Your Wedding DJ: A big bang for your buck

If somebody were to ask you what you thought you would spend out of your total wedding budget on a DJ, what would you guess? 10%? 15%? Even more?

A recent study released by TheKnot.com surveyed around 13,000 brides to track wedding trends for the year ending 2013. And what did the study find? Nothing new here: weddings are expensive and getting more so every year! Last year, an average wedding ran a price tag of nearly $30,000.

But an even more interesting number emerged: 3.5. That's the amount of the average budgeted wedding that is allocated for DJ services. 3.5%!

Of course, every wedding is different, and the percentage of your wedding budget spent on a DJ may be higher or lower.. But that low number does raise two good points:

1. 3.5% is considerably lower than one might think when looking at the price tag of any vendor. After all, the study also found that videographers, wedding planners, florists, photographers, and wedding bands all had significantly heftier price tags than wedding Djs. And...
2. For such a low price, a wedding DJ can have a huge impact on your special day, so while you may be getting a lot for a noticeably smaller cost, are you getting what you paid for?

While we can't speak for others, the professional and courteous staff at Double Platinum Celebrations www.maineplatinumdj.com guarantees you will receive top value for your dollar! From our flexible payment schedules to our Customized Wedding Packages, our stress-free wedding consultations to our online event planners, our state-of-the-art sound systems to our huge digital music libraries and so much more, Double Platinum Celebrations is ready to make your day 100% your way!

Equipment & Entertainment

Greetings everyone !
Hope you are off to great start with the new year . As I am preparing for the upcoming wedding season and some other projects, I wanted to reflect on this industry of entertainment that I have been a part of for 20 years. In 20 years I have seen technology grow leaps and bounds from CDs to mp3s, DJ software, powered speakers, LED lights, the mega-ton-gazillion digital library and let's not forget cell -phones, pda's, blue tooth and wi-fi to name a few.

All of this is relevant in 2010 and makes life easier and sometimes more complex at the same time. I think of this now, as I am updating my Equipment list for the website www.maineplatinumdj.com to proudly display my personal taste in equipment for clients and fellow vendors alike. Does this all matter at the end of the day ? Yes, and no.

Having the proper equipment for any job is an essential ingredient to the success one will have with the job/ task at hand. Having the experience to know and operate your equipment is as equally important.

I am of the mindset of trying things out, what I'm comfortable with, and is it a cost effective investment . Someone will always come along and boast about the bigger, better.. yada yada yada that they got that blows your yada yada yada away.... It is human nature to boast .

If you have the right equipment and know how to operate it to get the desired results to please your clients and yourself...excellent ! I know some folks ( self included ) who will always be looking for the next new thing to see if they can make that next new thing work for them as part of their business and to profit from it.

However, I try not to lose perspective of that other hugely important factor that comes into play ... talent.

Your new hi-tech whatchamacallit and the new fangled contraption are cool and are an excellent add on to what you do.. but does it overshadow or take away from that human element of performing that people relate and respond to ?

By choice, I have elected to list my equipment as :

1. I am proud of it
2. It is a selling point
3. It shows that I am current with today's technologies


In contrast, I strive to represent the human element of any function that has a live band or a DJ or an M/C... the talent aspect.

Bands are expected to know their instruments , their vocals, and songs to perform.
DJs are expected to know what songs to play, and to keep the floor packed.
M/C's are expected to run the event and speak clearly.

As an old friend once told me , " An act with a huge production and no heart and soul is just an act of production ."

Welcome North East DJs !

Best Maine DJs would like to extend a warm welcome to our friends DJ Danny & DJ Greg from North East DJs . They have recently joined forces to collaborate on this new venture . We wish them well and recommend their services if Best Maine DJs, Double Platinum Celebrations & New England Groove are unavailable for your next event.

Welcome to the neighborhood !