Can a wedding still be fun without a DJ?

Question

I was planning on burning cd's instead and just announcing the garter toss,cake cutting,ect ourselves.

Answer 1

Just ask a friend to change the cd's and announce those things.

We asked different friends to prepare something for in between the soup, the main and the cake.

Answer 2

I beg of you YES! I can't stand a DJ.  

Answer 3

Yes it can.  If you have a big enough boom box with great CD's for different tastes, and that you have someone watch over the Boom Box CD Player, you can have a lovely wedding at a fraction of the cost.  The cake cutting, garter toss, should be announced by either someone in your family or the owner of the wedding venue where you are having your wedding.  So, don't worry.  My husband gave me a beautiful birthday party with family and friends for 50 people and my sons arranged a boom box with great CD's and it was a blast..dancing and a great evening was had by all...so go ahead and have a great wedding.

Answer 4

Yes, plenty of people do that.  

Answer 5

heck yeah! That's how I'm planning on doing mine. I think DJ's can be pretty tacky most of the time. Have the best man or maid of honor do the announcing for you and then it's all covered. Good luck and have fun!

Answer 6

Of course it can! That's what I was going to do for my wedding. All you have to do is play it loud and get people to dance! Just as fun as any DJ!

Answer 7

You absolutely do NOT need a "professional DJ" to have a good time at your wedding! But, one piece of advice- try to get a friend or family member to do the disc changing (and all of the announcing) for you. I've seen it done where the groom kept messing with the CDs and he never got a chance to actually dance and enjoy the wedding. You don't want to have to worry about all that on your special day!

What I would do is make the CDs, number them if you'd like, and be sure to tell/write down the last song on each CD for your friend/family member, so that they're ready to change it out when the last song is ending, and not running around trying to find the next CD--- akward silence----. As suggested before, ipods (or really any mp3 player) would help resolve this problem... and it would be a lot easier for you to search through your songs if you were looking for something specific!

Good luck!!

Answer 8

Sounds great to me.  Just keep piling on the danceable music and you'll get people up to dance.  Have music going the entire time, though, don't let the CD's stop, or your guests will think the fun is over.  

I've had bad experiences with a DJ too.  One of them was totally rude to me until the bride got on his case.  He was so rude, people were leaving the reception.  And the bride had to ask him to pack up and go before he stopped blaring the music too loud for a small tent, and making obscene comments about people dancing.  The rest of the reception, he glared daggers.  What a chimp!

Answer 9

Yes. The fun starts much later,

and you don't have to play the song:

I "shoud have" danced all night. <}:-})

Answer 10

Duh,save the extra money n u choose the songs to be played n have fun,imma do mine lik tht

Answer 11

Go for it.

Answer 12

With modern electronics you can have a blast without a professional DJ.  Just have someone burn a bunch of songs from the internet and give him the job of doing the DJing.  Give him a play list, a script for events and just hope you pick a person that is up to it.  I am sure your future husband has friends that would be willing to do it.  Just make sure he doesn't get drunk too fast lol.

Answer 13

it will still be fun ... if you have drink :D ... but part of a wedding is people dancing and people can not dance to a garter alnight !

Answer 14

yes, my dad has a five cd disc changer and that;s what we used. No probs at all.

Answer 15

We deliberately don't want a DJ. We're having a friend of the family run the CD's (iPod as backup) and our MC will announce whatever is needed. Too many DJ's see themselves as entertainers, and we didn't want to hire a personality for this. The friend doing the music is a musician, and so he will understand that we want *music*, not someone to tell us how we're supposed to be dancing.

We're avoiding the licensing issue by using music we own (provided that the new copyright law doesn't have loopholes not letting us do that), but if you want to have music that you don't own, look into an AVLA license, it lets you have variety.

Answer 16

Sure.  Another suggestion is to make playlists on your ipod and hook it up to speakers.  Who needs a dj when you have an ipod?

Answer 17

Of course - the purpose of the Wedding is to get married - everyone else is their to witness that - and yes, the burning of CD's, etc. will be fun.

Answer 18

You can make it a perfect wedding by doing that not only are you cutting the cost but you are putting a personal touch on it... I would suggest having someone else do the announsments, but give them a detailed time to do what you want like 7pm announce the flower toss 830 do the cake like that so you have some order I have alot of cost cutting tips email me or message me kellb732002 is id for yahoo....Good luck and congrats!  

Answer 19

I'm sure you could, then again, you may need a DJ to play them every time you need to do a CD change. Plus I'm sure people want to dedicate songs to you and your spouse to be.

My brother and sister-in-law burned CDs too, but they had a DJ play them. I'm sure a wedding could still be fun.

Answer 20

thats sounds ok to me. good luck

Answer 21

negative

Answer 22

Heck YEAH!!! I got my brother to do the "DJing" and he had a blast doing it and then we got the Best Man to do all the announcing... it was soo much fun.. but we just hooked up a couple of laptops (with Itunes) to the reception halls PA system... it was great..  

Answer 23

We're just making a playlist for the ipod and hiring some big speakers. That way we get exactly what we want in the right order and save a heck of a lot of money.

Answer 24

we did the same thing and we had alot of fun  

Answer 25

all you people that are saying there is nothing wrong with it has obviously never been involved in a wedding to where there is no DJ and the wedding party, family of the bride/groom, or even the bride and groom themselves are in charge of the music/announcements.  i'm sure that is exactly what these people want, is to have an obligation on the night that is supposed to be a party, that they have to make sure they music is always playing and that everything goes right.  fork out the dollars and hire a LEGIT company.  not "Joe's DJ Service".  and all your worrys will be out the door, and nobody at your event has to be responsible.

things that can go wrong with an- I-pod wedding.  nobody wants to stand there and change the song every 3-4 minutes.  people get paid to do that, your guest would much rather be partying with the rest.  would you rather like your introduction to be "ladies and gentlemen, our guest of honor have arrived, and would like to be introduced.  so if everybody can please rise to your feet and put your hands together, for the first time as husband and wfie, "mr. and mrs. John Doe".  or would you rather have "uh, is this thing on?  testes... testes... ok, um, well they're here.  and they want me to do the introduction, so hi.  uh.....uh....  so lets being them in.  make some noise for Jane and John".  really nice...how about your FRIEND is playing the disc that you put your first dance as husband and wife on, and surprise, the song stops because you illegally downloaded it on limewire.  your father/bride dance songs quality sounds like something you recorded from your record player on to a cassette tape.  and no matter wwhat you think, you do NOT have the collection of music that a professional DJ has.  everybody has different taste.  a DJ's job is to have music from EVERY genre, it is not Tim the best man's job to load his I-Pod to all 200 guests taste.  Again, hire a legit company that purchases all their music.  from collections from the 50's-90's and an up to date monthly subscripition for all the newest stuff.  and you will have the relief of knowing that for you, your DJ has 1.  Sat down with you and gone over everything you want to happen at your wedding  2.  Prepared a schedule that you and them have concluded on.  3.  Given a week-of pre-call to confirm that nothing has changed  4.  called the hall manager to confirm setup time and to go over schedule  5.  and lastly, has done HUNDREDS of wedding.  we know how they work and what has to happen for it to be a great reception.

in conclusion, Yes, i am a DJ on the weekends, and i absolutely love it.  quit being cheap and hire somebody that you can have confidence in holding the responsibility of your wedding day.  our last questions really hits it on the head.  "but what are some good speakers to use"  hire somebody that knows something about it.  PS  if you're needing a DJ in Dallas, check out the 2nd link.  the 1st link is the national franchise link that anybody reading this can use if i changed your mind and you might want to look into using a REAL DJ.

PLEASE WATCH 3RD LINK FOR A GREAT MOVIE CLIP ON WHY YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS!!!

Answer 26

As long as there is music no one will care.

Answer 27

I think djs are honestly annoying. They talk on and make little remarks like it's a nightclub while noone cares to listen, especially the elders. The only little games and all are so easy to do with the bridesmaids and groomsmen coordinating them all. All the best and good decision!!!

Tip: don't use cds but use an ipod instead. It takes up all the songs and it's much better sound quality. Backup another ipod in case and attach them to the stereos. Download some remixes of songs you like as well :)