Artistic Productions

We had our dream wedding in San Diego at the Catamaran Resort and Merrylin was our DJ! I was assigned a few small tasks for our wedding planning and it was not picking out flowers, it was picking the DJ! I started calling DJs on the hotel list, and the wedding coordinator’s list and a few from Unilocal.I found prices all over the place and many DJ’s that were only part time Dj’s. Finally I spoke with Merrylin, she answered her phone, she was professional, and did not pressure you. We hit it off right away. She asked what we were thinking and listened. She has very good tools to make the event exactly what you want. She got everyone dancing and kept our party going until the midnight hour! She avoided the decades we did not care for and really hit our crowd!

Merrilyn is a DJ’s DJ. Her amazing professionalism and the sheer joy she obviously gets from her work has made every event I seen her at one of those «You should have been there!!!» celebrations. She’s a fine professional.

We had our wedding at the Prado in Balboa park on 8÷23÷14 and Merrylin was our DJ. We had an AMAZING wedding and that was in part to our AMAZING DJ. The music was fantastic. All of our guests loved our music from when the ceremony started to our last dance. She was so great and I would hire her for ANY event. Thank you Merrylin for making our wedding a beautiful night.

We love Artistic Productions! Merrylin was the DJ for our wedding in 2006. Guests are still talking about how much fun they had! Merrylin’s choice in music was very fitting to our crowd and her energy was so contagious! The dance floor was packed all night long!
Recently, I called Merrylin to ask her for expert advise on an event I was throwing at my school. To say the least, she helped MAKE an exceptional day for our 6^th Graders! There are good DJs and there are Phenomenal DJs. Artistic Productions is a husband and wife team who provide notable service! They know music, the industry, and truly understand the needs of their clients. They go above and beyond to help people create lasting memories. Thank you Artistic Productions for being Phenomenal DJs!

I called Merrilyn in a total PANIC a week before my wedding because my other DJ totally bailed on me last minute. She was so helpful and professional and really put my mind at ease. Her energy all night was fantastic and my guests really liked the music. She kept the flow of the night so that I didn’t have to worry about a thing… I highly recommend her and can’t say enough good things about her!!! You can tell Merrilyn loves what she does… so thankful :)

Artistic Productions is a top notch DJ. For reasons completely beyond their control, they were unable to provide their services for my wedding earlier this month. Merrilyn went out of her way to set me up with another reputable DJ and made sure we were taken care of for our big day. She is a professional, and from my experiences with her combined with what I know from others, you would do well to hire her for your special event. Thanks Merrilyn!

Bob was AMAZINGGGGG. Leading up to the wedding, he would spend time and energy talking about what he could do to make my day perfect. We had many phone calls and emails. I can tell he put a lot of thought into it before hand. He showed up early, worked hard and did a fantastic job. He doesn’t just care about his job, but he cares about the wedding as a whole and that everything goes smoothly. This is the only marriage I’ll ever have, but otherwise I would hire him again for sure.

Loved the music, the energy and the awesome service! My guest danced until we were shut down by our venue :-)

Bob was awesome. Leading up to the wedding, he was super helpful, and met with us many times. It was never an issue to schedule a meeting with him, and finding a location to meet up at.
Their website is very user friendly, and asked all the right questions — from bridal party names, to timeline, to special traditional moments and the music you want to go with them.
He was always prepared for our meetings, and had the right questions to ask, and totally guided us in our timeline.
We were having a multi-​cultural wedding, requiring him to play different types of music. My dad was able to provide him CD’s with his cultural music, and Bob had no problem downloading and playing the music exactly per our request! Not only was Bob capable of playing this music, but he was a great help in making my parents comfortable, knowing that our specific music would be played. The night went off without a hitch, and it’s all thanks to Bob! Both my parents, and me and the groom were beyond thrilled.
His equipment was also great, nice ambiance lighting, and party lighting. He did our ceremony sound too, and I was totally comfortable leaving that in his hands.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

We just got married last weekend and Merrylin was our DJ. We immediately felt a connection with both Merrylin and her husband Bob and found it difficult to choose one over the other. I personally think we couldn’t go wrong either way! Although we did pick out the sound track to our wedding, we also trusted Merrylin to make decisions based on the crowd’s reactions. I can honestly say, I had a blast dancing all night to our song choices, oldies mixed with pop, country with rock. Our friends and family raved about our DJ! I know we were extremely happy with the way the music flowed on our special night.
Thanks Merrylin– you made our night memorable and worth all the effort!
You are so great at what you do!!!

We had our wedding on June 29, 2013… and it was the best day of our lives!
We love Merrylin!!! Thank you for making sure everyone (including Matt and myself) rocked and danced hard. All of our family and friends keep telling us it was the most fun/​best wedding/​party they had ever been to! I highly recommend Artistic Productions. Merrylin was such a pleasure to work with, and she just kept the flow of the wedding (from the ceremony, cocktail hour to reception) at a really good pace. She was personable, and just a really fun person to chat with. When my sisters get married in the future, I would definitely call up Merrylin again!

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Merrylin was fabulous to work with. My wife and I were coming in from New York for our wedding in San Diego… without a lot of direction from us Merrylin put together a great program. She was kind, patient, energetic and just all around fun to be around.
Thank you so much for helping make our wedding amazing!
Cameron and Cherie

Merrylin and Artistic Productions were an absolutely amazing addition to our ceremony and reception. Between the music selection and the ease at which Merrylin helped our reception along, we will forever be grateful. She did what you hope for when your big day approaches. made it easier on me (the bride) and reduced so much stress. Out of all the worries you have on your wedding day, the DJ was one thing I never had to worry about. Merrylin was all that we could hope for and more in a DJ and we still talk about how lucky we were to have her. We would recommend her to friends, family, and really anyone looking for a DJ in San Diego because you can’t get anyone better.

A highly belated review — I was married 8÷24÷12.
Bob and Merrylin are FABULOUS to work with. Adorable, hilarious, personable and super energetic. I mean, who wants a dry, boring DJ? I was getting married at the US Grant, who highly recommended them… several other of my vendors also gave them a solid thumbs up, so I felt very comfortable with the choice.
We went with Bob as our DJ for the event (honestly, a super tough choice between the two)…he communicated excellently in the weeks leading up to the wedding, and was very solid with our event timeline. I’m pretty OCD, so I was panicking that things wouldn’t proceed as planned and that things would unravel — while no day is ever 100% perfect, whenever the reception’s flow had to shift a little, I think Bob did a great job of keeping the music going smoothly.
Bob also did a great job of making sure we were all on the same page with the setup, reception and ceremony timing… we didn’t have a coordinator, so his attention to detail on that organization side of things was helpful and reassuring.
I love all the music that was played (since I made sure to fill up the request list from their massive and user-​friendly database), and since I was marrying a Jordanian, Bob allowed my husband’s family to provide an external music source (can’t remember if iPod or CD) with Middle Eastern party music to be incorporated into the playlist on the fly… we all really appreciated that flexibility.
The wedding was an intimate and relatively short event — I wish I had been able to stay on the dance floor a lot longer. Since there was not enough time to play all of my must-​haves, I guess my ONLY constructive criticism would be that maybe songs should be «partial played» when the time is crunched… kind of like in the dance clubs, where half a song is played and then it transitions into the next song, just to speed up the rotation and increase the overall variety. But that isn’t something I would have thought of before the wedding… just a hindsight realization.
Overall, a huge fan of Artistic productions. Thanks Bob and Merrylin!

I used DJ Merrylin for my wedding in July 2011. She was the best! First of all, she was very personable and got to know us as people, not just clients. She has a really easy system of choosing songs that you definitely want played and don’t want played. From your selections she can also choose other songs that are similar to your preferences/​taste. Her music catalog is huge and if she doesn’t have a song that you want, you can tell her.
Merrylin is not only a DJ but also acts as the event’s coordinator as well. She knows a lot about weddings in general and helps you create a timeline for your event. She’ll make sure your timeline is running smoothly and that the cake cutting, first dance, etc. gets done at the right time. DJ Merrylin kept the party going all night long. The dance floor was never empty. What’s cool is that you can also see her rocking out as well. She keeps it fun and professional.
She also included up-​lights with her package which was nice. I would definitely recommend her for your next event. She’s easy and nice to work with.

Artistic Productions made our wedding the talk of the year.
In January, I was frantically looking for a DJ, and could not find anything available in San Diego for a reason price and for our August 11 wedding date. Merrylin contacted me with a quote as we spoke over the phone and got to know each other. We hit it off and the rest was planned to use this DJ. They both are very good at writing back through emails, and for a bride that planned almost the entire wedding and finished college in the same year, this was just what I needed to keep me organized and make sure everything was taken care of.
We picked Bob to be our DJ, because it was what my husband wanted. I let him pick some things in the wedding. My husband, mom and I met with Bob about 2 weeks before the wedding, where I gave him an itinerary and went over the songs for our dances and everything.
The day of the wedding was flawless. I had sent him over songs that needed to be «mixed» together for the mother/​son dance and he took care of it, along with making sure we kept to the timeline. We were running a little longer than expected, and he kept me in the know about speeding up and getting all the necessary wedding traditions completed during the reception before we danced the night away.
Before we knew it, everyone started dancing from the first song to the very last. Anytime a song wouldn’t be the greatest for the people dancing, and they would head off the dance floor, Bob would make sure to switch it up immediately and keep things fun and exciting! I received so many compliments for multiple people saying that our wedding was one of the best they had been too, and that the DJ was FANTASTIC!
I would recommend both of them for working well with their clients and making sure they are a first priority for their business!
Thank you again Merrylin and Bob!

Just coming off a great wedding this past weekend at the San Diego Museum of Art!!!
Merrylin rocked the dance floor all night long, everyone was out there getting wild… Grams and Grams, Aunts and Uncles, kids, friends, couples, singles, choreographed dances and all!
We have worked on a number of weddings together that shows the versatility that Merrylin offers, setting up a glorious vintage style wedding in the woods, intimate backyard weddings in San Diego, big budget, small budget. Merrylin is proactive at gathering client «special request» songs, bringing in cultural traditions, pointing out personal details (flip flops on the dance floor, dance meanings, personal stories on the back of menus to name a couple) and keeping all the guests informed and comfortable with her flexible and professional MC style. I am confident that my clients and their guests will be well taken care of when Mer is on the mic.
A couple years later I am still referring Bob and Merrylin to my clients!

Simply the best!
We worked with Merrylin for our wedding on October 21 2011 and got so much more than ‘just’ music. I think we felt instant rapport and trust with Merrylin the first time we met her. It became clear that she would be a partner in planning the wedding, answering questions and steadying nerves. She recommended great vendors, helped us with the timing of the event, and provided us with lighting for the venue. As a result, Artistic Productions was a 5 star vendor before considering music!
In terms of music, which was also 5 star, Merrylin was keen to ensure that the music reflected our tastes and interests rather than staying generic. Not only did she take a lot of notes during our meetings, she also gave us access to a vast database of music so that we could actually select as much (or as little) of our playlist as we wanted.
The wedding day itself was great. We listened to some of our favorite songs as we relaxed with friends and family; the timing of the event was expertly managed by Merrylin, and then we danced to tracks that got people on their feet. Merrylin knew when to adapt too — at one point, towards the end of the evening, the dance floor started to empty as people either left or moved into smaller groups to chat. Merrylin responded to that by taking the music down a notch, back to tracks for listening as opposed to dancing and that worked very well.
I love working with people who are passionate about what they do. It was very noticeable that Merrylin sang along to almost all of the songs that she played; she has an infectious enthusiasm for music and for giving us the wedding day that we wanted and, as a result, she provided the perfect service.
In summary, we couldn’t be happier that we worked with Artistic Productions and would strongly recommend Merrylin and Bob to anyone and everyone!

Merrilyn came to DJ our Marine Corps & Navy ball in October. She did awesome. I have been planning for the past three years and she is the best… by FAR!
People were NOT leaving the dance floor. She made it fun and enjoyable. I will always have her in mind now! =)
Thanks.