
Spinning Truths & Dropping Wedding Bombs: DJ ESG’s No-BS Guide to Your Big Day
- In a world where weddings are both chaos and perfection, DJ ESG—aka Eric Scott Gold—emerges as the wise-cracking, truth-dropping, mic-spinning legend the Philadelphia Tri-State area never knew it needed. Armed with nearly 175 thousand streams across 15 separate platforms, he’s the proud host of the region's number one wedding podcast, where advice flows freely—sometimes for couples, sometimes for vendors, and always delivered with the subtlety of a confetti cannon.
DJ ESG is not your average private event DJ; he’s a walking wedding encyclopedia with a sarcasm filter permanently set to "off." With 30+ years in the biz, over 3,500 events rocked, 1,000 glowing reviews, and a résumé so sparkly it could double as a disco ball, this guy doesn’t just sugarcoat reality—he skips the sugar altogether. Millennials and Gen Z? He sees you. He knows your flea-sized attention spans. That’s why his micro tips are short, snappy, and unfiltered, served with a heaping side of "you're welcome."
The accolades? Oh, they’re endless. Seven-time "International Mobile Entertainer of the Year" finalist. Multi-time "Best Of" winner in Philadelphia, San Diego, AND Bucks County. The nation’s loudest, proudest LGBTQ wedding advocate, and the first to hoist the Pride flags at the International DJ Expo like the hero weddings never knew they needed. Oh, and did we mention he’s officiated over 200 weddings? Including 50+ same-sex unions? Or that he had the honor of MCing THE Jason Kelce wedding with his buddy Bob on the decks? Yeah. #GoBirds indeed.
So, buckle up for DJ ESG's wedding wisdom—raw, real, and straight from the heart. Peace, Love, and God Above!
Spinning Truths & Dropping Wedding Bombs: DJ ESG’s No-BS Guide to Your Big Day
Light Up the Night: DJ ESG’s Expert Guide to Transforming Weddings with Perfect Lighting
Can the right lighting make or break your wedding? DJ ESG certainly thinks so, and in this enlightening episode of Spending Device, season 10, he unpacks the transformative power of lighting for events. From illuminating dance floors to creating the perfect ambiance in half-full venues, DJ ESG shares his expert techniques on how to use lighting to make any room feel just right. Drawing from recent consultations with brides, he offers practical advice on adjusting uplights and room lighting based on the guest count to achieve an optimal atmosphere.
Tune in to discover how to make your dance floor the undeniable focal point, channeling the energetic vibe of classic 80s and 90s clubs. DJ ESG explains how dimming overhead lights and turning down sconces can encourage guests to feel comfortable and ready to party, without feeling like they're under a spotlight. With his signature sign-off—peace, love, and God above—DJ ESG ensures you'll walk away with invaluable tips to elevate your next event through the art of lighting.
Peace, Love & God Above! :-)
What's up guys? Dj ESG on Spending Device, season number 10, and today I'm talking about lighting and how too much lighting makes a room that's not fully occupied look way too big. I had two, not one, two brides call me this weekend about their upcoming events, asking me about uplights and how they should go about booking uplights, whether or not yay or nay, based on the room size and how many people they were having. Well, let me throw this out of you. Most rooms have a specific number of people that they can max out at Dance floors 20 by 20, 24 by 24 are set for those numbers to hold the amount of people that they think are going to get up out of their seats, based on a 42 to 46 round table with 10 to 12 per table to get up during the event and dance. Now if you have up lights going around the room and you have 200 and some people, let's say 250, and it maxes out at 250, that's fine Because you're making the room look bigger or the size that it needs to be. No-transcript case. If you have, let's say, half the people that make that room full and half the people that make that room occupied, then you want to make that room look half the size and doing that almost like a vignette.
Speaker 0:When you make a photo, you take the outside, you darken it up, you bring it in and you put everything in the center as opposed to making everything look bright on the outside. Now how do you do that? You turn the lights down all the sconces on the outside of the room. You turn down the overhead lights. You have lights on the dance floor, almost like at a club from the 80s 90s. They want people to go to have a good time.
Speaker 0:If you're sitting in a booth having bottle service, you're not sitting next to, like, a bright LED light that's going to spotlight on you and your crew. They're hiding you. You're sort of hidden with just you and the people that you're with, because you're an afterthought, not to the club but to the dance floor. On the dance floor they want you partying and they want to make the dance floor look as packed as humanly possible, because who wants to dance in a room that looks like you can do surgery and who wants to dance in a room where you can be watched? Think about it. It's great advice. If you don't understand the thing I just said, call me 267-303-8393 and I'll send you photos. I'm DJ ESG. Peace, love and God above, and I'll be back. Bye-bye.