"Music By Request" DJ Butlers

Fred was the DJ at my wedding in Oxford, Ohio, and he did a fantastic job. I went outside to have a cigar about 2 hours into the reception and I got a compliment from all four other guys outside about our DJ. Throughout all of the meetings before the wedding, Fred was always very open to ideas, and he was also very good about letting us know what would work, what might work, and what probably wouldn't work, but he was never forceful about his opinion. It was always our day. He would say he wanted to see our "fantastic face", meaning if we weren't excited about an idea then it was no longer an idea. He was also able to change in the middle of the event, because we changed our mind about one aspect and we told him, and that part was done. I would 100% recommend him and his company to anyone looking for a DJ in the area.

Fred Caldwell was the DJ for our daughter's wedding on 9/24/2011 and he was fabulous. From our first meeting to the meeting he held the day before the wedding he delivered everything he promised. He was on time, kept everything on schedule and played the music we requested. He balanced keeping the reception on schedule and was a lot of fun. I received a number of complements from our guests. I would definitely recommend DJ Butlers for your wedding. If Fred is available, take him. Thanks again for making our daughter's wedding nothing but perfect.

I used "Music By Request" DJ Butlers for my 9/9/11 wedding. Our DJ was Fred Caldwell. Fred did a great job, and I highly recommend him. We could tell from the first time we met him that he takes his job very seriously and really enjoys it. Prior to our wedding, he spent an entire evening with us going through every little detail of our wedding. He made a lot of suggestions that we hadn't even thought of. (For example: 1 - He suggested that we use nicknames when we introduce the wedding party. It helped make the wedding more fun and memorable. 2 - He helped suggest specific songs for parts of the wedding where we weren't sure what song to use. 3 - He suggested that we take a rose out to each of our mothers during the ceremony and present it to them. This was a nice touch, and our moms both enjoyed it.) Fred also made sure that the music he played was what we wanted. He did a great job of getting the crowd involved, without making anyone feel uncomfortable. He also did a great job of making sure everything stayed on track.Fred made sure our wedding went exactly how we wanted. We were able to relax and enjoy the night since he had everything under control. Fred is very passionate about his job, and it shows. We received a lot of compliments about him. Great job, Fred!John F.

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We worked with Tim from DJ Butlers, and he was great. My husband worked with him preceding the wedding, and had no issues. Everyone has commented how great the music was at our wedding, and how much fun it was! Tim listened to us for our "play and not play" lists - something we heard many friends complain about, and definitely had seen make or break weddings in the past. We wanted to make sure this wasn't an issue for us, so we did pay a little more than we had planned to spend on a DJ. I think that is the only place they could improve - to be a little more price friendly to customers.

Aaron Burkhardt was our Master of service. Aaron has been a friend of the family for YEARS!! I was a little hesitant on having him DJ my wedding because I didn't want him to slack off since I have known him for a long time. He was way more professional than I could have dreamed. He worked very hard, played the best music, and all of the guests were raving about how much fun they had. He made the wedding reception perfect and memorable. He checked with us to make sure everything was going good and if we wanted a few more minutes to do something, that was fine. He would play music until we were ready. If everyone in his company is half as good as he is, then WOW, they sure hit the jackpot!!! Thanks DJ Butlers and Aaron!!! I would highly reccommend them!!

I really hate to give such a bad review because Lewis started off as such a good DJ- that is until we got to see him at work.He was always difficult to get a hold of - never quick to get back to us.He refused to give us a copy of the schedule we went over with him during our meeting even though all he had to do was scan it. We needed a schedule to give to our vendors, especially our reception hall because they needed to know when the toast and dinner were, etc. - besides the fact that Nick and I just wanted to know when things were happening. However EVERY time we asked Lewis for a copy he refused to give it to us saying he couldn't because it was handwritten. I really just don't understand why we couldn't get a scanned or typed up copy. And to critique all of DJ Butlers, I think it's ridiculous that you guys don't familiarize yourselves with a wedding until the day of - the fact that you told us you wouldn't open our file until the day of. I was worried when Lewis told us this because of exactly what happened our wedding night. He was not familiar with our schedule and kept asking us questions the whole night about what's next. Admittedly I did recreate a new, revised schedule because, out of courtesy to our other vendors, I had to give them something to go off of. I did give this to Lewis roughly 2 weeks before our wedding as well so that all the vendors would be on the same page. But since you guys don't review your clients' folders until the day of, it clearly doesn't prepare you well enough.And I may be beating a dead horse with the schedule, but that night Lewis was questioning our revised schedule and was trying to switch it back to the original one (the one he wouldn't give me a copy of) that night during our dinner, during our reception while Nick and I were trying to enjoy our first meal. I cannot believe he was trying to switch the order of events on us that night at the last minute and trying to convince us to do it his way.We were just disappointed with his overall lack of enthusiasm. During our meeting he seemed upbeat and fun, but on our wedding night, he hid behind the speakers and didn't get out there and dance with the crowd or get them dancing if things got slow. He messed up our last song and had the wrong versions of songs we wanted.I think quite possibly the most upsetting and rude thing he did that night was eat when he was not covered or told he was being fed. The DJ is only there for 4 hours and didn't start until 8 so that is plenty of time to eat dinner beforehand. I think it is so rude and unprofessional to just help yourself to dinner when it's not offered. Even if he had asked beforehand, we could have added him, no big deal. But the fact that he didn't ask is just upsetting.And the final thing that upset us that evening (we only had issues with our DJ by the way - the other vendors were great) was after we made it clear to him that my Uncle likes to play a prank at every wedding and that we DID NOT want that AT ALL, Lewis still went along with my Uncle's joke, he played the music my Uncle gave him and Lewis announced the prank. I really don't think we could have made it any clearer to Lewis how badly we DID NOT want that to happen and that it was his job to play other music if my Uncle tried to do something. He promised us that's what he would do and yet he still popped in my Uncle's CD, announced it and went along with it. We are now having to ask our videographer to edit out that part in our reception.We will NEVER recommend DJ Butlers to anyone, which is a shame because my Sister used you guys 6 years ago and had no problems. But if this is how you guys operate things currently, it's really a shame it's not what it used to be.

Aarond Burkhardt was the DJ for our wedding. He is great. We planned the wedding from Chicago and we actually did our pre-wedding meeting via Skype! He is so organized and really helped us with our music selection. And he can totally read the crowd. The first couple of songs NO ONE was sitting down. It was so much fun!

I used Brian Benton from DJ Butlers, and he was the best DJ! He played everything that I wanted, when I wanted, and played requests from my friends. It was fun and classy - just how I wanted. I would recommend DJ Butlers, but especially Brian Benton. Thanks, Brian!

We had Tim Wolf DJ our wedding reception. From our first phone conversation I was very impressed by his knowledge, experience, and professionalism. When we met he was really concerned about our needs and wants. We really wanted someone that would keep the party alive and Tim did just that. Everyone, young and old, was on the dancing floor having a great time. He did a great job and I would recommend him to any bride!

DJ Butler is great! They played a good range of music and I had many compliments during the wedding and after the wedding about how much people enjoyed the music!

Brides: PLEASE save your time and money- this vendor was a major upset!! They didnt have any of the music we wanted to hear- we had to burn our own CDs!! They didnt play any slow songs so people could slow dance. The fast songs they played were the specific songs I asked them NOT to play. The DJ messed up several announcements and actually cursed at my wedding planner when she said he would have to wait to get his dinner until after the wedding guests were served. TERRIBLE! I called to complain about it and was brushed off with a generic email. They could have cared less....PLease do not hire them. There are so many other DJ companies in Cincinnati with a great reputation. I wish I would have gone with my gut and hired one of them.

We hired Tim Wolfe from DJ Butlers to DJ our wedding!! He was a great guy, and listened to what we wanted!! We met with him a few days before the big day and let him know what kind of music we wanted and what specific songs we liked! He had people on the dance floor with the first song he played, and kept people out there all night long! He had some great suggestions when we were stuck. A truly nice, professional and great guy! Recommend him highly!!

I would not choose DJ Butlers again. The communication during planning was horrible and I did not meet with my DJ until the week of! He did a good job during the wedding but the planning process was a huge stressor.

Huge disappointment. Big regret picking them and I would not recommend them and you would have better luck having your Ipod play. Not a big selection of music to pick from and we ended up burning CD's for him to play since he wasn't aware of half of the songs we wanted to hear.

Brian was our DJ at our wedding and he rocks!!! My husband and I really liked his skills as an emcee and DJ as well as his personality. Before we signed the contract, he came to us and met us to discuss things we were concerned about. We had a great feeling right at that meeting and we were right. He gave us ideas and talked about his role, flow of things, etc. We picked out music over the next couple of months to prepare and when the wedding got closer, he called us first. We met with him and he was very thorough in the pronunciation of my family’s names (Filipino) along with going over the music. He stuck to the list of songs we gave him for our reception, etc.(and added a few ones which jibed with the mood we wanted for our wedding). He did not play things from our Do-Not-Play list, kept everything flowing right at schedule and worked the crowd well keeping the dance floor packed. He also served us drinks before our entrance, joined the crowd at one point leading the line dancing while still mindful of his duties as a DJ, etc. He really was great, professional, kind and polite. He also gave us cd’s of the music at our reception as souvenir, which was a great keepsake. During, immediately after, and now even months after our wedding, many of our guests have said our DJ and the music was great, and how they wish he was their DJ at the wedding. The music/DJ makes or break a reception, and a lot of our guests told us repeatedly they enjoyed our wedding immensely. Brian is one of our favorite vendors and is highly recommended by us!!

Our DJ was okay I mean nothing that he did wasn't something that couldn't be fixed, he played a few songs that were wrong but all he did was turn off the wrong song and put the right song on. Other than that he was great he got guest on the floor dancing and everyone had a great time.

We hired Brennan Scanlon form DJ Butlers. He was everything we asked for. We knew when we met that our personalities were similar so we simply told him to do what he would have wanted for his own wedding. Worked like a charm. Not cheesy at all, yet was very engaging. had the crowd on the dance floor in no time! Everything was timed perfectly and Brennan was extremely professional and efficient.

Fred Caudwell who is the owner was our DJ. He is full of energy and he asked us what we want to remember about the wedding. I told him we wanted to remember having fun and that we wanted to dance. He kept th4e dance floor going the whole night. He was always available. When I first called him he was at the hospital with his son but he still talked to me and then the night before before the wedding my husband called him at two in the morning thinking he would just leave a message to change one of our songs but he actually answered and was very nice about it. The only thing was at the reception there was a couple minor slip ups. It was mainly us because we were not prepared when we told him what songs we wanted, he wanted us to put the special songs on a CD and we just ran out of time and went with what he had already and it kind of messed up some. So I can blame that on us. But one thing when we met with him, I told him I didn't want to do everything back to back but at the reception he did, do the special dances back to back and then once those were done he announced the bouquet toss, I did it and then immediately after he announced the garter toss, I went up to him and asked him not to do it now and he announced we'd do it later and then I completely forgot about it. But it's just a minor slip up. He taught our families a few dances, and everyone loved that. He's got a ton of personality and I would definetely recommend him!

Our DJ was Ryan Schwartz and he came highly recommended from a friend. He kept all of our guests entertained and made sure the dance floor was full all night. Our wedding party was always taken care of and Ryan made sure everyone's glass was full. I have seen DJs butcher the names of those in the wedding party when announcing, but the DJ Butlers write everything out phonetically and they make sure not to mispronounce a guests name. Remarkable service and I will recommend them to everyone I know.

For the music, I had Aaron Burkhardt from DJ Butlers - he was AWESOME, an absolute professional, i went many other weddings this year and he was by far the best i've seen - he did not have a set play list like most dj's - he played to how the guests were moving...which I totally loved - he also sits down with you a week before to get your dos/donts of what to play!

We used Brennan from DJ Butlers and he was phenomenal. He is 100% a class act-my favorite thing about him is that he doens't use cheesey effects, or try to take over the event...he played all of the music that we requested, kept the event on track and most importantly he really knew how to read the dance floor and keep the party going. He did my sister's wedding 5 years back and he was equally amazing. Highly recommended!

Music by request is great. They offer many Djs and letter of recommendation on their site. I found these very helpful in picking my dj. Brian was fantastic. He played everything we requested and nothing we said not to. We could see he clearly loves his job and it made the wedding very exciting. They are worth the money!

Brennan Scanlon was the best DJ anyone could ever hope to have. What a professional! He made the reception!

This vendor was just ok. There was some drama with our dj quitting the company just days before our wedding and taking our deposit money with him! Luckily, DJ Butlers pulled through and provided us with another DJ for our reception. He did well with getting to know us and what we wanted quickly.

We hired Andrew Massie of DJ Butlers to be the DJ at our wedding. He was recommended to us by a family friend after they attended a fun wedding reception, and we are so glad we listened. Andrew was willing to follow all of our requests and checked in with us throughout the evening to make sure we were pleased with everything. The reception was a huge success thanks to him. Our guests danced the entire night and said they had a lot of fun. Andrew was very easy to contact before the wedding, by both email and phone. He kept the music at a reasonable volume, and didn't try to steal the show like so many DJ's I have experienced. The price set by DJ Butlers seemed to be very comparable to surrounding DJ companies, but the service was outstanding.

Pretty good overall. No complaints.

Did a awesome job of helping us coordinate the schedule of events at our reception. I do not think he (tony) played one of our must plays.....but other than that, exceeded our expectations!

DJ Butlers ruined my wedding! First of all, their contract says to meet 4 weeks in advance, but our DJ didn’t want to meet until 2 weeks before the wedding. At the first meeting, the DJ told us that we had to bring our own CDs to ensure that we have the music we want played. I would expect them to provide the music…that’s what I thought I was paying for. The DJ wrote out a timeline during the initial meeting. The following day my fiancé emailed him, and called him to see if he could provide that timeline to us so we could provide to the other vendors. We did not hear from the DJ until 2 nights before the wedding – that was after a call to the owner who provided even less information or help. We emailed the DJ directions and information about the location so he would have that beforehand. The day of the wedding he was 45 minutes late, which gave him 15 minutes to set up and begin playing the music. All during the ceremony and the important parts of the reception the speakers were working incorrectly. The music was bouncing on and off and it was extremely annoying.During the time I started walking down the aisle, when our guest singer was singing, all cocktail hour, during the grand entrance, the first song, the father/daughter dance, the mother/son dance, etc… the speakers were messed up. This is the most important day of my life and I was unable to enjoy it because of the DJ service! They ruined every important aspect of my wedding and I have to recall that every time I watch the video of the event. The venue workers and some family members had to come and help disconnect the speakers because it was so bad. The venue’s workers even volunteered to go and get his equipment and hook it up because everyone was so upset. I then contacted the owner of the business when I returned from the honeymoon. I was told I would get a small refund to help my disappointment, and 5 weeks later I still have yet to see the check I was promised. So if you want your wedding to be special, please do not choose this DJ service!!

Matt Woods is the BEST DJ I've ever encountered! He's professional, fun, creative, and completely organized. He's worth every penny!

These guys are great. Played everything we wanted and made sure that there was never a dull moment during the reception.

We had a few problems with this vendor. We were scheduled to meet for the final time and there was a power outage in the city. We did not receive a phone call so we thought we should go foward with meeting. When we got to the office it was closed and there was no one there. We ended up being able to get ahold of the owner who sent someone out, but it was poor communication. Also at that meeting we brought the cd of music that we wanted for special dances etc and at the meeting the dj asked that I hold onto it and bring it on the wedding day so he did not loose it. Not knowing how crazy everything was going to be the day of I agreed but of course this was the farthest thing from my mind and I forgot it. Luckily he had the father daughter dance music. But he did not have 'Forever Young' which is what my husband and his mother were planning to dance to. We would not recommend this DJ.

Good DJ...Excellent value!

My husband and I met Tony Frambes at the bridal convention in Cincinnati two summers before our wedding day... and we booked him almost immediately! His knowledge of wedding receptions, fun music selections, musicality in general, as well as technical stereo equipment and his outgoing personality made us feel so comfortable and confident in his abilities that we didn't even research another dj service! He sent us some awesome reception music choices to plan out all the details and create the "music mood" for the night, and when we met with him a month before the big day, he was so knowledgeable about timing and planning all the events for the evening. He took all of our requests for "Must Plays" and "Do Not Plays" and even made some fun suggestions! We had a blast dancing with our friends and family on our wedding night, and the party was such a blast! The timing of events went so smoothly, and he was an excellent master of ceremonies. We continue to hear that the music choices were "awesome" and that the party was an excellent mix of Top 40 hits and fun classic dance songs. I highly suggest any bride to book Tony for an awesome wedding reception - it truly was the time of our lives!

The DJ service itself was great. Every time I called the office the staff went above & beyond to help with any needs I had. My only complaint at all was that I had typed up and written down specific songs I wanted the DJ to play during the bouquet & garter toss and he totally disregared & played the typical cliche songs that i was trying to avoid... but at that point in the evening I didnt really care, it was more in hindsight.

By having a wedding on a Friday, we saved nearly $500. They were extremely professional and catered to exactly what I wanted, down to 15 minute increments of the night. Our DJ made sure that everyone in the wedding was at the right place at the right time and even went so far as to make sure that we were comfortable.

They were wonderful. Used them for my wedding after four friends had wonderful experiences with them.

Our DJ was very nice, professional, appropriate, and did what we wanted! He actually went out and bought several of the more obscure songs that we requested, and let us give him a CD with some that we already had. He did our ceremony and reception music, and there was not a single hitch with the timing, order, or any part of it! I would recommend them to anyone!

I would recommend this company for weddings, birthday parties, etc. They are professional and fun. The guys were wonderful to me, my husband, family and friends.

I was so thrilled to be able to book Brian Benton with the DJ Butlers for my wedding! I met him at a bridal show and he really sold me with his personality. He was very professional and energetic which got the guests excited about participating in the reception. He not only acted as DJ, but MC for the night-taking care of all the little details so I didn't have to worry about them. He definitely went above and beyond what I expected a DJ to do and he was a lot of fun to work with!

We used DJ Butlers for our entertainment at our reception I would highly recommend them. Matt Woods was our DJ and he did exceptional work. From start to finish the company held a high level of professionalism. Matt was very detailed down to the minute in planning out our reception entertainment and really cared about what we wanted for our day.

Our DJ was GREAT! From the first visit we made to the company, to the planning day with our DJ to the actual wedding reception, we were treated so well and had everything that we requested. Our DJ new how to read the crowd and made sure that we were okay with all the decision he made. Way to go DJ Butlers!

WOW! Kept the dance floor full the whole night. Very professional. Made an effort to get music they didn't have but had pretty much every type of music.

This company has many different djs. I am not saying that I would not reccomend this company, but this particular DJ sucked! We had a pre-wedding meeting, I gave him detailed, computer generated music instructions. We went over it thouroughly and I felt good. At the wedding he was awful. My maid of honor was Becky. The dj announced that my dad was going to give a toast to Becky, my name is Maggie. He announced all of the dedication songs incorrectly. He played many songs on my do not play list and he played everything out of order. I eventually told him to stop talking and just play music. It was awful.

We knew our DJ personally, so this was a good choice for us.

The best part about our DJ Butler was how he went out of his way to make sure we were taken care of- he got our food and drinks for us and kept us up on what was happening next.The worst part about our DJ Butler was that every song he played he claimed was a "special request from the bride and groom!" The songs were simply ones on his list that I didn't mark out!He was the typical wedding DJ plus he got us food.

Total pros hands down! I've personally worked with DJ Butlers more than any other DJ in Cincinnati. Amazing company, totally organized, great MC skills, professional all around!

Can't imagine a wedding without one of these guys!

I have worked with many of the guys from DJ Butler and they are VERY good at what they go and they get the party up and rolling! Great Job!

Music is one of the most important parts of your reception party and I recommend DJ butlers to many brides. I even used them for my own wedding and loved them!

One class act for sure! They know how to work a crowd! They cater to your personal requests. Well dressed & well spoken! Two thumbs up!

These guys are great!!