Frequently Asked Questions
1.What kind of music do you play on weddings and other functions?
We can never tell before the time. We don’t know your guests and there are many things that can influence the dance. Our DJ’s are trained to sum up the audience and choose music accordingly. To say before hand how many waltzes, two steps etc will be played, will only be a lie.
2.What can influence the dance?
The size and smoothness of the dance floor, if it is a warm or a cold day, the number of young people, if there was a sudden death in the family and also the time the dance floor is opened. Anything after 22:00 is fatal.
3.The background music before the dance, what is used and how does it work?
We have 3 kinds of background music – listening, background and classic. The listening music is your typical Sunday afternoon music that you hear on the radio. It’s popular music by popular artists. This type of music is perfect for while the guest are arriving and on their way to sit-down. The background music during the meal is instrumental. Panflute, Kenny G, Nikos, Tol en Tol etc. Classic is for very formal functions and is played only on request.
4.Can we give a long list of music that we want played?
It is not recommended and we do not allow it. One very important thing to remember is that the bridal couple are very busy on the night, greeting, chatting etc. and they rarely get a chance to dance. Now they choose the music, the guests maybe don’t like the selection and the worst is the bridal couple don’t even dance. Now the DJ and the poor guests are stuck with a list that doesn’t work.
5.Can we at least make a short list of the incoming and opening song and a few of our favourite songs and also a list of our dislikes?
With pleasure. The list of music that you don’t want to hear is the most important on the wedding,
6.Is it possible for somebody to sing with your microphone?
Yes it’s possible. Just remember that our system can only handle one microphone at a time, and they don’t have echo and reverb functions. The backtracks of the songs must be provided on CD’s. We recommend that they rather supply their own microphones.
7.There is a band playing on our wedding as well. Do you allow them to play over your speakers?
No definitely not. The amplifiers differ too much and most of the bands play very loud and 90% of the time their cables don’t match.
8.How loud do you play and are the speakers large enough for 300 guests?
We normally play too soft. It is more acceptable for us if the guests ask to play louder than to ask us to turn the sound a little bit down. Yes our speakers can accommodate 300 guests with comfort. We’ve got systems that can accommodate up to 1000 guests. It just has to be discussed before the time because there are extra costs involved.
9.What do the DJ’s wear?
If you don’t specify, they normally wear a neat shirt and pants and shoes that go with the outfit.
10.Can you do the sound and music in the chapel or church?
Yes. The cost is R250 extra. We set up a microphone for the ceremony and we can play the wedding march etc. We don’t provide hymns and psalms on CD. You are more than welcome to self provide.
11.Do we have to seat the DJ’s with the guests or on their own table?
No it’s not necessary. All the DJ’s prefer to sit at the back of the sign by the disco and eat. He must handle the microphone so many times that it’s too much of a hassle for him to jump up every time someone wants to use the microphone. He must also handle the background music any way. You can just ask the venue to provide him with cutlery.
12.What do you need at the venue?
We are easy. There must be a table ready when we arrive at a suitable place where you want us to sit preferably arranged with the venue before the time. The table must have a tablecloth and a skirt so that guests don’t see all the kilometres of cables that lie under the table. We have our own cables and adapters.
13.Do we have to provide him with food and drinks?
Yes food, it’s not necessary to pay for his drinks.
14.We also want to give you CD’s that you must play. May we and when must we give them?
You can give them to the DJ on the night of the wedding. The songs that you want played must be marked on the inside of the CD’s cover. It’s your own responsibility to give to the DJ and collect the afterwards.
15.We see you’ve got a sign. We don’t like it. What now?
Our sign has many uses. The first is for advertising so that we can provide the music as cheap as possible to our clients. The second is to hide the cables, mixer and the DJ’s meal and drinks. The sign is covered with light grey carpet and doesn’t glitter or move. It is definitely not an eye sore for your function.
16.What time do you arrive at the venue?
The DJ’s must set up when the service starts. In other words if you get married 16:00 in the chapel, then the DJ sets up the disco at 16:00 in the venue. It takes him 15 minutes to set up – more than enough time. If your service is held on the same premises, he usually arrives about 15 minutes earlier that service time.
17.If you are doing our sound and music in the chapel, what time will you be arriving?
The DJ’s are required to start setting up 1 hour prior to the service time. Again it only takes him 15 minutes to set up.
18.What do you need in the chapel?
One table with tablecloth and skirt and two chairs.
19.Can the guests ask for requests to be played?
Yes. The DJ prefers it like that then he can get a better idea of what the people like. Each DJ has an alphabetic list of music and can tell right away if he have the song or not. He also has a list of artists available.
20.Do you disturb the groom with sounds and vulgar stuff during his speech?
No, but we do put him down but with original stuff. Only a few people have heard it before. We almost took all the funny stuff off the Internet. It is excellent and funny. You are welcome to ask that we don’t put him off at all.
21.Out of all your DJ’s how do you choose one for our function?
One must just keep in kind that any one of our DJ’s can make music at your function. I personally choose the DJ for the function according to your likes and dislikes and according to his own preference. This is so that the DJ can also make a difference with his own personal favourites to suit your crowd. If he doesn’t fit in with the kind of music required he will play with what he is trained with and paid for.
22.Can we see the DJ before the time?
No unfortunately not. This is why you chose Magic Melodies for the simple reason that if the DJ chosen for your function should be in an accident or sick before your function, we can replace him with someone else within 1 hour. If you have discussed all the in’s and out’s with this DJ that is now in the hospital, how will the new guy know everything. That is why it is very important that all notes, lists, CD’s be given in at our offices where after jobcards are written out to the various DJ’s and can be switched at very short notice.
