A Music Now Mobile DJ

Jack went out of his way to make sure that we had the music we wanted at our event. He was positive, flexible, and helpful in his feedback. He kept our day moving and provided a wonderful ambience to the day. Having him as part of our vendor team made the day flow more smoothly!

We hired DJ Stoney for our wedding back in June 2019 and he was so crucial to the success of our wedding! One of the most important things we wanted out of our wedding was that it was fun - and that was MORE than satisfied with Stoney's charm and emcee skills and how he kept the atmosphere of the night upbeat and enjoyable. Weeks after the wedding, we repeatedly heard from guests complimenting Stoney and expressing how much fun they had.

Leading up to the wedding, Jack was actually our main point of contact - believe he's the owner of Music Now. For music preferences we mainly communicated with Jack, and he had us fill out the questionnaire describing our style and any strict do-not-plays. That questionnaire was then passed on to Stoney, who had a check-in call with us one week before the wedding to make sure we were on the same page. Ultimately Stoney did a great job playing all the best songs that would appeal to both younger and older crowds. I would highly recommend DJ Stoney!

We retained Music Now DJ Services to provide the DJ services for our wedding held at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in June 2019. We worked with the Owner, Jack Crawford, and DeAndre James, the DJ who ran the wedding day event. Music Now provided all of the equipment needed. And by working with Jack in advance, we were prepared with the customized playlist we wanted to create the various moods we wanted throughout each part of the special event. DJ DeAndre responded immediately with all live adjustments requested, and his DJ skills were matched with a great attitude and friendliness that several guests commented on. This is a first-class operation, and we recommend their services to anyone who wants to enjoy their celebration without technical difficulties or other unwanted surprises.

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Jack is awesome. He DJ'ed our wedding earlier this summer and also acted as our main point of contact during the months leading up to the wedding. His music choices surpassed my expectations. He integrated our song requests in very seamlessly while somehow staying true to the wedding vibe (i.e. music choices were country, top 40, pop, etc., in other words all over the place).

His wedding packet is extremely helpful and organized-- by knowing the genres of music we were interested in and the percentage of the audience over 60 years old he was able to intuitively play a lot of great music to pace the night accordingly. He's truly talented. Additionally, he has a great personality and is a lot of fun to work with. He's a legend in the Santa Cruz/Scotts Valley area.

Hired Jack to be our officiant for our wedding and he absolutely killed it. We requested it to be short and sweet and that's exactly what he delivered. He was absolutely perfect for our wedding, on time and on point.

Jack did such a great job as the DJ for our wedding. Hiring a pro like him was really worth it. Even on a hot day, the dance floor was packed, and everyone had a great time. He has a really cool setup that is basically a podium that he brings with all of his equipment, and was up and running within minutes of his arrival at Quail Hollow. He was so well organized, he played all of the special songs we asked for, announced the various dances, and even talked with the other vendors to make sure things were timed right. We couldn't recommend him more.

While we had heard great things about Music Now, we were disappointed by their services. We used Andre as a our DJ and I would not advise using him or Music Now at your wedding. Here are the experiences we had that you should be aware of if you are considering using them: 1) ORGANIZATION: They were very organized in gathering the timeline/information for our wedding and were timely in their e-mail responses. However, on wedding day, we were extremely disappointed in the series of events that occurred.

During the reception, the DJ announced that he was going to play a song for the Mother-Son dance. After 3 minutes of silence, he played a different song. While the owner said the song was not working and we understand this happens, Andre did not take the initiative to smooth over the situation and quickly play something else. 2) MUSIC/TRANSITIONS: While most of the songs played stayed within our requests and Andre did a great job keeping the dance floor full, we noticed that there were hardly any transitions between the songs.

The music went out 2-3 times during the reception and between a few of the songs, it took about 10 seconds for a new song to start playing. We thought it demonstrated a lack of professionalism and preparation. 3) PROFESSIONALISM: After the wedding, I(the bride) noticed a text message from Andre from during the wedding that read "I'm tired but its going." The owner explained that Andre meant to text this message to a friend.

Even if it was a mistake, it demonstrated a serious lack of professionalism on the part of the DJ. 4) FEEDBACK: The groom and I made a mistake when signing the contract and did not realize we would need to pay overtime to cover the length of our reception. This was not brought up to us until minutes before the contracted end time. Fortunately, the owner did not make us pay the overtime to compensate for our negative experience. When providing the owner with feedback, he made excuses for the negative feedback given.

Jack is magical. Seriously. Not only does he spin some sweet tunes, but he has the wedding thing down pat! He found out I was a DIY, budget bride, and he worked his butt off for me. He walked me through the process and even helped out in other areas where I was having trouble. He was practically a wedding coordinator at times. During my wedding he was responsive, professional, fun and just all around awesome. If you're looking for the best DJ, you can stop now. Jack is it.

Music Now DJs were amazing at my wedding! Seriously, my only regret is not hiring them for longer! They were so accommodating and really understood the type of music I wanted to play. I got so many compliments about how fantastic the DJ was, and really I can't think of a single thing they could have done for it to be more perfect. They were so friendly toward everyone, played to the feeling of the room, got everyone dancing, and never missed a beat.

Everything from the music for our entrance, first dance, daddy/daughter dance, mother/son dance, the special song for my mother, and the TWO farewell songs (I couldn't decide, so he played both and it worked SO well) were just perfect. I wish I could go back in time and tell myself "book them for longer, trust me" because I just can't get over how perfect it was.

I also got compliments from my other vendors that needed a mic or amplification that Music Now DJs know exactly what they are doing. They have their job down to perfection. There is no curve ball they can't handle and everyone will thank you for picking a vendor so competent and talented. I can't say enough good things about them, so I will just say a big "Thank you! Our day went off without a hitch thanks to you!" :)

I hired Jack for a destination wedding in Santa Cruz. He was amazing from the start by giving me great ideas and information that was very helpful when having a wedding on the beach. After interviewing a few others the bride, planner and myself (mother of the bride) knew he was the perfect fit. He did an amazing job at keeping everything going at the reception and was excited about helping with the music on the beach which with all my concerns I had, it all went very smooth. I would highly recommend Jack for any party you may be having. Thanks Jack! We are forever grateful! The Loewens'

I met Jack at the Intel event. As a caricaturist of many years I have seen many DJs. Some better than others. Not only did Jack play music of all genres but he was super friendly to all he interacted with. A lot of times a DJ will "hide" in their booth and run a boring playlist and not really interact with the crowd. Not Jack. He served as a great EmCee remindIng the 4000+ Intel employees all that the event had to offer and was just a pro. HIGHLY RECOMMEND HIM!

I cannot say enough good things about Jack and our wedding day DJ Ryan. Jack was super helpful and very willing to meet, email and chat about what we needed. They offer very competitive prices and we were also about to get a discount for booking near the date of the local Bridal Expo! What an awesome surprise! I met our DJ Ryan shortly before our wedding and was so happy with him. Jack did an awesome job pairing us with him. Ryan and Jack had some great ideas and walked through all of the 'important' songs with me.

When deciding on the song my fiance and I would walk down the aisle to (after being married!), Ryan and I got to chatting about my Lord of the Rings loving fiance. Turns out, Ryan is a total inner nerd, too and was sooo excited to help come up with the perfect song. I'm much less into LOTR so I was feeling a little skeptical about walking down to anything LOTR.

Long story short, Ryan compiled a version of the Shire song for us to walk down to! The nerds in attendance loved it and everyone else just thought it was a pretty and cheerful song! Thank you so much for that, Ryan! I was also feeling kind of worried about our crowd getting their groove on but Ryan was incredible about picking the right songs and getting everyone dancing! We highly, highly recommend Ryan (and Jack!)! They were both so great to work with and really helped us make our night unforgettable.

A belated big ups to DJ Stoney! Super easy to work with and smooth on the musical transitions. Thanks!

Jack was the MC/DJ at my daughter's recent wedding June, 2014. Being in the wedding business myself but, different area of expertise, it was great to know I was in good hands. Jack didn't let me down. He did an excellent job with the music, the timeline, assisting where needed in his expertise, also, making last minute adjustments to the timeline at my daughter's request. Will always be a wonderful memorable fun day. Jack of Music Now was a big part of making the day flow smoothly. Great job!

We had Music Now DJ at our wedding at the Chaminade in Santa Cruz. Overall we had a very pleasant experience with them but there were some snags along the way. There was a lot of communication back and forth prior to the event. We felt they were pretty well organized and they were very responsive to our many concerns. Due to some last minute out of control events, Jack our coordinator and DJ told us he was unable to work our event a couple weeks before our wedding.

We eventually found a DJ in the company we thought that would work for us, Jessica. Jack made us feel like he was very concerned with making our day perfect which we appreciated a lot. On the day Jessica showed up on time, was professional and very nice. However there were several glitches that occurred we felt Jessica was not in command of. Examples include music not playing at certain times, misplaying our dual first/second song order request, and most importantly mispronouncing the bride and groom's last name upon entry to the reception.

Most people did not notice the details but of course we did. As I said the overall experience was generally that there was an amazing dance party and that was the main concern. In that effect they did very well. We even requested an extra half hour of music to keep the party going. Music Now DJ is not without faults but they do try very hard to make your event a pleasant one.

We had so much apprehension after our initial meeting with the DJ and unfortunately all our worries were multiplied during the wedding reception. Growing up in Santa Cruz Music Now would always DJ our school dance and even though it wasn't my favorite I understood they were trying to play to a diverse crowd. We began by filling out a questionairre about what type of service we were expecting.

It included a question about the DJ being allowed to eat along with our attire and our choice of songs. We asked the DJ not to eat in the questionairre because its a job we were paying him for a certain amount of time to work for us. It was less than six hours so he could eat before and afterwards and we wouldn't have a DJ chomping down on chicken wings as he called out songs.

He immediately had a problem with us stating on our questionairre that we didn't want him to spend the time we were paying him to be eating. After that he asked us about the type of songs we wanted to play. I told him I liked folksy songs similar to Mumford and Sons, a group that we had as our first dance song, we also stated that we really enjoyed '80s music like New Wave.

His response was to ask us if we liked LMFAO then. I turned to my fiancee and explained the band he had suggested and kinda laughed with her at how horrible a suggestion this was. Little did I know that after making fun of the song and fully stating that was the exact opposite of music we would want he would play that exact song. He asked about our attire and I explained to him that I would wear a morning suit.

He had never heard of it so I told him it was day formal wear equivalent to a white bow tie affair. If you ever see pictures of the English royals at horse races you know what I was wearing. He came in a suit that looks to have been entirely purchased in a Sears clearance bin. All black would have been completely fine or if he wanted to properly match the attire a tuxedo would have been proper.

This suit was an affront to what I had mentioned. After we mailed in our song request form and intimated what type of music we like; Music Now called us to generally imply they don't have any of the music we requested. For a DJ service that brags about how many songs they have I was surprised they had huge disparities in the type of music they own.

The day of the reception, after our wedding, I went ahead and shrugged off his lame jokes and inability to change introductions from what was stated on the chart. I even tried to not pay attention to the horrible selections they have listed for the Father/Daughter dance and Mother/Groom dance. After we received our food I took the opportunity to use the restroom and the DJ quickly walked over to my wife and told her that the caterer had said it was ok for him to eat so he just wanted to get the ok from her.

She did not say yes. She told him to find me, the husband, and ask me. He never found me nor did it seem he attempted to and the next time I saw him he was sitting down at the guest tables and eating while he had some background music playing. It would have been totally fine if he had wanted to eat the food I paid for after the wedding reception had completed about two hours later but he chose to not listen to my wife and grab a plate for himself and ate at the tables while the guests ate as well.

It took a level of audacity and selfishness to have done this that I cannot fathom. For the Father/Bride dance and the Mother/Groom dance he didn't observe the cues both myself and my wife's father tried to give him to transition music or invite people onto the dance floor. My wife's father has bad knees from his time in the U.S. Army and he attempted to get the attention of the DJ while he was dancing because he was in so much pain but the DJ did not pay attention.

After the traditional dances ended the DJ played one warm up song that everyone tried to put in a good effort and jumped on the dance floor. The DJ then played the LMFAO song previously mentioned and it was like throwing a grenade on the dance floor. Something that would become a habit for the DJ. Immediately, every single guest left the dance floor but the DJ continued to play the same song until completion.

We had told him what to play because we knew our guests. After playing no '80s music and continuing to play music no one wanted to hear he came and asked about my feelings about the songs. I asked him if he had our request list and his answer was unintelligible. I suspect he didn't even bother to bring it, otherwise he might have thrown me a bone and played a song or two off it.

The DJ did play requests. That was not the issue. The issue was that after each request he would play something entirely inappropriate to our guests that struck us as out of touch. We had no guest under twenty six yet all we heard was the worst of the newest pop culture songs. Horrible service.