Blog - DJ Ryan Parker

May 4, 2014 By admin

New Hampshire wedding djs and the “say no to bad DJs” guarantee!

New Hampshire Wedding DJs | Maine Wedding DJs | Boston Wedding DJs

Hopefully my current web site shows that I am one of those NH wedding DJs for discerning clients, but just in case…I had this banner made to make sure everyone understands! Here’s my guarantee to you:

No Cheese

I’m not cheesy. I don’t talk cheesy. I actually don’t even eat cheese!

No Tux

Again, tuxes on DJs are cheesy and make it look like he or she should be serving you a surf and turf rather than someone who is supposed to be hip and fun.

No line dancing

You WILL NOT get line dances from me, unless you specifically ask for some. BUT, once in a while I’ll recognize that a crowd is really going to go for the “Cupid Shuffle” if I play it. And then it works (some crowds actually enjoy certain songs like..it’s my job to know which ones). That’s my job; to know when to play something and when to hit the delete button.

No air guitars/blow up props

Do I need to comment…

No disco balls

I have great LED lights. Your wedding will NOT feel like an 8th grade dance.

May 4, 2014 By admin

Hiring a NH wedding dj and having a jazz based cocktail hour

NH Wedding DJs | Maine Wedding DJs | Boston Wedding DJs

As one of the most experienced NH wedding djs around, most of my couples don’t care too much about what music gets played during cocktail hour, but the ones that do usually ask for background jazz of some kind. Feel free to email me a specific song list, or if you are interested in seeing what sounds best (in my opinion!) read some of the artists below.

(With Vocals)

Diana Krall
Michael Buble
Jamie Cullum
Tony Bennett
Frank Sinatra
Dean Martin
Sammy Davis Jr
Ella Fitzgerald
Ray Charles

(Without Vocals)

Oscar Peterson
Miles Davis/John Coltrane
Dave Brubeck
Stan Getz

May 4, 2014 By admin

When hiring a Boston wedding dj and you need to make your first dance song shorter

Boston Wedding DJ | NH Wedding DJ

I get asked this question a lot…”We’ve picked our first dance, but we think it’s too long. Can you shorten it or fade out at a certain time?” The answer is yes, of course! Most first dances for my weddings average between 2 minutes 30 seconds and 4 minutes long. If you are uncomfortable with it being the length of your particular song just tell me when you want me to fade it out. No one will be the wiser! A good thing to keep in mind is fading it out at the end of a verse or, better yet, a chorus of the song as it will sound more naturally like an ending.

As a versatile Boston wedding dj for years, I’ve also been asked to cut out a portion of a song, in the middle let’s say, because of something that the couple didn’t like. Maybe it was a big instrumental feature and they didn’t want it. I can do that as well using my recording software as an audio engineer. Just let me know the time of the song you want cut and I’ll make it happen.

May 4, 2014 By admin

NH Wedding DJs gets asked to customize your songlist for international wedding couples

NH Wedding DJs | Maine Wedding DJs | Boston Wedding DJs

As one of the leading NH wedding djs, I wanted to answer a commonly asked question. It usually goes like this…”My fiance is from the country of ____, and we want some specific songs from that style/region. If we give you the titles can you play them for us at the time we want them?”
The short answer; yes. The longer answer; it depends on the songs. If i don’t already have them in my collection, can’t find them from the DJ community, can’t find them on iTunes or Amazon then I will ask the client if they have the songs in their collection. If they do, they can provide them to me by email, CD, or memory stick, whichever is easiest. Once I have them they are then loaded into my software and we are good to go.

It’s that simple!