1. Great Music Quality - When you choose a DJ, your music will be played from its original format, whether that be a CD, tape or record. Music quality is important when it is amplified as any background noise or scratches will also be amplified. Professional DJ's also use the best professional equipment, from speakers to amplifiers and they understand how to use them, including monitor sound and feedback.

2. Song Selection and Variety - A professional DJ will have a large selection of songs and genres and will help you choose the type of music that best suits your personality, your wedding and its guests. Having variety in contrast to hiring a band leaves a multitude of choices available for everybody, including those who have special requests.

3. Fulfilling Requests - A DJ can accommodate most requests at any time, whether pre-event or on-demand during the event. In contrast to prerecording your songs on an iPod, with a DJ the ability to take requests helps liven up the party.

4. Optional Commentary - When you choose a DJ, you get quality music and MC skills. DJs often use wireless microphones and can provide on-the-spot MC commenting for those important times during the event, like when it comes to cutting the cake. The DJ can be right there in the audience with everyone else.

5. Music Continuity Provided At All Times - The music doesn't ever have to stop when you choose a DJ. A professional DJ will keep the music flowing at all times, and will be able to blend one song into the next. This means that your guests will be able to dance without interruption. In choosing a band, there will often be breaks throughout the night, a fifteen-minute break every hour. This breaks up the continuity and can lead to guests losing that dancing mood.

6. Affordability Without Sacrifice - You get the best quality entertainment, consistent music playing when appropriate, great MC skills, on-the-spot in-audience volume checks and MC commenting when you choose a DJ. When hiring a band, there are typically five or more band members to split the profits. Each will expect to be paid heavily for their contributions.

7. The Right Music The Right Time - With a DJ, song choice can quickly segue from great dance numbers to the perfect "cutting the cake song". A DJ has the ability to read a crowd and pick the right music as well as maintain flexibility to adapt to sudden changes. If the audience needs motivated, the DJ can adapt and play music that is motivating.

8. Knowledge of Music - How many songs do you know the name of and the musicians who perform them when it comes to wedding music? This is where a professional DJ comes in handy. Even if you download a list of songs from the Internet, looking at this list and trying to place it in the context of your wedding can be difficult. Song order is also important. Your DJ will create sets of music that build in tempo or intensity.

9. Keeping To A Schedule - Your wedding will be on a tight schedule, there must be time for the father and bride to dance, the groom and bride, etc. With a DJ, all of these factors are taken into consideration as the music starts and stops. In programming your own music, it is hard to account for potential delays during the ceremony that will have to be accounted for during the reception.

10. Paying Someone Else Saves Time - If someone has told you to go with programming an iPod and playing your own music, take a good look at how much time this could really take. First you have to spend the time programming your music and in the order you want it played. Next you will spend a few hours calling around trying to find a rented PA system, speakers, cables, amplifier, mixer, microphones, and dance lighting. Once you have found a place that you can rent all of these, you then have to pick them up and install them correctly. In the end, you could save hours of precious time by hiring a professional.

So what are you waiting for, there is no time to waste in preparing for your wedding correctly and that includes the music.