About
Music has been the obsession since before it was a job. Here's how it became one.
The Story
It started in a neighbor's living room. Chumbawamba. Barbie Girl by Aqua. Whatever the radio was handing out, played loud enough that the adults in the kitchen could hear. I was a kid who couldn't sit still when a song was on, and the kind of kid who noticed when a song worked.
Fifth grade is when Eminem hit. Mom heard it once and the verdict came down fast: you better not listen to Eminem. So one night I pretended to go to bed, kept the radio on Open House Party with the volume way down, and waited. At midnight they played the number-one request, the song I wasn't supposed to hear: Without Me. One listen. Hooked. A lifelong obsession with music started with a song I wasn't allowed to have.
The DJ board came in 2014. I'd already spent fifteen years building taste — Rat Pack to Lupe Fiasco to LCD Soundsystem to whatever K-pop was breaking that week. The board was just the instrument that let me share it. I played friends' parties for free until someone hired me for money. The first paid gig was a kindergarten Halloween party. I dropped Let It Go and stood at the table watching every kid in the room sing every word — a room full of people lost in a song. That moment is the thing I've been chasing ever since.
Corporate events came next. Then private parties. Then a Humane Society benefit that turned into three more. In 2016 my sister gave me the big one: her wedding. She trusted me to hold the night.
Fifty-plus weddings later, including events in Italy, that's still what I think the job is. Holding the night. Reading the room. Making sure every song earns its place.
Why This Works
01 · 50+ Weddings Over a Decade
A decade of pattern recognition no new DJ can shortcut. Including destination events in Italy. I've seen the room misread, the timeline collapse, the bride's mother request Tubthumping — and I know what each one needs.
02 · Day-of Reception Direction
Productized timeline ownership. I sync with your photographer and videographer ten minutes before every formality. I direct guest flow from cocktail to dinner with polished MC work. The typical twenty-minute timeline lag is eliminated because I'm watching.
03 · Restaurant Server Experience
Years on the floor of restaurants before the DJ board. I speak the native language of kitchens, banquet captains, and venue staff. I know when the entrées are dropping and I hold the announcement. No DJ school teaches this.
04 · Toastmasters Competent Communicator
Microphone moments are rehearsed craft. Names are practiced phonetically. Announcements land.
05 · Avid Dancer
As many hours on dance floors as behind the decks. I make musical decisions from inside the physical experience of the crowd. That takes reps.
06 · Genre-Fluent Since Childhood
Rat Pack at dinner. Indie post-punk on the floor. A K-pop drop for the right crowd. Frank Sinatra to Toto Cutugno to Tame Impala to FISHER. Obscure picks are recognized and honored.
07 · Carnegie Mellon MS, Business Analytics
I approach a playlist the way an engineer approaches a system. Energy-curve architecture. Data-informed crowd reading. The dance floor stays full because the structure was designed.
08 · Seasoned Traveler — 30+ Countries
Cultural fluency for multicultural weddings. Italian-Korean ceremonies, multi-day fusion events, Tarantella announcements done in Italian. Logistics don't rattle me. I've executed in Italy, Mexico, and across the U.S.
The Positioning
A wedding is a story your music is telling. Every song has to earn its place.
Curious whether we'd work well together? The best way to find out is to talk.