So…we are not good at blogging:(

So if it has been a year since your last post….you are just not good a blogging.  Been to busy rocking weddings and private parties!

A “hat trick” of thank you notes!

Dear Adam and John (Roots & Groove),

We wanted to take the time to thank you properly for being the DJ’s at our wedding.  You did the absolute perfect job-from meeting you at your office, to the steady back & forth of emails, to the final meeting at our house-you put together the most wonderful mix of music that fit us to a T.  Music was such an important part of the day for us, and you did such an amazing job of putting a soundtrack to the day.  We will ALWAYS recommend you to our friends, family, strangers on the street…whomever! Thank you again for everything!!!

-Erica & Bill

(Wedding Date: September 25th, 2010)

We got another thank you note!

Dear Adam and John,

Thanks for kicking out the jams at our wedding reception!!  It felt like it flew by in seconds, but you guys did a great job.  We had a blast talking music in your basement [studio] – you made the entire process a lot of fun.  Thanks so much for all your work, and for making our wedding night so fun memorable.

All the best,

Melissa & Jon

(Wedding Date: January 22nd, 2011)

We got a thank you note!

John, We have gotten many compliments on our choice of Roots and Groove for our wedding day.  Thank you for listening and carrying out all of our musical wishes.  We loved every single song you played throughout the entire night.  You are very talented and we really enjoyed working with you.  Roots & Groove will be getting many recommendations from us!-

Thank You!-Amy & Bob

(Wedding Date: November 6th, 2010)

Wedding: October 17th

The best way to read this blog entry would be to turn on your radio and put on the following songs…#1 Standing Outside A Broken Phone Booth With Money in My Hand by The Primitive Radio Gods, #2 All I Want Is You by U2 and 3. Kiss Me I’m #!@’faced.

The Time…October 17th, 2010, The Place…Pocono’s…The People…Casey and Ari.  Lovely couple, radiantly and so obviously in love.  The weather was great, the staff were nice, the family was warm.  The leaves were just beginning to really get their colors in, love was in the air and Love Me Do Photography was in full effect taking marvelous photos (which you can see here).

The Ceremony took place outside, the came into Book of Love by Peter Gabriel and left in handcuffs (Ari is a Police office in NYC) to Beautiful day by U2. During cocktail hour, also outside, Qw35t served up a chill mix of indie tunes, singer songwriters and some 90′s trax too (think Alanis Morissette to Florence and the Machine to Radiohead to The Weepies to Keane and to Regina Spektor.

Dinner music ranged from Yael Naim, the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Ray Charles, Adele, Bowie,  and Better than Ezra.  The Dance set went from Motown and Oldies, to 80′s and 90′s rock to Hip hop, and then the grand finale with everyone left in the room linked arm and arm singing at the top of their lungs in a circle to the Dropkick Murphy’s

John and I had a great time taking the drive up and spinning music to this wedding.  Good vibes all around…I will let Casey’s testimonial say the rest….

When Ari and I started planning our wedding, we knew we had to find a DJ that would not only venture off the beat path of normal “wedding music” but also accommodate our varying musical tastes (Ari loves all types of metal and classic rock, I’m a 90s alt-rock girl whose ventured into this new millennium of singer/songwriter pop) How do you make this work at a wedding?!? How do you please the 20-something friends, the 30-something cousins and the 50-something relatives and still make the Bride and Groom rock out just as much as their guests? I’m not sure, but these guys were able to do it, and had everyone at the wedding either dancing or singing along. Since we live in NYC but were getting married in PA, Adam Skyped with us, played music over the internet and put up with our endless lists of songs that we loved but didn’t know how to incorporate into a cohesive wedding playlist. Everyone knows that music can make or break a wedding. These guys made it, and we had multiple people tell us afterwards how awesome the music had been and how much fun they’d had. Thanks guys!

-Casey and Ari 10/17/10

Music: Handsome Boy Modeling School & Cat Power

“I was hypnotized

By your fairy eyes

Like a tiger in the dark

You were hungry from start…”

Recently found this great track, I love the hip hop hooks done Cat Power style.  A brilliant collaboration.

Click here to go direct to the YouTube video: http://youtu.be/frtm7qrcG8U

Or Click below for an embeded video…

Wedding: November 5th, 2010

In early November we DJ’d a wedding in Delaware at The Carriage House at The Rockwood & Park Museum.  It’s an all stone building with contemporary rustic design on the inside that creates a warm balance that is perfect for the diversity of a wedding.   For cocktail hour we set up next to the bar (serving some sort of pumpkin martini) and Qw35t played a soulful mix of r&b, funk, jazz, down tempo electronica, and some indie love.

Into the dining room we go, love was definitely in the air.  The father of the bride, gave the most touching and heart-felt speech that I can remember ever hearing (and I hear a lot of father’s give speeches!).   Dinner music featured tracks ranging from Nina Simone, Nouvelle Vague, Ben Sollee, Leela James, Kate Walsh, and Ruth Brown.

Dinner ended and dancing began, hands down..most enthusiastic dance floor I had all season, I played Motown, oldies, hip hop, pop tracks. They loved songs that they could sing to while they danced, their hands were in the air, and I could drop the fader and let them finish the hooks!  Good times were had by all!

A couple of weeks later I got this note from the Bride….

“I just wanted to thank you guys again so much for your awesome dj’ing (I think I made that word up). You did an amazing job and I’m still getting compliments from people on how good the music was. I was soo soo happy with everything, and I can’t thank you enough. If you ever need me to write a review for you let me know, I would be happy to let others know how great you guys were. Thanks again!!” -Dana