The Facade is Back In?? No Lavish Booth?? Wedding Gig Log!

Great gig log, bro! I love the voice-over style. I still use a facade at weddings. I personally think it still looks good, and I've never had any clients say otherwise. Keep rockin' them weddings!

Great Gig Log Bro! Appreciate the shout out! I could I see why you would want the ceremony rack build. It will definitely help speed up the process of setting up and tearing down ceremony as well! Your MC skills sounded good too bro! How did you like have a helping hand at this wedding? Someone to help capture content and setup/teardown is worth it!

Great job Shay! I still use a facade and it works well for me!

Hey Shay! Nice gig log man, thanks for sharing. I always thought about the voiceover method, but then I think I’d never remember what to say if I don’t say it there and then lol. But still. nicely done. The facade thing - my events are different, people are expecting me to roll with several of my guys so having my guys around me is natural, and essential to manage requests and drunks. But for western events, if I had a nice stand like yours, I’d opt to place the facade behind me so the guys can chill back there, along with any rack systems, bags etc. It’s a nice clean look. But still, I’m glad you’re rocking with some help now, it makes a huge difference. And yes, when I’m doing entrances, I do wait for them the settle in and do their dancemoves, walking etc. It just allows them to have the focus time they’re wanting, which is the whole reason for an entrance, right? I think you’re timing looked good though! Your lighting came out nice! As you mentioned, those baby moving heads were too low, but no big deal I guess - You’ll remember for next time. When you’re looking to learn DMX, let me know if you need any help with it. As you know, I use a WMX1 and I could not recommend it enough! It’s a brilliant controller! But yes, when you’re ready, moving away from the ‘lights on top of speakers, attached to poles’ type of layout and have dedicated stands for the lights. It’ll make your setups appear much more professional, and spaced out nicely. Keep up the great work brother and I hope to see more gig logs!

Bro, you are getting better on the mic! I love the growth. You are much more confident. My only thought about your setup are the moving heads. I wouldn’t use them at all if you can’t stabilize them high enough for dancing. Great video!

Nicely done. 👍🏿

Great job, Thanks for sharing 👍

Very nice gig log, I use thise wash efx with the wolf mix dmx controller and. Donner dangles, easy to use, work with my uplights and moving heads also, look into it

if you EVER get hired for a 90s style party but don't wanna get actual records, I would recommend a Numark CDMIX2. it is insanely easy to use and you can even have stutter options fpr CDs. sorry if im being a bit nerdy here 😁

Great video bro everything looked nice and the MCing was really good! Happy to see someone helping you and learning the ropes!

Greatjob buddy! Setup looks very clean. Theres a lot of people out there that bash on the facade but then u look at some of their earlier videos and they used them too. I too have the face and furniture and it just depends on the situation you’ll be in. Great job, keep up the good work!

Good log! Thoughts: -Careful with "Aaalright..." It's a habit that I'm glad I broke 😂 "ladies & gentlemen" can get easily overused too. -Check out Justin the DJ and maybe Nate Acosta? I think they have a podium with a facade behind them. The best of both worlds. -Having an assistant is really nice for sure! 🌴🌴🌴

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Excellent job clean setup. What model of the jackery do you use?

Hi Shay! From an MC perspective, I stay away from the typical wedding cliches such as "ladies and gentlemen" or even "friends and family." Also stay away from "newlyweds" and "put your hands together" it sounds too formal and mechanical. I'll give you an example: "Good evening and welcome to Anecia and Blakes WEDDING RECEPTION (you build up your volume along the way) this also commands an applause without saying "put your hands together or let's give it up for..." so you can say less on the mic and everyone will still give an applause. When it comes to the wedding party for this video: "And now it's my pleasure to welcome the wedding party starting with the bridesmaids....(then they settle)...and now the groomsmen. Just a sample of a way you could change it up and maybe practice that and see how it works. Also, speak slower to the point to where if it sounds too slow, then you're doing it right. There's a lot of reverb in big spaces plus people are talking so it gives the guests time to catch up with what you're saying. So much more input I could give to help you but I'll just comment to this video in particular.

I don't know if it's been asked but how did you mount your washlight to the speakers?

I usually introduce the "bridal party" . Here are your groomsmen and bridesmaids sounds clunky. Keep it up. Everything looks really professional and good that you are looking to learn. So many djs think they know it all and that's sad. I've been at for over 20 years and I'm still learning.

As a fellow DJ, i think you need to work on some of your wording in announcements. I have to check myself often because like you, I also say “ladies and gentlemen” often lol. I heard you sat “make some noise” too more than once.

Plastic table #1

You enjoying your hdm's