By Simon Daykin

A few months back I was having drinks with a friend of my sister in law who was getting married, being the music snob that I am, I had to ask what DJ he had hired. He replied that he was using his I-pod hooked into the venue system. He said he had a great play list picked out and he didn’t think he needed a DJ. Of course, I warned him about this. So last weekend I ran into him at the aforementioned Sister in law’s housewarming party…I asked him how it went and he said people hated it, his taste wasn’t in line with all the guests and people weren’t dancing. Sure I-pods are cool and all, but it’s called a personal MP3 player for a reason. It’s your taste and your music. I highly recommend getting a DJ, they can read the crowd and change up the music as needed. Even if you need to trim your budget in other areas to get the DJ, go for it, if no one dances, they will remember that your party kinda sucked. And you don’t want that!