One thing in advance: I would give 6 stars if it were possible.
Since music is a very important topic for me, it was not easy to find a DJ. We were searching for a DJ for our wedding for months. I was in contact with half a dozen DJs and we almost hired one, but somehow it was never a 100% fit.
We didn't want 0815 music from the charts, we dislike that. Our musical taste is more in the area of gothic, rock, punk, metal but also 80s, synthwave and selected pieces from other genres; a heterogeneous, not so simple mix.
For this I created a prioritized, filterable Excel/LibreOffice spreadsheet with 882 music tracks, roughly representing our musical taste. A DJ we were in contact with waved us off at this point, saying it was "not the way he would play" (retrospectively, I'm very happy about this rejection).
Carsten discussed our ideas with us in several video meetings. His sympathetic manner and openness to our wishes very quickly convinced us that we had finally found the right man for the job. Apart from his friendly manner, this was of course also due to the fact that we had quite a few overlaps in terms of musical preferences.
The evening itself was musically a complete success. The dance floor was always full, which surprised me a bit in view of the rather heterogeneous audience. Carsten found the right mix of songs from our list and appropriate music that appealed to the broad masses. At times, even the entire wedding party was on the dance floor. Never thought I would see my almost 70-year-old mother dancing to VNV Nation, but the atmosphere was simply unique.
During and after the celebration we were asked by many guests where we found this DJ - long search and a little luck ;)
Who is musically away from the mainstream, I can only warmly recommend Carsten.
Technically convincing were also sound and light equipment. What also had a positive effect on me personally was the renunciation of overpriced apple hardware.
I also found it positive that Carsten can be reached in many ways, besides the obligatory e-mails, Zoom and Telegram were also possible for timely (video) chats.
Price-wise, Carsten does not compete with the discounter DJs at the lower end of the price scale, you have to shell out a bit more money. But that's fine, better to pay a little more and be sure that the music will be great, than to save money at the wrong end and the evening will be crap, because the DJ doesn't understand the audience. The latter I have already experienced a few times at other events, that spoils the whole evening.
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