DJ Starchild Production

Do not book this DJ for your wedding.

We are writing this review to protect other couples from the experience we had at our wedding. What follows is a factual account, corroborated by our wedding coordinator, venue staff (bartenders and food service), and approximately 90 of our wedding guests who witnessed these events firsthand.

FROM THE MOMENT HE ARRIVED:
Upon arrival, he immediately attempted to change the entire layout of our reception area — a setup that had already been carefully planned by everyone involved — because he felt his placement "would sound better." He insisted on positioning himself between the bride/groom table and our guests, and refused to adjust his own setup to accommodate the existing arrangement. His sound quality was notably poor — multiple guests independently described it as muffled, as if the music was coming through a wall. After he left, the venue's standard backup Bluetooth speaker actually sounded better. He also plugged into an electrical outlet he had been explicitly told by our wedding coordinator not to use, and made a comment to our guests that he had driven three hours to be there while the venue was in his advertised service area — completely unprofessional.

FIRST DANCE:
We provided our song list well in advance via email, which he confirmed and replied to with the full playlist. For our first dance, he began playing the song, stopped it, and announced over the microphone to our entire reception: "That's the short version, let me get the longer one." What followed was over a minute of complete silence while we stood in front of all of our guests. He then played a live/bootleg version of our song — not the studio recording we had requested of a well-known, widely available James Taylor song. My spouse and I ended up singing our own first dance song ourselves. This moment is documented in photos, video, and the accounts of nearly every guest present.

THROUGHOUT RECEPTION:
— He handed us a microphone for toasts at the wrong time, despite having the written itinerary, leaving us stunned and unprepared in front of our guests.
— After the best man and bridesmaid speeches, he left complete silence with no music and no direction, requiring us to intervene.
— There were multiple other silent gaps throughout the evening where no music was played and no effort was made to fill the void.
— During buffet, rather than calling tables one at a time as is standard practice, he released multiple tables simultaneously, and while other tables were still getting food creating a chaotic, crowded situation that numerous guests noted.
— Songs we had specifically requested — confirmed in writing — were not played until we forwarded him his own confirmation email during our reception.
— He was rude to our wedding coordinator and her staff, per her own written account.
HIS RESPONSE TO OUR COMPLAINTS:
When we emailed him with these concerns and requested a refund, he did not apologize or offer any resolution. Instead, he threatened us with civil legal action and advised us not to post reviews, suggesting it would be "defamation." Truthful reviews of a business are not defamation. We are posting this review so that no other couple has to experience what we did on one of the most important days of their lives.
Our wedding coordinator has documented her concerns in writing and recommended we seek a refund. We have email confirmation of our song requests, a coordinator's written account, venue staff witnesses, and the accounts of nearly 100 wedding guests.

I hired DJ Starchild for our wedding. My husband and I are very happy and pleased with his service. He is very professional and played great music. We received a lot of good compliments from our family and guests.Thank you DJ Starchild/Orlando for making our wedding successful and enjoyable. We will definitely hire you again in our next event.

Hi, Orlando was the DJ for our surprise party for my husbands 60th birthday party. Orlando was very easy to communicate with. When first checking out, some people did not respond even to say they were booked or not available. I communicated with him via, email, his website, text and phone calls. Give him detailed info on what you want. He does listen and pay attention. A wonderful party.

Due to this is a surprise birthday party for my family member we had to carefully plan what we are going to do to became this party successful. DJ Stachild is very professional, an amazing DJ and a pleasure to work with. Everyone who attended the party are very pleased and couldn't stop complementing how great the DJ is. DJ Starchild gave us something that we won't forget, the party of our lifetime. The members of our family we're very happy I hired the right DJ and will highly recommend him. Thank you DJ Starchild for doing a great job.

The first time I met with DJ Starchild was an initial meeting to review the services that the company could offer me. I knew right away that I wanted DJ Starchild as my DJ. Due to this is a surprise party for my husband I asked DJ Starchild's help to make this event a memorable one. He gave me some suggestions and also was very interested in my ideas. He did a great job playing all the genres of music that we requested. He was amazing, professional and did a fantastic job. Thank you DJ Starchild for helping to make my husband's 60th birthday perfect! It was a pleasure having you as our DJ. We really had fun.