This review is long overdue! I was at a Mehndi party last night with Magic Mike DJing and chatting…read moreup with 3 people. Two had him at their weddings and the third at his FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!! I got married two years ago and chose Magic Mike as my DJ. I didn't see the point of experimenting with new DJs- there's a reason he's been in the industry for so long: 1. He is able to feel the pulse of the crowd 2. He is extremely genuine and warm So many people asked for his number after the wedding. I'd be shocked if he's not booked till 2020!

Beware! Out of over 500 reviews, I've only given a handful of poor reviews. I gave all the vendors…read moreat my wedding 5 stars except for Mike. As Mike has been in the business for 20 years and the glowing reviews on Yelp, WeddingWire, and the Knot, I made the mistake of booking him. Mike loves to march to his own beat and is extremely disorganized, ill-prepared, lazy, inattentive to details, unprofessional, outdated, lackadaisical, and quite frankly a bozo. While I was impressed by all of the vendors at my wedding, I was seething and cringing by Mike's countless mistakes. As other Yelpers have noted, Mike is highly skilled at mixing beats for Hindu/American fusion weddings and getting everyone to hit the dance floor. However, Mike caters to the crowd rather than to the bride and groom. There's "no magic", here are Mike's top 8 blunders which I confronted him at the end of my wedding night: #1: Using an old schedule that was 2 months old! After 3 phone calls with Mike and sending him a few revised schedules based on feedback that he provided, he used the 1st schedule that I sent him with wrong bridal party names, songs, and times! He neglected all of the changes that we discussed on the phone and failed to use the new schedule that I sent a week before the wedding like he requested. When 5 names are mentioned, but only 2 women and a man walk out to "Sister Sledge" playing, that's a blunder! #2: Missing Cues/Repeated stepping of glasses. My fiancee and I are highly private people and don't enjoy long kissing sessions in front of our parents and friends. We actually took out all kissing pics from our slideshow. During the reception, after a big frown and shaking of the head after the 1st stemming of glasses, Mike initiated and continued to round up the crowd for additional stemming of glasses. It got so bad that some of the bridal party members broke some of the glasses in retailation. The stemming of the glasses is a topic that I also wish Mike discussed with us before the wedding so we could have easily prevented this embarrassing mishap. #3 Announcing the grooms name first and then the bride's name. A big no-no! "Peter and Aarti Pruitt". Mike believes in men first, even at weddings. #4 Playing songs on the "Do NOT play list". I hate "Gangnam Style" with a passion and it was among the 20 don't play list. Not only did Mike happily play the song, but he refused to change the song when I asked him to! That wasn't the only one... #5 Begging for a Big Tip. Mike isn't shy about charging top dollar $3K and the audacity to ask my father for a big tip before the event! The bozo loves to overpromise and underdeliver. My dad was way too nice to tip him $200. As a firm believer of tips, I honestly would NOT tip him. #6: Trying to Upsell at the WRONG time. Mike and I had a couple of minutes before the reception started. Rather than using this crucial time to discuss making any last-minute changes to the schedule (ex. moving things up as we wanted to skip sunset pics due to the weather), instead Mike kept trying to repeatedly sell us on the dhol guy. I hate BHANGRA, why would I pay extra for it? #7 Forgetting to play the cake cutting song. I was looking forward to hearing my favorite Baby Love during the cake cutting, too bad I never got the chance to hear it! #8 Not taking full ownership. After confronting Mike about all of the blunders listed above, he kept deflecting and making excuses. Despite repeated emails and phone calls before the wedding, Mike was very ill-prepared and was "winging" it at the wedding with sheepish grins. While I appreciate Mike's apology for his mistakes in a follow-up email that he sent, he doesn't take away from the painful memories that I experienced due to his careless mistakes. He single-handedly ruined the reception. Not once did Mike make it about the bride and the groom, it was more of Mike's day and pleasing the crowd. If you want to make your day special, I recommend tuning him out and enjoying the beat of someone else.

We were fortunate to lock down Dre for our New Haven wedding in August, and she met our…read moreexpectations in every way! We couldn't have asked for a better DJ. She had everything organized for our ceremony, cocktail hour, and receptions. Everything was seamless. She followed through with our recommendations, provided amazing input, and was hit with our guests. Our planner and the rest of our team loved working with her as well! If you are lucky enough to work with Dre for your event, you are in good hands!

Beat Train was a great find in the midst of all the wedding vendor options. They were affordable,…read moreeasy to connect with, and professional throughout our time working together. We hired DJ Dre for our wedding in January and loved working with her! She is upbeat, kind, and fun. Our family and guests had nothing but good things to say about her. Our wedding was a culturally mixed affair, with a wide variety of music tastes and preferences. Dre did a great job incorporating all of them into the mix, bringing everyone out to the dance floor. She was receptive and took time prior to the wedding date to get to know us, our vision, and showed up prepared and invested for our meetings and the day of the wedding. She took our creative ideas and ran with them, putting together an incredibly fun script to introduce a game we made up for our guests to play at our reception. Her enthusiasm took it to the next level and had all our guests engaged and creating lasting memories. Thank you DJ Dre and Beat Train for being a beautiful part of our big day!

My wife and I could not be happier with CSE. Throughout the entire process Jon was beyond helpful…read more He kept us calm and assured us everything would be perfect and that is exactly what it was. Pete and his team on the day of were exceptional. They brought all of our planning and our vision to life. We cannot recommend them more and will definitely use them again in the future.

My husband and I had the best experience with CSE during both the planning stages of our wedding…read moreand the day of the actual event! The planning was 100% stress free thanks to Jon and CSE's experience and professionalism. They certainly went above and beyond in making our vision for our wedding a reality by creating a gorgeous custom backdrop for our red carpet photo-booth that incorporated our wedding guests names and ensuring that the dance floor was full all night long. We were even able to obtain NYE party favors and play a live feed of the ball drop at midnight as our wedding was also a NYE celebration. All in all, Jon and CSE are amazing! Our friends and family keep complimenting us on our DJ, we all had a blast, and Tom and I will certainly be booking any future entertainment needs through CSE :)

I've been very fortunate enough to have been able to book my wedding through Desi Experiment LLC!…read moreThey worked with me and my fiance every step of the way and were patient and understanding of our needs. They worked with our schedules and ensured us that our family and friends would have great entertainment the entire time. DJ Darshan and DJ Ashish were phenomenal and professional MC's and kept everyone on the dance floor all night with their extravagant music and lighting. We definitely recommend them!

From the owner: DJs, MCs, Sound Engineering, Sound System Rentals, Lighting, Audo Equipment rentals and sales,…read moreSound Technicians, LEDs, Projectors and TVs, Dancers, Dholis, Bands, Wedding Planning, Live Bands and more.

Hired for a School Dance with the photo booth! They were awesome! Kids had a blast and they…read morecommunicate very well!

From the owner: Mobile dj for all occasions Fully insured…read more Up light wireless Custom gobo design name Speakers and subwoofer Low fog machine dry ice New equipment all the time and back up Professional Mc for announcement and get the party pump up Arabic,Polish,American music Photo booth service

We booked Ambient DJs for our wedding reception on August 24, 2024. We worked directly with Gregg &…read more he did not disappoint. He was attentive to what we were looking for, professional, responsive to our messages & met us on a few occasions when we asked, personable, easy to work with, laid back, fun, friendly & overall had good vibes. He kept the party going, knew when to step in & step back. Gregg knew what kind of vibe we were looking for & executed it perfectly! The planning portal was super easy to use & had tons of recommendations as well as pre-made playlists of different genres for cocktail hour. We added on the photo booth service as an extra & everyone had a great time taking photos. Thank you so much! I highly recommend DJ Ambient & will be using them again in the future for any DJ services we need.

Gregg was the DJ and Emcee for my mother's 65th birthday. From the planning to the day of, he was…read morehelpful and communicative. He managed us smoothly through a couple hiccups during the party itself and kept the dance floor lively. I loved the LED lights, it really set the vibes. His assistant Charlotte was very helpful as well. Filipino parties can be quite extra but Gregg's experience really shone. Thank you both for making my mom's night so special!

Yes!!!! Give these folks your business!! My Sister's had hired a company (Dream Factory) to do a…read more18th Birthday and Graduation balloons for my son AND a Sweet 16 bouquet for my Daughter on a different day. These kids have been through a lot, not able to finish out Senior year, no prom, no graduation, no celebrations for these monumental events.. we thought we would cheer them up with ballon columns. PAID them well in advance of our date needed and they charged an additional $100 for delivery, so basically would have been over $300 for each order. Well they were NO SHOWS the Day of, I called an hour AFTER they were supposed to arrive for the 18th bday and they said 'oh it will take us a few hours' then they decided they wouldn't come at all because we were 'too far away' (even though they charged us $100 for the 35 min drive) So needless to say we needed to find another company for the 16th bday celebration and boy are we glad we did!! Total Party not only delivered a beautiful bouquet for the sweet 16, but they arrived EARLY!! My family was so happy with what they created.. thank you for making our Daughter's quarantine Birthday a special day!! We will pass your info to everyone we know! THIS is how a company should be run!

Highly recommend Dori and Total Party. Dori was the decorator for my daughter's bat mitzvah. She…read morebrought our vision to life, and it looked more amazing than we could ever have imagined. Dori is a pleasure to work with very creative and down to earth.