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What Is BT Music?
BT Music is a full service disc jockey, sound renforcement, and lighting company started in Olympia, WA by Brian Thomas in 1998. Determined to proved excelent service and bring new levels of creativity to a veriety of events, we have been a favorite vender for many weddings, cd release parties, and fundraisers.
What areas do you service?
We are based out of Olympia, WA. We also travel to the major cities of Seattle, Tacoma, Shelton, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, and Los Angeles.
Are you available for our date?
You can check your date and pricing with the box below.
How are you different from other disc jockeys?
We take an elegent & conservative approach to Emcee & disc jockey entertainment. With a service rich pre-event program our goal is to also help our clients have unique events, customized to match each bride & groom.
Do you have a customer satisfaction or refund policy?
Yes! We are dedicated to our commitment to you and back it with a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
What is the standard attire for your Wedding DJs?
All our staff come attired in full tuxedos unless requested otherwise. Going for something different? Theme weddings with special attire requests can also be accommodated.
Can we meet you before we choose to hire you?
We would love to meet you for an interview. We feel that this is the best way to find the DJ who is best suited for you and your event.
What are your qualifications? Have you been professionally trained or certified?
Each of our DJs & Emcees have been trained for at least one year with a senior employee before working as the lead on an event. We also enroll in yearly seminars and online correspondence to continually advance our skills and techniques.
We reviewed the vender references, but do you have any client references?
Yes we do, we have a list of email addresses available upon request.
When does the DJ come to set up?
We prefer to setup two hours prior to your guests arrival, but we are available to set up at any time the day of your event.
Does the entertainer require meals/parking?
We eat prior to every show and do not eat at your event. Parking will need to be supplied.
Do you have a planning worksheet, or timeline to help us plan our formal musical selections?
You bet. We have an extensive planning guide that we would be happy to go over with you at an interview. While it contains many traditional activities, we are always open to new ideas and sequences.
Do you offer a consulting meeting prior to the function?
Consultations are included free of charge in all of our wedding packages. We feel it is important to meet personally at least once prior to your event. Most of our consultations take about an hour.
How diverse is your music collection? We have both younger and older guests attending our reception. Will that present a problem?
We have an extensive professional collection spanning many different genres, our actual title count exceeds ten thousand. We are quite adept at managing our selections so that people of all ages have a great time dancing to our musical selections.
Are we allowed to submit a music list of some type?
Of course! We encourage you to tell us your favorite songs, you can either choose from one of our lists or submit your own. Our music library consists of just over 10,000 songs and if we don't have your song, we will happily purchase it for your event.
We are not sure of what music to use, can you help?
Of course! We have popular music lists and sample cds we can send you, or for a minimal charge we can hold a listening session for you to sit down with our specialist and pick the perfect songs.
What type of music format do you use?
We use Compact Disc that are either played directly through players or throught professional computer driven systems for utmost reliability. We feel the advantages of computer media giving us instant song access and precision scheduling are a great asset to our performances.
What type of sound systems do you use?
We designed our sound systems to meet two goals. Reliability and elegance. Components were selected that had outstanding reliability records and that were powerful enough to keep things as small and compact as possible. We feel that your wedding's décor focus should be on the beauty of the venue, the delicate flowers, and people; not the audio gear. Of course if you prefer a more imposing audio system, we would be happy to bring one of our larger systems designed to support up to 2,000 guests. As far as brand names (we could list off the likes of EAW, QSC, Ramsa, Rane, Shure, DBX, Ashly, ect. . .) but most of these brands are specifically pro audio companies and not common household names. We assure you the quality of our tools is held to the same high standards as our service.
Is your equipment in good condition?
We submit all of our equipment to a yearly cleaning and inspection every January. Anything found unsatisfactory is replaced. We realize that our equipment will be present in a setting you have taken great measures to make visually pleasing. Having equipment in poor visual condition is simply not acceptable.
What are your hourly wedding reception rates?
We prefer to charge by the day, departing from a four hour schedule that can often lead to overtime fees. Our flat rate of $850 to $1250 covers your entire event and gives you the freedom of setup when you want, background music as needed, and to enjoy the time with your guests as long as needed. For price comparision or custom events, our fee runs around $135-185 per crew hour.
We are having our ceremony outdoors and would like music selections played, can you help?
We have helped with many ceremonies! We can provide music, wireless microphones for your officiant or performers, and even help with the coordination. A separate system is used so that your guests will not have to be hassled by the moving of equipment. We charge $200 for a ceremony held at the same location as the reception, and $400 for a separate location.
We would like to incorporate live music into our ceremony and reception, can you help us?
We have worked with quite a few performers and would be happy to help. We can handle simply providing wireless mics for a few vocal performers to even procuring instrument rentals for out of town performers. Live music is a wonderful thing, and we encourage it.
Our facility has no power for the ceremony, can you provide power?
Yes, we use a system designed for this very purpose. Instead of noisy generators, we use a silent running battery driven system that can power a full ceremony system for up to 4 hours. For larger events needing with larger power requirements, we can bring in generators up to 10kw to provide power for your event's varius needs.
Do you require a deposit? How much?
We require a retainer fee of 25% of the event total. This amount is subtracted from your balance, which is due at or before your event. Our cancellation policy is 75% refund (of total fee) if notice is given prior to 14 days from the event. The retainer is not refundable, but may be transferred to another date, or gifted to another couple.
Can we pay our deposit by credit card?
You bet. It is an easy, safe, and fast way to make your payments. Once you have spoken to your coordinator and are ready to reserve the date, you can simply click on the Paypal portal below.
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BT Music Company
Available in the following areas:
Washington; Olympia, Tacoma, Seattle, Shelton, Ocean Shores, Centralia, Aberdeen, Tenino, Tumwater, Lacey, Thurston, Pierce, King, Lewis
Oregon; Portland