Are We Losing Our Music?
You may recognize the image above, but simply because your brain tells you that the colors and shapes are familiar. At second glance one can see that although familiar, it is blurred, distorted and “compressed”. Now what if I were to tell you that unless the music that you listen to is on a CD... Read More
DJ Brian: Full Circle
I see life like a meandering line, ever changing its course and surprising us with the unexpected. In this case, the line has brought me full circle, back home to Cutting Edge Entertainment. During my first go-around with Cutting Edge, I was known as “The Dancing DJ”, ever bouncing and fist pumping along with the... Read More
Client Kudos
Over the past few months I’ve had the opportunity to DJ for many parties, and I’ve received some great thank you notes and testimonials from some amazing clients. I thought it might be a good idea to share two of my most recent ones. The first testimonial we received was from Danielle and Chris. I... Read More
A Beatles Journey: McCartney in Concert
On Saturday, August 14th of 2010, I attended the Paul McCartney concert at the Wachovia (soon to be Wells Fargo) Center in Philadelphia. This was the first time I had ever seen any of the former Beatles perform live. I was accompanied by my friend Kevin York, who took all of the photos you see... Read More
Jordyn’s Record Hop: Club Jordyn
A Record Hop is sort of like a “kids only” party to celebrate a First Holy Communion or a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. If it is for a girl it can be very much like a Sweet Sixteen (particularly in the case of a Bat Mitzvah, being somewhat older than Communion age). In either case,... Read More
Jordyn’s Record Hop: Lights, Camera, DJ
Jordyn’s Record Hop was held at the Richboro Senior Center, which is of course, in Richboro, Bucks County Pennsylvania. The theme Jordyn and her parents came up with was “Club Jordyn”, kind of a kids nightclub. Along with other event professionals, it was our job to help accomplish this, particularly the “lights and DJ” aspects... Read More
Jordyn’s Record Hop: Meet Jordyn
It was many years ago, in college, that I first befriended Jason Friedman. Two decades have come and gone since then, and we’re still good friends. Jason married Wendy (his high school sweetheart), and had two great kids, Zach and Jordyn. Looking back, it really is hard to fathom that Jason would come to... Read More
In Defense of Unpaid Internships
Guest post by Joe Pulcinella There is a lot of talk going around Washington about cracking down on photographers and other creatives for the “crime” of using unpaid interns. The classic argument (among others) is that we have minimum wage laws to protect the workers of America and to force young people into performing tasks... Read More
Stacy and Dave’s Talamore C.C. Wedding
On Sunday July 11th I worked yet another wedding, this time at the Talamore Country Club. This was not my first time working at Talamore, myself and others from the Cutting Edge Entertainment staff have been there many times. This particular wedding celebration was for Stacy and Dave, who got a chance to see me... Read More
The Death of Club Zadar
The last residency I ever held as a club DJ was at Club Zadar in New Hope, Pennsylvania… Here is my story. I was a club DJ before I got into private events. Nightclubs were my gig for almost a decade, and although I wouldn’t call it my glory days, it was fun while it... Read More