I Challenge You!

Hey everyone,

Man, this one of the best weekends I’ve had in a very long time, when it comes to my DJ business. I drove down to Lake Orion on Friday night to entertain Genesee High School students, for their 2010 Prom. Then turned around and performed at Melina & Matt Gutzeit’s wedding reception. Its hard to come across back to back nights, where the guests were just “in the mood” to dance and party, which most of my DJ friends on here know that helps to make or break any event.

I take my DJ position very seriously. When I DJ an event and I don’t get the response from the crowd that I come to expect, it gets to me! It makes me second guess myself. Did I play the right songs? Was I not personable enough? Or are most of the guests from out of town and they just want to touch base with people they haven’t seen in a while, so is that the reason for them not dancing? But let me tell you about these two events I had this weekend.

First of all, this Prom! These teens were some of the most well behaved, respectful, out-going, energetic, enthusiastic “school crowds” I’ve performed for. As I’ve said before on my blogs, I just enjoy so much performing for this school. I just don’t get the traditional, well I’ll come out and say it; “butt head kids” I get with other schools! Ha ha – And the Administration NEVER gives me crap about the music I play. I mean, all my music is radio edit, so what else can you really ask for? The kids listen to it on the radio, why can’t they be allowed to dance to it, at an event they paid to attend? Matt & Melina’s Wedding Reception was just a party waiting to unfold! What do you get, when you take a ceremony that takes place at 2pm, and a wedding reception that starts at 6pm, and include a party bus??? Use your imagination! Ha ha ha…The crowd at this reception was freakin’ awesome!!! There wasn’t a single song I’d play that cleared the floor. Everyone just wanted to dance and have a great time, and that’s what makes the best wedding reception.

Now, onto the point of this Blog. Most of you know I’ve been DJ’ing since I was a teen… I posted a Facebook status this weekend while I was at the wedding, about how much fun I was having at this reception, and how much fun the crowd was having. My old boss from Skateland replied “That talent must be from all those years of spinning at Skateland” and that really made me open my eyes about something. I owe A LOT to the McChesney & McComb family. They have always been there for me, from day 1 when I started working there (and I won’t disclose when I started!) ‘til this day I get help and support from them. They helped me build this business from the ground up, and its my lively hood, and I owe it all to them. From Dianne who offered me my first job ever, to Dan who continues to do what he can to help me and my business thrive.

So I realized I need to somehow return the favor for everything they’ve done for me. “Pay it forward, per se.” Most of you have heard about Skateland, probably have grown up there yourself, or have at least been there. I challenge you, that within the next Month you make time to Visit Skateland Arena, in Mt. Morris Michigan. Take your kids out on a Saturday afternoon, if you’re 18 or older and enjoy R&B music go on Wednesday Night, if you’re a teen go out to one of their Friday Night sessions. Throw your son or daughter an awesome birthday party out there, its very reasonable. Look at their website, and see what all they offer. I have a few ‘punk skater friends’ (no pun intended ;) ) on here, they also have a Skateboard Track on certain days, with different jumps and things to do. I have over 400 friends on here, and if you haven’t been there in a while, go visit everyone up there. It’s still and will always be family owned. Say hi to Dan, Dianne, Many, Peggy, Bill and anyone else up there.

I owe the world to them, and I hope you’ll take time to go up there and visit, or start making it a weekend place that you start going to. They always have tons of things to do for the kids, and new ideas/games/concerts happening all the time.

Thanks for taking the time to read this!
Jay

Genesee... One of my fav schools!

Hey!

Genesee High is one of my favorite schools by far because for one, I graduated there :) and two, I truly feel welcome here, and as a DJ that means a lot. When you have most the faculty programmed into your phone so when they call and they pop up on my Caller ID, I know it's to welcome me back for yet another great show.

One thing about Genesee, is when they come out to a dance, they come to, um... PARTY! I never have a hard time getting their dance floor packed. They are just awesome students, respectful (which means a lot coming from a High School), energetic, fun, all around great students. I hope to be their DJ for many many years to come! Check it out...

Adam & Candance Tie the Knot (May 8, 2010)

Well hmm... I'm not the greatest at blogging, because all I have to say whenever I perform at a wedding, how much fun I had. Which I think is why I believe I do such a great job at weddings, because I think I have as much fun performing as the people having the fun!

The original plan was to have the ceremony outside, but as you can tell from the 1st picture, in the background the darker clouds rolling away... Yeah, it was hit and miss on the rain. So, we moved it inside, and the lady who decorated the hall, did a phenomenal job! I played the ceremony music as well as the music for the reception.

All n' all it was just a great time. Look forward for the next few days, I have Genesee's Prom coming up Friday, as well as another wedding Saturday!

Jay

Mr. & Mrs. Quentin Barret, tie the knot! April 24, 2010

Well, I'm just getting home (April 24th, 2010) from Quentin & Kesha's wedding reception, and figured I'd update the blog. I've done 3 tonight, sorry for slacking on posting these! I had personal doubts of how the evening went, but the bride and groom both swear they had a great time. One main thing I gotta say about tonight is this family LOVES to hustle! I couldn't play enough hustle songs. This first picture of the bride and her mother, they were dancing to Drop the bass, and Uncle Luke I Wanna Rock. Then the last picture was towards the beginning of the night, the bride had a special dance with all the "Baby Girls" in the wedding party... This one little girl, she knows how to get down! But, all n' all this night was great! Congratulations Quin and Kesha! Thanks for letting me be apart of your wedding day!

Jay

Girl Scouts Mall Lock In

Well, I'm glad this gig finally came through. We tentatively had it scheduled for last year, but not enough time was given to plan, so not enough girls signed up for the event. So they post-poned the event, to a later date, which was a few weeks ago. This time around, they had 500+ girls walking around Genesee Valley Mall, from around 10:30-5 in the morning. Some stores opened for business to sell items at a discounted rate to these shop-a-holics, and you could camp out in the middle of the 'wings' of the mall. MIProDJ provided karaoke, music and other fun activities to keep these girls having a blast all night. Thanks to Tiffany and Brenda for allowing me to be apart of your event, and hope to see you all next year!

Jay

U of M Presidents Ball

MIProDJ was excited to be invited to the 25th Annual Presidents Ball, for University of Michigan. If you remember last year, I had the honor of DJing a 20 year sorority reunion for U of M, and that's how I acquired this gig. I had a great time at the reunion, so I was a little mis-led by the Presidents Ball. Honestly, I didn't know what to expect, but I didn't expect almost 3 hours of awards!!! I was warned by quite a few people, that "normally" not too many people hang around after the awards portion, so I had to start off with a few to "hook" them into staying! And it worked! I had a packed dance floor all night! Thank you Brian for allowing me to entertain your guests this year, and hope to see you next year!

Daddy Daughter Dance 2010

Michigan Professional DJ was invited back again for their annual Daddy Daughter Dance. This was the best turn out for a daddy daughter dance that I've seen in a long time! The girls had a blast, the teachers got involved dancing and the fathers... well, they had a night just spending quality time with their daughters. It was nice to actually see the dads dance, and let down their "manly-ness" a little bit. I provided glow sticks for the girls, an exciting light show, a great music video show and of course just all around great entertainment.

Thank you again for letting me be apart of your events! See you all next year!

Jay