Elite Signature DJs

If I could give no stars I would, where to start we set up a play list it was ignored. My husband asked if they dj knew how to mix and blend he said he did… NOPE he hid behind the speakers never mc’d at all we danced when he played 3 of the 30 songs we selected. He sucked to the point I sat down and told the groom to get him out. The party upstairs was jamming so we went there. We wrote elite and never received an apology, however my husband was told by kristie claiming to be the owner that she isn’t about customer service… really that’s clear. DON’T USE THIS COMPANY I COULD HAVE FLOWN A REAL DJ IN FROM MARYLAND. INVEST IN A SOUNDBAR AND PLAY YOUR go on the Cincinnati bbb website I wish my husband had

Thank you, Elite Signature DJ’s and especially WILL, for making our combination 30thBirthday/​Graduation party a HUGE success!!! After searching for RESONABLY priced DJ/​Karaōke service for over a week, I got an email from Elite. I called Dave (I think, I’m bad with names!!) and explained what I wanted and what my budget was. Most places I talked to would only do the «DJ» part for the amount I had budgeted. Dave was very cooperative and worked with me and my «money»!!! One DJ service I talked to wanted DOUBLE what I paid Elite!
Everyone had a great time, singing and dancing! Will is an amazing DJ! If no one was dancing to a particular song, he quietly faded it out and another one in!!! Everyone that requested a karaōke song, were accommodated. My sons (Birthday Boy and Grad) said it was their BEST party ever! (And this is the HIGHEST compliment a Mom could ask for!!!)
THANK YOU AGAIN!!!

I had dj Mike for my wedding reception last year. He did everything that I asked him to. I was not a bridezilla that demanded for my playlist only. My guest had a lot of fun and he was dressed well. What more can I ask for? This review is exclusively for the Skokie, IL company.

To All Future Brides,
My experience is one that I would pray that no other bride will ever have to live through. DJ Mike and Elite Signature DJs was the worst decision that I made during my wedding process. Attempting to save a few hundred dollars was a serious miscalculation on my part and I wish that I would have paid the extra money to get a true professional to mc my one and only wedding reception.
The first conversation with DJ Mike was unpleasant and I thought that maybe I was just having a bad day or I was being emotional & misread him because I was stressed/​exhausted over the wedding. I was sorely mistaken. This man was the most unprofessional, disrespectful, rude, obnoxious, sarcastic, cynical, sorry excuse for a DJ that I have ever seen.
I asked for formal dress. Instead he attended my reception in sloppy attire that I wouldn’t walk my dog in (oversized red long sleeve shirt 3 sizes too big, baggy black pants and scuffed shoes). I honestly believe he did this on purpose because I texted him a single change request the night before my wedding. My fiancé wanted to come into our reception to a different song, based upon his response the next day, this was a unreasonable request.
His attitude was horrible the day of, he had a heated argument with my wedding planner, he told her that «My wedding was a sinking ship and he was ready to get off!» and he was openly rude to my guests that stopped by the booth. This is completely unacceptable behavior and my wedding coordinator reached out to inform the company of this the next day; they made excuses instead of making an attempt to rectify this horrible situation that I had to experience on my special day.
If you know like I know, select a reputable DJ that knows how to treat a paying customer, understands the value of quality service and professionalism. Don’t try to save a few dollars and have your reception ruined by an overzealous ego driven DJ that could care less about your one special day.

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I trusted that a moderately priced DJ couldn’t screw things up if I was really specific in my instructions. WRONG. I contacted them 6 times during the 6 weeks before our wedding to tell them I was going to provide a USB with all the songs we wanted to play and I just needed to know how to get it to them. They finally got the DJ to call me 10 days before my wedding. I overnighted him the USB with our songs and an instruction sheet telling him what to play for the last song of the night, what kind of music we like/don’t like, how to pronounce peoples names, ect.
DJ Mark called me the Monday before my wedding at and I asked him if the instructions and name pronouncing made sense and he said he would let me know if he had any questions.
Wedding day: During cocktail hour I stop over to see if he has everything or has any questions, he says no. As we are lining up to do introductions we quickly figure out he «never saw» the instructions sheet in the package with the USB. I about had a panic attack. My Husband was so pissed he almost stopped the introductions to go into the hall and yell at DJ Mark. It was awful.
But it gets worse. I had to get up from my dinner to interrupt DJ Mark who was chatting away eating with other vendors to do toasts that should have already been done.
We had 3.5 hours of dancing time. Our USB contained 2 hours and 45 minutes of «must play» dancing music and 45 minutes of «suggested» music. Needless to say not only were «must play» songs not played, but three times my husband or I had to tell him to turn whatever song he had put on off. We didn’t want requests, but he took them. He obviously didn’t even listen to the songs we sent to know if they were fast or slow because the whole night was choppy and all over the place. He would stop songs abruptly before they were even over and it would be silent. It was all around terrible.
This is from one of our other vendors:
We did want you to know about a couple more issues regarding your DJ. At dinner, he made comments about your music choices and the song you wanted to start your dancing to. He said your choice of Michael Jackson’s «Starting Something» was bad and that he really thought no one would dance to it. He also said you wanted songs played in the order you gave him. We both noticed his lack of enthusiasm.
When «open» dance was ready to start, he just stood there. I was the one who went to find you to get the dancing started. Then, he commented again about how no one was dancing and just stood there. I again came out to get you.
During dinner, we asked him how long he had been a DJ and if he still liked his job, his answer was, «not when I have brides like this.»
I know us telling you this has to be upsetting. I am sorry you have to work with vendors like this. Just for the record, you were a great bride to work with!