Ra-Mu The DJ

There are several ways to spot a whack and untalented wedding DJ…Below are 10 tell-tale signs of whackness.  Process with caution.

If your wedding disc jockey is guilty of of the tragic flaws below, there a good chance you may have accidently hired a whack and untalented dj.

10.  Get’s Grandma’s Bingo Buddies To Become Fans on His Facebook Page.

9.  Charges Extra To Bring Music.

8.  Eats More Wedding Cake Than All of The Guests Combined.

7.  Starts His Own Wedding Group.

6.  Does Karaoke DJ’ing More Than Two Times A Week.

5.  Is the president of the “Clay Aiken” Fan Club.

4.  The Pastry Chef Does More Mixing Than Him.

3.  Consistently Clears The Dance Floor Before 8pm.

2.  Thinks Merengue and Salsa is “Ricky Martin”.

1.  Initials are Luke Renchan Jr.

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Local Celebrity DJ continues to make the case for the best in Rhode Island as he sits atop the verified review list of WeddingWire.com for the ocean state. Will this trend continue? Ra-Mu and the Crew is predicting another year of happy brides.

Apr 08, 2010 – With 66 verified reviews on WeddingWire.com,  Ra-Mu and the Crew stands out from the pack.  Page upon page of glowing reviews offer insight to why Ra-Mu and the Crew may be the most popular and visible Wedding and Special Event DJ in Rhode Island.

“Wedding season is upon us and we’re pretty excited about the upcoming year.  From intimate affair of 80 people to multicultural affairs of over 300, we intend to wow audiences from March to November”, says Ra-Mu.

WeddingWire has been a major part of Ra-Mu and the Crew’s success.  The online wedding planning service recently acquired WeddingBee and Project Wedding increasing its online viewership tenfold.

“Brides are calling us saying that they read our reviews online and are subsequently requesting a consultation. 2010 will be our busiest year yet despite the recession”, says an exuberant Ra-Mu.

Below is a clip from a 2009 Wedding at Kinney Bungalow in Narrangasett, Rhode Island 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DQ4lwU-7N4&feature=player_embedded

Local wedding disc jockey extends himself to his peer group and offers DJ Lessons to his crosstown colleague Luke Renchan Jr of Lukes DJ Service . Ra-Mu would like to see all Rhode Island DJ/MC’s enhance their disc jockey skill sets in 2010 and 2011.

Apr 11, 2010 – Rhode Island Wedding DJ Ra-Mu from Ra-Mu and the Crew recently offered Luke Renchan Jr. of Lukes DJ Service DJ Lessons.

“I’m a fan”, says Ra-Mu. “I think that Luke has all the potential to be one of the biggest music moguls in the state of Rhode Island and beyond. That is why I want to teach him everything that I know so he can solidify that position.”

Today’s wedding DJ must not only be a great MC but also a great DJ in this highly competitive market. Being good in just one of the aforementioned categories would have good enough in prior decades. The modern bride wants to see a hybrid of both a polished MC and a talented “spinner of tunes”.

“I’d like Luke and I to work on beatmixing and musical sets to keep the dancefloor packed”, says Ra-Mu. “He’s got all the potential in the world and I know great things are going to happen for him. With a little practice and polish, the sky is the limit for Luke Renchan Jr.”.

Below is a dance set that keeps people on the floor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB_mI1KLzzw

About Ra-Mu and the Crew

http://www.abostonweddingdj.com

http://www.theriweddingdj.com

http://www.ramuthedj.com

617-240-0879

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Ra-Mu and the Crew offers high end dj/entertainment at an affordable price. We entertain at weddings, proms, corporate event, and other private functions.

check us out at http://www.ramuthedj.com or call 617-240-0879

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Local celebrity disc jockey Ra-Mu earns WeddingWire’s 2010 Bride’s Choice Award honoring the best wedding planning and service professionals in the wedding business. Ra-Mu and the Crew has won this award in consecutive years.

Jan 19, 2010 – Boston, MA – {1/19/2010} – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, just announced that Ra-Mu and the Crew has been selected to receive the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™ for the wedding disc jockey(D.J.) category.

The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ recognizes and celebrates excellence in quality and service within the wedding industry, as determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 500,000 newlyweds.

Ra-Mu and the Crew is among the top five percent of all vendors in the WeddingWire community, which includes over 100,000 wedding professionals across the US and Canada. Awards were given to winners across 19 different service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers.

“We are excited to recognize and honor the success of the top wedding professionals within the WeddingWire Community” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “The annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program has given us the unique opportunity to highlight the best wedding professionals in each region as reviewed by brides and grooms who have utilized their services in the past year.”

We are happy to announce that Ra-Mu and the Crew is among the very best wedding disc jockeys within the WeddingWire Network, which includes WeddingWire and Martha Stewart Weddings. We would like to thank our past newlyweds for nominating us for the 2010 Bride’s Choice Awards™.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at http://www.weddingwire.com/biz/ra-mu-and-the-crew/eac237 …

About Ra-Mu and the Crew
http://www.abostonweddingdj.com
http://www.theriweddingdj.com
http://www.ramuthedj.com
617-240-0879

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Ra-Mu and the Crew offers high end dj/entertainment at an affordable price. We entertain at weddings, proms, corporate event, and other private functions.
check us out at http://www.ramuthedj.com or call 617-240-0879

http://www.prlog.org/10465318-19992009-look-back-at-10-years-of-the-wedding-dj-business.html

Boston and RI(Rhode Island) Wedding DJ Ra-Mu of Ra-Mu and the Crew looks back at at the last decade in the Wedding DJ business. The overall business of weddings can be summed up in three words: Saturation, Complacency, and the Digital-Revolution.

It’s hard to believe that I’ve been a Wedding DJ for over the past ten years.  What started as a part time job during my college years has led to a gratifying full time career.  I’ve always been a weekend warrior.  In 1999, I had a full time job during the week, and at least 2-3 gigs every weekend.  In 2001, I committed to being a DJ full-time and Ra-Mu and the Crew started to take a life of it’s own.  There are many things that I’ve observed about the industry in the last 10 years-some good, some bad.  There will be a “Part Two” coming soon.  Below is my take in the industry.

SATURATION:

Ten years ago, there weren’t as many DJ’s and even fewer wedding DJ’s.  Being a DJ was a major financial commitment.  Records and CD’s could cost anywhere from $12-$19 apiece.  Records and CD singles were anywhere from $3-$8 each.  In order to build you library consisting of all musical genres, the cost could range from $10,000 to an upwards of $50,000.  To this day, I still have ten of thousands of dollars of orginal records, tapes and CD’s in my basement.  Many DJ’s were part time and let a larger agency book them every weekend.  The part-timers were able to avoid the equipment costs and music purchases by going this route.

I remember hearing about this thing called NAPSTER from my “techie” younger brother in 1999.  At that time, I was spening $300 a week on records and CD’s.  As music became more accessible in the immediate years after, saturation began swiftly.

By 2001, everyone and their grandmother was becoming a DJ due to the fact that music was becoming very accessible  Before then, what separated DJ’s from each other was MC ability, equipment, and more importantly- a vast music library.  If you were booked to do a country wedding and all you had was one Garth Brooks CD, you were bound to fail.  DJ’s with bigger music libraries with a variety of genres  had greater potential to fill  their schedules.

The joke back in 2001 was that if you lost your job, one could spend 1 week downloading, and was that guy was your competition next week.  The Saturation era had officially begun.

COMPLACENCY

The last ten years has echoed buzzwords of complacency in the wedding entertainment.  DJ websites talked about “less being more”, “polished and refined”, and “subtle and unobtrusive”.  Most of the time, those buzzwords meant that some “no-personality shmuck” was going to ruin your reception.  DJ’s became so subtle that no-one knew that they were in the room.  Ubobstrusive meant that the DJ was probably not properly trained to speak and said fewer words than Helen Keller.

I always thought that wedding DJ’s were highly paid entertainers that would give their all to make sure that every event was awesome.  The last decade painted a different picture.  It seemed that “good enough” was acceptable.  At a wedding, if guests ate and danced for 11 minutes, that was “just fine and dandy” for most DJ’s and function halls.  

DJ complacency has lead to disastrous results for couples who have had high expectations.  More sizzle and less steak from wedding DJ’s dominated at function halls throughout the decade.

THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION

There used to a a time when my last $20 for a CD or record purchase would ensure me the pleasure of being one of the handful of DJ’s to drop a certain new song on any particular weekend. Record stores were the gatekeepers for the newer music and if you didn’t want to look lame in front of your crowd that weekend, you would have to go out and buy new music before the weekend.  Now you just dowload everything.  Itunes, Amazon, and digital records pools have replaced my daily trips to Newbury Comics and Tower Records.  I still by CD’s and Records in order to stay away from the “we are family” playlist.

The digital revolution has both helped and hurt the industry.  Major national chain record stores are just about obsolete however their has been a recent resurgence in stores specializing in vinyl.  Everything is mp3 now.  No more CD and Record cases…just hard drives.  No more searching for that “Thriller” album….you just type it in.  If you are any good, maybe you mix it into the next song.

The one good thing about the digital revolution is that most likely, your 1st dance wont skip via mp3.  Back in the 90’s, if a couple was having their 1st dance, and one of the waitstaff bumped into your DJ table, you better hope that you copy of “Endless Love” didn’t have any scratches. CD’s and records always made you hold your breath every once and a while.

CLOSING:

There used to be a time not to long ago where the DJ was above saturation and complacency and had more songs that your average guest’s Itunes library.  Ra-Mu and the Crew contunues to be cutting edge and avoids falling into the the trap of just another wedding DJ.

We will see you at your next wedding reception during the next decade.

About Ra-Mu and the Crew
http://www.abostonweddingdj.com
http://www.theriweddingdj.com
http://www.ramuthedj.com
617-240-0879

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Ra-Mu and the Crew offers high end dj/entertainment at an affordable price. We entertain at weddings, proms, corporate event, and other private functions.
check us out at http://www.ramuthedj.com or call 617-240-0879

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Boston and RI Wedding DJ Ra-Mu starts everyday Saturday morning with returning the days emails and preparing for the 2010 season.  Last Saturday morning, Ra-Mu was greeted via email with interesting commentary regarding one of his many You Tube wedding clips.

“I opened my email to read a rant about how I introduced the bridal party at one recent wedding reception”, says Ra-Mu.  ”There was another rant for another video clip about why I wasn’t wearing a suit jacket while lining up the bridal party in the bridal suite.  Both of these comments came at 7am EST which means that a certain California DJ was really bored at 4am.”

Not one to back down from derogatory feedback, Ra-Mu professionally replied via text comment on you tube.  The email thread is provided below for the general public to decide what was really going on.

“Peter Merry is a well known DJ across the country that serves as keynote speaker at DJ conventions on both coasts.  He boasts a $6000 per reception fee due to his popular demand.  So why would he spend so much time critiquing me at 4am”, inquires Ra-Mu.  ”Could it be that the great Peter Merry feels threatened?  I’m not sure but many of my peer group seem to think so.”  ”Peter is more than welcome to fly out to New England and express his thoughts in person…that’s when I’m no busy doing a function”, says Ra-Mu. “The You Tube commentary is a little immature coming from some 40 something year old DJ”.  ”If Peter is making $6000 per reception, should he be on his yacht or something?” chuckles Ra-Mu.

When asked if he would ever charge $6000 for a wedding reception, Ra-Mu states “If Peter ever had the guts to challenge me to a MC/DJ competition and lost, I guess I would have to start charging $6001 the following week.  Right now, I think that my clients are happy with our reasonable pricing.  Anytime Peter wants to step up his game, he knows how to reach me!”

Below you’ll find the witty banter between Peter and Ra-Mu.  Start reading the thread from the bottom or click on the link below. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-FSpAtEnlc&feature=email

RamuTheDJ (12 hours ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply Boston Brides, one day I hope to be like Peter Merry so I can charge $6000 a wedding and then watch someone else’s clips and take notes
RamuTheDJ (12 hours ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply You are commenting on my you tube clips at 11pm at night which means that you are stalking me or not getting enought gigs
RamuTheDJ (12 hours ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply Hey Peter,
you must be really bored in California because all you seem to do is watch my you tube clips
petermerryjr (13 hours ago) Show Hide  0   Marked as spam Reply And yes…you made my “good DJ” radar…you are a good DJ…not a great DJ…and a below average MC IMO. A spin-off won’t prove the full scope of one’s talent when it comes to a wedding. Wanna prove you are the best…create enormous demand that will allow you to outbook your local competitors at 4-5 times their average prices…then you put yourself on the cover of Time magazine as the best DJ in Boston.
petermerryjr (14 hours ago) Show Hide  0   Marked as spam Reply So if you had added even the simplest layer of personalization to their introductions…the food would have been late? Wow! Funny…I thought it was the Bride & Groom’s celebration…not the caterers. If a full dance floor is the only criteria…then you win. Don’t change a thing. If creating the most fun in the most personalized way possible is the criteria…you are losing big time.

Spin off? Really? Come on…this is their wedding…not the DJ Times DJ Entertainer of the Year Competition.
RamuTheDJ (3 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply Peter, I have to hand it to you. You are paying more attention to this clip than your wife. Connecting the dots would have delayed the food for the facility. Dance floor was packed all night. Job well done again. Maybe you can fly from California and we can have a DJ Spinoff.

When I win, you wont be so “merry”,
petermerryjr (3 days ago) Show Hide  0   Marked as spam Reply Ra-Mu…yes…you got their names correct…kudos to you. You have now delivered a grand entrance that is better than 20% of the wedding DJs out there. But put yourself in the guests shoes…do they all know how those wedding party members are connected to the Bride and Groom? How much effort would it have taken to find out and connect those dots for the guests? Are you just too lazy to be a good MC…or could it be that you are not being paid enough to do your job well?
RamuTheDJ (4 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply If you want to spend $6000 on a wedding dj, please call Peter Merry. If not, Ra-Mu and the Crew’s 2010 pricing is still affordable.
RamuTheDJ (4 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply For those of you watching this clip, Peter Merry Jr. is some hotshot DJ from California that charges $6000 a wedding. I met him once at a DJ convention and bought his book. If he is giving me feedback on youtube on a Saturday morning, I myust be on the “good DJ” radar.
RamuTheDJ (4 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply For those of you watching this clip, Peter Merry Jr. is some hotshot DJ from California that charges $6000 a wedding. I met him once at a DJ convention and bought his book. If he is giving me feedback on youtube on a Saturday morning, I myust be on the “good DJ” radar.
RamuTheDJ (4 days ago) Show Hide Marked as spam Reply Actually the Tirrell room in Quincy is a very nice place and why not greet the crowd and show appreciation that they are there. Without them, there is no reception.

As the video shows, I pronounce names quite well but why have the same monotone introduction for every member of the bridal party.
petermerryjr (4 days ago) Show Hide  0   Marked as spam Reply Let’s start a fun drinking game…

Everytime Ra-Mu says “Ladies & Gentlemen”, “At This Time”, or “Big Round of Applause”…you have to take a shot.

“These people?” You mean the Bride & Groom? Have you fogotten their names already?

And why should people applaud themselves for coming out to the Terrell Room in Quincy? Is that an unusual accomplishment of some kind? I don’t get why I would want to applaud myself as a guest for that???

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Ra-Mu and the Crew offers high end dj/entertainment at an affordable price. We entertain at weddings, proms, corporate event, and other private functions.
check us out at http://www.ramuthedj.com or call 617-240-0879