Jim Rio was recommended to us by our venue/caterer (which we also loved and trusted). We booked with him in fall of 2019 for our September 2020 wedding. Jim met with us to go over his services and didn’t make us feel any pressure to sign with him right then and there (even though we knew we wanted to!). We ended up hiring him to do the music for our ceremony and reception since the event was in the same room. We met with Jim a second time before our wedding to discuss details. We appreciated that Jim took the time to meet with us and was very thorough. I am very detail oriented but I definitely met my match with Jim. He was even more detail oriented than me which made this stressed out Bride feel at ease. We knew we were in good hands. He even took the time to make sure he would pronounce everyone’s names correctly during the announcements and sent us samples of music for the ceremony and reception entrance as well. You can tell he really loves DJing. Being a couple that planned a lot of our wedding during the pandemic, we were concerned our guests wouldn’t dance or wouldn’t have fun. Jim assured us it would still be a fun time even though we had to keep everyone safe. He was right. We had the most amazing night. He kept us on schedule, kept things flowing, played the music we requested and had selected during our meeting with him, and he made it even more fun. He even joined the group on the dance floor to show how to do some of the line dances we wanted played (which I really appreciated since I didn’t know how to do most of them). Jim was responsive, easy to work with, detail oriented, and fun but professional. His pricing was very affordable and competitive as well. We 100% recommend him.

We were extremely satisfied with the wedding reception experience Music Connection (Jim Rio) provided. We got married during the COVID-19 pandemic and were very nervous about the safety of our guests while also providing a fun wedding experience. Before we booked with Jim, we met with him in person and he provided us with previous playlists and tons of music suggestions. After we booked Jim, we met with him again to fill out a very organized outline of the night. He was very professional with his song suggestions and responded quickly to my emails. He did a wonderful job of creating a timeline of the whole night to share with us before the reception and was an excellent emcee providing a great flow of our events (introductions, speeches, first dances, cake cutting, etc.). He was flexible as the night went on with our song requests and checked in with us to see if we were able to visit all of our guests at each table before starting the first dances (he didn’t rush us at all!). We were glad that Jim stuck with our requests of songs to play and not to play. We were pleasantly surprised that the music was so good that people were (socially distanced) dancing ALL night long! We even had a few couples ask for the DJ’s information for their upcoming weddings. We HIGHLY recommend Music Connection and are so grateful for our wonderful experience.

Jim Rio was wonderful to work with throughout the wedding process. He was super helpful in planning and making sure that everyone was on the same page for the plan for our wedding! Throughout the wedding, he did such a phenomenal job! He is super organized and professional, and did a great job playing music that suited everyone who attended. We had the best time dancing the night away, thanks to Jim!