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…
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.…
One way to spend a boring Monday night is to put together our brand new Ultimate Wedding Package set-up…and grab a few photos and videos for the website! The Ultimate Wedding Package is based around a pair of superb custom-built (by us!) column plinths, lit from within by an LED colour-changing unit, with a slowly rotating…
On Saturday, I was booked to play in an Essex golf club that I’d never visited before….and that is a rare thing indeed! After 25 years of covering virtually every venue in Essex, here was somewhere new for me…Benton Hall Golf Club in Witham. The room in which the birthday party was being held was quite…
It seems ages since I’ve mixed up some tunes in the studio, so it felt good to spend a few hours this morning putting together some bespoke mixes for other DJs and even for my own set-list! I completed a couple of modern pop/dance 20 minute mixes, which can provide essential back-up on the night…
Below are two photographs of DJ equipment, both set up at Orsett Hall hotel for a function. Both using just 4 light effects and both using sub-bass speakers for extra rumble. The set-up on the bottom is our minimum standard kit for the Orsett Hall’s…
….a question that we get asked quite often, understandably when it could mean a wedding day ruined. Well, last weekend it happened to me. A serious knee injury meant that I was unable to even stand up, let alone operate a mobile disco business. I tried to think of all the options that would have…
Without a shadow of a doubt, our charity gig alongside the wonderful Columbia coverband on Good Friday was simply stunning, and the best one yet! From a technical point of view I was responsible for not only the DJing side of things, but computer-controlled stage lighting and the awesome sound system. As if this wasn’t…
Last night I was invited to join a friend in attending a meeting of the NADJ in West London. Now, this is something I’m very new to……I have never been particularly keen on these events before, mainly because they seem to be a battle of inflated egos and DJ kit comparisons….but I admit to being…
Orsett Hall Hotel…….a luxurious four-star hotel, completely rebuilt in 2009 after a devastating fire…..and my residential DJ home since 1994. Here’s a review of their superb function suites: The Whitmore Suite A large room, this can hold up to 120 diners and well over 200 evening guests. Of all the Orsett Hall function suites, this…
Ha! Ha! ‘Biggidy Bong’……..a phrase used by former Radio One Breakfast Show DJs Mark and Lard to describe the then craze of UK Garage or ‘2-Step’ dance music at the end of the Nineties. And like all worthy fashions, it makes its’ proud return to the current music scene. I’ve been noticing quite a few…
Since Christmas, we’ve been working in close company with one of the most enthusiastic music video editors and remixers in the county, Jonathan Holder. He’s done a superb job on our time-lapse wedding rig set up video, and also some extensive shots (coming soon!) of our uplighting capabilities for your function. Having Jon onboard means…
It’s always a pleasure to add another post to my blog after a particularly good event, and last night’s corporate quiz evening was exactly that……..a very entertaining night in the company of some great people. The quiz took place in Soho’s Secret Tea Rooms, a very quaint and intimate venue above a pub in London’s theatreland.…
Every January and February, we reckon that we probably answer around 200 enquiries for weddings and events, as prospective brides and grooms begin their huge task of organising the big day. The influx has already begun! Been sitting at the computer for well over two hours now, replying to all the soon-to-be happy couples. 2013…
With Christmas Day upon us again and the old year drawing to a close, it’s time to thank all the wonderful people we’ve worked for and worked alongside during 2012. It’s been a very busy year contrary to our early expectations, and we have seen many wedding receptions throughout the last twelve months, particularly at Orsett…
Time to catch up on a little blogging…. It seems to creep up slowly every year, and then suddenly…..POW! December is upon me, and the Christmas parties begin in earnest at the Orsett Hall. This year is busier than any of our three resident DJs expected, with parties going right up to the 23rd December.…
Well, it’s nearly upon us again……you’d think by now I’d be used to it, but December every year hits me like a train! An almost full diary of corporate parties and socialising with friends & family, by the time January arrives I’m ready to drop! We still have some availability for the Christmas Party period,…
Since our revamp of the website, we lost our ‘Links’ page along the way, which contained details of some of our very good friends within the wedding and entertainment business….so here is a quick guide to the suppliers you simply must book for your big day or corporate event: Westside Studio Photography Our favourite photographers,…
We get asked quite often by prospective brides and grooms if we can light up their function room or wedding marquee with either their chosen colour(s) of the day, or with constant changing colours. Of course we can! Some venues are quite dull with just plain cream walls and no architectural features to speak of,…
……Sunday night once again, so time for a quick blog update. What a truly awesome night at Orsett Hall hotel on Friday, where we launched our first ever Friday Night Live. Columbia were our main act, and as always they blew the roof off, leaving the assembled mass gasping for more and immediately demanding a…
It’s a nice quiet Sunday evening, so time for a quick update on the blog…. Had a wonderful time last night in the Orsett Hall’s Gold Room suite, made all the more special by sharing the gig with another of Orsett Hall’s resident DJs, Big Russ. A really successful night, dancefloor was pretty much full…