I’m way behind in this blogging thing. I’ve just been so busy this past summer and haven’t had a chance to write about all the great weddings we’ve been working. So a couple things to summarize the past couple months:

First off, thanks to all the Platinum Mix DJs and Videographers. Platinum Mix set a company record for number of DJ events AND number of Video events….so yeah…we were crazy busy in August. Everything ran smooth and that couldn’t have happened without everybody’s cooperation so thanks guys for all your hard work!

Congratulations to Brendan & Luci, married on July 28th! Brendan always does an awesome job DJing weddings, so of course I wanted his wedding to be perfect. Myself, Paul T. and Brendan’s other DJ friend, Stu, worked together to DJ his reception at Petruzello’s in Troy. We kinda took turns with all the MC & DJ duties, which worked out great because that gave all three of us the opportunity to party it up a little ourselves (yay! DJs never get to do that!). We even got to bring a date! Great night!

We all have been doing a pretty good job of getting pictures uploaded to our “Hot Shots” photo galleries, so if you are curious about all this dee-jaying we have been doing, you can see the most recent pics here: http://picasaweb.google.com/platinummix

Oh yeah, and about those “Hot Shots” photo galleries….if you are considering hiring Platinum Mix to DJ your event but you DO NOT want pictures posted online, don’t worry…..we always ask our clients before their events if they want their free hot shots, and if you say no, then you won’t see any pictures from your event. Also, if we dee-jayed an event for you already and you were wondering why your pictures haven’t been posted yet….its probably because you either indicted “no pictures” on your planning form, or perhaps you left it blank (in which case we assume you don’t care).

2 new guys started in the past couple weeks. Welcome Evis and Bruce!

Evis is going to be doing a little bit of everything. So far mostly, he’s been doing video work. I’m really impressed with how quickly he is getting up to speed with editing, and can’t wait to see how he does when we have him out video-taping next weekend. This past weekend he assisted me at Connie & Mike’s wedding. Connie & Mike ordered our Signature Wedding DJ package and he worked the “video box”, meaning mainly he was responsible for keeping something playing on the video screen. I was mixing music videos, but for songs that we don’t have the video for, Evis would mix in Connie & Mike’s photo montage, and ambient videos. He did an excellent job! He’s also great at fixing stuff. He doesn’t know it yet, but he’s going to spend the slower winter months fixing the piles of broken dj equipment I have so I can put it on Ebay!

Bruce is a friend of Jill’s. (Jill does video for us) Jill thinks that Bruce would make a great wedding DJ and after working with him Friday night, I would have to agree. He has the perfect personality, a good knowledge of all types of music, but most importantly, I feel that he has the ability to sense the “vibe” of a party. That part is impossible for me to teach, if somebody wants to be a DJ, that’s gotta come naturally.

And of course......thank you to everybody that hired Platinum Mix to DJ or video their special events the past couple months!!