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  • June 2, 2012 at 4:47 pm #1005475
    Dj Reklusive
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    sounds like u got the best possible outcome, no performing for bridezilla and u got payed. win win

    June 3, 2012 at 12:21 am #21229
    Todd Oddity
    Participant

    I had a couple like that once – sold the show to another company and walked away. Take comfort in the fact it probably would have been a ridiculous pain in the ass dealing with her anyway.

    June 3, 2012 at 3:47 am #1005492
    Reason808
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    Think of the poor groom who’s stuck with her for the rest of his life! You got away from her and got paid for it. He’ll need an expensive divorce. Nobody can win against a control freak that bad.

    June 3, 2012 at 5:56 am #1005496
    Steelo
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    She just doesnt understand the difference between a DJ and a jukebox. She probably just was too lazy/ignorant of music to make up a playlist herself so she just wanted it done for her. Don’t forget that this is probably the most important day of her life so her stress level is through the roof + its not uncommon for “professional” DJ services to have a song collection list. I’m not making excuses or condoning her behaviour but it sounds like you did yourself a favour cause you still get some coin and not have to play such a lacklustre gig. You’re a brave man playing weddings! Way too stressful for me and I can’t deal with playing crap music.

    June 3, 2012 at 9:24 am #1005514
    Terry_42
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    I agree with steelo. The amount of stress involved in a wedding can be terrifying, even for the bride herself.
    I played a wedding shortly ago, when the time came to play more dance songs as the old audience had left and the young wanted to party the bride came shooting to my booth in tears, she had totally forgotten to tell me about a song she soooo loved to dance and all her girly inner circle, she wanted to bring the CD and WAAAAHAAAAAA. Thanks to digital I saved the day by quickly tethering my iPhone and getting the song from iTunes (I normally do not do that, but before she had a total breakdown …). She seemed pretty normal the meeting we had before the gig, where she gave me her recommended playlist…. but she forgot that song and hey the stress to get it all just right….

    So just shelf this under: Weddings can be very very very strange…

    June 4, 2012 at 4:31 pm #1005580
    J-Zed
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    reason808, post: 21358, member: 831 wrote: Think of the poor groom who’s stuck with her for the rest of his life! You got away from her and got paid for it. He’ll need an expensive divorce. Nobody can win against a control freak that bad.

    This is the first thing that came to my mind.

    Other than that, women who are getting married are more crazy than they normally are. Steering clear of that wedding is probably best, some people are just never happy.

    June 4, 2012 at 6:31 pm #1005593
    Chris Collins
    Member

    After a few days, I’m pretty much over it, but boy was I angry last week!

    Agreed all around. Weddings can be fun, but like any job, it has its pitfalls. My biggest regret is that I was *trying* to help her, and feel bad because I “couldn’t”. Oh well, some other dude’s problem now.

    June 4, 2012 at 7:33 pm #1005606
    D-Jam
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    It sounds like the bride wanted deeply to not have her wedding end up an electric slide/cha cha slide/twist/hokey pokey lame night. She’s probably being lil Miss Type A and thus wants full control over every tiny thing. I’m watching female friends get that way now with their own wedding planning…scary.

    My suggestion (I know you’re not asking for it) would be to just pick 20-30 songs based on the few she gave you, and send that to her. Just say “based on what you picked, here’s my suggestions”. I have a feeling she’ll know songs by sound, not name…so you giving her a list might give her peace of mind and thus she’ll leave you alone.

    In all honesty…this is one of the reasons why I never do weddings.

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