Spinning Truths & Dropping Wedding Bombs: DJ ESG’s No-BS Guide to Your Big Day
- In a world where weddings are both chaos and perfection, DJ ESG—aka Eric Scott Gold—emerges as the wise-cracking, truth-dropping, mic-spinning legend the Philadelphia Tri-State area never knew it needed. Armed with nearly 175 thousand streams across 15 separate platforms, he’s the proud host of the region's number one wedding podcast, where advice flows freely—sometimes for couples, sometimes for vendors, and always delivered with the subtlety of a confetti cannon.
DJ ESG is not your average private event DJ; he’s a walking wedding encyclopedia with a sarcasm filter permanently set to "off." With 30+ years in the biz, over 3,500 events rocked, 1,000 glowing reviews, and a résumé so sparkly it could double as a disco ball, this guy doesn’t just sugarcoat reality—he skips the sugar altogether. Millennials and Gen Z? He sees you. He knows your flea-sized attention spans. That’s why his micro tips are short, snappy, and unfiltered, served with a heaping side of "you're welcome."
The accolades? Oh, they’re endless. Seven-time "International Mobile Entertainer of the Year" finalist. Multi-time "Best Of" winner in Philadelphia, San Diego, AND Bucks County. The nation’s loudest, proudest LGBTQ wedding advocate, and the first to hoist the Pride flags at the International DJ Expo like the hero weddings never knew they needed. Oh, and did we mention he’s officiated over 200 weddings? Including 50+ same-sex unions? Or that he had the honor of MCing THE Jason Kelce wedding with his buddy Bob on the decks? Yeah. #GoBirds indeed.
So, buckle up for DJ ESG's wedding wisdom—raw, real, and straight from the heart. Peace, Love, and God Above!
Spinning Truths & Dropping Wedding Bombs: DJ ESG’s No-BS Guide to Your Big Day
Eagle Eyes: DJ ESG's Guide to Balancing Weddings and Game Day Excitement
Ever thought about what happens when your wedding day collides with the biggest game of the season? Imagine tying the knot while your guests sneak peeks at the latest scores under the table, torn between celebrating love and their undying sports loyalty. As a devoted Philadelphia Eagles fan, I totally get the struggle. In this episode of Honest Wedding Advice, we'll dive into the real-life challenges that arise when your big day meets major sporting events. I share personal stories, like a kiddie trunk-or-treat that lost its audience to a football game, to illustrate how even the most joyous occasions can be overshadowed by game day excitement.
Tune in for no-nonsense advice on how to handle these sporty interruptions, whether you're planning a wedding on a football Sunday or a playoff Saturday. I'll guide you through strategies to keep your event lively, from setting up dedicated viewing areas to embracing the inevitable screen-glued guests. This isn’t just wedding advice—it's the truth about how sports can play a role on your special day. So grab your game plan, and let's tackle this unique aspect of wedding planning together.
Peace, Love & God Above! :-)
what's up, guys? Dj esg honest wedding advice, season number 10. And today I'm talking about sketch, talking about talking about scheduling your wedding on top of a sporting event. Listen, I'm from philly. I bleed green. There is nothing better in this world than the philadelphia eagles. I got the sixers, I got the flyers, I got the phillies. There's nothing bigger in my world, in this world, in the world of DJ ESG, than the Philadelphia Eagles. End of story.
Speaker 1:So if you're going to schedule your big day on a Sunday in the middle of September, through December, or even February, god help me or January during the playoffs, you got to remember something there's a strong chance that there's going to be a game on during that wedding. Now a lot of people like myself listen, I'm going to still do weddings. You know what I mean. Like, I'm going to figure it out later. I'll watch the replay, I'll listen in. You know it's not going to stop me from doing what I got to do, because I love weddings just as much as I love the Eagles. They're right there. You know wife, animals, family, wedding eagles they're all right there. You know what I mean. So you look at it from this perspective. People are gonna stare at their phones, they're gonna look at televisions. They're not gonna be paying full attention. As long as that game is going on during your wedding, there's gonna be people that are gonna be tapped out of your wedding. It just it is what it is. You know what mean when you schedule the wedding and you say, oh listen, this is a Sunday and everything's great and it's cheaper, and the venue's giving it to me for this and that, and all of a sudden you find out Dallas is playing Philly in Philly. That's coming up in a few weeks. I got to deal with that. I don't know how happy the groom is, but I'm sure people that are coming to the wedding are going to be like yo, yeah, we're going to have the phone on the table, this, that and the other thing. Listen, people are still going to have a good time, they're still going to party, but you got to understand that it's going to happen. It's going to take some people away from what's going on at that actual event. I'm not here to sugarcoat and tell you a story. I'm here to tell you the truth. This is honest wedding advice. This does not tell you what you want to hear wedding advice. This is the fucking truth.
Speaker 1:So I had a party this past weekend. It was a kiddie trunk or treat, right, and you got to think parents are there with their kids and their wives. Now, what happened as soon as the game started at one o'clock is the trunk or treat ran from 12 to three yesterday. Well, they turned on the TV in the bar area and everybody was out there watching the game. So my room, where I had the Chunk or Treat, was like empty. There was kids there. We played Disney songs. They were the young kids. They danced around, they had fun. You know, I smiled, I waved and all that jazz. But I'm sitting there watching the TV through the doorway because everybody else was watching the TV and what was going on. So you know, it took all the dads, some of the moms, away from what was going on in the main room and the kids are running around endlessly in circles while the parents are watching the game.
Speaker 1:And if that's families, if that's dads, if that's parents, got to imagine what you're going to get at a wedding. It is what it is. You know what I mean. Like you're not going to change that. So if you schedule your wedding on a Sunday or even, like you know, let's say a Saturday night and the Phillies could happen. You know, right now we have the Yankees playing the Dodgers but you know, and all of a sudden there's a championship game on it. Be prepared to have to figure out a way to get those people or just to allow those people to watch their phones. Maybe there's even a spot to have a television they can actually watch the TV. I've had people bring a TV before, set it up in front of the DJ booth, so while they're dancing and looking at the TV, they're looking at me.
Speaker 1:It happened, it was a great time. We had fun. I didn't see it. The TV was backed up to me and I was playing it, but it is what it is.
Speaker 1:You know you got to kind of go with the flow of certain things that are going to happen. You know, I mean it just. You know it just. It's life. So in that life you have to pivot and much like other things in life, you know when you have a baby or somebody in your family gets a you know rare terminal disease, or you get into a car crash or you lose your job, you have to pivot. So be prepared to pivot when you have your event and the big sporting event is on that day, especially something, you know, that includes your hometown team. You know it's just, it's good advice. It's. You know it's better than good, it's great advice. You know what I mean. And we got a winning record. We're getting there. So you know we're not Washington Commanders getting there, so you know we're not watching the commanders getting there yet this season, but we're getting there. So I'm dj esg. Uh, this is honest wedding advice peace, love and god above, and I'll be back bye.