Springing Forward makes 'em go "Oh, oh, oh!"………

Right now we’re coming to you live from a local girls high school in Boston (yes, yes…this is a private client-top secret!) We’re working their Mardi Gras dance for prospective students and Katy Perry is helping us light up the dance floor with Firework..ok, ok that was cheesy, but more than true! It seems that no matter who the crowd is lately, Firework gets everyone jumpin!

There’s some rumor going around that we are all supposed to spring forward tomorrow, taking away an hour of valuable time but adding some much needed sunshine. We could use a little more of both here at Sound Choice, especially because we’ve got a lot of doubles booked over the next few weeks with everything from game show Mitzvahs (ha-I just said game show…you know you want it!) to Standard Weddings. It’s all hands on deck!

We were also struck with a little extra karaoke this week as we did a fill in and became “not Eric’ the karaoke DJ at Cityside Bar in Cleveland Circle. We acquired this name as so many of the regulars entered the room and promptly said this, “hey, that’s not Eric”. Everyone was great and we were even able to do a sing-off to name another semi finalist for the bar’s upcoming Finale . In true “not Eric” the DJ spirit, the winner of our sing off was decided with a dance off and had the crowd pick their winner by their raucous applause. Good times!

Our always beloved Queeraoke at Midway Café was rockin again this week! Another week with a packed house and ladies (and a few guys) singing their hearts out to the likes of Madonna, the Beatles, Katy Perry and so much more!

***Queeraoke has been nominated for the Boston Phoenix's Best of Boston in two categories this year, Best Lesbian night & Best Karaoke!!!  Please click on the links and vote for us and help make us Best of Boston again!  You can vote once per day, per category until Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 11:59pm!

At the very same time, we were over at the Walker Memorial Hall in Cambridge working with the SE Asian group from the MIT Sloan business school’s C-Function. It was an incredible night of awesome performances, excellent food and a fantastic dancing crowd. We’re always excited to work with this group and can’t wait to work with them again soon. We have worked with the folks over at Sloan helping with their C-functions for the past six years or so- always a great time!

On the office-y side of the world, we’ve been plugging along answering inquiries, meeting with current and potential clients, as well as working on our blog and some of our other social media efforts.

Don’t forget to “Like” our Sound Choice Events Facebook page where we’re posting our blog, event photos & updates.

We are slated for a very busy spring and hope to see you at your next party or one of ours!!

 

Game Show Says What?!!

I keep seeing people posting this on Facebook: “I got out of work today and it was still light out!”…is that true?  We wouldn’t know much about that this weekend, as we’ve had a few doubles that have left us less than knowing whether it’s light or dark out, never mind what time it is!

 No complaints here-being busy is excellent!

Tonight we’re celebrating with Mark at his 50^th Birthday party here at the Weston Community Center.  It’s been an awesome night of game show mania and dancing!  If you haven’t seen the game show in action, you’ve definitely got to check it out…it’s like having the Price is Right and Jeopardy wrapped into one!  We come along with game show podiums, buzzers and trivia covering everything from Family Guy to Astronomy.  Ok, yes…a little bit of a sell there, but the ramble was more because I think it’s such a cool system and great way to get a party energized!

Speaking of energizing a party, specifically a wedding, we wanted to share a tip for all our upcoming wedding clients about choosing music for your wedding reception:

Creating a list of your favorites to hear at your wedding is a great idea! 

Who wouldn’t want all of their most memorable songs humming away in the background during dinner or while your bustin’ a move on the dance floor (sorry-had to go there), but remember an important piece of information…  Your taste may be slightly different than that of your wedding guests..OR ..your guests may be in the mood to hear/dance to something you didn’t anticipate them liking…

So, what happens when the music on your “must play” list isn’t getting the crowd jumping?  Well, this is where we come in!  During consultation meetings or conversations with couples, we always try to discuss this topic and learn what you want us to do if your music selections are sounding sweeter to you than your guests.   

There’s a couple of things you can do in this situation:

1.      Give your DJ a little flexibility to read the crowd during  dancing.  Meaning that we will play your music and change gears with other songs/types of music if/when guests seem not to be responding.  Rest assured, we will return to your list and test it out throughout the night again, unless you request us not to do so.
2.      If dancing is not the most important part of your reception and you just want to hear your favorites, you got it!  Just let us know and that’s what we’ll play!
3.      If after discussing the options with your DJ it seems that your music may be a little less danceable, we can lean more heavily on your music during the cocktail and/or dinner music.

For us, it’s all about your vision and doing what’s most important to you!  We will always check in throughout to be sure the music matches your expectations, make any last minute changes and to let you know about requests from guests.

Even if this type of issue never arises, it’s best to be proactive so you can spend your reception time enjoying friends, family and one another!

Well, that is it for now…until next time..

That’s Groundhog Day to you….

So, the news is in……the little (or not so little) guy or gal groundhog saw it’s shadow the other day and you know what some say that means….early Spring!   And Sound Choice is already prepping  for what that means in our world…work, work, work!   Fantastic!

We join you tonight from Weston at the Henderson House, where Integrity Interactive is holding their winter party and it’s been an awesome crowd!    They’ve hired a sketch artist to do caricatures, which are hysterical and mmm…who can resist the yummy smell of magic markers…J.  They’ve also hired a Tarot Card Reader…and of course, us!   The dance floor is on fire with James Brown’s Get Up Offa That Thing and they are just eating up the Motown tonight!

So, what have we been up to this week you ask….

We continue to be busy little worker bees not only DJ’ing, but also taking care of the lighting for several parties, including, most recently lighting it up for one of Salva Regina’s parties.  That’s right folks, you heard it, we do lighting too! 

We also rocked it out at Queeraoke this week and saw a number of new faces in the crowd that came along with new songs and energy…adding to the already excellent energy of our regular crowd!  A highlight of the night was a threesome singing Pat Benetar’s Hit Me with Your Best Shot as they acted out the whole music video…so fun!

Anywho, we are continuing to meet with potential clients and book weddings, mitzvahs, and large numbers of general parties like birthdays and corporate events. 

It’s busy and can sometimes be a hectic schedule, but we LOVE what we do and wouldn’t want to be doing anything else!

Until next time….dance, dance, dance!

2011 says what…..

Happy New Year to all and hello from inside Union Station in Worcester where Otis Day and the Knights has this wedding crowd  jumpin’ to “Shout”.   Everything looks amazing, highlighted in blue( uplights), giving the room a perfect glow!  The energy of the crowd is fantastic and guests are requesting everything from the Beatles to Coolio.  

On the office side of the world, it’s been a busy week here with client meetings, bookings and a full schedule of gigs!  Friday night was an amazing night as we got the chance to help a community celebrate one of their own, Keith (aka Squeaky), a Woburn firefighter, who is soon to be deployed to Iraq.  Two hundred people showed up to the Woburn Sons of Italy to help send him off with lots of love and support!

Well, back to the show we go…and as we leave you this fine Sunday evening, remember this tip:

Having a smaller dance floor space makes for a wicked good time!  Ha ha

All kidding aside, did you know that a smaller dance floor maintains higher energy for longer periods of time?  Whether a large or a small crowd, you want the dance floor bubbling over with people!  Now, we’re not suggesting cramming everyone into a tiny space—well maybe just a little—but just be sure that if you are using a larger venue, remember not to have the dance floor be too big!  Believe us, you’ll see the difference!

Well, that is all from us for now…until next time..

Goodnight Boston-- and all the great places we continue to work, large and small!

Olly olly oxen free.....

Red Rover, Red Rover, send 2010 right over--before it ends!

Well, as you can see 2009 got little attention here, but not because we had nothing to say...more because we were incredibly busy and we are just starting to catch up now!

Where to begin...we are alive and kickin' at Queeraoke tonight at the Midway Cafe, where it is ladies night and fitting that someone is now belting out a rendition of the Talking Heads song, "Once in a Lifetime". It's a great relief after a hectic couple of weeks that had us part of am elaborate sweet 16 party in Rhode Island, where we set up a kick @!% light show and opened (meaning yes, DJ'd) for the infamous Pauly D from MTV's Jersey Shore. The article from the link was the first of many and people have said everything from "that was so cool" to "how could parents spend so much money on a sixteenth birthday DJ (no no not us, Pauly D)"!

Ok, ok....he's not on everyone's favorite list and he is high on others, but what we know for sure from this end is that there was an incredible amount of planning and work that went into making the night a successm including by our own Sound Choice team!

This last week saw us hanging out with the folks from the Spina Bifida Association of MA. with the also famous, Santa Claus at the annual sbaMass Holiday Party. You may remember Santa from classic hits like "Here comes Santa Claus" and other fantastic holiday hits . Anyway, we worked their Walk-m-Roll earlier this year and are excited about joining them again for next year's event!

Woven between those events have been a number of amazing weddings and corporate parties where we've been asked to play everything from the Beastie Boys to Michael Bolton. Yes, that's right, I said Michael Bolton (no offense intended-should you choose this for us to play, we will happily). Admittedly, that was my own little flashback of music to play, but that's a story for another day! No, really...

Well, that's all for now...don't forget to check out the website for www.bostonsoundchoice.com for the latest in event packages and photos.