I am thoroughly disappointed with Music by Robert and most definitely do not recommend him. He was very rude, gossiped about my wedding to other vendors, didn't follow through with any promises (including playing only 4 songs we requested, and then didn't play them at the right time), and didn't follow the schedule that was provided. He caused drama, and numerous guests complained about his work. Unless you'd like your wedding almost ruined, don't hire him. I would give him 0 stars if I could. If you'd like more details, keep reading... When he arrived at the wedding venue, he was grouchy and rude. The venue employee instructed him to park in a small parking lot that was near the ceremony location, but Robert and his wife, Jessica, insisted on having a permit before parking there, despite the fact that the employee approved them for the space and assured them she would not have them towed. Because of this obstinance, my mother-in-law had to walk back to the reception site to get the permit and move her car so they could have her spot, leaving the rest of us to wait for further pictures, which set us behind schedule. Robert and Jessica also didn't have enough extension cords for the wireless microphone because they never looked at the venue beforehand to see what they'd need. Robert was incredibly grumpy about his own lack of planning, and made my other mother-in-law go get some extra cords we had on hand. While he was waiting for cords, he told my officiant "Out of 1,100 weddings I've done, this one is the worst." Not only had the wedding not even started, the only reason there was drama was because of him. His comment was extremely unprofessional. He told my officiant because he believed him to be another "vendor", but he is actually my dearest friend. Robert didn't intend on this comment getting back to me, which makes me wonder what else he said about me or my wedding. Once inside for the reception, he played songs meant for dancing during dinner, and vice versa. I emailed him about this beforehand, noting which group of songs was for which time slot, along with the link to the walk down the aisle song, but apparently he only saw the link (or chose to ignore my requests). During multiple phone conversations, he promised to play every song we requested before playing his own choices. He played 4 of our nearly 50 requests. Instead, he went around each table and asked my guests what it would take to get them on the dance floor. Guests complained that they couldn't understand anything he was saying on the mic system because he was far too close to it. He was responsible for announcing tables to go get dinner, and caused more drama as some tables got seconds before some tables got firsts because of his terrible ability to properly use a microphone. Immediately after our first dance, he announced cake cutting despite the fact that his schedule said it wasn't due for another hour. Not only were people still eating because of the chaos he created during the dinner line process, but the ones that had actually gotten food on time weren't ready for dessert yet (hence the proper timing on the provided schedule). My groom and I decided to follow his incorrect instructions because half of our guests were watching us and we wanted to avoid the embarrassment of appearing unorganized at our own wedding. The other half of our guests couldn't understand him, so they missed our cake cut. They only realized it was cake time when they saw the guest cake brought out to the tables. On my way over to the cake cut, Jessica acted as messenger between Robert and myself, and stopped me to ask what I was doing. She claimed that he just "needed to know what was going on", even though she had the provided schedule printed out in her hand! I still don't understand why I was asked what was happening when we were following the cue her husband gave. It seemed they were the ones that didn't know what was going on. I highly suggest you don't hire Music by Robert, but if you do, get all of his promises in writing. He pushes for phone conversations, and now I see why. There's little proof of his promises because he knows phone conversations aren't recorded like text is. He did whatever he wanted, which was as the exact opposite of what I was promised. He even went so far as to find me during dinner and say, "I'm playing exactly what you asked for!", which is an outright lie. I wish I could get my money back. Robert and Jessica were a nightmare. I was promised that they'd do whatever I wanted to make my day as special as I'd envisioned it, but instead they brought drama, difficulty, chaos, confusion, and an almost disastrous night. If it wasn't for my photographer, they would have successfully ruined the wedding. Many of my guests not only complained about him, but actually asked for his name so they could know to never hire him. One guest said, "I don't know where you found that DJ, but he was awful." Let that quote be the summary! read more

Hired Robert of "Music By Robert" and his business partner, Randy, for my wedding in 2010 and was extremely please with the service I received from both. Robert was always available (and called me back promtply when not) to answer question or concerns I had, or even just to express my feelings about something completely unrelated regarding my wedding. Robert became a great friend and anytime I need something (like lowering vocals on a certain song to enhance the instrumentals or finding a purely instrumental version of another song) he was always very eager to help me out. Robert was already scheduled the day of our event so Randy was our DJ and was extremely receptive to our musical tastes, wants, and not-wants. I was a very particular bride (not bridezilla but had some definite desires) and both were understanding an receptive. For example, my husband & I wrote our own vows and I wanted a particular song to fade in at a precise moment of our ceremony, so it would be "just perfect" when were were announced as husband/wife and walked down the aisle. Randy only required an hour or so notice -- I gave him a copy of the vows and wrote it where the music should begin to fade in -- of this and he did it PERFECTLY. The image of our officient ending a lovely, moving quote then announcing us as man & wife while the music slowly faded in for our guests to hear (one not overpowering the other) still gives me that 'lump in the throat'! I highly recommend "Music By Robert" for any and all events where a DJ is needed! read more

I used Robert for my wedding about four months ago and I still get upset with his attitude and lack of attention to detail when I stop to think about it. My father daughter dance, which I had thought about since I was a little girl, was basically ruined when Robert didn't follow the instructions I had given him. We were dancing to a long song so decided we would invite other fathers and daughters to join us for the end of the song (it also happened to be fathers day, perfect) BUT Robert didn't wait until the last verse of the song to invite everyone else out. Instead, he invited them out before the chorus had finished! I was SO upset... my dad and I barely had our own moment, and when Robert tried to fix it it actually made it worse. I only write this review becuase here I am, four months later, still upset about this huge mistake he made, which could have all been avoided by just LISTENING to what his bride wanted and FOLLOWING the very clear timeline. There are a lot of other reasons I would not reccommend him - such as his attitude toward my other vendors as well as my family and even my now husband! He also threw in a lot of "surprises" which I"m sure would be okay with some brides but honestly I had put a lot of time and energy into planning the day I had envisioned and I really didn't appreciate Robert's personal touches that he had not ran by me. He also likes to turn it into a "Robert show" and seems to think the day involves HIM much more than it really does. Fortunately I don't think the guests caught on to a lot of these things, but if I had it to do over, I know I would NOT hire Robert again. read more

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT hire Music by Robert. I wish I could leave a lower rating. My wedding was almost 5 years ago and I'm still not over it. Not sure why I never thought of Yelp as a place to leave a review. It's been posted a few places here and there, but not Yelp. But if it helps just one couple, even 5 years later, it's worth it. Backstory. My wife and I found Music by Robert and his former associate Randy at a local wedding event with vendors, etc. We were extremely turned off by Robert. No way in hell would he DJ our wedding. But we really liked Randy and he was extremely passionate about what he did. We hired Randy the next day for our July wedding. This was in January, so even though we were a little late in hiring a DJ there was still 6 months before the date. Fast forward to the last week in June, less than 10 days before the wedding. I get a call from Robert and he says that Randy has left the company to go to another company, but luckily Robert had a cancellation and could take our event. From our position, we had to accept it. How were we going to get another DJ less than 10 days from the event? We just had to cross our fingers and hope for the best even though we were incredibly nervous. Our concerns and initial thoughts on Robert were correct. He played explicit music, repeatedly hit on our guests with creepy sexual innuendos, and made himself the center of attention both before and after the best man speech and my speech. By the time we got around to the bouquet/garter toss we just told him to forget it. We were done with his antics. We already had numerous guests approach us and ask us who the DJ was; they were all very eager to voice their complaints. Not only that, but he brought his wife as an "assistant". Guess it made for a nice weekend away. When confronted at the end of the night he denied everything. But 10 days before the event, what were we to do? A couple of weeks later I was able to track down our original DJ, Randy. I told him how disappointed we were that he left and told him the story of Robert's horrendous behavior at our wedding. Randy was shocked and not shocked at the same time. Apparently this is one of the reasons Randy left the company. Typical awful behavior. Not only did Randy tell Robert he was leaving the company in February, he promised that he would fulfill all of his commitments. Yes, February. 1 month after we hired Randy, and still 5 months before the wedding. Up until 10 days before the wedding, Randy was planning on being the DJ at our wedding...until Robert had a cancellation. He called Randy and told him that he had an opening and could handle our wedding. Randy was ok with it, if it was ok with us. Robert flat out lied and told Randy he had already spoken to us and we were ok with the change in DJ. Just flat out lied. So if you want a dishonest DJ who hits on your guests, plays unrequested music, lies, and makes your event about him, hire Robert. I recommend you don't. I will continue to leave reviews in forums and places where I may be able to help couples avoid this situation. I've also routed reviews and complaints through the Better Business Bureau. I don't even know if he is still in the DJ business. I sure hope not, for the sake of weddings everywhere. I'm hoping this was helpful. read more