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
Solo Spin Success: DJ ESG's Guide to Navigating the One-DJ Wedding Experience
Can one skilled DJ really be enough for your wedding day, or do you truly need a pair? Join me, DJ ESG, as I tackle this common misconception and unravel the truth behind those flashy "two-DJ" packages. You'll learn why many times these setups are simply a DJ with an extra hand, not two distinct artists adding value to your special day. Through personal anecdotes, I'll reveal how a seasoned DJ can deliver a memorable experience without the unnecessary costs and redundancy of additional personnel who are often tasked with auxiliary roles like social media management.
Transparency is key when you're planning an event, and understanding exactly what you're paying for is crucial. Let’s cut through the noise and empower you to make informed choices about your DJ service selection. From tech assistants to social media coordinators, know the roles you truly need and where you can save on costs. Beyond the wedding advice, I share a message of positivity, encouraging everyone to engage in civic duties and vote according to their personal beliefs. Tune in for practical tips, uncovering industry secrets, and a friendly reminder to keep peace and positivity at the heart of every celebration.
Peace, Love & God Above! :-)
What's up guys? Dj ESG on Wedding Advice, season number 11. We're starting right there at 11 today and I'm backtracking to something I talked about in season 2, and something I talked about in season 6, because clearly nobody's got the fucking message yet. What do you need two people for at a wedding? You don't, unless you're at a venue that warrants the worst load-in in America. All this gear, tons and tons of shit. You don't need two DJs. What you need is a DJ and a tech or a helper, because you tell me what the other DJ does After the grand entrances and the first dance.
Speaker 1:That DJ is just pushing buttons. What happens after that? The original DJ jumps behind the booth and starts to do the work. Now, if you have a DJ who's incredible and an MC who's great and the DJ doesn't DJ I mean sorry, the DJ doesn't MC and the MC doesn't know how to DJ and they tell you that off the bat, that's a two man show. Because you have one person that does this great, another person that does that great, that's a two-man show. Because you have one person that does this great, another person that does that great, that's a different story. That's just called business model 101 and that's the way these people work.
Speaker 1:But when somebody says to you yo, you got two djs for the price of one, you don't have two fucking djs for the price of one. You have a dj and you have a helper, because if that other dj was as good as that first dj, that guy wouldn't be behind the booth the entire time. He would let the other guy dj. But because the main dj, who's the mc, jumps behind that booth the entire time after he hits the first couple buttons, all you're paying for is a fucking roadie, okay, when people say you need two djs, they're full of shit. You don't need two djs, all right. So if I go to a venue right, let me fix my microphone here, because it's all fucked up, it's all over the place If I go to a venue right, we'll call it a country club, and you have a regular DJ set up and you have me and you have a couple lights and a ceremony set up which nowadays are small, they're battery operated, they're so fucking easy A cocktail setup which is even smaller than your ceremony setup, and then your main setup, which is speakers, maybe some lights, whatever. What's the second person doing? Like, what is that person doing? He's helping the setup. Great, so you have a DJ and a helper. Okay, so now you have somebody helping the original guy set up.
Speaker 1:You tell me once the announcements are over, what is the other guy doing? He's holding up the wall. Oh, wait a minute. He's taking social media pictures. Oh God, you know, there's a really good colleague of mine Great dude, okay, amazing talent, got his own show, got his own podcast, got his own you know X, y and Z, charging a lot of money.
Speaker 1:Well-known DJ, okay, he's got all these videos of him doing his thing. Right, he's not the one shooting these videos, because the camera's moving, somebody's following him around. So he's got his own little social media crony. You know, walking around with him, shooting videos of him doing X, y and Z. There's a couple of guys who have this, all right. So now you're paying for somebody else's social media guy. I want you to think about that for a second. You're paying money to have somebody else's dude walk around and take social media videos and photos of them, and you're paying for this. What the fuck is wrong with America? This is why we're all voting today.
Speaker 1:All right, I can see if somebody's standing behind the booth DJing and somebody's out front emceeing and during the party, that emcee's walking around and schmoozing and teaching line dances, which nobody wants anymore anyway. But if you do, then that's what that person's there for, you know. And they say well, I'm here to direct traffic. How much traffic do you have to direct? Once the salads are done and the buffet's done, or the main course is done and the cake's done, what are you directing? You're playing music, you're dancing for two and a half hours, you're having a party.
Speaker 1:I've been doing this job for three plus years, wait, 30 plus years. I've been doing this job All right, other than a bar mitzvah, which I don't even need people anymore because I'm tired of trying to train dancers and the do X, y and Z and the DJ to listen to me. I do it all myself. I don't need nobody with me. My social media pics are just me taking selfies or shooting shots of the dance floor. Okay, my photography skills are terrible, but I try to figure it out the best that I can because I'm the DJ. I'm there to entertain you people.
Speaker 1:Oh God, what happens if the DJ gets sick? Well, we send somebody else. I got sick one time. One time In 32 years. Actually, I didn't get sick. I had COVID. They wouldn't let me in the building.
Speaker 1:Okay, what happens if the DJ goes down? Well, if grandmom goes down in the middle of the party, do we just wheel her off like a soccer match? No, he's a fucking problem. Okay, I had a guy OD on the dance floor one time. Od'd out cold. Okay, did we continue the party? No, the EMS came, the police came, everybody had to come. Once we got him out of the building, we kept the party going. He OD'd on the dance floor.
Speaker 1:All right, you know I'm not saying that happens, but it happened. You know what I mean. But like, if the DJ? I'll never understand this. If something major happens, it's a problem. It's not something you can just say, hey, we're just going to pull him off to the side, throw him in the bathroom and then the second DJ is going to go. I've never understood that. I've never understood that analogy. It's a backup DJ in case something happens to the first guy.
Speaker 1:In case something happens to the first guy, what if the bride goes down? I've said this in season two and season six. What if the groom goes down? Do we have stand-in? Is Tyra Banks ready to go? Is Tom Cruise sitting over there. Are we going to have two stand-ins with beautiful white teeth? No, there's a problem.
Speaker 1:Oh my God, people, I swear to God, listen. Here's my advice to you Get what you need to succeed. Don't go overboard. Don't get extra people. Don't pay for somebody else's social media crony. You know, if that's the case and they're going to have somebody come and help set up and do all this stuff, make sure that they're telling you exactly what it is, and then if you're going to pay for it, that's up to you.
Speaker 1:You know, if somebody says, listen, I can't MC and this guy can't DJ, so I'm the MC and he's the DJ. We bring a ton of stuff. There's all this extra jazz. I need help, he needs me, I need him. He does a ceremony, I do the reception, he does the announcements. We all bring everything in. It's just, you know, that's one thing. Okay, then you're being straightforward. I have a guy, a friend of mine, a really good friend of mine, okay, good, dude, tells people exactly how it is. You get one MC, you get one DJ, and you get it because there's two of us here. There's so much stuff. I need a hand, he needs a hand. One person can't do it all by themselves because I bring so much shit, and that's what it is.
Speaker 1:But if somebody tells you, hey, you need two DJs, because God forbid, what if somebody goes down or somebody gets sick, that is a bullshit answer. That's bullshit. They're blowing. They're blowing I'm not a blow, I haven't smoked in 10 years. They're blowing smoke up your ass. They're paying you. They're charging you for their social media crony, they're charging you for their tech and they're charging you more than they should Bullshit, okay.
Speaker 1:If you go to a restaurant, the restaurant says listen, the steak comes with the chicken, or the steak comes with the mashed potatoes, or the chicken comes with the french fries, and that's how it is, because that's how I'm serving it. Take it or leave it. Okay, the french fries, and that's how it is, because that's how I'm serving it. Take it or leave it, okay. But if they say you can get it out of cart, you don't have to get it out of cart. But you can get it out of cart. You can get it out of cart.
Speaker 1:And if you want pasta, you can have pasta. You don't have to have the pasta. It's something that we put in there because it looks good with the chicken and it's it's supposed to go with the chicken, the chicken parmesan and the pasta. If you don't want the pasta, you don't need to have the pasta. It's not mandatory. Then that's your choice, then you choose.
Speaker 1:If somebody says to you listen, it's mandatory that it's a two-man job because we can't do this ourselves, there, you get to choose. But if somebody says you got two DJs, but the other DJ is a fucking social media crony, okay, that's bullshit. If they say to you, hey, I'm the DJ, I'm the MC, this is my tech that I bring along with me and he does social media photos of me. You want to pay for that? Awesome, you're paying for him to help me and you're paying for him to take social media pictures for my TikTok, okay. And do you, as a bride and groom, say sure, that's on you Now? It's an honest pitch, it's an honest answer and you're paying for something that you know what you're paying for and that's your choice.
Speaker 1:I really hope this makes sense, because the way I'm trying to present it to you, it should. It should make sense Because it should be your choice at the end of the day. It's honest. Listen, my advice is honest. It's straight to the point. Go out today and vote. Vote for the Republican, vote for Democrat, vote whoever the hell you want to vote for. I know who I'm voting for. None of your business. I'm DJ ESG. I'm the GOAT. Okay, I'll tell you how it is Peace, love and God above, and I'm out. Bye-bye, I'll see you tomorrow.