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expectations and did an outstanding job! My wedding guests were telling me he was the best wedding DJ they have ever heard and I have to agree! We were so happy with his performance - I literally danced the entire night and so did majority of my guests. His mixing skills were fantastic and he kept the party going until the very last song! People were begging him to keep playing! I highly recommend DJAdub for your wedding if you are looking for great music and a great time!

xtremely accommodating. Their process for reviewing prospective DJs by their music styles and selecting music for the wedding was easy to use and required a much shorter amount of time than I expected before finding Scratch Weddings. Their DJ arrived at the venue on time, set up the equipment (part of the package, i.e., one less venue setup piece to worry about) and knew exactly what to do without missing a beat thanks to his experience and Scratch’s planning process. If you want a worry-free DJ experience, Scratch is a great option!

e had the dance floor going ALL night and even checked in with my husband and I throughout the night. He was really great to work with prior to the big day as well. We had a meeting about a week out where we discussed our vision for the day, and he completely heard us and made it happen. I've had people ask me for their contact info after the event. I would absolutely book Scratch/Qlassick again!

eed presided over and spun ALL the hits at an EPIC dance party. DJ Tweed and the Scratch Wedding team provided friendly and punctual service which was appreciated because planning a wedding has so many moving parts. Worrying about the DJ was never our concern. Highly Recommended.

e could not recommend him more. He literally saved the night. However, we can in no way recommend Scratch given our horrific experience over the last several months. The stress we were put through on multiple occasions and the incompetence of the entire staff at Scratch was truly astounding. Our issues started in January after signing a contract with Scratch. We had selected a specific DJ, based on his demos and our tastes, and had paid our deposit (half of the cost) right then and there. Only after signing and paying were we told that this DJ would not be able to play, since he did not have a car to be able to drive to our venue (an hour and a half outside of nyc). This was surprising since this specific DJ was written into our contract, as was our venue location. While we were frustrated that we had already paid and felt taken advantage of, we put it behind us and picked another DJ. They then tried to charge us the deposit amount a second time, which luckily we were able to catch before the money went through. In the months leading up to our wedding, I tried to get on the phone with Scratch to begin planning our music choices, etc. Our appointed contact on the corporate side, Brandi, was unresponsive and said we couldn't begin discussing music until 3 weeks before. Planning a wedding is stressful enough, and we didn't want to leave anything to the last minute, but they were unflexible and refused to work with our schedule. Once we were finally able to schedule a call, she canceled it the day of. When we did finally get on the phone with Brandi and our second DJ, had maybe a 5 minute conversation, and that was it. We were a little confused, but trusted them. Then, TWO days before our wedding, we get an email from Brandi stating that our second DJ had to cancel because of family issues. She assigned us a new DJ, who we had to bring up to speed literally the Friday of our wedding weekend, when we should have been enjoying ourselves. But here's the icing on the cake -- if you are going to have a DJ cancel on us due to “family issues”, they should be careful not to utilize social media during the evening in question. We saw on Instagram that the DJ was actually at another event, and had canceled on us to perform elsewhere instead. Guess we weren’t a priority? Three DJ's later, we ended up having a great night. But this is incredibly unprofessional, and an absolutely unacceptable way to treat your clients. If you care at all about being a priority, I would not recommend going with Scratch. They could care less about the experience of the couples they are working with, and will dump you if a better opportunity comes along.

ety of different artists that speak to a wide range of personalities and musical taste. Scratch Weddings will work with you to get a sense for the vibe you are looking for and work to match you with your perfect DJ / musical artist and that is how we got matched with DJ Jon Blak. To put it simply, DJ Jon Blak was absolutely phenomenal. His music selection had every single guest at our wedding, no matter what age, out of their seats and on the dance floor the entire night. He captured the exact energy and vibe we were trying to exude on our special day. DJ Jon Blak put in the extra effort to get to know us as a couple, understand the music that speaks to us and gets us energized, and that truly came through during our wedding day. DJ Jon Blak was with us from start to finish on our wedding day - the ceremony, cocktail hour and reception - and he did not falter once. He was the perfect hype man for our special occasion - in fact, SO many of our guests, guests our age and our parents age, told us it was the best selection of music they have ever heard at a wedding. We HIGHLY recommend DJ Jon Blak and Scratch Weddings for your next event.

lighting gimmicks. He was an excellent MC, hitting the perfect tone during announcements, and kept the energy high on the dance floor. We were very happy with the team at Scratch to prepare in advance, including their music match profile. We gave Jon some general guidelines and he really wowed us. Multiple guests requested his contact info from him and from us after the wedding. We had high expectations and Jon exceeded every one!

his work cut out for him, as several members of our family are big dj critics and are not afraid to admit it! Jeff arrived early and had everything set up for our pastor at our ceremony. We had live music for the ceremony and cocktail hour, but Jeff was still there before it all started! Jeff reviewed everything with us throughout the night and checked for errors to make sure that everything went perfectly. He did a beautiful job with our announcements, did a fantastic job blending two songs together for our mother son dance and kept our dance floor packed all night! Jeff checked with us prior to playing requests and didn't play anything that we didn't want played. We received so many compliments about Jeff's DJing. Music can make or break a wedding and Jeff did a flawless job!

we went over the pronunciation more than once and I provided him with a written pronunciation as well. He also announced one of my bridesmaids as a JR bridesmaid even though I filled out a sheet with all of the names and details. He did a great job of keeping the energy up and had great transitions between the songs! Besides the minor flukes, DJ Qlassick did a great job.

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ded up just playing what he wanted and then was unresponsive when my wedding planner asked him to stop and to play the music I had worked hard to put together. They seemed disorganized as they initially had a playlist for another person with my name and played that for almost a half hour before I came in and caught it. They also charged my card without conscent because they forgot to charge...and they conviently charged an amount that wasn't approved (I had negotiated a discount because of the DJs behavior). Be really careful with this company, hopefully the change in employees is a helpful one.

o one wanted to leave when it was all over! Also a super nice guy and very easy to work with. Wedding wouldn't have been as good without him.

DJ, he made sure to understand all of our choices and our desired flow for the night. Come wedding day, DJ Revuleo was the perfect party starter, and he kept it going all night long! We decided to kick things off with dancing right away (vs. wait until after dinner), and it was the best decision. We had so many people complain that their food was cold, because they were too busy dancing to stop and eat, ha! The music so great, we even added extra time, because NO ONE WANTED TO LEAVE THE DANCE FLOOR. We couldn’t have asked for a better DJ. He killed it. Book Scratch and DJ Revuleo today!

tch Weddings. DJ Rashaun was fun, polite, attentive, and amazing at what he does! The energy in the room was so good. My fiance and I loved the software that let us craft our music playlist, too. I wish we could have a dance party like that every week. Highly recommend!

s after the wedding, we were getting messages asking if we could get her playlist! She definitely kept the dance floor going all night, which was exactly what we wanted. We also found that it was easy to coordinate and communicate our song preferences. The nice thing about going with a service like Scratch is their professionalism and the fact that in the worst case scenario, if your DJ can’t make it, they will send a backup DJ. Overall, we highly recommend working with Scratch and DJ Vida!

I could tell he knew exactly what my husband and I imagined for our wedding. I love that he took our playlists and added to them songs that he could tell we would love based on the music we chose. I also love that he played any song I randomly asked him to play the day of. Everyone at my wedding could not stop talking about how amazing he was!!! Thank you Jon Blak!!

ast. Sandra & Kim made the planning process so easy & they were so kind & responsive throughout it all. Would highly recommend - you will not be disappointed!!

My dad had quite a complicated request for our dance song, and they made it happen. We did pick some songs that didn't get played, and heard a lot that we hadn't picked, but it seemed he was reading the crowd and playing to what they were getting into. Thank you DJ Marvl!

es- wanting a feel of a 90s block party with a mix of other throw backs, classics, and country songs. We told DJ Trife we wanted him to play everything we put on our list (they have a music program where you add all the songs you want prior to the wedding which was super helpful). He played everything we wanted and even threw in a few others that fit perfectly. The amount of compliments we received on the music was overwhelming and everyone was on the dance floor for hours. I cannot compliment DJ Trife enough and you would be making a mistake if you did not choose him for your event. Beyond thrilled with our decision and would choose Scratch/DJ Trife again in a heartbeat.

go on and customize everything! DJ Trife was very chill and provided such a good atmosphere. He legit had ever single person up and dancing right after dinner. Very happy with the service!

ism from the company representatives thereafter. Before your wedding, Scratch provides a web-interface that allows you to select the songs you want to be played during the various segments of the ceremony, reception, etc. This seemed like a really great way to choose your set-list, and we spent a lot of time picking out our most important songs—including the song that my wife wanted to walk down the aisle to. On our wedding day, DJ Carver had forgotten to download that song (and others) despite us having a call to walk through the timeline. You can imagine our surprise when a random wedding song played instead of the song that had sentimental value to me and my wife. As if this was not bad enough, during dinner, DJ Carver left a playlist running and stepped away from the DJ-booth. I totally understand that he needed to eat dinner (which we provided), but he left for so long that the playlist started to repeat. Our day-of coordinator spent 15 minutes trying to track him down to get him to change the playlist. He was absent from the booth for other extended periods of time throughout the night. When my wife and I were ready to start dancing later in the night, DJ Carver was nowhere to be found. When we finally located him, he rudely said to my wife: “What do you want? I heard you were looking for me.” (Are you kidding me? We want you to do what we are paying you to do—play music!) His unprofessionalism was mirrored by the staff and mangers at the company. I had a call with them to explain how upset we were, and they promised to investigate and get back to me. It’s been 3 weeks, and they have completely ignored me. They don’t care whatsoever about the service they provide and clearly have no cares about whether their clients had a miserable experience with their DJs. DO NOT USE THEM.

mportant to me, and I wanted a reception with music that I love. We wanted our guests to be dancing, because that is one of the best things of any wedding. We were so happy that all of our guests from ages 6 to 80 were out on the dance floor from the very beginning of the wedding reception. DJ Twin-T created a beautiful, fun vibe. She played our favorite songs from so many genres, and made them flow. Many of our guests commented on how great our DJ was! I wish we could do our wedding reception all over again! The day went by so quickly, and that is because DJ Twin-T brought our guests together with music.

was DJ Alkaline (aka Tommy). Our wedding was a production in itself so it needed much more precision than a typical wedding. Before the wedding, we had a call with both the coordinator and the DJ to go through the schedule and activities minute-by-minute. The ceremony and exit song was played without a hitch so that went well. The first problem was we hired a famous performer to be the emcee and performer and the DJ was supposed to announce her based on a script we prepared. No one could hear the DJ's introduction properly. She even had to re-introduced herself when she came on. The second mess up was we had 3 video clips that needs to be played in a certain order. My brother was controlling the video playback and needed to stream the audio through the DJ's mixer. The DJ kept asking my brother to play the last video, which needed to follow our first toast and speech, not at the beginning. The Day of Coordinator tried to do his job and coordinate with the DJ but the DJ simply was not listening to him, despite the fact they requested for them to remind them on the schedule. Finally, the DJ messed up our first dance song mid way through, not from the beginning. Thankfully that was the last of the mess ups. I wouldn't recommend anyone to Scratch if they had precise instructions for their wedding.

sed the songs from our playlist, but also read the crowd to make sure everyone was dancing. Everyone had a blast!

ing for me, since we had a choreographed first dance with two different parts of two different songs. It ended up working out because we used the music created for us by our dance teacher. There was one conference call with the DJ, myself, and the Scratch representative a few weeks before the wedding. However, if I had anything to communicate with the DJ about the events of the night during the wedding planning process, every single point of communication had to be emailed to the rep, who forwarded it to the DJ, who responded to the rep, and communicated it back to me. It all seemed like an unnecessary game of 'telephone', but I suppose that's how franchises work. They were very professional and organized though. The communication between myself and the DJ wouldn't have been as complicated, nor would I have been as frustrated, had the rep been more responsive via email. Every time I tried to call her on her direct extension, she never picked up, nor did she call me back. She would always email me back, at her convenience, relaying an excuse as to why she was unavailable via phone. On the night of the wedding, the DJ was great minus a few hiccups, which are bound to happen. However, I do believe they could have been avoided, had I been allowed to directly communicate with him regarding the events of the day. Minor hiccups are as follows: 1) In our signed contract, it stated that we were able to add lighting options at an additional cost. When I told the rep we would like uplighting, she simply stated that the DJ we requested does not have uplighting anymore. Ultimately, we ended up getting the uplighting, but it was due to my aggressive tenacity vs. the company attempting to comply with the services stated in the contract. 2) We attempted to do a version of the "dollar dance". I verbatim wrote how I wanted him to explain it to the guests, so they could understand the gist of the situation. I did say that he did not have to word-for-word quote what I wrote but did want him to include all of the information, so the song choices and our version of the "dollar dance" was understood by all. This was not properly explained, in the moment, yielding confusion about the whole thing. 3) Rather than saying my dad's name for the father/daughter dance, he announced mine and my husband's name...soon after we just completed our first dance. 4) Because my husband and I had a choreographed first dance, I was unable to wear my wedding dress. The plan was to change right before the reception entrance and change right back into my wedding dress after the speeches, which followed our first dance. After the best man's speech, I got up and left the room to change, but there was a noticeable awkwardness in the room. Guests thought something was wrong, which was why I was running out of the ballroom. I'm a strong believer that the DJ controls the events of the night and significantly impacts the energy of the evening. This strange pause might have been able to be avoided had he smoothed it over by saying something like, "Enjoy your salads, etc..." and played a song. Idk, anything but silence. This slight detail was not communicated to him though, so it's not like he messed up. Again, it goes back to the communication issue as previously stated. Had I been able to easily communicate with the DJ, it would have helped me to be able to notify the DJ of more minor details like a dress change. One the aspects I really liked about Scratch Weddings was their Music Match website and the layout. It was easy to use and allowed for great customization with the ability to comment.

I hadn't planned big events in NYC before. They are clearly seasoned experts. Some of the best things: 1) They coordinated directly with the venue to arrange things like the sound system, arrival time, setup, etc. It was very seamless for me. 2) They let you choose your own DJ based on sound clips they send you. If you don't like any of the initial ones they send over, you can request more. 3) DJ Twin-T was AMAZING at reading the room and understanding our vibe for the wedding. We weren't really sure what exact songs should be played for the pre-ceremony, cocktail hour, dinner time, etc. (basically background music), so left it in her hands, and she did it perfectly. For the songs that we did tell her we wanted played, she put them on at the right time and didn't leave any out.

t. The DJ seemed confused and unprepared. He started out by playing the wrong first dance song. He wasn’t interactive and made awkward and unclear announcements. When he introduced the toasts for the best man and maid of honor he asked the guests on the mic if that’s what was supposed to be happening at the time... didn't use their names or guide the process in anyway. It was very awkward. He had horrible song transitions. The music would go from an awesome fast song and everyone on the dance floor dancing, then the music would just stop... literally there would be a break in the music and then switch to a un-danceable song. So all my guests were left just standing around on the dance floor watching each other... He played my must play dinner songs during prime time dancing time and vice versa. He played awesome dancing songs right when everyone was sitting down to eat! It seemed like it was his first day ever DJing. Luckily, i have a great group of family and friends so guests were electric and excited, everyone was on the dance floor all night despite the music weirdness and awkward choices. I wrote this review and emailed the company not to complain but it hopes that they can do something to prevent this from happening to another couple. The DJ we had should not be booked for another wedding until he has some better training and understanding what a DJ should do. He is not a professional. My photographer, wedding planner and venue maitre'd were astounded at how terrible it was. If i had to do it again i would go with a smaller company that knows their DJs well and uses the same ones over and over. It seems that Scratch sub contracts out different DJs, some of whom they have never met before so you might not be getting accurate reviews on the DJ you choose. I was surprised because the final meeting seemed to go pretty well. Guess i was wrong! They still haven't responded to my displeased email.

but with the actual DJ - Tommy, formerly Alkaline. During the introductory call with Tommy, I felt the chemistry was off and expressed that concern to our account person. She reassured me that the issue was because we had a poor phone connection (my now-husband and I were out of the country) and that he was fantastic. So we moved ahead. I should have trusted my gut. These were the prevailing issues: - The biggest was sound. The volume was intense - three of us asked him to turn it down (me, the day of coordinator AND my maid of honor). He didn't. My uncle blew out his hearing and the doctor is not sure he will regain it. - I specifically asked that everyone be invited to the dance floor following the parents' dance because I do not like the "invite married couples to join." He invited married couples to join. - By the end of the evening, he was not playing songs that got people on the dance floor and I didn't recognize a single tune. - My mother asked him to place two country songs and he continued playing that genre afterwards. I asked him to move to something else as no one was dancing and he gave me a dirty look. There were a few other minor things. None of this was "ruin the wedding" bad but definitely made for a disappointing experience. It's not that I wouldn't use Scratch to source a DJ, but I'd definitely follow my own gut in the selection process.

what we wanted. They also have this amazing tool on their site to help select music for every possible event within the wedding. We wanted everyone on the dance floor all night long and they were! I would highly recommend them for their professionalism and great customer service.

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ot that! The process of filling out our music work sheet and reviewing it with Jon prior to the wedding was great. We were able to talk through our ideas and ensure that things would be seamless on the big day. Thank you Scratch!

nd had found Scratch DJs through his research and we were instantly intrigued – they go through quite the process to pick their DJs, and they use actual turntables which was cool! We initially spoke with their Music Manager, Adrienne and had a great experience from the start. She was nice, super knowledgeable and we quickly got excited about the potential to work with Scratch. After picking a DJ from a list Adrienne sent, we then worked with their Talent Manager Liz to plan out the rest of the day and she was just as great! The whole process was easy and seamless. Now onto the DJ we picked – DJ Adub. Our goal was to have our dance floor packed the entire time, and in short – DJ Adub NAILED it! He played quite the mix of music and our guests loved every moment of it. He was able to read the crowd and keep them moving the entire night! It was really really important for me to have awesome music (because I love to dance myself and I’ve certainly been to weddings where the music was so so and people were sitting around.) DJ ADub and Scratch absolutely exceeded our expectations!

re extremely happy with DJ Trife, he made the entire evening a blast. The music for each part of the night was perfect, I haven't danced so much in my life! All our guests had a great time too.

g guests dancing all night long. Our wedding was pretty diverse, with a ages ranging from five to mid-seventies, and several different races and backgrounds. DJ Ollie was able to read the room exceptionally well and made sure that a wonderful time was had by all. I'm still getting compliments from wedding guests telling me that this was the best wedding they'd ever been to, and there's no doubt in my mind that DJ Ollie and Scratch Weddings had a lot to do with that! Sandra Usherov was the manager and point of contact that we worked with at Scratch, and she was also great. Very organized, kind, and knowledgeable. I was also a huge fan of Music Match, the database that Scratch uses which allows the bride and groom (and any friends or family members the link is shared with) to input all of the music they'd like played at all different points of the evening. It simplified and streamlined the planning process.

he middle of English songs as if he knew the Turkish songs all along. All the guests were extremely happy with the music and the dance-floor was full throughout the night. We had a call with the DJ about a week before the wedding and roughly planned out the set; however, even in the night of, we and the guests had requests songs, etc. DJ Fingersmith was super accommodating and played those additional songs really well as well. He was energetic and kind and was great to work with! Finally, Scratch weddings was also great to work with. They provide you with a software that makes planning and choosing the songs to play during the wedding really easy. They were responsive and proffessional. We would recommend both DJ Fingersmith and Scratch Weddings to everyone.

a family emergency a few days before the wedding. But, Scratch took care of it and found us a replacement DJ in no time and he was awesome! DJ Dave Ali kept everyone dancing all night and was so friendly and kind to us - I'm happy he ended up being our DJ. Scratch was responsive and helpful throughout the process and it was so good to have a DJ who could work off the crowd and adjust his playlist accordingly. I can't recommend them enough!

ultant to discuss the type of music you want and from there we got a list of DJ's. We frequent a hip hop club called Fat Buddha and we were able to get DJ Marvl who we've seen spin before. We also get to pick the songs we wanted to walk out to, play throughout the night and DJ Marvl made a very memorable night with some incredible music and scratching. DJ Marvl also brought some wireless speakers and microphones for our ceremony and it was perfect. Overall these guys made our wedding super fun!

dance floor and kept the energy high all night. He was so attentive to my husband and I throughout the night and threw an AMAZING dance party. The best at Scratch by far. Highly recommend.

strumental in our planning process and were a huge help in putting together our wedding day timeline. We finally got to meet Bent on our wedding day, and he was awesome! He was great about moving everything along and keeping us on track time-wise and made several announcements for us, regarding food, our sparkler send off, etc. to help guide our guests through the evening. He definitely used our song requests throughout the night but also made several awesome additions. Bent kept everyone on the dance floor the entire night, and we had a blast celebrating!

ing! Our choice was further confirmed when we met with he and the Scratch wedding coordinator, discussing the details we preferred and ensuring we were on the same page. The planning meetings, detail documentation and online music match page allowed us to know our favorite songs would be played, and all the details we envisioned would go off without a hitch. The night of our wedding was a blast and we can honestly say that the dance floor was full of smiling dancing guests from the second the music started! He was great at playing off the mood and hitting each generation of folks we had invited. There was a minor issue with the pro activeness of the Scratch coordinators- we had to reach out to them about final payment and a final meeting, whereas I expected the opposite to happen. But other than that, it was a dance packed wedding and we are forever thankful for the amazing job DJ Action Jackson did at keeping the dance party going until the very end of the night!

several of our guests commented on how awesome she was. We had an absolute blast!! Jenn was the first person we came into contact with after our venue recommended Scratch. She was great and helped us choose DJ Vida. Sandra managed our wedding and worked with us through the entire process after booking. Everyone we dealt with was friendly, prompt, helpful, and professional. We were able to select our own playlists for each part of the evening through music match, which was fun and easy to use. Thank you so very much to everyone at Scratch! Our wedding truly was the best day of our lives, and you helped make it so, so fun!!!

pectations- all of which DJ Bent exceeded. We required Spanish music (bachata, merengue, salsa) along with hip hop, R&B to accommodate all of our tastes in music. He really knew how to feel out the crowd and kept all of our guests dancing the entire night. We got married 2 months ago, and our friends & family are still raving about how great the entertainment was! You can't go wrong with Scratch Weddings- they give you the opportunity to pick a DJ that fits you. We highly recommend them.