My friend from West Coast Music referred me to DJ her cousins wedding at the Pandora on Green.  I was honored to be recommended as their wedding DJ in Pasadena considering that West Coast Music is one of best live music providers in the country. 

After a few email exchanges, I met Andrew and Tricia a week later and discovered that we have very similar tastes in music!  It's an indie wedding DJ's ideal client.  Their taste in music consisted of indie rock, 90s hip hop and 90s R&B, and hits from the 80s.  Those genres mixed together can definitely create a wedding dance party. 

For the cocktail hour and dinner portion, I suggested a few genres to match the modern venue and the musical tastes of Andrew, Tricia and their guests.  The cocktail hour consisted of indie, hip "folk" rock music, some jazzy tango type music from France and/or bossa nova.  The music for the dinner portion included classic R&B/soul, 80's "yacht rock" (think Michael McDonald, Hall & Oates, Phil Collins, ect.) and 90's slow jams.  Below are few songs I played during the cocktail hour and dinner.

Cocktail hour

• Hot Chip            Look After Me (Major Lazer Remix) (Diggz Short 75 BPM Refix)
• Thievery Corporation            Heaven's Gonna Burn Your Eyes
• Air            Surfing On A Rocket
• Les Nubians feat The Roots             Sweetest Taboo
• Estelle            More Than Friends
• Choir Of Young Believers            Action_Reaction
• Soul II Soul            Keep On Movin (SSM DJ Friendly Edit)
• Rouge Rouge            L'Amour
• Tone            Rendez-Vous A Minuit
• Funk Como Le Gusta            Vertiplano
• Sergio Mendes            Timeless
• Quantic & Nickodemus                      Mi Swing Es Tropical         
• Thievery Corporation            Samba Tranquille
• Daft Punk ft Pharell Williams            Lose Yourself To Dance (Phase Edit)
• Mark Morrison            Return Of The Mack (Viceroy Remix) [VM EDIT]
• Matt and Kim            Let's Go [DONK INTRO]

Dinner

• The Bird and The Bee            I Can't Go For That
• Tears For Fears            Everybody Wants To Rule The World (Jason Bee Intro)
• Human League            Human [VM EDIT]
• Modest Mouse            Float On
• Wham!            Everything She Wants (Short Edit)
• Billy Ocean            Caribbean Queen (Victor Menegaux Edit)Caribbean Queen (Victor Menegaux Edit)
• Breakbot            Baby I'm Yours (Feat. Irfane)
• Koffee Brown            After Party (SINcere Edit)
• Earth Wind & Fire            Shining Star
• Maze Feat. Frankie Beverly            Before I Let Go (Rowshay Edit)
• Luther Vandross            Shine (Fuseamania Quick Edit)
• Stevie Wonder            That Girl

Besides working with one of my favorite couples, I had the opportunity to help the maid of honor for her surprise speech.  Beverly rapped her speech to the theme of of "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"!  And the crowd went wild!

It was also my first time working with the Pasadena based, Sky Box Event Productions.  Ngoc and Crystal were extremely organized and their event design was very impressive!

Thanks Andrew and Tricia!