I belong to a number of online social media DJ groups, and a few associations too….and one of the more recent and most common threads is whether a DJ is considered worthy of the title if they unable to mix two (or more) tunes together in perfect beat synchronicity. For the uninitiated, beat mixing has been…
I’m always looking for a new angle, a unique party theme or simply anything that will keep me above the ever-increasing flood of wannabe DJs now washing round the UK. And guess what I’ve found? That’s right…something completely unoriginal but sadly neglected over the past few years….the 80’s Party! I’m currently putting together a unique…
2015 is finally in full swing, and if you’re planning your Big Wedding Day this year, then why not give me a call?! I’m currently spending up to four hours per day in the office, speaking to potential clients from all over the UK, helping them to plan their perfect wedding reception disco entertainment. With the…
DJ Ian Scott’s Old Skool Dance Mix – Now Available! Very rarely do I get into the studio and lay down a mix ‘tape’ these days…..but here’s one I’ve been nagged into! Big thanks to my friend Kirsty for the complete track listing choice and the constant harassment to finish it! Here’s the list of…
Yes, yes….I know……Christmas marketing gets earlier every year! We’ve only just finished our ice creams and Piña coladas when they start ramming images of Santa down our throats! Well, December is only a month away so here at DJ HQ (aka my office) I’m preparing for the festive onslaught. Nearly all the Fridays and Saturdays…
I guess you’ve never really seen it all, even after being in the business for 25 years…..and once again I witnessed something new and very exciting last weekend. Originally I was quite tentative when the booking enquiry came in; a 50th birthday party in the middle of a forest. Hmmm, all the usual obstacles sprang…
For the very first time in my entire DJ career, last Friday was a milestone for me…..and one which I will hopefully never repeat! Working in conjunction with a very close friend and agent, I was booked to play a wedding in a large Suffolk country house hotel. All of the admin side of the…
In the 21st Century, mobile DJs in the UK are asked for so much more than just providing music and flashing lights for a wedding reception. Most likely influenced by the US, dressing the venue up is no longer the preserve of the florists, and now we offer everything from coloured uplighting to LED table decorations…
Your Wedding DJ for Essex One of the frequent questions asked when clients first speak to me is, “Have you ever played at our Essex venue before?” It’s a very important point…there is reassurance in familiarity and when a DJ is aware of the room requirements, the acoustics and the general rules laid down by…
Wedding Day Post Box I’m very pleased to have recently acquired a bespoke Wedding Day Post Box, hand made by the same good friend who designed the superb columns for my LED Starballs. All bookings taken from now onwards for the full Ultimate Wedding DJ All-Day Package will include the hire of this wonderful Wedding…
I consider myself very fortunate indeed to have some truly great friends around me. Some who make me laugh, some who make me think, some who make me dinner……..but there’s one friend who makes me work. He constantly nags, cajoles, bullies and threatens me, but he’s a legend and I wouldn’t want it any other…
There’s a little piece of me that feels the following true story is justice for the quality wedding suppliers (like me) who get overlooked for the sake of a few quid saved using an inferior service…. I was provisionally booked for a wedding reception for this coming Saturday (26th July) way back in November 2013. The…
8th July 1994……can you recall what you were doing? I remember it very well indeed. It was the start of a long-term relationship for me, one that would span two decades and see changes aplenty along the way. A relationship in which I would meet dozens of new and close friends, and even some lovers. A…
Last week, I was once again extremely privileged to get the chance to play at one of my favourite wedding venues, Smeetham Hall Barn in Suffolk. My clients (newly-weds Karly & Dylan) opted for a variation on the Ultimate Package option, choosing the white DJ booth and towers, whole room uplighting in rose pink…
Every once in a while, I am humbled by someone else’s knowledge and total love of music….and it happened again on Saturday evening. The whole scene had been set for the wedding reception with a gloriously hot summer day, so everyone was in high spirits and already feeling good. I was able to set up…
For a real wow factor on your wedding day, please ask me about my superb handheld Confetti Cannons. I use only the white confetti variety, as this doesn’t damage/stain the venue dance floor when the confetti gets wet (from spilled drink, etc). Every single time I’ve used them, there is a guaranteed gasp of amazement…
I have been a DJ for over 25 years now. I learned my trade in night clubs, pubs and village halls…I’ve played to celebrities, huge corporations and probably around 300 Auntie Beryls at weddings across the UK. I can only recall one dissatisfied customer in all that time, and that was because I played his…
In March, I took the difficult decision to remove myself from the Orsett Hall Resident DJs listing, after 20 years of service to the hotel. The reason for this is jointly due to the uneven distribution of the DJ work at the hotel and the falling standards of the other DJs, which I do not feel merit…
As Orsett Hall’s longest-serving and most dedicated resident DJ, I’m very pleased to announce I’ll be back at Orsett Hall on 23rd February for their bi-annual Wedding Fayre. Admission to the wedding fayre is absolutely free, and it’s one of the most popular in the county, with lots of top quality suppliers to choose from. As…
For many reasons, 2013 was quite a subdued year for wedding receptions…….from a superstitious angle, of course it contained the number 13…..and the current economic climate has put a lot of marriage plans on the back burner for couples with uncertainty in their working lives. But 2014 is looking much brighter, thank goodness! We’ve been…
We had the privilege in October this year of playing at one of the world’s finest hotels, Claridges in London. We arrived nice and early, found a parking space right outside the hotel (a minor miracle!) and set to work rigging up the Ultimate Package whilst the wedding party enjoyed their dinner in an adjacent suite. In…
We don’t have a Links page on our website, however we do have many suppliers that we wholeheartedly recommend to provide excellent quality services to complement our own. One such company (or individual) is Peter Ives, our long-term friend and a fabulous photographer. We have probably worked side-by-side on over 100 weddings in our time,…
This weekend saw the debut of our second pair of LED columns, made exclusively by us…….and I still have the black paint under my fingernails to prove it! We built these columns to stand either side of our starcloth booth, and atop each of them sits an LED mirrorball effect light. The columns are lit internally by…
2013 has been unlike any other year for us so far……..in March and April we were inundated with bookings of all sorts, yet the traditional wedding season months of August and September are fairly quiet in comparison. Stated below are a few major dates that are still available if you have need for a late-notice DJ.…
