Beep Media

John Londay was the DJ for our November, 2012 wedding. John was beyond excellent. Our venue was a little difficult to work with because our ceremony, coctail hour and reception were all in different rooms of the venue. John got there early and set everything up so that everything went off without a hitch. During the reception, John played exactly the right kind of music. He had everyone on the dance floor immediately, from my young cousins to my husband’s grandmother. He played everything on our «must play» list and nothing on our «please do not play» list. He even checked in with me several times throughout the evening to make sure we were happy.
Throughout the evening and the next day, we received so many compliments about the music. We could not have been happier!

Highly recommend Beep Media and specifically DJ Ryan Neuschafer. Beep Media prides itself in avoiding the gimmicks– no flashy vests, no disco ball, no Macarena, no Chicken Dance. If you want to avoid the traditional, cheesy wedding aura, this is your company.
Ryan packed the dance floor all night with both the younger and older generations. Ryan played a great mix of music — upbeat dance music and lots from the 90s, which we loved. We gave Ryan little direction, mostly what music we didn’t want to hear. From that brief 30-​minute discussion, he got our vibe and understood our music taste. Ryan rocked it.
Beep Media is located in Chicago, but Ryan traveled to southwest Michigan to DJ our wedding. I understand they routinely DJ throughout Chicago, Indiana, and Michigan. Cost was reasonable. There was no additional travel fee. Beep Media offers a discount if you also book through their photography company (sounds like an odd combo but we were also very pleased with the photographer).

We just had our wedding last Saturday at the Greenhouse Loft and our DJ was great! We got John Londay and we’re totally happy that we had him. We started looking for a DJ way back in July last year and decided to give Beep Media a shot. We emailed for an inquiry and got prompt responses. We set up a first meeting with John and we went over what kind of songs we liked, what the general mood and setting will be etc. He’s a cool dude and understood what we were looking for. Of course it helps when you provide some examples of songs you like and don’t like. We were also very interested in the fact that they do not play The Chicken Dance or Hokey Pokey etc kind of songs. So big plus on that.
We had our second and final meeting over Skype (we couldn’t meet up but this turned out great anyway) a week before the wedding. We went over the program, songs we want for the ceremony, first dance, announcements and stuff. He gave us some suggestions that helped us along the way as well. John was thorough and we pretty much gave him free reign to play the crowd. On the day of the wedding itself, everything went as planned and the music was great! People were dancing and everyone had a good time. Got no complaints really.
Definitely go for Beep Media if you’re looking for a good DJ with no lighting tricks, no weird MC-​ing, no bad chicken dance songs. Beep Media are good guys to work with and they play good music.

What can I say, there was never a moment during our reception that people were not dancing their behinds off. What more could you want. Our DJ (Matt V) did a good job of taking the types of music that we provided him with and incoporating it into our dinner and dancing. We seemed to develop a good feel for the crowd and kept everyone dancing. There were a few questionable song choices but overall everyone loved it.

Oh, Beep… Beep, beep, beep.
Let me preface this review by saying we did not chose to use the company for their DJ services. We didn’t make it past email correspondence because, honestly, I saw what I needed to see. On each occasion it took them about 3 days to get back to me (which really isn’t what turned me off, I get people are busy.) What was slightly annoying was the owner told me a DJ would be contacting me that day and never did. Then today, several days later, the owner emails me back and apologizes the DJ never got back to me and offered up his services for my event. Sounds great, right? Then I scrolled down on the email and noticed correspondence between he and the DJ who slammed my venue. I don’t consider myself a very sensitive person, but the emails between the two and overall experience didn’t give off the air of professionalism we were looking for.
2 stars because I’m betting (based on the Unilocal reviews) that they are good DJs! I just question their business.
Best of luck, Beep. Rookie mistake on the email.

We LOVED John Londay, who deejayed our wedding this September. He knew how to read the audience and kept the dance party going all night. Our friends love to dance and literally said they hadn’t been to as fun of a dance party. We can’t recommend him enough!

We worked with Matt V. on our recent 10÷16÷10 wedding. What a professional.
Picking a DJ for our event was tough, but what a great decision we made! We had a great evening getting down on the dance floor due to a wonderful DJ.
During the planning process, Matt was always calm and offered great suggestions. We provided a few suggestions here and there, and he was able to determine our style and go with it.
I would recommend using Beep Media if you are looking for a classy DJ service that keeps things professional, but yet knows how to have a good time!

We are very happy we booked Beep Media to DJ our wedding. Matt was a great DJ and extremely professional. Highly recommend!

We had Barry as the DJ for our June 2010 wedding and I cannot say enough good things about him. He is an absolute professional that is so difficult to find. He knew how to read the room and knew when to play the more mellow songs and when to turn to fast-​paced ones.
My husband was in charge of the DJ, since he’s very into music, and he searched high and low until he was satisfied that he found the DJ that would match his eclectic style. Barry was the perfect match.
So many people have asked me who my DJ was because he was so great. We’ve gotten many complements too. Even our videographer came up to us and complemented our choice of DJ.
Barry was great to work with, wanting to meet 2 weeks before the wedding to finalize all details. The day of the wedding, I didn’t talk to him once, because I didn’t need to. He was on his game every moment. I would give Beep Media more stars if I could. I highly recommend them.

In preparation for my July 10 wedding, I called Beep Media several months ago to inquire about DJ services. They told me Matt was available and what his rate was. I set up a phone call with Matt. He was super nice and we talked for about 15 minutes. He answered all my annoying bride questions carefully and seemed great. We decided to hire him, only to find out that there was a scheduling conflict and Matt was unavailable. Bummer! But, then the owner of the company (Barry Phipps) personally called me to apologize for the issue and volunteer his own services for our wedding at the (lower) price that is charged for Matt. SWEET! We hired him, then met with him a few weeks before the wedding. He had a great personality– none of that cocky DJ attitude that one might expect, especially from a company owner. He shortened our fist dance song for us, as we requested, and took copies of our ‘must play’ and ‘do not play’ lists.
I have to say that our wedding was FABULOUS. We had only 80ish guests so we were hoping that enough people danced to keep the dance floor hoppin’. Barry did a great job of feeling out the crowd and playing songs to appeal to our whole guest list. We danced to everything from Talking Heads to Miley Cyrus to the classics and a bit of swing (my husbands cousin is a serious swing dancer and we wanted him out on the dance floor). It was awesome thanks to Barry. I’d hire him again in a heartbeat and can’t recommend him enough.

Ryan DJ’d at our wedding reception this weekend at the Quadrangle Club in Hyde Park. He did an amazing job! We give him and Beep our highest recommendation. He worked in the songs we really wanted to hear (including a few polkas I supplied on a CD) — and the rest we really left up to his discretion. From the first to the last song, the dance floor was packed. Everyone, from our young friends to our co-​workers to our grandparents, complimented us on the music. Ryan has the talent to choose songs that appealed to everyone. Cocktail hour and dinner was the right volume and really set the tone for conversation. All we have are good things to say — Ryan and Beep Media are OUTSTANDING!
–Lauren and Kyle

This is a tough review because I want to give them 5 stars, but one of the most important parts of our wedding night was botched by our DJ, so I’m left with a bittersweet feeling about Beep Media. I’d give them 3.5 if I could…
Overall, our DJ did a fine job playing songs that were our style for our Sept. ’09 wedding, we ended the night on a good note, and we had a great time dancing to the music. The DJ did accidentally play two songs we asked not to be played, but for an entire night’s worth of music, that’s not so bad. That, I can forgive.
Where things got screwed up was the introductions. We gave our DJ very specific instructions on a helpful way to remember how to correctly pronounce our last name. It’s not that tough, and it rhymes with an easy-​to-​pronounce word. When it came time for him to announce the Father of the Groom and then the Best Man, he pronounced the last name correctly both times.
But then, not even minutes later to announce the Bride and Groom, he totally botched our last name. And it gets worse, because not only did that happen, but then he messed up the MUSIC we were supposed to enter into the reception room to. So there we were, standing in the middle of the room, with NO music on, having just been announced to an improperly pronounced last name. OUCH. So embarrassing!
He was supposed to play our intro song that my husband sent him (and confirmed he had it) – but he didn’t even play it. Instead, he finally got the WRONG intro music started when we had already entered and we were standing in the middle of the dance floor, and it became an awkward few seconds until we had him just transition it into our first dance. Ugh. Watching this on our wedding video is like hearing nails on a chalk board. :(
Our only other complaint is that the music the DJ played during our cocktail hour was barely audible at all. In retrospect, we should’ve just had live music during it, because the sound from their ‘portable’ speaker setup didn’t travel as well as we thought it would. I doubt most people even realized there was music on, actually. Sigh.
Despite these things I would still recommend them, because at the end of the night we had smiles on our faces and did enjoy his work. And I’m purposely not providing the DJ’s name so that no one specific gets hurt here. We really dig their no-​cheese mantra and they’re easy to work with.
Just make sure to rehearse name pronunciation if that’s important to you.

We hired Barry for our wedding a month ago. All you need to know is that the dance floor was rocking at the first song. I know our friends and family like a good time and can be a little wild and crazy, but it was Barry’s magic at the booth that made for such a great wedding.
Everyone from our 10 year old cousins to our 85 year old family friends were out dancing. He turned the reception into a great party, which was exactly what we wanted. All of our guests have told us (almost weekly!) that our wedding was the most fun wedding they have ever attended.
Everything from the cake cutting to the first dances was handled very professionally. Barry knows exactly how to introduce the wedding party, the first dances and the cake cutting in a smooth, classy way.
As an amazing contrast, we attended a wedding just three weeks after ours where the DJ played music that she liked and no one else knew. She also didn’t transition songs well at all — it might as well have been an iPod. The wedding was completely different as a result — in fact, it was boring.
If you want a great wedding that is perfectly executed, go with Barry!

We had the best time of our lives at our wedding and Beep Media was one of the biggest contributors to making it happen. We think that one of the most important vendors you can choose is your DJ because he or she sets the tone and really gets the party going. We looked at several companies in town, but when we met with Barry at Beep Media we knew immediately that he was our guy. He understood that while my husband and I have different tastes in music, it was important to play music that represented both of our personalities while also playing all the non-​cheesy crowd favorites to keep our guests happy and on their feet. The end result was fresh, groovy and original; you could really tell he thought about every music selection to create the soundtrack for our day. I was having so much fun I couldn’t leave the dance floor, and I even heard that a couple started to leave but then came running back in to dance to another of their favorite songs! We received countless compliments from guests and would very enthusiastically recommend Beep Media to anyone who is looking for a professional DJ with extensive musical knowledge who will play thoughtful music based on your needs and tastes. Stop looking already and just book Beep Media!

Seriously, in a word: amazing. Beyond even. We cannot say enough. When we saw that our «no play» list pretty much lined up exactly with their «preferred no play» list — we knew we’d found the DJs for us! What we ended up with was better than we could have imagined. Our reception felt like the best dance party ever. No one got off the dance floor — and EVERYONE was on it. Perfect music, really. And as a reinforcement to our happy review, several of our guests asked if they could get the playlist! Could not have been happier. Since our wedding, people have continued to comment about how amazing the music was, but equally about how perfect our DJ was. Music was so important to us, and coming from a family who usually prefers live bands, I would recommend Beep Media to anyone I know and everyone I don’t know, because they made the event. Barry’s impeccable talent for reading a crowd and finding exactly the right balance between older dance music and newer dance music that doesn’t isolate one age group in the guests is truly a gift. You will regret NOT hiring them. For serious.

We used Beep Media for our DJ at our wedding in May. Matt was our DJ and did a great job! It was nice to be able to meet with him prior to the wedding. He kept everything very simple and offered many suggestions. Matt made our reception fun and lively! Everyone had a great time!

Thank goodness there is a DJ company like Beep Media! The idea of hiring a loud-​mouth, satin jacket, plastic bead necklace throwing ‘crazy guy’ DJ gives me hives… Luckily Barry and his DJ’s are the antidote for that sort of thing… they are obviously serious music fans with a deep play list. They seem to be able to play any sort of event. We hired them for two large events at Navy Pier in 2000 and 2001 and they were fantastic at reading the crowd. I have also been to three or four weddings since where they easily kept everyone in good spirits and dancing all night, from the bride and groom and friends to their parents and grandparents. It’s great to see Barry and crew still cranking it out so many years later. Looks like they have created a cult following! I know why. I give them my highest recommendation for any event.

We had a very modern and minimalist wedding at the James Hotel. We wanted to create a very specific mood during the reception, and Barry Phipps was just the man to do it. Only we didn’t know it until that day. When we gave Barry a playlist, I was hoping he would fill in the blanks because even though I knew what kind of music we wanted, I didn’t have the knowledge and exposure to name off the songs. Thank goodness he didn’t pay full attention to my random playlist; that would have been disastrous. Instead, he played songs we had never heard before, songs that gave dinner the very modern, loungey and euro-​sexy vibe we had envisioned. On the dance floor, Barry was very sensitive to the crowd and definitely knew how to keep people dancing (something we worried about with only 65 guests). Despite his better judgment, he even played Lady Gaga four times at my brother-in-law’s repeated requests, for which we are grateful. Thanks for suppressing your gag reflex on that one, Barry.

I can’t recommend Barry and Beep Media highly enough. We hired Beep Media for our wedding, and to this day we have friends who are getting married that wanted to see the playlist he helped us create. The music as well as the order and method in which he delivered it made for an amazing evening. Everyone was dancing, from age 4 to 94. The introductions, announcements all went off without a hitch and the equipment worked perfectly. He event took some of his own photos from his elevated position above the dance floor and shared them with us for free. Barry and his company take pride in delivering an exceptional service at a fantastic value. Beep Media is the cream of the crop when it comes to Chicago DJ’s.

We had Barry, the owner of the company, as our DJ for our wedding in April’08, and he kept the dance floor packed the entire night. I provided him with a handful of «must play» fast songs and slow songs, along with about 40 other songs we liked, so he would get a feel for our style. Half the time, I couldn’t remember if a song he played was on our list or not, but I do know that we loved everything. I actually got requests at the end of the night for our music list, since my family and friends loved it so much. No cheese, just fabulous selections and great flow from one song to the next.