Homepage Slider

I’m working on a new homepage for Philly Custom DJ. I embedded a slider with some of my recent content.  It looks good on a computer, phone or tablet.  I’ve also got a bunch of nice reviews which makes me Wedding Wire Rated.

Have a look at Philly Custom DJ.

Throwback Thursday

This army picture is from 1989, or maybe 1990. It was given to me by Yossi Sasson, the guy in the center of the photo. Yossi and I were drafted together, literally. We were on line together when walked into the induction center and our serial numbers are consecutive.  By an accident of fate, we ended up serving in the same platoon for basic training. He was a graffiti artist back then, and he’s still an artist today in Los Angeles.

DJ In Training

Got snowed in today, like much of the Northeast. Sela was an absolute pleasure the whole day. She was fun, funny and took a nice long nap. She grabbed the headphones and asked for Iko Iko, but when I called up the playlist, she saw Harry Belafonte’s Jump In The Line and asked for “Jump” instead. This photo shows her reaction.

For more cuteness, check out the Sela Stream.

Bryn Mawr Sweet 16

Did my first Sweet 16 this past week and had a blast!  I would love to do more of them in the future.  The kids were on the dance floor the entire night.  I played a ton of Top-40 music, a couple of show tunes, some classic rock songs and The Beer Barrel Polka.

I’ve got a bar mitzvah on the horizon, and if the kids are half as energetic, it will be a great time.  I took a few short videos to prove to prospective clients that the DJ does not necessarily need motivators to keep the party jumping. Continue reading →

Two New Mixes This Week

Connected Devices

The last two Spotify playlists that I made for myself were a little long.  Elbow, which I still listen to pretty regularly, has 58 songs.  Avocado Foot has 52 songs.  I don’t think other people can digest that much music at once.  When I was making mixes on CDs, they would be limited to 80 minutes, and were generally well received by people.  So when my current playlist reached the 80 minute mark, I decided to call it a mix.

What’s on it? Why did I call it Connected Devices?  Find out here. Continue reading →

DJ Stories

Bat mitzvah schedule scribbled on a cocktail napkin. Sometimes this is all the direction that’s necessary.

This week I added two posts to Philly Custom DJ. One is the story about a wedding at historic Prallsville Mills in Stockton, NJ (right across from New Hope). The other is about a bat mitzvah at Bnai Keshet in Montclair. I was inspired to write about the latter because I attended a bat mitzvah in Montclair as a guest this week, and got to reconnect with bunch of families that I worked with. Hope to be back up there again soon, on either side of the DJ booth.

I’ve also begun to solicit reviews from former clients through wedding wire.  If I was the DJ at your wedding, bat mitzvah, birthday party, book release party, cruise or purim party, then please, click this button.

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Wedding Resources at Philly Custom DJ

First Dance.
(Photo courtesy of Reiner Photography)

I added a wedding resources section to Philly Custom DJ. The topics include:

• Creating a contact list so the DJ, caterer, photographer and wedding party can coordinate
• DJ vs String Quartet for the prelude
• Making a grand entrance
• Special songs like the first dance and the cat toss

Instead of using stock photos for the site, or my low quality snapshots, I got some beautiful photos from Wil Reiner. He’s a skilled photographer — an artist, really — and a terrific human being. Check out his work at reinerphotography.com. Continue reading →