Encore Entertainment

Fred is very responsive to calls/emails and is honestly "the king of follow ups". He is a really nice guy, had great recommendations, and is very knowledgeable. The dance floor was packed all night long thanks to Fred! He followed our "do not play" list to a T, even when my mother insisted otherwise! He also did a good job commentating and acted as our coordinator through the reception. He was very flexible to last minute changes and was truly a pleasure to work with. I absolutely recommend using Encore Entertainment for your wedding or event!!!!

Fred Bishop was our DJ and he was a lifesaver! Or a wedding saver to be exact! We were on a super tight schedule the day of and Fred timed everthing perfectly so that the night ran smoothly.

We had a very specific vision for how we wanted our wedding music to be and Fred was able to perfectly execute everything. He was able to get people dancing when they needed to be and was excellent at keeping everything running on schedule.

Fred is super easy to get in contact with and is very flexible. I do think he genuinely befriends couples and works to make them happy. He arrived early on the day of which I was really happy about. However I was originally told that I would have a speaker outside on the deck and in the saloon and I didn't get that. When we gave our welcome "speech" and thanked our guests, I thought the guests sitting on the patio could hear us over the speaker, but later discovered there wasn't actually one. I was a little bummed but when the sun went down we opened the windows so you could hear everything outside on the patio anyway. I also hoped that he would be a bit more upbeat and interactive with our guests during the reception. People didn't dance much for long periods of time, then he would say something on the mic and switch the music up and people would start dancing. I just hoped for more of that during the whole reception. I did not communicate that with him though so I can't fault him on that too much.

Pros: Fred is very easy to get a hold of and is the king of follow ups. An all around nice guy at an affordable price.The dance floor was packed all night long and even my dad got it on the Chicken Dance thanks to Fred! He followed our "do not play" list to a T, even when my little sister requested Soulja Boy, which was on that list. (Thank goodness he vetoed.)He also did a good job commentating.Cons: I was disappointed that only about 1/3 of our "must play" list actually got played. My sisters and I have a few special songs, but somehow they didn't get played.For the cocktail hour we specified "Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Michael Buble, etc." I distinctly heard Circle of Life and a few others played that did not fall under that specific category. But I could've been more specific in our cocktail hour requests than assuming he knew what music was encompassed in those 3 artists.

Fred was great throughout the planning process. He always got right back to me with any questions I needed answered and had plenty of great ideas for us. He also set the timeline for the reception which was a great help! I would have to say my only complaint was that the music stopped right after we made our exit. I should have clarified I wanted a little time for our guests to wind down with music still playing. But overall I loved him and would book again!