Wedding (MDJ)

Sept 29th- Wedding (MDJ)

Oct 6th- Wedding w Dj Jagged (Ambient)

Oct 13th- Corporate Picnic 1pm- 4pm (Smith Events)

Oct 13th- 25th Wedding Anniversary 6pm- 10pm (MDJ)

Oct 19th- Wedding (MDJ)

Oct 20th- Wedding (MDJ)


Oct 27th- Quinceneara (Iron Mike)

Nov 2nd- Sweet 16 (MDJ)

Nov 3rd- Sweet 16 (Ambient)


Nov 17th- Wedding (MDJ)

Nov 23rd- Macy's In Store Menlo Park Mall (Fatha Ramzee) tentative

Nov 24th- 50th Birthday Party (Smith Events)

Nov 30th- Brewster's Pub (Iron Mike)

Dec 1st- School Dance (Nightvizion)

Dec 14th- Wedding (Smith Events) 

Dec 15th- Corporate Holiday Party (Smith Events)

Dec 31st- New Year's Eve Party (Ambient)

Catherine's Sweet 16 (4-29-11)

4-29-11 Catherine's Sweet 16

Greetings loved ones lol!

Friday was a phenomenal night of dancing and fun in East Hanover NJ at the exquisite Ravello banquet facility www.ravellobanquets.com. We had the distinct pleasure of providing entertainment services for Catherine's super sweet 16. After about an hr long trek up north I arrived on site to load in for this celebration. Ravello's is a very ornate facility with beautiful columns, marble floors and tile as well as lovely chandeliers in the ballrooms. Once set up we started the evening off with soft music with slower tempo's as guests arrived. The room bustled with excited teen energy as Catherine's friends filed in. The dinner was served buffet style with the addition of a carving station in the far corner of the room. As dinner was served the father of our sweet 16 addressed the crowd with a rousing speech filled with humor and heartfelt words for his lovely daughter. I played Daughters by John Mayer following the speech as it seemed appropriate for the mood. Once the dinner seemed to have set in we finally got around to some more uptempo fare consisting of The black Eyed Peas, Taio Cruz, Kesha, and Lady Gaga. The party was in full swing from dinner time until our candle lighting ceremony. Our Fireworks lighting package gave the room a night club feel as the lights twisted, strobed and pulsed to the music, we also had our Dancing under the stars lighting effect projected a beautiful night scene filled with twinkling stars and clouds. Catherine delivered one of the most thoughtful and well made candle lighting speeches I've ever heard and after the 16 candles were lit I rallied the crowd to gather around out birthday girl for a traditional happy birthday song as she made a wish and blew out the candles. Once the ceremony was finished the group rushed the candy bar for ice cream sundaes and cake. Once the sweets were devoured we got the dance floor rocking once again moving from Dance tunes, to disco, sing a long classic such as Journey's Don't stop believing and Spice Girls Wannabe had the crowd swaying and singing at the top of their lungs. I closed the night with a crowd favorite young and old My Girl by the Temptations. The night seemed to fly by as this group came to party, and party they did. The following day I received an email from Mom and Catherine thanking me for making the night so much fun, it's always nice to receive a note of thanks and it truly is a pleasure getting to work with so many great family celebrating the good times in life!

Bookings

2011


Jan 6th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Jan 8th- Birthday Party (Smith Events)


Jan 9th- Zapp Photo's w Dj Jagged (MDJ)


Jan 13th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Jan 20th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Jan 27th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Feb 3rd- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)

Feb 10th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Feb 17th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Feb 24th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


Feb 25th- Surprise Party (MDJ)


Feb 26th- Fundraiser (Ambient)


March 3rd- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)

March 5th- Sweet 16 (Gill R)

March 10th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


March 17th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


March 24th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


March 27th- Bridal Show (MDJ)


March 31st- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


April 2nd- School Fundraiser (MDJ)


April 7th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


April 9th- Teen Party (Ambient)


April 14th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


April 16th- Tween Party (Ambient) 2pm to 5pm


April 21st- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


April 28th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


April 29th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)


May 1st- Tween Party (MDJ)


May 5th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


May 6th- Comedy Show (Nyghtvizion)


May 7th- 1st Communion Party (MDJ) 12:30 to 4:30


May 7th- NB Hall of Fame Dinner 6 to 9:30 (Smith Event Services)


May 12th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


May 15th- Communion Party (Ambient)


May 19th- Corporate event (Ambient)


May 19th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


May 20th- School Dance (MDJ)


May 21st- 50th Bday Party (Ambient)


May 26th- Brewster's Pub (Smith Events)


May 27th- Birthday Party (Smith Events)


May 28th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)


June 2nd- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


June 3rd- 13th Birthday Party (MDJ)

June 4th- Sweet 16 (Gary G)


June 9th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

June 10th- Middle School Dance (MDJ)

June 11th- Party (Ambient)

June 12th- Grad Party (Ambient)

June 16th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

June 17th- Brewster's pub (Iron Mike)

June 23rd- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

June 24th- Graduation Party (Smith Events)

June 26th- Graduation Party (MDJ)


June 30th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 2nd- Wedding (MDJ)


July 3rd- Wedding (Ambient)


July 7th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 9th- Graduation Party (Smith Event Services)

July 14th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 16th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

July 21st- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 23rd- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 24th- Grad Party (Smith Events)

July 28th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


July 30th- Tag Team Wedding w Larry Sargent (Sargent DJ)


Aug 6th- Wedding (MDJ)

Aug 12th- Wedding (MDJ)


Aug 27th- 30th Birthday Party (Ambient)

Sept 1st- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


Sept 8th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


Sept 9th- Sweet 16 (Ambient)

Sept 10th- Regina's Fabulous 50th B'day party (Smith Events)


Sept 15th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


Sept 17th- Wedding Reception (Smith Events)


Sept 22nd- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Sept 23rd- Sept 25th- Blackout Attending Family Reunion

Sept 29th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Sept 30th- Middle School Dance (MDJ)

Oct 1st- Wedding (Ambient )

Oct 6th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)


Oct 7th- Beef and Beer Fundraiser (Ambient)

Oct 8th- Corporate Picnic (Smith Event Services) 1pm-5pm

Oct 8th- Brewster's Pub (Iron Mike) 9-1

Oct 9th- Wedding Reception (Ambient)

Oct 13th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Oct 14th- 16th (Black Out) Chris's Bachelor Party

Oct 20th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Oct 22- Suprise 60th Birthday Party (Ambient)

Oct 27th- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Oct 28th- Middle School dance (MDJ)

Oct 29th- Wedding (Ambient)

Oct 30th- Attending Wedding (Black out)

Nov 3rd- Brewster's pub (Smith Events)

Nov 5th- Bar Mitzvah (Ambient)

Nov 19th- Birthday Party (Ambient DJ)

Dec 2nd- 65th Birthday Party (Smith Events)

Dec 3rd- Sweet 16 (MDJ)

Dec 10th- Holiday Party (MDJ)

Dec 17th- Holiday Party (Smith Events)

2012 Dates

Jan 7th- School Banquet (Ambient)

Jan 14th- Tween Party (Smith Events)

Jan 21st- Christening Party (Ambient)

Jan 28th- 30th HS Reunion (Hurricane DJ)

Feb 10th- Brewster's Pub (Iron Mike)

Feb 11th- Ryan's Quest Valentine's Day Ball (Ambient)

Feb 24th- Bridal Show (Ambient)

Mar 24th- Party (MDJ) tentative

Mar 31st- Wedding (Ambient)

May 26th- Wedding (Ambient)

Aug 5th- Sweet 16 w Dj Jagged (Ambeint)

Aug 11th- 50th Bday party (Smith Events)

Mike and Jen's Wedding Blast 7-17-10

All,

Mike and Jen are friends of my bud DJ Iron Mike, who passed this one on to me. The celebration was held in a small Ukrainian American club in Philadelphia. The place was nice and had a stage for me to setup the gear. One all loaded in and set up I kicked the night off with some mellow classic rock. By the time the guests started arriving I knew the party was going to be fun, as they were very festive and I've worked with this family before. Once dinner was served the guests put on their dancing shoes and partied hard. The party was mostly club, hip hop, oldies with a twist of Latin fare. I had a blast and Mike and Jen are definitely a cool couple, thanks to Diane for booking me "What a great party"!!

Spinzy

7-4-10 LaBate Wedding

All,

so on this July 4th I got to spend time @ the beautiful Stroudsburg Country Inn celebrating with Jason and Willetha LaBate. This couple was cool from the start and based on their personalities @ our client meeting I knew it would be a fun event. They wanted it upbeat but inclusive as we had a diverse crowd with a mishmash of musical tastes. The room was exquisite overlooking a Valley of lush green rolling hills, the perfect backdrop on a beatiful day. I got my system up and running and practiced my lines as I was way early for the event start time of 8 pm. Once the cocktail hr concluded the guests were greeted as they came into the main ballroom. I let the beats roll vibing to some Motown and classic r & b from the likes of : Stevie Wonder, Jame Brown, The Temptations, Jackson 5 etc.. After the guests were seated I managed my way to the bridal suite to get the bridal party in order for the grand entrance. The bridal party was a bit raucous but were attentive to my instructions and lined up without any hitches. I rolled on with the intros nailing them perfectly. I felt in the zone and was so uplifted form my previous wedding debacle the previous week. The night flowed smoothly with some sporadic dance floor action to the more upbeat Motown jams I played. I finally got a chance to really open up the floor, and It came alive to some classic Jackson 5 rolling into some 90's club jams and some old school hip hop rocking the floor before we had to move on with a few more wedding formalities. Overall the evening was a great success with some good dance floor action for the bulk of the night. The night ended on a high note as most of the party goers sang, air guitar ed, and swayed to the last song of the evening Journey's Don't Stop Believin. Congrats to the new Mr and Mrs Labate, and thank you for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!

Spinzy

6-27-10 Tag Team Wedding w Jagged @ The Merrion

All,

Yesterday's wedding was a challenge and definitely left my partner and I with that survival feeling. I don't know if it's me or what, but it seems like every gig I've done @ The Merrion has been plagued with some sort of setback. We arrived early enough to have a smooth and uneventful load in, once again upstairs in the beautiful Atrium. The space is exquisite to which we added a bit of spice with a few strategically placed LED uplights to accent a few details of the magnificent architecture. After our setup we went over the game plan and got ready for the festivities. The wedding started off rough as i botched the Grand Entrance cueing up the couples entrance song late. the rest of the formalities went well IE: speeches, rose parade (A Merrion Thing), parent dances etc.. The dance floor was pretty dull for most of the evening as the time frame was tight and The Merrion seems to serve endless courses. We were regulated a few times by the FOB to play a dis he had prepared of drab latin fare. To add to the insult we suffered a few more setbacks as Jagged botched one of the Merrion's other special things, and I later called the new Mr and Mrs by the wife's former last name "how embarrassing"!! Anyway despite the push / pull of this evening that could've gone so much better we managed to pull together a dance floor from the remnants of what should have been a stellar event. Overall impressions: we both dropped the ball, but tried our best to salvage the mistakes we made. We could've been given some better direction from our sub par wedding planner. The Merrion seems a bit unfriendly to their vendors, and has a horrible garbage juice load in / out. This will make my worst of list just based off the potential for greatness that fizzled. I guess I'm just dissapointed in my self by not being on my game like usual.

Spinzy

6-19-10 Chrissy's Sweet 16

All,

Oddly enough after playing @ Evergreen clubhouse for the 1st time the previous week, this sweet 16 happened to be here as well. I breezed in with an uneventful and fast load in and set up. I arrived fairly early and let some tunes play 15min prior to our start time. The party was lightly attended with half of the B'day girl's guests pulling a no show. Despite this setback this group of teens were fun and danced to the latest top 40hits with Katy Perry's California Girls making the top song spot of the night.We had a cake cutting with the typical birthday song, but no candle lighting ceremony. This 3 hr gig went way too quickly, and ended with friends and family filling the floor to sing along and dance to Train's Hey Soul sister as our last song. Happy B'day to Chrissy and thanks for choosing Your Neighborhood DJ!

Spinzy