Music Monarchs

My girlfriend recently got married outside of Austin and used this company as her DJ and MC for the reception. That consists of playing music, introducing the bride & groom and keeping the crowd informed of toasts, dinner & cake cues and making sure the overall musical experience of the reception was fun and lively for that’s what Master of Ceremonies means. The ‘DJ’ that showed up made it PAINFULLY clear that he had no desire being there from the moment we all arrived until the last person left. He literally sat with his head propped up on his hand or laying back in his chair with his arms crossed while he barely ‘dee-​jayed’. He often let the songs fade out with several seconds (sometimes even minutes) before playing another song and the songs he did play were super slow and not at all what the bride or the crowd wanted. He refused any requests or attempts to play music the crowd wished to hear and at times was extremely rude to the guests. Often the dance floor was empty for 10 – 15 mins at a time because no one liked any of the music he was playing and since he would refuse any requests, it stayed like that most of the night. He introduced the bride & groom, announced food was ready and that was it. I have never seen or heard a worse DJ in the 150 weddings I’ve attended or planned. 2 of the guests are getting married at the end of the year and were excited to see what Music Monarchs had to offer since they came highly recommended but after seeing what they do first hand, they opted not to use them. Everyone has an off night and I totally understand that every event is different (hence the 2 stars) but between the rudeness to the guests and overall disinterest in doing the job he was paid to do, I wouldn’t recommend this company based on the DJ I saw representing them.

I hired Music Monarchs for our wedding and never experienced any problems with him. He was very attentive to me and the groom, however I heard from several people that he was very rude to everyone else. My mom was requesting some slower songs for the older gerneration and she told me that he basically put his hand up in her face and told her to go away. I do not like that since she was the one paying for him and she had one simple request. Other than his poor people skills, he did do a great job for music, sound, lights, and outside ceremony music. It was pretty perfect. Just wished my friends and family had a better experience with him since it was the one negative of the entire wedding night that people talk to me about. I can understand if it were random people bugging him, but it was my mom, my maid of honor, my brother requesting songs that were rudely rejected.