Chris D'Amico is an arrogant tool.
We had left specific instructions as to where he was to set up his equipment. It is the spot in the venue where all the other DJs set up for other weddings. He decided to go against our request, so when we arrived at our reception, he was set up in the middle of the dance floor. When we asked him to move, he refused. We selected our venue because of the look of the dance floor, and we looked forward to having many pictures taken there. His face and equipment are in all of our first dance pictures. Our guests had to dance on the carpet of the venue because he took up so much space on our dance floor. Also we had designed the seating so that the older guests would be sitting farther from the speakers, but he set it up so they couldn't escape the noise.
Also, perhaps because of the location of his speakers, a lot of people complained about the noise level. He told them all that they were wrong; he knows that is the correct level in his "professional opinion". When I asked him personally to turn it down, he simply said "If this is the biggest problem on your wedding day, then things are going pretty well for you." And he didn't turn it down.
We had a choreographed routine for our first dance. He asked us several times to cut it short before we started. This was after we told him that we had spent months taking lessons to choreograph it and that we wanted the whole song. Then, during the dance, he talked over the song a lot. Guests complained about this.
We had asked him to do one extra thing, and he agreed to it. Then he didn't do it, and when we questioned him about it he claimed we told him not to do it. We never told him not to do it-- it was pretty much our only request that we made. So instead of admitting that he forgot, or that he didn't want to do it, or that he can't change from his consistent routine, he tried to convince us that we said something we never said.
He came to me during the wedding and scolded me for spending "too much time taking pictures in the photo booth." Pretty sure I should be the one to make the decision on how I want to spend my time, with my guests, during my wedding... Well apparently he wanted the booth to himself, since we discovered a few pictures of him in the photo booth!! So glad I paid him so much to have my wishes rejected, and his fun time in the photo booth!
He is extremely arrogant. Every meeting with him is spent listening to him brag about how amazing he is. And he lies about his music knowledge. Bring up an artist and he will pretend to know him. Even try making someone up, he will pretend to know him.
Oh and in addition, he brought more people with him than were on the contract, so the venue had to adjust for the extra meals.
So, in summary, if you want an arrogant know-it-all to go against all of your requests and wishes, then this is the DJ for you!
I mean, yes, the guy can DJ and sing. But his attitude and lack of courtesy really detract from it. It's all I think about as I have my pictures printed and can't print any from our first dance because he's in all of them. read more
