Ed, All Access DJ - Where It's All About You!

When it comes time to hire a DJ for your upcoming wedding or event, there are a few things you'll want to keep in mind. In today's episode, we're going to be talking about those things and more! 

Ed with All Access DJ is one of the best DJs in town! He knows how to get a crowd going and always keeps the party moving. When you hire DJ Ed, you're hiring a true professional who will make sure your event is one to remember. Whether it's a wedding, corporate event, or birthday party, DJ Ed will work with you to ensure everything runs smoothly and everyone has a great time. He's also an accomplished MC and can provide announcements and other support as needed. So if you're looking for a DJ who will make your event special, look no further than DJ Ed!

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Transcript

Crystal: 0:10

In today's episode, we will be talking with Ed at All Access dj, where it's all about you coming up next.

Cathy: 0:20

In today's rant today we're gonna talk about the bride and couple's rant of consistently seeing different prices for DJ services. They see it from 500 to 2,500, so what we wanna do is help educate them on these price points and really steer them in the right direction. Okay. And so we've got Ed with us with all Access dj, who is a DJ Pro. He's been doing this for years. I thought you would be the perfect person to bring on to really help us. I know Crystal worked in the wedding world too. When Crystal, I know that you saw these. Prices all over the place as well.

Crystal: 1:03

Absolutely. So I'm very excited about this topic. He's a pro. He's a pro in this industry. I've been having the pleasure of working with him in the past when I needed a DJ for bride's corporate events. I think he's a perfect person to help us break down the price barrier. The fear that some DJs in my experience are like always concerned about pricing structures and then the brides, How much is, should I pay for a dj? How much should I not pay for a dj? So it's gonna be really great to delve into that a little bit deeper today. So Ed, when a bride calls you, have you gotten this from them before? Like they're just so confused.

Ed: 1:40

I really haven't. Confusion. What I've gotten is that they would say that they're having like a small, intimate wedding and they can only afford so much. I've gotten a lot of that and it's increased recently where price is more of a factor than anything else. They're just looking at the bottom line.

Cathy: 1:57

Yeah, so it's not about the discrepancies of price, you're just saying, Hey, in general, price is more of a concern.

Ed: 2:05

Yeah. I have actually had brides contact me and just basically when I ever, and that's after I give 'em the quote, then they say, they say, Well, I went to this other company and they quoted me this, which is about half of what I did. And so what I always encourage the bride to do is to compare apples to apples. because a lot of it is based on experience and a lot of, and I've looked at Craigslist a lot and a lot of DJs on there. They'll do six hours for$300 and that kind of thing. But they're hobbyists. They're just, they have a full-time job and they're just doing this on the weekend to make the extra play money to go on trips and that kind of a thing where a lot of us that do this a lot are full time and this is all we do. So for me, Seems like we have a little more focus on the bride then someone who just does it on the weekends and then just has a full-time

Crystal: 2:49

job. So absolutely, because there's a lot of planning that wedding DJ specific or corporate DJs specific have to do in the planning details to execute a flawless wedding. The DJ really does make the party. You can make things look pretty all day long, but if your entertainment isn't there, then what's the

Ed: 3:08

point? And I've had a bride, or more than one bride, and. See my quote and say, Good grief, why is it so much? All you're gonna be is you're gonna be there for four hours. You're gonna be there for five hours. How can you charge that much for that time? And so I literally will type out a whole laundry list of what you know we do anyways as a DJ about downloading music, purchasing music, spending 20 hours a week on a wedding, getting everything done, making sure that everything's sound checked. There's a whole laundry list of things we do before we even get to the wedding, and then we get it there early. I get to the. Four hours early, just because I like to make sure everything's working. There's a lot to do other than just be show up and run the thing because we gotta make sure all the music's working.

Cathy: 3:45

When I was DJing, Crystal would always be like, Why do you wanna get there so early? And I just remember thinking, what if something goes wrong? I have time to run to the store. I remember the first wedding I ever did was at White Rock Lake with the big stage. I can't remember. That was called. Remember that Crystal? And we decided to add video and

Crystal: 4:06

Oh, yes.

Ed: 4:07

That's, that's, Oh my gosh. That was my first venue as all X is dj.

Cathy: 4:11

Oh, wow. The, you know what I'm talking about, The one with the stage, it overlooks the lake at White Rock. I just can't remember it. Not the filter building. It was the other building.

Crystal: 4:20

Yeah, I was thinking culture, but Oh yes. I cannot remember what the name of that facility.

Cathy: 4:26

I remember being on the stage, we set up all this video, we had all this lighting and my Mac cord went out when, and we had an hour and a half and it was the video cord and they had given me tons of photos that they wanted me to show. And I was so remember I was so stressed out. I was like, I've gotta leave. I'll be back. And you're like, What?

Crystal: 4:48

I was stressed out too and I was like, I dunno how to do any of this.

Cathy: 4:52

But no,

Crystal: 4:53

it was. Winfrey Point

Cathy: 4:56

prolonged time. But then it was really funny because as I was leaving, one of the guys that was there actually happened to have an iPad audio cord in his backpack. And remember he ended up giving me that to use. And I just remember the stress of that. Wow. And I thought to myself after this, I'm never going to show up an hour or two hours before thinking I've got it covered.

Ed: 5:18

And the other thing is I drive a full size van and in there is every single. Piece of equipment I could possibly own. So I've had it where weddings, something would go bad and if I had you, a lot of times I'll have it, my, my van and I would just go out and get a replacement or something and then go to the store for the next day.

Cathy: 5:33

Yeah, and it's interesting because I think that a lot of brides, they're so focused on the ceremony, getting down the aisle, crystal, they're focused on the food and they really. See a lot of things that goes on to prep for their wedding or even a corporate event on the back end. I think that they just don't see it, and so they just don't think it's there. They don't,

Crystal: 5:53

I would agree with that, Kathy, but in addition to that, and I think also to your point, Ed is. Another factor is the customization of music. Mm-hmm. is, in my experience of there have been times as a wedding planner and this, I think, fits the point that you're making so much to the $300 DJs where maybe the DJ was hired before I became on board as a wedding planner. And the first thing I always wanted to do was connect with the dj, cuz I'm gonna be communicating throughout the entire wedding. Specifically with the DJ, more than any other vendor, or at least a good wedding planner, should and I would always be so fearful of what kind of DJ I would get because I have worked with the great DJs that know their job, know what they're doing, and the ones that are either one, learning their craft, doing it as a hobby club, DJs that should not. Be in the wedding world of music because every wedding is different, and so the customization of music, I think is a huge point. And does your DJ know how to do the starts and stops that you wouldn't otherwise do at a club or just playing music? You're not just plugging in an iPod saying, Hey, let's go. There's a lot of finesse and skill that I have seen. The difference between your$300 DJs and your 15 to$2,000, DJs, it's just night and day, and it really does make a huge difference in the flow of how the wedding goes. And people don't realize that music really does create the environment. It takes them on a happy trip or a sad trip or love trip, all of those things.

Cathy: 7:28

Another thing too is companies like yours, I see this happening a lot in different industries, not just the wedding industry, where businesses are doing more, they're offering more. So for example, you're offering, you do things like a photo booth, and I think I, You've got a lot of things that you offer, and I think that a lot of times that the brides or couples, they want those things. You know what I mean? And I think those extras also affect the price point. Am I wrong?

Ed: 7:56

No, you're right. It does affect the price point because there's all, everything is an add on, but it's an extra service. The one thing that some DJs are doing and some are not, but some are trying to go outside the realm of a DJ and photo booth type thing outside of their. I don't know if they're their skill set, comfort zone skillset to offer other stuff that they have no idea what, They just see money, they don't understand how it all works together. For a long time, we offered a coordination. We had different coordinators, but it just didn't, it didn't feel like it was working to do that, so we just stopped doing that. But yeah, adding. Everything. Cause we have, we do officiating, we do love letters, we do dancing on the clouds up, lighting, all that. And so that all does add into an extra cost.

Cathy: 8:38

Yeah. And so the bride, what it's awesome is they can do that one stop shop. I love the fact that when I see a bride can hire like a videographer and a photographer and their team and they come into play, I love that. Same with DJs. I think DJ's light. Electronic like, like your love letters, the smokes, the fogs, all that extra stuff. It all really does make sense. You guys, as DJs, I know that you're part of that planning process too. I remember looking at the timeline going, Okay, there's a lot of starts and stops to a wedding, so it's really important that you also are engaged with the bride and the, the first dances and all. What do we call those, The events throughout the wedding?

Ed: 9:19

I can't, I can't tell you. There's a difference between, So whenever I do my introductions welcoming everybody, I let everybody know I am the host of the evening. There's a difference from being a DJ and being a host. A lot of DJs, especially the lower cost ones that you find on Craigslist or what have you, they'll play the music, but you don't. Dare put 'em on a microphone and hosting the wedding basically is, I take the timeline and I. Keep everything moving along the . I think that's a big thing because companies like mine and others that are fulltime, that's what we do. We literally host it and keep things moving that way. The bride does not have all that stress.

Crystal: 9:51

You said something about the, You don't dare put them on a microphone, and since we are on the rant portion of this episode, , I have rants for days. I will save us time on that, but I could not agree with you more. There have been more than one scenario case scenarios where. Certain DJs that are not hosts have gotten on a microphone. And I finally, because I was MCing at that time, said, You know what? Why don't you just play the music and I'll take over from here . Cause it was terrifying and I just never knew what they were gonna say next, and how quickly they can easily offend someone. And so for you to say that you announce yourself as the host, I knew exactly what your point was on that, and I love that.

Cathy: 10:38

So you're Ed, you're basically guiding them through the entire wedding. The guest, you're informing the guest of what's next. When you say host, that's really what you're doing. You're just keeping them engaged and from start to finish, right?

Ed: 10:51

Yeah, and how I explain this to brides is when they have a coordinator is I will tell them, So my job is for the ceremony. The coordinator is runs that, the ceremony, and my job is to back up the coordinator with anything I need to and anything she. On the reception, the coordinator backs up the dj. I'm the one with a microphone and I'm the one making all the announcements. But before we do anything, I obviously check with the coordinator, making sure we're on, we're on time.

Cathy: 11:13

Okay, so perfect example. When the DJ has the hop and dance floor and the coordinator comes over and says, Hey, we need to stop. They're ready to do. Something really slow. You've got everybody hyped up on the dance floor and you've got this person saying, Wait, we have to stop this. When coordinators work well with DJs, they recognize that, Hey, we finally got the dance floor packed. Let's wait about 15, 20 minutes and then we can do this.

Ed: 11:40

Exactly.

, Cathy: 11:41

Cause I know Crystal and I work together would take a while. Sometimes it'd be like, Wait, not yet. And Crystal was really good about saying no, we finally got everybody to. The alcohol's kicking in or whatever. Let's not stop the party.

Crystal: 11:54

Oh yeah. Prime examples is my favorite is when the mother of the bride or mother of the groom always want to choose the worst timing for whatever. Random non-planned special thing that they want to do. And, and to your point, Ed, backing up the dj, that in that moment is the responsibility of the coordinator or wedding planner to say, You know what? I love your idea. That's an excellent idea. Now's not the right time, but let me get with your DJ and coordinate a good timing so that way we can execute this flawlessly when everybody's paying attention. Okay? That's how a wedding planner and coordinator should be backing up the dj.

Ed: 12:32

Yeah.

Cathy: 12:33

So what do you do, Ed, when they don't have a wedding planner or a wedding coordinator? I'm sure you, since you said you work with a lot of bride, they're on a budget. They probably don't really have that one. Maybe they have a venue coordinator, but that's it. How do you work with them

Ed: 12:48

On those? Basically, I do timeline management is what I call it. I don't pin booters and all this frilly stuff that coordinate You don't want me doing that. I don't decorat tables. But regarding timeline management, I literally have been at the back of ceremonies playing the music and I would just wave them down when it's time for them to come down the aisle and that kind of thing. So I help in that respect because that takes a lot of stress off of them. That is about as much as you'll get outta me cuz I can't do all. Other FRI stuff.

Cathy: 13:13

Yeah, you're a dj. You're not a wedding coordinator, but I love that word. I love that word, timeline coordination because it's like you said, that goes back to the host of you making sure that the event or the wedding runs really smoothly.

Ed: 13:25

The other thing I do on that is, I've actually just talked to a coordinator not too long ago where she worked with the dj, is that she, he went by the timeline and just started announcing stuff, but nobody was ready. My thing is, before I go on the next thing, I make sure that the bride's ready, the photographer's ready, everybody's ready before we go on to the next thing when everyone's in the room.

Cathy: 13:42

Yeah. Cuz if they're hiring a photographer and we can't capture that picture, that awesome moment or that first dance or that toast. And I know that happens. But again, that goes back to when you hire a professional dj. You've got that experience to know that those things could or can happen.

Ed: 13:59

Yeah. And, and with all that being said, I will tell you. If a bride really is, just as an example, their parents are having a really hard time, they're having pay for it by themselves. I have no problem with in my mind for them to say, We can support us $300, and so they go find a DJ that can accommodate that because in some situations they just have to take that risk. Usually for the well thought out brides that are planning a good size wedding and really going through the process, then yeah, I would say more a professional would be a better,

Crystal: 14:28

Absolutely.

Cathy: 14:29

Yeah, I agree. Absolutely. That's one thing we can all agree on, Crystal: especially can happen in the worst. Case scenarios because of the lack of budget or funds and then when somebody does have it. But it's really important that we educate our brides that you can still afford things. There's ways to work around it in areas that are where you should put your money at, and maybe some areas where you can cut budgets at. And as a planner, I would always explain those reasonings to my brides and say, Do you really need this much flowers? Look how expensive that is versus less money on your dj who's gonna be talking, hosting your entire wedding. Let's kinda like counterbalance this out and rework that. But not everybody has the budget or funds to have a planner to help them navigate through those things. And I think it's why these types of podcasts are so important so they can hear it from the professional, the true professional, to tap into the importance of it's okay to spend a little bit more money here. It's probably in your. Other than going with those 300, $400 DJs. So one more thing, Ed, as while we're on the rant, we got, we got the price going. Another thing that I actually had the experience of having was, and, and this might be something worth talking about for brides, have you ever had a guest, or this could have just only been me in my lifetime, um, which probably made me retire. No. But have you ever had a. That had a friend who could sing on a guitar and they wanted them to sing a few songs at their wedding , or you've plugged them into your equipment. So just like last minute, not planned or once so once to get on the microphone and sing a song.

Ed: 16:23

So I have had that a few times. I actually recently had a wedding where someone literally walked in with a guitar case and I immediately went right up to him and said. Are you playing tonight? And he said, Yes. And so I actually went to the bride groom and they're like, Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you about that. But my thing is, I'm weird in, in this aspect is that even up until the event happens, you can do whatever you wanna do. We basically made arrangements. We couldn't sound check it because he got there right at time to start. If they bring in a guitar and I got connections with my speakers, I'm okay with it. So I, I just do it anyways. Thrilled with it, but I don't, It's a bride's day, so if they really want him to do it, then I'll let him do it.

Cathy: 17:02

Absolutely. The, I think the problem I had was that the friend when he was ready to play was really hammered and it was at the peak of everybody drinking, and what ended up happening was they were very adamant about letting him play, so we turned it on and let him play and all the guests left and went to the bar next door.

Ed: 17:29

So if I was in that situation, I would've let him play without my system. Cathy: Like, unplug it. Yeah. Cause I, I would not, Yeah, that would not be good. But

Cathy: 17:41

you're absolutely right. I believe it is all about the bride. It's all about their day. But they also have to trust you as a dj. To know the time and the place, and when it's time to let the guys sing and telling him, Hey look, it's gonna take a few minutes. I'll play this song. We'll do a quick sound check, and then we're ready to go. And I have no doubt you do that with complete professionalism because you're there for the bride. And that's what I love. If you could give every bride advice, What would you say to them?

Ed: 18:11

The first thing I would tell the bride is for, the first thing you have to do before anything else is to create your vision. What do you want to see? What is your expectation of all your vendors that particular night? And then as for dj, I know if you. If they do an inquiry on the knot, they get slammed like with 20 or 30 people and it gets confusing. But my advice is to anytime they get an inquiry or interested, find three DJs, only three, and don't just interview 'em and over the phone and everything else. Meet 'em in person. It's very important that you click with that dj and there are, I will be honest with you, there are some very low cost DJs that are super, super good, but there's also some very expensive DJs. They're also bad, so it just depends, but Right. But I would have. Meet with every each of the DJs. I know it's time consuming, but it is very important that they click with the DJ because that personality is going to reflect their vision that night, and also that the DJ can carry out that vision. I've done full Korean weddings, Persian weddings, all kinds of different ethnicities, but I, but I spend a lot of time working on their vision, so that way that day it's, it all comes. And I've had this happen to me before, which I think is pretty cool, is they want to hear my mic voice. They want . That's awesome. It's funny, but when I worked, I used to work for a DJ company and I had auditioned for 'em and I had to use a mic voice to announce something that I've never done before. I thought those neat, and that's another thing that they need to look for is that there are DJ companies and DJs out there that will use a mic voice, and it sounds like a game show when they do this is, it's very coming up next. It's very weird. I, I make sure I let them know that. My mic voice is very natural because that's what they're gonna hear all night long. I don't need to

Cathy: 19:46

wait. So real quick, give us an example of your mic voice.

Ed: 19:50

Oh, you would say that on the spot,

Crystal: 19:53

oh, come on. You got the P gallery over here.

Ed: 19:56

Just, just as my, I'll do my welcome announcement as an example. I'll say, and my voice is pretty, pretty natural the way it normally is, but I'll say good evening, friends and family. Welcome to the Springs den. My name is Ed. I'll be your host this evening. If you have any requests, please let me know and I'll be sure to try to play those. And now we are gonna introduce the wedding party and then we do introduce 'em. It's just more of a hyped up version of my normal self because my thing is also, and that's another thing about, is when they pick a dj, they, a lot of them want energy. Some DJs will go there and it all, it is just a job to 'em. They work for somebody else, which of course, I. Situation too, but they don't have that energy and it's very important for the bride to look at that. If they're just very humdrum, yawning all the time, there's no interest there and you don't know how they're gonna react it to at the wedding.

Crystal: 20:41

I think also though, cuz I do know that you have a team of DJs, but it really, like in any business, it starts from the top. So if the leader from the top has require. Policy expectations and you're making sure that the DJ's, your team, that's a part of all Access. DJ understands what the, what your philosophy is and what all access stands for. Then those are the DJs that are gonna be out there doing the right things. If you have a company. That doesn't put as much passion and emphasis on the details that we've talked about today and what you're stating, then you're gonna have a completely different effect. But I just wanted to put that out there cuz I know your great, your reviews are just amazing and the feedback that you get a lot too. People are just love you.

Cathy: 21:24

And another thing, Ed, don't you have, if it's not you doing the wedding, don't you have your DJs meet with the bride?

Ed: 21:30

I give them the option. Most of the DJs will actually literally meet, either meet with them or do a Zoom. I try to tell 'em to stay away from phone calls. I want that face to face react interaction. Yeah. So in some of our DJs we're still coming a little bit outta Covid, so some of 'em really don't wanna do face to face, which is fine. And we are, and you didn't even know this, but today we just launched a division in California. Woohoo. All right, so awesome. So that's today it launched. So we're gonna see how the personalities out there are with our DJs out there. Well, I tell my guys when they go to a wedding, I said, I want them to see your personality. I want them to see your. The first moment you walk in the door, I walk in and I'm just like, Hey, how are you doing? Really excited because I want that energy to flow into the evening.

Cathy: 22:14

Your emotion too. The DJ's having a bad night. Guess what? Sos Every single day. Cause I, I remember looking at Crystal sometimes when I would just be beat tired and I'm like, I need to walk away for a second. I need to wake up. I'm the. Gonna bring this energy. I gotta go drink a Red Bull or something.. Ed: My only thing is they've can make or break the wedding because based on what the, how the DJ does announcements, follows guidelines, plays the music, it's either gonna be a very big success or it is gonna be a flop. I think when bride's research DJs, they have to be very careful and not only, not only just interview 'em, but also read the reviews. I know on the not and wedding. It is almost impossible to get reviews removed. So if those are on there, then they're gonna stay on there. Google, you can finagle that a little bit. Yeah, so I would recommend them. Just look at the reviews. Here's another thing is I've had brides tell me, said, We wanna go see you at a wedding. I politely tell 'em that it's not fair to the bride at hand that we do that because, and we tell 'em everything is customized to your wedding. We have rides all the time asking. Do you have a video you can send us of your work? No, because what they're gonna see is not their wedding and it's not gonna re reflect their vision.

Crystal: 23:23

And I think that's a good point.

Ed: 23:24

And I tell 'em that even at the bridal shows, I say our whole thing is to create your vision that you have is to just carry out your vision. It sounds, people make it sound complicated, but that's really all it is. We just listen to the bride. We meet with the bride as many times that they want. We just make sure we carry out that vision.

Cathy: 23:38

And I love that aspect. Taking care of the bride. I love it cuz it's not your wedding. It's not my wedding, it's not Crystals, it's their wedding.

Ed: 23:45

I've also had it to where brides would inquire with me and then they get surprised because there's, How many songs can I choose my wedding? And I said, Portal holds up to a hundred, but you can email me more if you need to. They're telling me that some DJs also only allowing 20 songs or 30 songs, and they want, DJ wants to pick out the rest. That's why our slogan pretty much is, it's all about you because we want brides to feel, at least with us, and there's a lot of DJ companies that do the same thing we do, but we just wanted them feel like with us, they can create that vision and have. Music and whatever they want to do. If they give us very little, then that means that we just need to step in and help. But if they give us a whole lot, then that's their vision. That's what we do.

Cathy: 24:19

So I think definitely if I was a bride, I would hire all access dj.

Crystal: 24:25

I'm ready to, uh, have a party. So just so I can hire him.. . I'm motivated now.

Ed: 24:31

Oh, that's another thing. The one thing also about the, sometimes about the lower cost DJs, higher percentage that they're gonna cancel.

Crystal: 24:38

Oh yes, it has happened. Oh yeah, that's time and time again.

Ed: 24:41

I'm dealing with two clients right now that their DJ had canceled and they're trying to get DJs for one was for this Saturday. And then one is for gosh, in November. So, so we're trying to, we're trying to work with them and get them taken care of. Brides have told me that, well my DJ canceled cuz they got a better offer somewhere. And that's such a shame that happens where a professional full-time dj, they are truly invested in the bride. They're not gonna just go somewhere else because they get more money. I know.

Crystal: 25:03

Where's the integrity that's, I've had brides call me in the past with similar circumstances and my. It just falls for them because I'm like, how can a professional person do this? Oh wait, he wasn't professional or she wasn't professional.

Ed: 25:16

A lot of times there's a friend of a friend or something that does that. Um, Oh yeah. And I'm all for a friend. DJs the one thing I really will not dj, personal friend wedding. I did one time, I did her and her daughter's. All weddings I did. It's hard to keep a professional stance when you're teaching your friend's wedding. Could you get a little. Lenient and lax. I would prefer the friend just to enjoy the wedding and hire a professional that isn't really related to anything to be able to focus on, on everything. I have found that with brides, they are very excited when we have been to a venue or we've done a wedding at a venue, that they're gonna marry that.

Crystal: 25:47

Oh yeah.

Ed: 25:48

Because we, we know the venue and I, we have a venue that we're going to for the. First time on October 1st. I'm actually gonna take a tour of them next week so I can see what the venues, what it's about. I try to do site visits whenever I can. Uh, we're gonna have a wedding at a venue I haven't been to, but I'll be honest with you, there's not many venues I have not been to.

Cathy: 26:03

So since Covid now we got a new, a lot of new opening venues, which has been nice.

Ed: 26:09

A lot of venues closed too. That's true.

Cathy: 26:11

Lots of closed, Lots of opened. It's, I think it could be real interesting to see what happens this next year. Yeah. I did read an article that more and more people are looking to get into the wedding professional world, and it said that in 2022 it was one of the top businesses to get into really. So we wanna definitely make sure that all the newbies coming into this. At least learn from the oldies in the business.

Ed: 26:36

And that's one thing when we have a newbie coming in, it would be nice if they were welcomed instead of criticized or bashed because of what they're doing.

Crystal: 26:43

I agree with that, we should all be helping somebody hone in their craft if we already have. And if. Experience skill set in that area. Take them under your wing, show 'em some tips and tricks. Show 'em. Be honest. I felt that this is how I overcame that and teach them how not to do those same mistakes because it's only helping the bride out and helping them grow in and hone in their craft.

Ed: 27:02

People have come to my company, they call me the training company a lot of, because I basically will taken in DJs and have their equipment but don't know really much how to use it or whatever, and then they'll go and be successful. We become respect. In the industry, but we like to, we try to help. We've had DJs that have actually worked for me for a while and then they then use that talent to build their own companies, which I'm, I am not ashamed of at all, is the only competition is myself. I love that. I'd rather work with people than against people.

Cathy: 27:27

Here's what I always say. Often imitated never replicate. So you can teach somebody everything, but they'll never be Ed. They'll never be Ed . It can't be Ed

Crystal: 27:38

One of a kind!

Cathy: 27:41

Ed for being a guest on Rant and Resolve. We're super excited. I've spent a little bit of time with you today. Thank you for taking time out of your awesome, busy day. We appreciate you being here.

Ed: 27:52

Thank you for having me.

Crystal: 27:53

It's always a pleasure talking with you, Ed. If you liked what you heard today, it would like to get in touch with Ed for your next event or wedding. You can reach him at all. DJ dfw.com, or if you live in California, you can reach him at all Access dj ca.com. Make sure to go and like and follow all their socials. They always have some fun stuff on there. We'll also make sure to include all of those links in the description, all access dj, where it's all about you. Thank you for joining us in today's episode. We'll see you on the next one.