bLoviator wrote:
Bloviator wrote:Those B-day tweets were a failed attempt at self-promotion, self-validation, and look at me attitude, and it utterly failed. Not one like or retweet, although now that it is again being pointed out, I am sure there will be one by none other than "Look at me Mike."
While the weather has been been fairly mild, something tells me its pretty chilly and cold for Mike at home.
Oh, now bragging to deaf ears for one his daughter....how special...and making memories at an afternoon wedding. What a family guy.
Ken - how appropriate is it to tweet out pictures of a wedding you are DJ'ing? Seems like you would need or should have permission from the wedding couple or client. Maggio's Restaurant anyone?
Ethically, I don't have an opinion. If he wants to claim that playing music makes him the guy creating memories then so be it. I guess there are couples who will read the tweets and fall for the elf-promotion.
But after filming 600 weddings and DJing 100, my experience is that the family and friends create the memories on a wedding day. I just capture it on film. And when I DJ I don't inject myself into the day. I don't take selfies and post them all over my Twitter and FB page. Occasionally, I see couples that I have worked with before and have become friends with and I we get a picture or two.
And the worst is when a DJ has to scream out in between songs to get your hands in the air or clap along to a song, like they are playing Simon Says with a bunch of kindergartners. And every guest in the room os rolling their yes when they turn a 3 minute part and bouquet toss into a 15 minute comedy routine.
These are all Mike Rossi traits at weddings. This is the BS they used to do in the 70's and 80's, like Jerry Blavat (The Geator with the Heater), whom everybody considers cheesy and out-of-date.
I am FB friends with all the best DJ's in the area (I don't FB friend shit wedding vendors), as well as the owners of all the big companies, and none of them do this cheesy crap. They play music. They make professional announcements. In some cases they have to run the party because the hall manager is a slouch. But they NEVER try and become the center of attention.
It's the bride's day. Not the DJ's.