The DJ is gradual to reply to email messages or return phone calls. If a DJ is working a full time work apart from DJing, chances are they will not have time to appropriately reply to their customers & are often hard to get a hold of. If a DJ claims to be a complete time professional with years of experience they should have plenty of consistent reviews on sites like Wedding Wire. If your DJ claims to be professional they should be known & well liked by other full time wedding professionals such as your venue manager, photographer, or wedding coordinator. If they may be unknown or not well liked, they may be probably an amateur. Just like professionals such as doctors or lawyers who specialize in an unique area, a professional full time DJ should specialize in one area. DJs that tend to do a wide variety of event such as weddings, corporate events, high school dances, nightclubs, & birthdays with no specialty are generally part timers as they lack the skills & time for you to be specialized.
Professional hawaii dj get booked from 6 to 18 months in advance, so start looking early in your planning process. It’s your day and you will want it to be fun, refined, and personalized. Make sure you are completely confident and comfortable with the DJ that you hire so you can enjoy a fun and stress free celebration. In my opinion a professional should be someone complete time. Just because you get paid for something does not mean you’re a professional. A part-time DJ won’t be very reliable mainly because they are going to be fair more dedicated to their full-time task. If they get call in to perform their full time work on the day of your event they will cancel on you at the last minute.