Expressway Music

This review is solely for their harpist, we didn’t use their DJ services. Honestly, if it weren’t for Charissa, who does all of the scheduling and coordination for Expressway, we would have cut ties with them a few days before our wedding. I don’t think we fully understood the meaning of the expression of «the customer is always right» until we dealt with this harpist.
To back up a bit, we had calls and/​or walk-​throughs scheduled with our DJ, caterer, florist, etc. before the wedding. We thought it best to make sure everyone was on the same page, so we asked Charissa if we could have a short call with the harpist as well, to ensure she knew what we were looking for, and to ask her suggestion on a song. We worked with Charissa, who was very pleasant and accommodating to schedule a 15 minute call. For the call itself, first, Charissa couldn’t locate the harpist — she wasn’t answering her phone. When she finally got on the phone, about 12 minutes late to a 15 minute call, she was clearly driving and getting in and out of her car. There were many extraneous noises in the background, it was hard to hear her and she clearly wasn’t concentrating on our call. We’d sent an email with the part we needed a song suggestion on which she hadn’t read through, and she seemed confused as to why the call was happening. To top it all off, she acted like the call was unnecessary and was blatantly rude. Tensions were rising, and my usually very calm and cool-​headed fiancé got irritated, we were paying her money and she could care less about her job or doing it professionally. Finally, when it got impossible to hear her, he said let’s just reschedule the call. Charissa promptly called us back and promised to make things right, sending us links to song options for the part of the ceremony we needed, and promising over and over again that she’d be prompt on the wedding day.
Fast forward to the wedding and she was indeed prompt and played fine. Much of the wedding is a blur to me, but one or two people complimented us having a harpist, so I imagine she played well. She had the nerve, however, to come up to me before my husband and I were about to make our entrance into the reception and say, «can you hear me now?!» At first I didn’t understand, and then realized she meant because we’d gotten irritated on the call over her lack of professionalism. To come up to me in the middle of my wedding and do this was completely uncalled for.
All in all, she did her job and did a good job of it. Personality-​wise though, I will never hire her again. She left a terrible taste in my mouth. Charissa I must say though had given us her personal cell phone in case anything had gone wrong over the weekend, and followed up on Monday following the wedding to make sure all went okay. She seemed to go above and beyond.

David at Expressway Music was fantastic to work with for our wedding. He listened to what we wanted beforehand and delivered with flying colors. The dance floor was packed for the entire wedding and he has a knack for feeling the «flow» of the wedding and know when to slow things down and when to pick them back up. We received many compliments from our guests on our choice of DJs.

David was amazing. He is so easy to work with and made the night a huge hit. Loved the music and the uplighting really set the stage. We will recommend him to friends and use his services again in the future.

We recently worked with David Swirsky from Expressway Music to DJ our wedding and could not have been more pleased! If it were up to me, I would crown David the best DJ of all time! This was the one area that I let my husband take the lead, given that he had stronger music preferences than I did. I actually spoke on the phone with David only a week before the weeding and I knew immediately that my husband’s instincts were right and he was the perfect person to DJ our wedding. David was particularly fantastic given that we had quite the range of musical requests. His enthusiasm and musical knowledge was appreciated by everyone at the wedding. Not only did he give us everything we asked for, he played music we hadn’t even told him we liked and it was perfect! David gave us exactly what we wanted – a party of guests who danced the night away. The music exceeded our expectations and was a huge part of having the wedding of our dreams, which we had!

We used Dave and Dan for all three of our kids’ Bar/​Bat Mitzvahs. Great guys. Good music. They kept the kids involved all night. The rare DJs who don’t blow out your eardrums. Highly recommended.

I am an Event Planner and I feel confident in referring Expressway Music to my clientele. They are very professional with great response time and excellent customer service. They make my clients feel comfortable with requests, they dress and act professionally the day of the events and their equipment is modern. I have even used them for my own birthday celebrations — I loved their adult magician! I am always impressed when I refer them and I will continue to do so!

Expressway Music DJ ‘ed my daughters wedding in NYC in October. It was a perfect celebration. My daughter and her husband immediately clicked with the DJ and felt that
he had a great connection into what they wanted. The DJ seemed to have a genuine love of music and a vast catalog in his head. As the evening unfolded the music was
paced well and before we knew it everyone was dancing, even my 90 year old dad was on the dance floor. It was a perfect evening with all the right music. The price was reasonable
and nothing was cut short. I highly recommend Expressway Music for any celebration.

Fantastic work at my wedding. Would use again for a second or even a third wedding.

Amazing DJ! Made out wedding! Would recommend to anyone

We actually selected Expressway Music blind as we were planning a New York wedding from Texas. We are SO happy we got them! Fantastic job! Highly professional! Competitive rates! You just can’t find anyone better!

Everyone at expressway music was great to deal with, completely professional on the job, as well as pleasant to work with.
I used expressway several times and will most certainly again!

My now wife and I got married in early October 2015 and agreed when we started planning our wedding that picking the right DJ would make a huge difference in how the party portion of the wedding would go. We did the best we could by asking around, taking notes at other friends/​family weddings, reading reviews on Unilocal & The Knot & lots of other wedding sites. After reading plenty of positive reviews we contacted ExpressWay Music. From the start we were given great customer service and were really impressed with the way that they treated us even before committing to having them be our wedding DJ.
Dan Kingman was our DJ and he did everything perfectly. I understand what that must sound like reading it here but hear me out.
Here are some specific examples of how Dan went the extra mile for us…
1) We planned our wedding from California (since that’s we’ve lived for over the last few years) and he worked with our schedule when it came to song selections and day of planning (even with the time zone difference).
2) Dan took the time to meet me in NYC when I was visiting the east coast about 6 months before the wedding just to get to know me and Ellie, how we met, our music styles, and what we envisioned our wedding would be like. We didn’t even know exactly what it was going to be like but he really helped set a great scene for us with how the guests would be expecting the evening to go and what we wanted in terms of the flow of cocktail hour, entrances, first dance, dinner music, and the heavier dancing portion of the evening.
3) We provided song lists a few weeks before the wedding and Dan made sure he had the versions we talked about. There was nothing too hard to find (provided spotify and youtube links to be safe) and he was able to combine me and Ellie’s musical tastes extremely well (she’s more 90s hip hop and oldies, i’m more classic rock and EDM). Yes, he did a great job mixing all of those genres.
4) We met up a week before the wedding (Dan actually came and met us after we had a meeting with our photographer) to go through all of the details and made us feel extremely comfortable after sharing his experiences with how the wedding should progress (start off slow, get the tempo going, and then don’t bring it down once its up!). He assured us that it was going to be a great time and we really believed he’d deliver.
As bride and groom we really didn’t have a whole lot of time to speak with the DJ on the day of but Dan made sure that he had all the pronunciations of our parties’ names down during the entrance, seamlessly faded all of the music so there were so abrupt stops or silence (my biggest pet peeve), knew our first dance song and made sure we had heard the very beginning since we needed to know exactly when it started for our first dance (which was choreographed), and even played an acoustic version of Miracle by Above & Beyond (since I mentioned them as my favorite music group). Best of all the music was at the right level all night so people weren’t shouting at each other if they were having a conversation 3 feet from each other and he never spoke unless he needed to but when he did was very articulate.
Dan’s got a great personality, read the room really well (180 guests, mostly 30-​somethings, but even got some of the 50-​somethings on the dance floor), and was an excellent DJ. We were extremely impressed with Dan’s professionalism, talent, and ease of working with and are confident he’d do a great job at any event.

Dave was our DJ and he was AMAZING! Not only did he do everything incredibly well for us (our announcements, our must plays, etc.) but our guests LOVED him! Everyone had a great time dancing– the music was a perfect mix of oldies and newer hits (which is exactly what we wanted). Not only was Dave great, but Charissa, who helped us with a song edit we needed for our father/​daughter dance and all of the organizing, was so friendly and knowledgeable! I definitely recommend!

David was a perfect wedding DJ in every respect. He listened to to what we wanted and took it from there. The dance floor was packed for hours. Highlights include:
1. Unlike some DJs who wanted us to put together playlists David spoke to us about our taste in music and read the crowd and played awesome music from start to finish.
2. The music was the perfect volume. Often wedding DJs play music too loudly and ruin the atmostphere for most people. David took great care to make sure that people could talk during dinner.
3. He was incredibly professional. I can’t say enough about this. During wedding planning there are a million things to worry about. Not having to worry about the music was a huge relief.
4. David set up the sound for our ceremony. Like the music for the reception, the volume was perfect and even though it was an outdoor ceremony there were no issues at all.
Bottom line — If you’re looking for a wedding DJ get David. He’s awesome in every respect. You and your guests will have a great time.

First of all, I would give more than 5 stars if I could. The bottom line: not only is David a fantastic DJ, he is super easy to work with, professional, & kind.
Let’s be honest, planning a wedding is not easy. In fact, it’s an epic organizational feat (or nightmare, depending on how you want to look at it). I was so delighted when we hired David for our wedding, as I immediately felt like I had one less thing to worry.
No matter what my question was, David always replied with lightening fast speed. In fact, when I first reached out for a quote, I had a response 5 minutes later, with a picture of Dave DJ’ing at our venue. That’s pretty awesome customer service!
We talked to Dave about the type of music we like & what we did not want to hear, then we turned over the reigns to him. Instead of giving him a play list, we let him do his job, read the crowd, & play what he thought was best. David absolutely nailed it! He had people of all ages up & dancing!
Multiple times throughout the night, our guests came up to us & asked if we had personally picked the play list. Dave really brought the cool factor!
I can’t say enough good things about David. His prices are fair. He loves music & what he does. You can tell that he truly cares. He is so organized. And as mentioned before, he is an absolute pleasure to work with. I highly recommend David for any event or wedding! Do yourself a favor & hire him!

This review is so long overdue! David was the DJ for our wedding last August and we have been meaning to write a review but always got side-​tracked! We knew David was the right choice from the minute we sat down with him based on his fun-​loving personality and eclectic taste in music. We only have wonderful memories of everyone dancing throughout the night, thanks to the amazing playlist and vibe that David provided. We are so thankful and anyone would be lucky to work with Expressway Music.
thanks again!
Jake and Julie

DJ DAN is the MAN! He is so cool & very accommodating! He made our son’s 9^th Birthday party soooo awesome! We recommend him to everyone & Expressway of course. Smooth transaction and 100% delivery. DJ Dan is very approachable, took all the kiddies’ song requests & all songs from our playlist played!!! Great DJ, great party!!! Love DJ Dan! Til our next event!!!

We had an amazing time at our wedding. The DJ David did an incredible job coordinating everything from the ceremony music to the party after. David can definitely get a party started right! Charissa who I spoke to on the phone was very caring and efficient. I would highly recommend this DJ and company.

David is THE BEST DJ ever! and BEST KARAOKE IN NYC! no joke this guy is amazing! So fun and when your karaōke-​ing its like a big party with everyone at the bar singing together. We also hired him for an event and his team was professional and everyone had a blast!!! I will definitely be booking him again!

There are tons of great reviews for the guys at Expressway Music here, but I’m here to praise Jeanine, who KJ/DJ’d our wedding. Leading up to the wedding, she was incredibly organized and professional, meeting with us to understand the kind of music and vibe we wanted, sending us thorough notes to ensure she had it right, and then a few days in advance, talking through the details of the night. We provided her with a long list of karaōke and dance song requests, and while she was upfront that not every request would be accommodated in exactly the order we listed it, she did an amazing job of executing our plan while also integrating requests on the spot and responding to the mood in the room as the night went along.
We wanted a mix of karaōke and dance music, and Jeanine and her colleague went back and forth between the two mediums seamlessly. She read the crowd incredibly well and knew just what to play at any given moment to keep the momentum going. I and others made special requests throughout the night, and she was totally cooperative and willing to change course, never losing her smile or cheerful demeanor. Overall, Jeanine was a delight — both in her personality and her skill at her job.
I also want to give a shout-​out to Charissa, who handled the business end of things. She was very professional and informative and also a pleasure to work with. Expressway Music knows its stuff, and we appreciated how well both Jeanine and Charissa worked with us to make it the night and the party we wanted. Nothing but good things to say!

Dan Kingman MC/DJ’d our daughter’s bat mitzvah party recently. We had him for our older child’s bat mitzvah party a few years ago and we were thrilled to be able to have him again. He did not disappoint!
Dan is a superb DJ and an MC. He has a real knack for reading the room and playing whatever music that would please those who are on the floor dancing. He is great at engaging the teens and can keep the party flowing without being intrusive or coercive. Best of all, he is great about keeping the volume of music that keeps the dance party energetic while allowing others to converse.
The dancers were terrific — fun, energetic, and engaging but also totally happy to go with the flow of the party. The office staff is also very courteous and friendly. I highly recommend Expressway Music!

DJ Dan Kingman was our DJ for our June 14 wedding. We looked into Expressway Music after reading the rave reviews on Unilocal.We pretty much decided that we were going to work with them from our first contact. Everyone we spoke with at Expressway was extremely professional, and as a type A person I absolutely loved their process. The wedding day forms and music library on their website make it so easy to express the vibe you want for your special day.
We were introduced to Dan right away and he was completely open to meeting with us to discuss our ideas. We had some pretty set ideas of what we wanted from the wedding party introductions to incorporating suggestions from our guests. He was very open to incorporating all of these things and his calmness and professionalism helps to make you feel that everything is going to be great the day of. And it was!
He remembered everything and incorporated everything that we had asked (and even picked up on the hints of what we didn’t want – which is equally as important!). He even played a song that my father mentioned in his toast immediately following, which was such a wonderful and sentimental touch. Many of our guests were wearing sunglasses so he played a snippet of «sunglasses at night,» which everyone has mentioned to us as being very cool and fun. We have received great reviews about the music, including that it got everyone from all ages dancing, it was a blast, and that they were so happy to hear their request played. Following the wedding we received a nice email from him thanking US for everything!
We would strongly recommend Expressway for your event! Thanks so much Dan :)

When we were looking for a DJ for our wedding we were always suspicious about vendors rated 5 out of 5 stars. But we give David 5 starts because that’s what he and his company deserved.
We found Expressway Music through Weddingwire and Unilocal.He had decent reviews so we decided to schedule an interview with him. From our first meeting until end end of our reception, David and his team were very professional, helpful, flexible and friendly which is quite a rare combination. He asked us questions about the format of our wedding, what kind of music we like and explained us what he thinks would be the best mix of music for us. We knew that he was going to customize the playlist based on our taste but also add something from his experience which worked perfect at the end.
His office staff are very professional and made sure that the administrative side of this was handled very quickly and easily. Following the first meeting, we were never pressured to make a quick decision — they did not act like salesman — they looked like a group of professionals who like what they do. A few weeks before the wedding, they sent us a few online questionnaires on the event details and our music preferences which we submitted and discussed with David in the final meeting. This hole process didn’t take more than a few hours of our time and at each stage David and his team were very helpful and professional.
David did a spectacular job at the wedding. We picked 10 must-​play songs and let David choose the rest for us. He read the crowd so well and made sure the dancing did not stop all night. We are very happy with the choice we made and strongly recommend David and Expressway Music for everyone!

Dave was the DJ at my wedding last week and he (and Expressway Music) are absolutely wonderful! They are reliable, professional, responsive, helpful and extremely talented. During our first meeting Dave asked us about our vision, took detailed notes and really listed to what we wanted.
A great example of Dave’s expertise in is when we had our final meeting we told him that we wanted a short first dance and asked him to cut the song short (Cant Take My Eyes Off of You by Frankie Valli & The Four Season). He suggested that we play the whole song because it’s such a great song with a great chorus and people would look forward to it. We told him that we trusted his opinion (but I was still a little nervous). Understanding that we were uncomfortable being the center of attention for a long period of time he had the crowd join in singing the chorus and it was a huge hit. He then invited the rest of the guest to join us on the dance floor. It was the perfect transition without taking anything away from our first dance or the song.
Multiple times during the wedding people told us how great the music was and how amazing it was that Dave was able to keep the partying going on all night (we had non-​stop dancing for 4 hours). We highly recommend Dave and hope we have an opportunity to work with him again.

We used Expressway Music (DJ Dan) for our wedding in Manhattan in March 2014. The entire DJ selection process went so smooth once we decided on Expressway Music. We were so impressed with the process — from meeting our DJ, signing the contract, amending the contract (to add more services), etc… everything just went so smoothly. No issues, no problems, quick, constant feedback. Charissa (admin) is also extremely helpful. We’ve had so many compliments afterwards expressing how great our DJ was! Thanks again DJ Dan and Expressway Music! We highly recommend! (Also attached picture of DJ Dan.)

We hired David from Expressway Music for our wedding, and he was great.
We had an international wedding that included music from Latin America and the Middle East. We also wanted hip hop music, as well.
I am not sure how he did it, but he combined all of these styles in such a way that basically everyone attending our wedding danced all night long. It really was incredible.

Dj Dave was amazing! We worked with him and his team for our wedding past weekend. All the reviews here are pretty much true. He is professional, experienced and trusthworthy. Thanks to Dj Dave, our wedding went smoothly and we had so much fun! I myself as a bride, danced so much that night and my friends told me their legs were sore from dancing so much. :)
We especially loved that he has so much experience. We were both so nervous in the week of our wedding, but we felt so much better after our meeting with Dave several days before our wedding because he was detail-​oriented, assuring and he knows so much about weddings, not just the music! Overall, everything about Dave and his team were excellent !

David was absolutely amazing! David met with my wife and I on multiple occasions to accommodate to the different songs we wanted throughout our wedding. Expressway music was very professional, warm, and responsive in our requests and questions.
I can’t think of a better DJ for our wedding! He played the best music for our crowd and was right on cue for all of our song requests!

Friends of mine kept coming up to me after the wedding to say how talented our DJ was. We had a very international crowd of Spanish, Hebrew, French and English speakers. Expressway music was able to read the crowd perfectly and accommodate all tastes. David seamlessly wove international music, with hip-​hop and nostalgic songs.
Everything was perfect. Expressway music was prompt to reply, took the time to get to know us (our style of music) and even incorporated items we had asked for months before our wedding. The DJ remembered everything!
From traditional Jewish folk music to tango to classic rock, the nighght was joyous and I could not have been happier with our choice to hire Expressway Music. I bet we would still be dancing at this second if the venue didn’t kick us out!

Awesome service. Everyone was kind, helpful, all prices were reasonable, all preparations were spot on!
Our DJ was David Swirsky, and let me say that my wife and I are tough critics, and David had to entertain an even tougher crowd for our wedding. My wife is Korean and I am Mexican, and the DJ had to satisfy both our families. He did a great job, he accomplished something we hadn’t even heard of before: all the Korean guests got up and danced like crazy! Couldn’t have been more satisfied!

We hired David for our wedding, and all we can really say is he nailed it! He met with us twice before the big day, and really took the time to get to know us and what we really wanted for our Party. We had a small wedding with a fairly diverse crowd, and our big ask was for him to get everyone to feel like they were a part of the party. He is a master at reading the room. Our guests and other vendors commented on how amazing he was. His assistant Taylor was great too!
My calves are still sore from all of the dancing. I would highly recommend expressway music, in fact I would insist that you hire them. I promise that you will not regret it.