I chose to work with Sounds Unlimited at the Seattle Wedding show in 2010. I was sort of pressured into it (hindsight is 20/20) by the sales woman. That is my fault completely. However, as our wedding approached I tried to work with Travis to make our playlists since their database has 10% of the songs we wanted. Still doable at this point. In the end we made a small playlist using their database, but I made all of the other music. From the pre-ceremony tunes, processional/recessional, cocktail hour, dance music etc. The day of our wedding my mom was unable to attend (she passed away shortly after) and our officiant made an announcement about my mom not being able to be there before the ceremony processional began (which the DJ was more than aware of). Upon watching our wedding video, the DJ started playing our music over our officiant so no one heard and proceeded to ask me every few minutes where my mom was. I was already very emotional about her absence and worried for her health, and these constant reminders and inquires from our guest were very stressful. Then during the reception, the DJ didn't play ANY of our playlists that we spent hours on. He even played songs we specifically asked him not to play. My new husband had to ask the DJ to change the music, but no go. I am very disappointed with Sounds Unlimited and have deterred my engaged friends from using them. Bottom line: We had to choreograph our own music and would have been better off using an iPod and not SU. Total waste of money!
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