By Erik Michaels of Megasound
Once the music starts, you don’t want it to stop. At your wedding, dead silence means no music, no announcements, and certainly, no dancing. If you envision your wedding with a packed dance floor and plenty of dancing, then you should be sure to ask any prospective entertainer about the types of equipment that they plan to use at your wedding.
You don’t have to be an audiophile to know that home stereo equipment is designed to sit on a shelf and play music for your listening pleasure. In the same manner, a car stereo is designed to play music in your car while you are driving around. Professional grade equipment is designed to withstand weekly transportation, dust, humidity, and temperature extremes as well as set up and tear down. Experienced, dedicated, professional DJ/MCs and bands will use sound equipment designed for the job, not consumer grade equipment designed to sit on a shelf.
When looking at pictures or video of your entertainers equipment, simply ask questions. This is important if the equipment looks old or questionable. Ask to see photos of the actual equipment that will be used at your wedding. If you see too many warning signs, then reconsider hiring that entertainer.
Be sure to ask about on-site back up equipment. A back up amplifier or CD player does you no good if it is in someone’s garage or in another town. True professionals have backups for all types of potential hazards. They know how important your wedding is and how things will look to your guests if the sound simply stops. Nowadays, with many professionals turning to computerized music files, ipods, flash drives, etc., it pays to make sure that they have a backup for their devices. If all their music is on a hard drive and they have no backup, what happens if their hard drive goes down?
You don’t have to be an audiophile to know that home stereo equipment is designed to sit on a shelf and play music for your listening pleasure. In the same manner, a car stereo is designed to play music in your car while you are driving around. Professional grade equipment is designed to withstand weekly transportation, dust, humidity, and temperature extremes as well as set up and tear down. Experienced, dedicated, professional DJ/MCs and bands will use sound equipment designed for the job, not consumer grade equipment designed to sit on a shelf.
When looking at pictures or video of your entertainers equipment, simply ask questions. This is important if the equipment looks old or questionable. Ask to see photos of the actual equipment that will be used at your wedding. If you see too many warning signs, then reconsider hiring that entertainer.
Be sure to ask about on-site back up equipment. A back up amplifier or CD player does you no good if it is in someone’s garage or in another town. True professionals have backups for all types of potential hazards. They know how important your wedding is and how things will look to your guests if the sound simply stops. Nowadays, with many professionals turning to computerized music files, ipods, flash drives, etc., it pays to make sure that they have a backup for their devices. If all their music is on a hard drive and they have no backup, what happens if their hard drive goes down?
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