I used Freddie James DJ Services for my 2007 wedding and after meeting with Freddie himself, the owner of the company he ensured us that the DJ wouldl have all the information he needed to make our night go flawlessly. HOWEVER the DJ PLAYED THE WRONG FIRST DANCE SONG!!!! We specifically noted what song to play and even talked about it at our meeting just days before the wedding. The DJ had no idea, or at least never mentioned anything to us about playing the wrong song, so we strongly feel that Freddie gave incorrect instructions to his employee. He also was supposed to play a specific song, that Freddie convinced us to use, for the bouquet toss and he didn't even play to right song...in fact once i confronted him about it...at this point i was mad since he'd played teh wrong first dance too...he claimed that was what he played...guess this was a case of hitting the wrong track number. We were able to get over that he played thje wrong bouquet toss...but after carefully deciding over MONTHS what the first dance should be...we had our hearts on it and this simple wish was never granted. In fact after that HUGE mistake on their part, we still tipped the DJ $50 (on top of the $800 we paid for 6 hrs.) and I emailed Freddie to let him know what a HUGE deal it was to us that the DJ messed up...never heard back, not even a quick email that said ""i'm sorry"". NOTHING...guess he's moved on to screwing up major moments in other people's lives. I blaim Freddie for this one. He should make sure that the DJs he sends out have the correct material and correct instructions....because our DJ did a good job...kept people dancing...i think freddie was the one who blew it here.
Pros: kept crowd dancing!!
Cons: didn't follow through with our specific requests.
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