Case studies
How the night actually went
Three events in detail, the brief, the decisions, and what happened on the floor.
Three nights in detail: what was asked for, what was decided, and what actually happened on the floor. A corporate year-end reception where the room had to be worked rather than filled, a Greek-Belgian wedding where two families wanted different evenings, and a restaurant residency now in its fourth year. If you are planning something similar, the Wedding DJ in Brussels & Belgium, Corporate event DJ in Brussels and Resident DJ for restaurants & bars pages set out how each one works.
Corporate Year-End Reception in Brussels
How a year-end reception for an international firm in Brussels moved from speeches and awards to a full dance floor, without losing the room.
Read the case study →A Greek-Belgian Wedding, Two Families
A Greek-Belgian wedding in Belgium: ceremony to late party, kalamatianó and zeibekiko woven with international floor-fillers for two families.
Read the case study →A Four-Year Greek Night Residency in Brussels
How a recurring Greek night at Papillon Schuman in the EU quarter grew over four years, a resident-DJ case study for restaurant and bar owners.
Read the case study →What the three have in common is that none of them went entirely to plan, and that the planning is what made the difference anyway. Each brief was agreed weeks ahead and the running order written down, and then the room changed it: a speech that ran long, a family that wanted the Greek hour earlier, a crowd that turned out livelier than the booking suggested. Preparation is not there to be followed exactly. It is there so that the decisions taken at 23:40 are small ones. If you are weighing up a DJ for something similar, three questions are worth asking any candidate: what happens when the timeline slips, who talks to the venue about sound limits, and what plays while the room is still filling.