Transform Your Wedding Venue! Stunning!

Sorry for the lack of posts so far, it's been a busy wee start to the year. Happy New Year everyone!

The first gig of the year, I had had the pleasure of Mood Lighting the room as well. I'm sure you'll agree, when looking at the picture, the effect is stunning!

It was taken at the Glasgow University Union, in... Well Glasgow obviously!

Disco Therapy have amazing wedding packages available this year, with Mood Lighting and DJ / Disco for your big day. You can contact us at info@discotherapy.com or give us a call 07946345544


You'll see in the picture, we provide a classy and professional setup, which is befitting of the most beautiful day of your life.

We also got option available, where if you don't want such a discreet setup, we can have a more traditional looking disco, with a massive lightshow!

Take a peek at the picture, I think it speaks for itself!

The Bentley - Next time I’ll bring the camera!

I was back in the Bentley Hotel Motherwell at the weekend. Unfortunately I wasn’t in DJing as I’ve been on a short self-imposed sabbatical from spinning the tunes, which will officially end on Friday!

I went in to set-up mood lighting for a wedding there. In a previous post I spoke about how much I’d always wanted to DJ at the Bentley. Well, the same can be said for Mood lighting it.

I finally got the opportunity to Mood Light it, and… forgot my camera!

I was gutted, but I hope I’ll have the opportunity to mood light it again soon. In fact, I hope to be working with the Bentley a lot more next year and beyond.

Joy, the manager their, is a joy to work with. Please excuse the pun there!

If you’re thinking about having a wedding in the Lanarkshire area, it’s well worth going to check out The Bentley in Motherwell. You get fantastic value for money, delicious food and super efficient and friendly service.

Next time I’ll bring the camera!

How Important is Your Wedding Entertainement?

I was exhibiting at the Tinto House Hotel Wedding show on Sunday. Having DJ’d / entertained, provided Mood Lighting and been a guest there, I feel I’m in a good position to make the comment… it’s a beautiful venue with really friendly and efficient staff.

Whilst there on Sunday, a bride & groom to be commented that they hadn’t booked their entertainment yet, it was the last thing on their list!

Of course, as a DJ who specializes in Weddings, I’m of the opinion that your entertainment should be near the top of your list.

A DJ or a band plays such a huge part of your big day. Your dream first dance can quickly become a nightmare. The vivacious party you envisaged your guests having has the potential to be a damp squib. The success of your reception is a huge responsibility for your band or DJ.

It’s vital that you choose carefully and book in advance. We often take bookings for 2 and 3 years down the line. We’ve even got 2 bookings for 2016!

At Disco Therapy, we are fully aware of how important our role is in your big day... and we don’t take that responsibility lightly! 

If you’ve taken the time to read this, thank you! And, we’d love to hear from you, please leave your comments.

Have you had a great or terrible DJ or Band?

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Oh What a Night... With Chitterybite!

I’ve had the absolute pleassure of working with many bands whilst DJing / entertaining at weddings. However, few have been as much fun as Chitterybite ceilidh band!

I’ve always thought that a disco and ceilidh compliment eachother perfectly. I  often call ceilidh dances when the client hasn’t book a band, but you can’t beat the real thing.

The Chitterybite Ceilidh Band have an established track record operating as a ceilidh collective providing top quality traditional musicians for corporate and private ceilidh dance events, Scottish evenings, weddings and Burns Suppers.

Like me, they place great importance on their role as callers and every Chitterybite Lineup features this important individual who helps instruct with the dances and entertains the dancers with some good crack!

Quite simply, they are fantastic fun!

So, if you want to have your wedding guests groovin’ to disco and jigging to ceilidh, book the perfect combination – www.discotherapy.com & www.chitterybite.com

ttttt, Time Warp

It's not to everyone's taste, which is why I always have a pre wedding disco / DJ consultation, but why not have a bit of fun and teach yourself all the moves to The Time Warp?

At the end of the day, what is a wedding, it's a celebration, so why not have a ball and don't take yourself too seriouslywhilst you're at it.

Go on, make it your dirty secret...

But I'll be testing that you know all the moves when I see you!

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Joys of The Job - Eastwood House

Part of the fun of my job as a wedding DJ / Entertainer is meeting a wide variety of people.

I get to meet all sorts of characters throughout Glasgow, Lanarkshire & Lotian. Of course, I always hope that I do my job well enough that I’ll meet them again i.e., they’ll book my disco services again!

That’s looking at it from a business point of view, but there’s some people I want to meet again, just because they’re really good people.

As part of my Wedding DJ & Mood Lighting service, I meet clients for a pre-wedding consultation. When I first met Marty & Donna Scott for their pre-wedding consultation, I was immediately taken by what genuinely nice people they were.

This made DJing at their wedding at Eastwood House all the more satisfying. It was a fantastic night, with the dancefloor being full from beginning to end.

I feel the more personal touch really makes a difference… Of course I would say that!

I was over the moon it went so well for such a beautiful couple. Congratulations Donna & Marty, a couple I’ll definitely keep in touch with

Best Band In Glasgow?

I’ve had the opportunity to work with some fantastic bands over the years, but I’d never looked forward to working with one as much as BigVern & the Shootahs.

Two weeks ago, in The Glasgow Hilton, there were two stages setup in the main ballroom. One stage was for me and the other... Big Vern & the Shootahs.

I’d heard the reviews, read the client testimonials and watched the youtube videos, which is why I so eagerly anticipated this party.

They did not disappoint!

Even when I was doing my sound checks, their lead guitarist started jamming along to AC/DC’s You Shook Me All Night Long, which was blaring from my PA.

They played crowd pleaser after crowd pleaser, to the point where people were sprinting to the dance floor to boogie along to the soul & funk infused setlist.

Often when I work with a band, I take the opportunity to  have a bite to eat or chill out backstage somewhere, but my eyes were glued to the stage when Big Vern & the Shootahs were playing. I even came away with one or two ideas!

If you get the opportunity to see them or book them... Do it!

Georgian Hotel - Mood Lighting

Mood Lighting - Before & After

We recently Entertained at and Mood lit a Wonderful Wedding in The Tinto Hotel. We took the opportunity to take some pics of the beautiful Mood Lighting, which was blue to match the Brides Maid's dresses...

Click the pic to see a bigger version.

Also, please visit www.discotherapy.com for more information about our Mood Lighting service.

Top 10 Party Classics

There’s a select few songs that have stood the test of time, party classics that still fill the dancefloor. Depending on your taste in music, the definitive top 10 is open to debate. However, we’re going to put our necks on the line & suggest ours. So, in no particular order, here’s our top 10:

1. Billy Ocean – Love Really hurts
2. Candi Staton – Young Hearts
3. Dolly Parton – 9 till 5
4. Queen – Don’t Stop Me Now
5. Elvis Pressley – Burning Love
6. Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
7. Jackson 5 – I want you back
8. Abba – Dancing Queen
9. Kenny Rogers – The Gambler
10. Erasure – A little Respect

These are only our suggestions for a top 10, even this will change by the time tomorrow comes. Try and write a top 10 of your own, which song songs get your bum off your set and onto the dancefloor?

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Wedding Videographer

Being a Wedding specialist, we often bump into other suppliers who offer clients an amazing service. We’re always delighted to recommend these companies to brides who perhaps need pointed in the right direction.

One of these suppliers is Mark Devine from Devine Videos - http://www.devinevideos.co.uk

Besides the fact that mark is an amazing human being, he offers a fantastic service. Like Disco Therapy, he offers a highly personalised service, and has over 15 years experience in producing the best wedding DVDs possible.

Uplighting

I'm delighted to say that Disco Therapy have now added venue uplighting to its services.

Uplighters can change the look of any function room or marquee by adding vibrant colour up the function walls or marquee lining.

This is a brilliant idea for weddings, we can match the colours to your colour scheme, which gives a really personal and stunning effect.

We use the latest LED technology as uplighters, which are low in power and rich in colour. LED uplighters are much safer to use than the traditional Parcan uplighters as they give off very little heat and use minimal amout of energy.

You can choose to have the lights set to static colours, or we can make them part of the light show when the Disco gets going!