Nov. 19, 2025

When Wedding Planners Act Like Partners: Lessons for Working DJs

When Wedding Planners Act Like Partners: Lessons for Working DJs

Send us a message Ever had a planner ghost right when the dance floor opens? We’ve all been there. In this episode, Brian B and Joe Bunn unpack the night-and-day difference between vendors who simply “show up” and planners who actually partner with DJs to create seamless, unforgettable events. Brian shares three back-to-back gigs that illustrate how strong communication changes outcomes: A Disney-themed ceremony-to-dinner sequence that demanded a mid-set rescue to reignite the room.A 290-gues...

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Season 5

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Ever had a planner ghost right when the dance floor opens? We’ve all been there. In this episode, Brian B and Joe Bunn unpack the night-and-day difference between vendors who simply “show up” and planners who actually partner with DJs to create seamless, unforgettable events.

Brian shares three back-to-back gigs that illustrate how strong communication changes outcomes:

  • A Disney-themed ceremony-to-dinner sequence that demanded a mid-set rescue to reignite the room.
  • A 290-guest after-party where sharper sequencing was the fix after a band’s dated closing numbers.
  • A 30-guest outdoor dinner where five dinner courses became five distinct genres, each keeping the mood fresh and intentional.

Brian spotlights planners who do it right: vendor-specific timelines, shared drives, and quick pre-event check-ins that prevent “he said, she said” chaos later. The takeaway? Collaboration isn’t just nice, it’s a professional advantage.

From there, they pivot into practical business strategy:

  • How to structure your team for consistency during multi-event weekends.
  • What to do when photographers and videographers leave early.
  • A quick gear pick and a Patreon update with new coaching tools, weekly Top 10 bangers, and early-access drops.

Whether you’re a working DJ, planner, or creative pro in the private event DJ industry, this episode is your blueprint for smoother collaboration and better nights on every level.

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00:00 - Setting The Stage For DJC Recharge

02:30 - Why Smaller Events Deliver Bigger Value

06:10 - Location Reveal And Early-Bird Pricing

09:30 - Gear Corner: The Mobile Massager Gun

12:20 - Story Time: The Disney Instrumental Dilemma

17:40 - After-Party Win And Programming Notes

21:00 - Five-Course Dinner, Five Music Themes

25:00 - Shouting Out A-List Planners And Systems

29:00 - Patreon Launch And What You Get

31:00 - Question: When Media Teams Leave Early

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What's up, guys, and welcome back to Beyond the DJ Booth Podcast.

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I'm your host, Joe Bun, with my other co-host, Mr.

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Brian Bonacisi.

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It's here.

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And um it's we're back.

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We're back.

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We took a 15-minute break.

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We're batch content, ripping it out today.

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Tons of good info, tons of good episodes.

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Let's keep it rolling with this one.

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So when this drops, yeah, it'll be the Wednesday after our conference, the DJ Collective.

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DJC Recharge.

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Right?

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That's basically the rebrand now, right?

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DJC Recharge.

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For the time.

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DJC stands for the DJ Collective.

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So I'm sure we'll do a recap episode of it.

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I'm sure we will.

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But heading into it, is there anything that you're looking forward to?

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I mean, you've seen some of the names, you've seen the the schedule, or just anything you're excited to try out, do differently.

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I don't know.

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What are you looking forward to?

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Yeah, man.

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I think um I thought we had a really good recharge in February in Arizona.

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I still can't believe that was this year.

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It seems forever ago.

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Doesn't it?

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Yeah.

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I mean, I I saw something the other day, like I was going through my tickets, uh plane tickets for the year, and I the NAM show was this year.

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I felt like that was a hundred years ago.

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Um, but we had a really good one in Arizona.

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I think we had about 50 people.

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We were gonna have very close to 100 people, I feel like, for this one.

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I think I am looking forward to uh the fact that it's in our hometown.

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You live here now in Raleigh as well.

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Um the the attendee list looks incredible.

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Lots of first timers.

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Lots of first timers, which I'm always excited about to introduce them to our our world, our culture, this this totally different experience, you know.

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Uh I'm looking forward to more personal connections.

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I think we I've said this before, man.

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I think we kind of lost our way at a couple of the conferences.

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They just got so out of hand, out of hand, so big, so much money, so much talent.

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Over the top.

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I just feel like it got a lot bigger than the 10 people in an Airbnb in Austin, Texas, real fast.

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It did.

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And it was highly risky.

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It was an incredible amount of time.

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We had a good run with that.

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Dude, we had a great run.

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I I I don't I will always forever say that there's nobody that's ever had anything close to what we pulled off.

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Uh in Atlanta and and in and in Nashville and in Arizona.

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Yeah.

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Those those big conferences were legendary.

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Legendary.

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Like a talent pool was insane.

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Every time.

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So uh, but I love this recharge uh style, and I think that as an attendee, if I was just coming, I think that I would leave with much more knowledge and connections than I ever would from what we did at the big shows.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I agree.

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And and and less less of a hangover.

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Although there are some good opportunities to get a hangover.

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Yes.

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I would agree.

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And we're What about you?

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What I mean, uh how how are you excited about Robin?

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Yeah, man.

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You seem really hyped this year about I I am.

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I think every time I see you in person, you're like, dude, I'm I'm stoked about the recharge.

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I am.

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I like the the the way that we've done the schedule.

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Yeah.

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Um, I think we've had a tendency to I don't know, over program.

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I'll just say it, call it that.

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Yeah.

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And I think that wasn't, you know, necessarily the move.

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Yeah.

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I we were doing it because the price point was pretty significant, and we wanted to make sure people were walking out with with value, right?

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So I that was always my fear.

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I would never want somebody to go, hey, I went, I spent all this money, got nothing out of it.

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So I always would err on over-programming than under-programming.

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Same thing I did when I launched the DJ's vault.

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Yeah.

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It's too, it was almost too, it's still too much information, probably.

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You know what I mean?

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But I was always worried of somebody logging in going, man, I've seen all this or whatever.

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Right.

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So this one I feel is a little bit more relaxed in the schedule.

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I'm hoping, that's my hope, is that people feel comfortable with that kind of format.

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Yeah, and that they go, man, there's nothing else like it.

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I mean, listen, dude, we didn't pull that out of a hat.

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I mean, you and I have done ad nauseum surveys, exit surveys, uh pre-uh event surveys.

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Like people say, hey, a little less content, a little more time to get to know these people that are here that are going through the same things that I am, that are that are uh, you know, a level above me, and I want to get there.

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How do I get there?

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Right.

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I want to be able to ask them that, you know, sitting there having a drink out in the lawn on a beautiful fall day in North Carolina.

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Yeah, and that's what we're trying to achieve this time.

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And I think we're gonna do it.

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So let's spill some tea.

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Yeah.

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Speaking of price, you mentioned price.

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Um, we'll have the graphic right here.

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Yeah.

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So you guys can see the location, which is called the Maxwell.

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Yep.

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The Maxwell.

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So that is our uh next wedding venue that we have chosen for for DJC 2026.

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Recharge.

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Recharge.

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The DJC recharge is going to be at the Maxwell.

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It's about five minutes outside of downtown Raleigh.

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So most people will probably stay in some of the hotels that we'll list, obviously, on the website for people to stay at.

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Um but we are going to offer the lowest price we've ever offered for any event we've ever put on, ever.

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And it's going to be$8.95.

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Today is Wednesday when this comes out.

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It will last until Sunday, which is November the what, Brian?

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Um 22nd.

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22nd, I think.

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It will be valid until November the 23rd at midnight.

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So when it strikes midnight on the 23rd, this offer goes away and it's going to go up.

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And I'm not sure how much.

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So if you want to go, if you got FOMO, you saw the videos uh and the stories from yesterday from wrapping up this conference and all the stuff we're going to put out for the future.

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Do not miss this.

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You've got Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday to go ahead and pull the trigger.

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$8.95 is going to be the lowest price you'll ever see for this.

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Lowest price it's ever been.

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Those big shows that we were just talking about, Nashville and Atlanta, were$2,500.

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I was thinking$2,800 at one point.

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I'm telling you, this is not to be missed at this price.

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It will only go up.

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Every couple of months, we're going to go up, up, up, up, up until it's going to be close to$2,000 or it sells out.

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Right.

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100 people.

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Uh, we had a bunch of people.

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I guarantee, you know, I know we're filming this in advance, so I don't want to jinx it, but we will have a bunch of people sign up at the end of the conference tomorrow.

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So you're already in a short window to get in for$8.95 or before it hits 100 people.

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That is the cap.

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All right.

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So you've been warmed.

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All right.

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Cool.

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Let's pause this episode and show them the recap video or the hype video for we'll insert it into the episode for DJC.

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Yeah, here it is.

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Let's do the gear corner.

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The gear's here.

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The gear, the gear.

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Is here, is here, is here, is here, is here, is here, is here, is here.

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So this little box, a little bad boy.

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It was uh an anniversary gift to me.

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My wife knows what I like.

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Like this year?

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Yeah, this year.

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Uh it just happened October 2nd.

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Sharper Image.

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This isn't the Tera gun, but it's close.

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Okay.

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I'm worried.

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I'm like.

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Okay.

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Ooh.

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This is the mobile massager gun.

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Okay.

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By Sharper Image.

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Yeah.

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There's a couple of different non-Amazon purchase.

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It actually is on Amazon.

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Okay.

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All right.

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It's got a couple different kneading options.

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Yeah.

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That silver one is hot and cold.

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Huh?

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Yeah, hot and cold.

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And you just pop it in.

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Literally just pop in.

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Okay.

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You don't even have to.

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It just pushes in.

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And then you just go with it.

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What do you mean hot and cold?

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It's temperature controlled.

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So you can go hot or cold.

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So I'll let you give it a shot.

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I mean, it's good.

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You definitely will feel it.

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You gotta have what I did notice about it, you gotta have somebody do it to you.

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Okay.

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You don't want to do it to yourself.

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It's not a self-applied situation.

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But have you seen those Theraguns?

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Yeah.

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And they're expensive.

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They're about This wasn't expensive.

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This was about the the Theraguns are between$400 and$800.

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They range depending upon Oh man.

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God damn I sh it gets in there.

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It gets in there.

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I lost the chip-off.

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It's right there.

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I lost the chip off.

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Dude, but wait, why is this any different than a Theragun?

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I mean just a cheaper version.

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It's just as intense.

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It seems like it.

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Yeah.

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I don't know the differences.

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I'd have to look at the thing.

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What do you think that that goes for on Amazon?

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$69.

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No, it's$179.

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It is a definitely investment.

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But I like the case.

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The case for it's nice.

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The case is premium.

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You know, it's got the little, it's right by your shoe.

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Sorry, dude.

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Uh, you're good.

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I launched it.

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Anyway, I've used it a few different times.

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Solid.

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I like it.

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I think you should get it.

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So if you're looking for something for recovery, the massage foot thing, everybody is was going April.

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Well, this is called the PP Pro Plus.

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Yeah, I'll put it in the email.

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Okay.

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So there's that.

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I like it.

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Anyway, gear corner.

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Grab it if you want on Amazon.

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We'll have the link in the email.

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Yes, sir.

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Good shit.

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Let's uh go to story time.

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Um, story time.

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What are we talking about today?

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So I'm gonna share the stories from those three gigs I mentioned.

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Well, we thought I thought we'd talk about that.

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No, we just talked about the travel aspect.

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We didn't actually talk about the gig.

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Okay.

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So Disney.

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Holy moly.

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Did you you I mean, I know how you are.

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You're Mr.

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Prep.

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I mean, you knew this going in.

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Going in, but I didn't realize it was gonna be throughout the entire night.

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Well, time out for one second.

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I thought it would be I thought it would be ceremony, some uh Disney instrumentals, which they're it was all Disney instrumentals.

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Time out one second.

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Was any part of you during the initial sales call thinking about I should not?

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No, I kind of looked at it as like, oh, that's interesting.

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Okay, okay, all right.

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It's found Barry Brian B.

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It wasn't like overtly expressed how much Disney was gonna be involved in this way.

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Okay, okay, okay.

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No, we didn't have Mickey and Minnie there.

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Right.

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There was no caricatures.

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Yeah, I'm surprised.

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Uh what about like attire?

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No, but the music was just so over the top with it.

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All of the ceremony music was all prelude and formalities, yeah, all Disney stuff.

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Right.

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Then when we started talking about dinner, I'm like, you know, what are we thinking about for dinner?

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And they're like, we want to go all Disney.

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I go, like, what?

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What are we talking about here?

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We're talking about movie themes, we talking about like, you know, she goes, all instrumental.

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I want to keep the same vibe as the ceremony.

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And trust me, I tried to talk her out of this because I thought it was a terrible idea.

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Yeah.

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We had played it all of ceremony, and then we go into cocktail, they're gone a boat taking pictures.

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I'm playing it for an hour.

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Live or just off playlist?

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Live because we were in the reception room where that was taking place.

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So, I mean, I tried to find different instrumental versions.

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She wasn't very particular about what kind of vibe it was, but like, so I played classical, obviously, covers of Disney instrumental stuff uh for the ceremony.

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When we got to cocktail hour, I found some jazzy covers, believe it or not, of this stuff.

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Did you know the song titles or did you just get ish?

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Oh no, she didn't give that to me.

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She just told me the vibe.

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Wow, okay.

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I did research.

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Yeah, okay.

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And then for dinner, I'm like, what's left?

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We've done jazzy, we've done classical.

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Like, so I just found some like, you know, some karaoke versions, some instrumental read redoos.

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But I'm like, listen, I can't went up to her about halfway through dinner.

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I'm like, we've got to change it.

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I feel like this is the time for us to change into it.

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And I had already prepped her on this beforehand.

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I'm like, listen, if I feel like it's getting sleepy, and because she didn't, she wanted people to talk.

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I go, people talk over music that has words.

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We can do that.

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100%.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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But I'm like, if we don't turn this, this we're not gonna have a dance for because it's just gonna take forever for us to get that energy to where the seat is.

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This seated dinner.

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Damn.

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Okay.

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So that was night one, right?

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Right.

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Go to this after party.

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They had a band.

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No, wait, wait, wait.

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You didn't talk about the dancing, though.

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Oh, the dancing eventually turned out fine.

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No, but I mean there was no Disney themed dancing.

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No, thank God.

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Okay.

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Thank God we got to regular stuff.

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But I'm like, it was I'm like, dude, I didn't know where he was because like a Moana remix coming into that show.

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Although there was Lion King.

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There was uh I actually I think I opened with that.

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You did?

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Yeah, I think I did just to get it.

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Yeah, there's like something in there.

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Um, but it was just hard to.

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I guess my point with that whole story is it was hard to like turn.

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It's a hard left turn.

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Yeah, you know what I mean?

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Yeah.

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You're like trying to just get out of this stuff.

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So don't recommend the Disney themed instrumental.

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Rough.

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So then we go to the after party.

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Couldn't be any different.

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The next day.

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Different crowd.

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Different crowd.

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Yeah, right.

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This is the biggest wedding I have seen in a while.

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Oh, I know.

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290 people at this thing under a tent with a band.

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Behind the Gasparilla in.

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Yeah.

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The thing was minimum 800 a night, by the way.

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And I was shocked they didn't have a planner.

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They had what?

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They did not have an outside planner.

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The planners were from the venue.

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Shocking.

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Gasparilla.

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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And I asked them, I said, Do you guys do this?

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And she's like, Yeah, typically we do all of them ourselves.

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We don't have I got married down there.

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Did you?

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Yeah.

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Wow.

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Not at the Gasparilla.

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Okay.

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No, no, no.

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I mean, it definitely has its We did not have Gasparilla budget, but it, but yeah.

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No, we got married in Boca Grand.

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And the band was decent, but I just thought it was just really interesting what they're playing, peak hour, you know.

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Like, give me an example.

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Still Juice by Lizzo.

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I'm like, who is playing that song still?

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Not me.

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I mean, I I had its moment.

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Right.

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You know what I mean?

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Right.

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Then they went into get lucky, and some of the other ones, I'm like, but the the timing just seemed weird.

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Like we're in, then they go into uh some more Motown stuff, and this is like towards the end of like the party of the main party.

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I'm like, you have 30 minutes left.

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That's kind of how you're programming it.

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It just seemed kind of off.

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Right.

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But I was there for about Did they have people going?

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Did it feel like people were into it?

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Yeah, I mean, they had 290 people.

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You're gonna it doesn't matter if you lose 100, you're still gonna be good.

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Good point.

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But they that gave me a lot of wiggle room because I knew coming into the after party, I'm like, oh, this is gonna be an easy slam dunk.

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I'm playing for two hours, yeah, basically.

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Right.

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So they walked in ready shit faced.

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But and ready.

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Like I they held, I mean, I'm shocked they drank as much as they did all weekend, yeah, and still had it together by 1 a.m.

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It was 11 to 1.

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And uh that's a cool bar though.

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Oh, it's a great bar.

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Yeah, and the sound in there is it feels packed.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Um, I'll put it.

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I didn't know they let people play in there.

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I've never seen a DJ in there.

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I couldn't believe it either.

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Yeah, but shout out to Malik's guys.

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I mean, Rich, Johnny Rich.

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Johnny Rich was awesome, but also just the uh they had another lighting person who kind of did the lighting.

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It was great, everything was good.

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So then I go to this North Carolina one, right?

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Right.

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30 people at this uh I forgot the name of the venue now.

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The Bradford.

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The Bradford, yeah.

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Have you played there before?

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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A million times.

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Interesting spot.

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Yeah.

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Um you didn't like it?

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I thought it was interesting.

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Very uh, so she was looking for a European style dining experience.

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I don't know what that meant.

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I didn't know what that meant.

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I'm like, okay, and I could kind of see it.

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They had the cafe style lights, the building's older.

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So they had everything out on the lawn, nothing indoors.

00:16:12.559 --> 00:16:13.360
Oh, interesting.

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All outdoors.

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Interesting.

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So they had the front lawn, which is where they had the ceremony.

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Yeah.

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Then the back lawn.

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Yeah.

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That had the cocktail.

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Under the stars.

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Under the stars, no tent, no tent.

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And then so it was hot.

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Oh boy, and it was hot.

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That's balls.

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There's no wind tunnel in that spot.

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So that fan saved me.

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Yeah.

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Um, but the I had never done a wedding like this before, where it was five courses, five straight up courses where they're like all of the people come in, they set it all down.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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And so to keep it interesting, I'm like, we got five courses.

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This is like almost a two-hour dinner for 30 people.

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Wow.

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So I'm like, and they pray and like and the planner sold them on the Brian B experience.

00:16:58.559 --> 00:16:59.279
Uh and you know what?

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She's seen me at Engage, she saw me play not a party.

00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:04.319
I don't think she's ever seen me play a party before.

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Actually, she has seen me play a party, but not at Engage.

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Yeah.

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I think she was so impressed with the programming.

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Yeah.

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So she's like, This guy is not gonna play your standard dinner stuff, and he'll come up with ideas.

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Yeah.

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So we get on a call, and I'm like, listen, if we gotta do two hours of dinner, we gotta keep it interesting.

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And even me playing some of the stuff we've played on the show or on the podcast, like, I can't play that for two hours.

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Right.

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It's gonna feel off.

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Like we gotta have movement.

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So I said, Why don't we theme every course with a different style of music?

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Right?

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I can't wait to hear this.

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So she loved the idea.

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The client did, and so did the planner.

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And so she goes, the first course was you know, some kind of salad or whatever, but it she said, I really want a European stuff.

00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:48.079
So why don't we go Bridgerton vibes?

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Like almost like vitamin String Quartet, Brooklyn duo.

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They weren't doing that for the ceremony anyway.

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So I said, Why don't we just go with that kind of theme?

00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:56.559
Uh-huh.

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The second course was like a pasta dish.

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So I'm like, why don't we go Italian standards?

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You know, like, you know, all the Sonatra Rot Pack stuff, all that kind of stuff.

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Yeah.

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The third one, they love country, and they were having like a meet.

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So I'm like, that was like the main.

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So I was like, oh no, there was some kind of other one in between.

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I can't remember.

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.720
Um, so we went a different style.

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:16.079
Then we went to country music.

00:18:16.240 --> 00:18:20.960
Yeah, I liked country, and then we went to like a more modern pop era for all five, right?

00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:21.680
Pretty dope.

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Yeah.

00:18:22.079 --> 00:18:26.720
So it actually, like, I don't even know if people got it that we because I mean you were playing it live.

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I was playing it live.

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I mean, the planner didn't even realize that she had forgotten that we had talked about this.

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And then she came up to me and she's like, Um, so the music's changing so much.

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I go, Yeah, yeah.

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Remember we had that call, we're changing it.

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She goes, Oh, yeah, I totally forgot that.

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I bet they don't even remember that they said that because it would the call was so long ago that we had had.

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Oh then did you feel like it fell upon deaf ears, or do you feel like it helped?

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I think it helped.

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Oh, a thousand percent helped.

00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:55.920
I mean, if we stayed in one genre or a mix of genres for two hours.

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Right, right.

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And then I was worried about the dancing.

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I'm like, oh, this is gonna be interesting to see if we can get 30 people up here because they were a mix of older on a Sunday, non-holiday.

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Were they drinking?

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Yeah, but wine, you know, it wasn't like you know.

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But although that one we did, they got turned up on wine.

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Go ahead.

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So they did it.

00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:17.519
Uh, I mean, they got out there, they danced for a little bit.

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It wasn't a long dance set because we had two hours of dancing and noise ordinance.

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I'm sorry, of dinner, yeah.

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So we had noise ordinance.

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Yeah.

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So we had maybe 45 minutes, was the which was about the amount of time we needed.

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Oh, I was about perfect, completely sustainable, totally perfect, small crowd, Sunday night.

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Yeah.

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Crowd, uh, the bride and groom said this is exactly what we envisioned.

00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:37.599
Right.

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You know, yeah, but it couldn't have been three different types of shows so different from one another.

00:19:42.960 --> 00:19:48.880
But I wanted to hit this point, and I don't we talked about planners a couple episodes ago, the negative.

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No, hold on.

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Before we don't, I don't, I'm not, I don't want to pigeonhole and stereotype all planners into the disappearing act, by the way.

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I'm giving up and I did say I love working with planners, as do you.

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I do.

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I don't want to do that shit ever again.

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Right.

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Because when we were in that low, you know, 795 range, yes, you're doing all we did it all.

00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:08.880
Yeah.

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I had the best experience with this planning group.

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Wow.

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Um, out of anybody I've worked with, this probably ranks in the top three.

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And I I just was blown away by all of it.

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So, first thing I wanted to share was that I got an email two weeks prior with like, here's the final everything.

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Yeah, right.

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So I put the email and we'll put it up here.

00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:40.400
But basically, it was just again two weeks early, so not week of, because sometimes some planners send stuff week of, and you're like, dude, we're three days beforehand, and you're sending me this thing, and it's a 16-page email.

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You know, I gotta go through it all.

00:20:42.160 --> 00:20:42.400
Right.

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:45.119
This was like, hey, here's a hyperlink, find details here.

00:20:45.200 --> 00:20:48.480
So I click this, and then we go to the next slide.

00:20:48.880 --> 00:20:51.039
Um, it's a Google Drive.

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They have day of timelines, design, yeah, layouts, everything individualized so that I don't have to go through a 16-page document to pull out all the stuff.

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So I thought, okay, cool.

00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:04.720
At least we got the timelines in one folder.

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So I click on the timelines folder if we go to the next one here.

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These were all individualized for each vendor.

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Dude, I was about to say, mine last weekend was like this.

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Incredible.

00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.240
She it said full timeline and then bun timeline.

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Yeah.

00:21:20.799 --> 00:21:23.279
So this is done by category for each person.

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:26.000
So if we go to the next slide, I kind of broke it out.

00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:30.799
So they literally what would have been like a 16-page thing, and you go to the next one was um two pages.

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Yeah.

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And if you go to the next slide, and then they had at the bottom all of the vendor contacts with their Instagram, yeah, all their phone numbers.

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So if I need anything from anybody, yeah, it was right there.

00:21:44.240 --> 00:21:44.640
Right there.

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:48.480
So I just off the get, I was like, this is incredible.

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This is how every planning service should put it together.

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Absolutely.

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In my opinion.

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Yeah.

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100%, man.

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100%.

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I get an email.

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I'm sorry, I get a text on the Friday before.

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So I took a screenshot of it if you want to go do it.

00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:02.559
So this is from the assistant.

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:02.799
Yeah.

00:22:02.960 --> 00:22:06.480
She's like, hey, Brian, Ally and Lauren here from the planning company.

00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.839
You're not gonna shout out the planning?

00:22:08.079 --> 00:22:08.480
Yeah, we can.

00:22:08.559 --> 00:22:09.440
Lionhouse.

00:22:09.519 --> 00:22:10.880
Um why would we not shout out?

00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:12.559
I don't I have nothing against.

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I think they're great.

00:22:13.599 --> 00:22:13.839
I know.

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I just want to make sure you were on Friday.

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We're so excited for this wedding.

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If you need anything at all, just let us know.

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I mean, they sent this to my guessing here, but every vendor on their thing.

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Yeah.

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And just like the time it takes to actually have to craft something, even if it's a copy and paste, just to be able to send, yeah.

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I thought that was such a huge thing.

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:38.079
So, anyways, they sent this out two days before.

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I think that was the biggest takeaway for me was the fact that, hey, I'm not getting this day of, I'm getting this two days ahead of time.

00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:55.519
So if I need to have any conversations with them, I have a direct text message to the things that we're talking about, like in the previous episodes about planners where I'm saying, hey, message them before the end of the night to go, hey, what are we supposed to do?

00:22:55.680 --> 00:22:57.039
I'm already, I'm already in a text thread.

00:22:57.359 --> 00:22:57.599
Yeah, yeah.

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You're already down there.

00:22:58.880 --> 00:22:59.359
Right, right.

00:22:59.519 --> 00:23:08.480
You know, and then they did a rehearsal the Saturday before, or so the the night day before she goes, Hey, um, the the the bride really wants to come down at this time.

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Do you think this is okay?

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Like asking my uh take on how the the processional song is gonna go.

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And of course, I'm like, I trust you with whatever you think is gonna happen.

00:23:18.480 --> 00:23:24.160
But again, I just love the fact that they're including the DJ in some correspondence ahead of it.

00:23:24.240 --> 00:23:28.960
I have her information, and then just doing it as detailed as it is.

00:23:29.039 --> 00:23:29.599
I was just blown.

00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:34.079
I remember talking to you the day after on that Monday, and you're like, man, I was blown away with Lauren and her team.

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:34.960
Like the killer.

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:37.519
Like we were even talking about getting them to help us with some stuff.

00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:38.079
Yeah, yeah.

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.720
That's awesome.

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And I just told and I, in fact, I told Lauren, I said, listen, I've worked with some pretty heavy hitters.

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You have if if anybody can say they've been around the country and work with some absolute hitters, it's you.

00:23:50.720 --> 00:23:51.039
Yeah.

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And I said, you are operating at that level for this area.

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You should be, you will be killing it because there's no reason you can't.

00:23:59.039 --> 00:24:06.480
Your vendors are gonna love you because you're treating them in such a professional manner and you're not re-reducing them to just a vendor.

00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.119
You know what I mean?

00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:09.680
Like you're making them partners, literally, creative partners.

00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:10.160
I love it.

00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:15.119
So wanted to shout them out, but also just say that like it can be this positive of an experience, right?

00:24:15.359 --> 00:24:16.160
You know, for folks.

00:24:16.400 --> 00:24:16.720
Nice.

00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.599
I love it, man.

00:24:17.759 --> 00:24:18.640
Let's hit the question.

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00:24:20.559 --> 00:24:22.720
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Question of the day.

00:25:44.240 --> 00:25:50.799
All right, today's question comes from Instagram, which again, our Instagram is at Beyond the DJ Booth.

00:25:50.880 --> 00:25:53.759
Is it at the Beyond the DJ Booth podcast or at Beyond the DJ Booth?

00:25:53.920 --> 00:25:55.599
I think it's just at Beyond the DJ Booth.

00:25:55.759 --> 00:26:00.960
Now I'm now I have to pull out my phone and make sure because I don't want to steer these folks the wrong direction.

00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:02.160
Let's see.

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:05.119
It is at Beyond the DJ Booth, right?

00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:17.279
So if you want, so what you're gonna want to do is go to at Beyond the DJ Booth on Instagram to see all the clips from the show, ask us, graphics from the show, ask us questions, um, make sure you're following that account.

00:26:17.440 --> 00:26:27.039
Anyway, from Austin on Instagram, how do you feel and what do you do when photographers or videographers say they are leaving at a set time?

00:26:27.359 --> 00:26:29.839
For example, the dance floor opens at 7 30 p.m.

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They leave at 8 p.m.

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The reception ends at 10 p.m.

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How do I feel about it?

00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:37.039
I hate it.

00:26:37.279 --> 00:26:38.160
And what do you do?

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.440
I don't do shit.

00:26:39.759 --> 00:26:52.799
I'm not gonna I'm not I mean, unless I am implicitly told by the couple to change the direction that I'm normally gonna play, I don't give a shit that you're gonna leave.

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:54.640
You're gonna miss the best party ever.

00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:55.119
Yeah.

00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:59.839
But I'm not gonna tailor my dance set because your contract is short.

00:27:00.000 --> 00:27:00.400
Yeah.

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.319
I mean, what what say you here?

00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.880
What's going on?

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:07.680
No, I I the only thing I was thinking of, and he didn't ask this in the question, but maybe I just took it this way.

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:12.240
There's been times when a photographer is like, you don't know this information sometimes.

00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:18.559
Now I do, but early on in my career, I would not get this intel sometimes until I show up at the venue.

00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:24.000
And they're like, hey, we're only here till right after the dinner, so we need to rush all of these formalities.

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:25.839
And I who said that?

00:27:25.920 --> 00:27:26.640
Who told you that?

00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.440
The photographer.

00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:28.079
Nah.

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:30.799
And I'm like, listen, I'm sorry.

00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:31.359
Yeah.

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:40.640
You know, but but now I ask in my pre questionnaire, like, how long do you have the contracted um not only videographer, photographer, but also content creator for?

00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:40.880
Yeah.

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:44.079
Do you have all three of those if you have those services till the end of the night?

00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:44.480
Yeah.

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:46.880
So I know ahead of time what I'm running into.

00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:47.440
Right.

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:52.480
But yeah, if they leave early, I mean, it seems like all that stuff's done if they're they're staying till eight o'clock.

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:52.880
Right.

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:57.519
To be honest, man, I I mean, are you seeing that often?

00:27:57.839 --> 00:27:58.160
Not much.

00:27:58.319 --> 00:27:59.039
I'm not either.

00:27:59.119 --> 00:27:59.279
No.

00:27:59.440 --> 00:28:02.960
We used to, and it may be in his market, I'm not sure where Austin is.

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.519
Um we're not seeing it that that often, are we, Saquon?

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:11.200
Um, yeah, usually they stayed a whole time.

00:28:11.359 --> 00:28:11.519
Yeah.

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:12.319
That's what I mean.

00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:23.680
Even last, even at that 46-person wedding, yeah, we were all sitting there getting a bite to eat, and and they were like, um I I was just we were sitting with the videographer and the photographer, and I was like, uh, you guys here the whole time.

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:25.119
And they were like, yeah, 10 o'clock, right?

00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.079
It was an early window.

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:27.440
We were like, yeah, 10 o'clock.

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:33.200
I was like, cool, you're gonna see CO2, you're gonna see, you know, private last dance, you're gonna get everything.

00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:37.920
Because now so many are doing private last dance, or they are doing glow sticks, right?

00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:39.200
They are doing a CO2 game.

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:43.039
And if you leave, you're gonna miss some absolute gold footage.

00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:45.519
I had one Sunday where they did leave early.

00:28:46.079 --> 00:28:50.880
And I think where it kind of was a little bit frustrating was the dinner was delayed.

00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:51.359
Yeah.

00:28:51.599 --> 00:28:52.880
Which threw off the schedule.

00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.279
Yeah.

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:54.480
And she's like, I leave.

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:56.960
And we hadn't done formality dances yet or anything.

00:28:57.200 --> 00:28:58.640
And so she's like, I leave at whatever.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:29:05.440
And I'm said, Well, I'm gonna check with the bride and groom, see if they wanna rush into that or if they just want to enjoy dinner and capture it on their phones.

00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:06.400
I I don't know yet.

00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:07.519
Let me ask.

00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:16.960
Why would the provider, the photographer, videographer, or whoever needs to leave early, not just walk over and go, hey guys, I know we got a little bit behind.

00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:20.079
You know, uh for an I can stay another hour.

00:29:20.160 --> 00:29:23.359
It, you know, it'll be 200 bucks and I'll send you an invoice.

00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:23.839
Yeah.

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:25.759
Is is it that big of a deal?

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:27.680
Like what where are you trying to go?

00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.359
Your day is cooked.

00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:35.920
Yeah, you know, like I I just I can't imagine walking out of somebody's wedding.

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:41.279
Listen, now, if it's in the middle of dancing and you think you've got some good dance footage and whatever, sure, okay.

00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:43.839
And your contract's over, maybe you gotta go.

00:29:43.920 --> 00:29:44.160
Yeah.

00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:57.200
But I mean, if you haven't captured like her dancing with her dad or or him dancing with his mom, like uh there's there's no part of me that as a shooter I'd be able to just be like, yeah, I'm done.

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:57.599
Yeah.

00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:58.559
I'm sorry, man.

00:29:58.640 --> 00:29:59.839
I don't care how long I've been there.

00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:05.279
How hot I was, what my contract said, I would figure out a way to make it another hour.

00:30:05.440 --> 00:30:07.759
And that's that's how I feel about DJing too, though.

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:09.119
Like exactly.

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:12.400
Why are we nickel and diming these people for an extra hour?

00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:26.240
Like, why not just add it to like are is the margins that thin where you feel like you would lose the sale if you added in, let's just say you were gonna stay an extra two hours to the package price or whatever the quoted price.

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:29.279
So that that way you can cover their entire stuff.

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:30.079
You know what I mean?

00:30:30.400 --> 00:30:31.519
That's kind of the way I am now.

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:33.759
It's like here's the price for me to come out and do it.

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.880
I'm bringing all this stuff.

00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:35.200
Right.

00:30:35.359 --> 00:30:36.000
You know what I mean?

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:40.880
It covers the ceremony, cocktail hour, CO2, all the lights, sound, blah, blah, blah.

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:41.839
It covers the day.

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.880
Here's my price.

00:30:43.119 --> 00:30:49.920
And if they they do an after price separate, but obviously with this, I'm like, if I go over 20 minutes, am I gonna send them an invoice for a hundred dollars?

00:30:50.079 --> 00:30:50.559
Absolutely not.

00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:56.400
It just seems it's it's it's petty, it's childish, and it's just juvenile pricing.

00:30:56.559 --> 00:30:56.960
Yeah.

00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:57.680
Anyway.

00:30:57.920 --> 00:30:59.039
There we go, Austin.

00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.640
I hope that helps, man.

00:31:00.799 --> 00:31:02.559
So well, let's thank our sponsor here.

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.920
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00:31:04.480 --> 00:31:05.279
You thank the sponsor.

00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:07.279
Yeah, I think I love DJ Event Planner.

00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:12.000
Actually, um, we're doing uh in my coaching group, we're doing a uh review of planning forms.

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.480
Yeah.

00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:15.039
Um actually, shout out DJ Shine again, man.

00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:15.839
He did his.

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.880
I was shocked.

00:31:16.960 --> 00:31:18.880
I haven't been using it for my planning.

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:22.799
His planning form on DJ Event Planner pimped out.

00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:25.279
Like colors, I mean, all of it.

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:27.039
I mean, I don't know who he used to do.

00:31:27.359 --> 00:31:39.039
There are a couple of third-party integrators that will go in there and like reprogram your I mean, for as much hate as they get sometimes for looking kind of dated, yeah, it's possible to make that look good.

00:31:39.279 --> 00:31:39.599
Nice.

00:31:39.759 --> 00:31:40.720
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00:31:40.799 --> 00:31:43.839
So if you're looking for a CRM and you don't have one yet, you should get one.

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.519
Um I would definitely consider it.

00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:48.319
Uh and DJ Event Planner has been a staple in this industry.

00:31:48.480 --> 00:31:51.119
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00:31:51.279 --> 00:31:52.319
Definitely recommend it.

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.640
Thanks for supporting us on the pod.

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.119
Yeah.

00:31:55.200 --> 00:31:56.240
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Uh, and yeah, we'll see you guys on the next episode.

00:32:04.079 --> 00:32:04.480
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00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:09.119
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00:32:12.880 --> 00:32:13.359
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00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:13.680
Peace.

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