I should have known better. This company didn't have a yelp page for a reason.
I hired Fidel 'Jr' Lopez for my wedding, and it was a nightmare. He absolutely ruined most of my wedding. Let me start from the beginning here..
We met w/ Jr. Lopez, whom is also a radio DJ (we heard great things about him from family friends...) I asked him very clearly, if i give him a list of songs, can he play them? I know some DJ's can be super touchy about that which is why I made it very clear that I have a list of about 30 songs that MUST be played before hiring anyone. He was enthusiastic and said yes, of course anything you want. So we signed the contract. Now, we only needed him to play for two hours really since we had bands covering most of the night but we of course wanted him there for backup the entire night and he also convinced us to purchase lighting from him.
About three weeks before the wedding, I asked when he needs all my info to him (first dance, etc, etc) he said whenever he'll make it happen. He seemed great at first, super flexible. Even told me that I don't need to pick the color of the lights until the day of if I really couldn't decide.
So about 5 days before the wedding, I sent him a list. The list was pretty easy I mean all very popular songs (spice girls, selena, beyonce) VERY common songs. I told him that the songs all hold some sort of meaning and are important, he responded "don't worry about a thing, it'll be great". I felt reassured, but shouldn't have.
Our first song was "Die w/ you" by Beyonce. Now, this song is a Tidal exclusive, but I thought he would research before hand be prepared. For some reason two days before I had a gut feeling. So I emailed him, and asked if the song was okay if he had a Tidal or if we'd need to pick a different song.. no response. I assumed it was all okay.
So the day comes and its a nightmare from the start. He was playing Norah Jones to start the night........ norah jones is not even remotely close to my list. I though to myself, maybe just a mistake, oh well I can deal w/ this. Our planner came by to tell us the first dance would start in 4 minutes, so I stopped drinking and eating and prepped myself. 20 minutes pass, 30 minutes pass, no we are WAY behind on schedule and I'm confused what's happening. My MOH goes to talk to him, apparently he never downloaded the song and was trying to download now but couldn't figure out what version. Seriously? My poor planner was going crazy trying to get him to move, about 10 more minutes pass after he told my MOH he got the song and would announce first since (he never did) so my husband and I had to get up DURING DINNER to go talk to him, how embarrassing is that??? He made me LISTEN TO THE SONG to approve it and refused to play until I did... cringe. It's all downhill from here, people.
In short, the rest of the night he player ZERO of the songs I wanted, he didn't know my dads name, kept announcing his name incorrectly (which will be on video... cool), my husband had to tell him MULTIPLE times to play the songs I asked him to, he ignored him EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.
I burst into tears because of how terrible the music was. Nothing can change the awkward dance floor on my wedding, him not even pronouncing my dad's name correctly (or even having the right name), and the terrible timeline which made everything else feel rushed. He absolutely ruined so much of the wedding for not just me, but my husband, our guests, our family, everyone.
AFTER ALL OF THIS, his VERY LAST SET he played TWO SONGS that I asked for.. TWO... and had the AUDACITY to come up to me and say "was that better". Seriously? I was crying because of how terrible you were!! You didn't play my deceased mom's favorite song, my mother in law's favorite song, the song that ALL FOR ONE SANG LIVE FOR JOSE AND I WHEN WE WERE IN ENGAGED.
Anyway, don't hire this guy, he's a jerk. read more