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February 7, 2017 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

30A DJ Josh Woeckener Promoted to Associate DJ

Our last promotion this winter out of our Florida Emerald Coast office is Josh Woeckener. He will be our go to 30a DJ and is being promoted to an Associate level DJ/MC. We love Josh’s story. He was actually a client of B-Boy when he and his wife, Rhoda, got married in 2013. Since then, he has joined our team as a DJ/MC and has blossomed over the past few years.

B-Boy Productions’ Florida General Manager, Shawn Frady, commented, “Having been seemingly grafted into the B-Boy fold, Josh has been one of the fastest rising talents in the area, leaving little doubt that this DJ/MC understands customer service. If you are looking for a polished experience coupled with the ability to ‘Get Down On It’ look no further.”

While we cover the entire panhandle area of Florida, Josh will be primarily based in our 30a locations – Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach, Santa Rosa Beach, and WaterColor. In other words, he is going to be our go to 30A DJ. That stretch of area demands excellence and we have full confidence that Josh will more than deliver.

For more information on Josh, be sure to read his bio here.

If you’re looking for an event DJ on 30A, Josh is your guy. To book Josh, be sure to message us and assuming he’s available, we’ll be glad to add him to your event.

February 1, 2017 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

Charles Egstad Promoted To Associate DJ in Destin FL

The 2017 promotions are aplenty at B-Boy Productions, Inc. In our Destin Florida division, DJ Charles Egstad has been promoted to the Associate level headliner DJ/MC.

Over the past 5 years with B-Boy Productions, Charles has gone from A/V technician (running our ceremony kit, lighting fixtures and other A/V gear) to strictly DJ’ing with a headlining MC to most recently being a Jr. Associate headliner DJ/MC. Clients have taken notice and are requesting Charles specifically on a very regular basis. Last year, he took another step in his progression as he was selected to be our nightlife resident DJ at McGuire’s Irish Pub of Destin where he played for the area’s largest Ladies Night every Thursday in season. In addition to nightlife and weddings, Charles also became our “go to” high school dance DJ/MC. As a result, he’s become a DJ in Destin who is in very high demand.

According to General Manager Shawn Frady, “Charles has been a local to the Emerald Coast for nearly half of his life and although he hasn’t had much life to live as of yet, this up and coming DJ/MC knows how to throw a party! He brings an awesome blend of experience, youth and passion to any event. This promotion is well-deserved and I have no doubt that we’re hitting just the tip of the iceberg of what his capabilities are.”

For more information on Charles, be sure to read his bio here.

If you’re looking for a a DJ in Destin, Charles is always a great way to go. To book Charles, be sure to message us and assuming he’s available, we’ll be glad to add him to your event.

January 26, 2017 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

B-Boy Productions Announces Exciting Changes

B-Boy Productions announces the promotion of new General Manager and Sales Associate

Destin, FL (January 24, 2017) – Local entertainment and event company, B-Boy Productions, announced the promotion of Shawn Frady to General Manager and Josh Woeckener to Sales Associate.

Shawn Frady, born and raised in Niceville, Florida, began his professional career in the music industry in 2004 and joined B-Boy Productions as a headlining DJ/MC in 2014. He was promoted to Director of Events in 2016 and was in charge of managing all client and vendor relations for the Florida division. As General Manager, Frady manages and directs all aspects of the Florida division of B-Boy Productions, which includes administering and adhering to the annual budget, hiring and overseeing personnel, achieving sales targets, ensuring client satisfaction, and marketing of the brand.

Josh Woeckener, a Florida Panhandle local raised on Eglin Air Force Base, has been musically inclined since he was a toddler. He joined B-Boy Productions in 2014 as a headlining DJ/MC, and his recent promotion to Sales Associate brings new responsibilities to include prospecting and developing new client relationships as well as maintaining regular contact with company house accounts.

“With our exponential growth over the last few years in our Florida division, it was imperative to have local management in place to care not only for our clients but our employees as well. Adding Shawn as our GM and Josh as our Sales Associate gives us a local management team that will have a tremendous impact on the overall growth and sustainability of our Florida division and the B-Boy company portfolio. I am extremely confident that these new leadership appointments will allow us to continue to deliver high quality event experiences and ultimately, put us in the best position to become the number one private event provider in every market we serve,” said Managing Partner, Brian Buonassissi.

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About B-Boy Productions, Inc: B-Boy Productions, Inc. is a full-service private event company, specializing in DJ and live musician entertainment as well as event rentals, photo booths and event management. Founded in 1996, B-Boy Productions, Inc. has been providing entertainment for weddings, corporate events, and various private parties nationwide. They have three regional offices located in the Florida Panhandle, Southern California, and New York City. B-Boy Productions’ mission is to perform memorable events with amazing service, unquestionable professionalism and unparalleled creativity. For more information, visit www.bboyproductions.com or find B-Boy Productions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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January 23, 2017 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

B-Boy DJ Winter 2017 Playlist is LIVE!

What we’re listening to this Winter

With a New Year comes a fresh set of music from our B-Boy DJs. This year, we’ve decided to keep “seasonal” playlists and update them monthly. Our first month’s selections have been added to the Winter 2017 playlist. As we mention all the time, our DJs are quite diverse and that diversity is reflected in the song picks for the month. That said, hip hop dominated the picks. But along with those are some EDM, Pop and a few recurrent tracks. Click on the picture below to be taken directly to the playlist.

DJ Irving G
Paris – The Chainsmokers
Freal Luv – Far East Movement feat. Chanyeol & Tinashe
Betta Riddim – Riton feat Kah-Lo
Team – Krewella

DJ Dan Davis
Let Go – Deadmau5, Grabbitz
Till It’s Gone – Yelawolf
Dorks – Aesop Rock

DJ Charles
Call Tickertron – Run The Jewels
Feel No Ways – Drake
Nobody Speak – DJ Shadow, Run The Jewels

DJ Josh W
Plans (Acoustic Mix) – Elephante feat. Brandyn Burnette
Bounce Back – Big Sean
Wanderlust – Blackbear

DJ Josh B
Blown – DNCE

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November 30, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

2016 Holiday Music B-Boy DJ Playlist

2016 Holiday Music… B-Boy Style

‘Tis the season and if this picture of one of our own, DJ Shawn Frady, doesn’t put you in the holiday spirit, we’re sure our 2016 Holiday Music B-Boy DJ Playlist will. Almost every genre is represented here. You can stream all of our picks for FREE with Spotify by clicking here.

The Holiday Music Playlist Details

We started it off with a jazzy throwback track from 1993 called “Tinseltown” by Ronny Jordan. This is a staple in our holiday party cocktail hour sets and has that holiday feel without being a true holiday song. Keeping the instrumental vibe, our next entry is “Wizards In Winter” from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s 2004 album, The Last Christmas Eve. DJ Josh B contributed a cool blend of “Winter Wonderland” and “Don’t Worry Be Happy” off of Pentatonix’s latest holiday album featuring Tori Kelly.

Holding down the old school hip hop is DJ Irving G who selected “Christmas in Hollis” by Run DMC. We throw it back even further to John Lennon’s classic “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” courtesy of DJ Dan Davis. Our resident crooner expert, DJ Josh Woeckener, added in Michael Bublé’s duet with Shania Twain of “White Christmas”. Want some holiday R&B? No problem – DJ Jae Richie gave us a few! The Boyz II Men version of “Let It Snow” has harmonies for days. He also selected the Temptations’ “Silent Night” and Chris Brown’s “This Christmas” to round out the genre! How about some high energy EDM holiday music? DJ Charles contributed the “Carol of the Bells” version by Papercha$her. The breakdown is pretty sick!

How about a little top 40? DJ Brian B brings us the iconic Mariah Carey holiday track “All I Want For Christmas” with a twist – an appearance by Justin Bieber. If you’re a Sam Smith fan, his version of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” is something you’ll love. DJ Rhoda Woeckener rounded out our initial holiday song picks with the classic “Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole.

Check the playlist often as we’ll continue adding tracks all month.

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November 11, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

New Sample DJ Mix by Brian B

Who doesn’t enjoy listening to a good DJ mix? Especially for the gym, work, commuting, house parties, pre-game, etc? Well, our own DJ Brian B has put together a Sample DJ mix for you utilize however you’d like.

A good DJ Mix is a Swatch of Sound

Often, we get clients who ask us for samples of our work. One of the advantages of going with B-Boy DJs is that we all have such a wide variety of mixing styles, etc. While this particular mix isn’t indicative of exactly how your event would be mixed (we have a diverse clientele that we customize for), it is a good example of Brian B’s styling. As one client put it, “Brian knows how to arrange music.” He has a knack for weaving tempos, crossing genres, creative transitions, custom editing and mixing “smart” by using wordplay and other techniques in his bag of tricks. This mix is a perfect example of why you’d want to hire a DJ rather than go with a Spotify playlist or an iPod for your event. You just can’t replicate a lot of what DJs do by simply having access to a “song list”.

Photo Courtesy of Rae Leytham Photography

In this particular mix, he’s put together 40 songs within a 75 minute time-frame. It’s primarily Top 40 based with hits from the Summer as well as this Fall’s Hits with a ton of custom mashups and his own edits along with a few throwbacks. Trust me, you will definitely move to this one.

If you want to download your OWN FREE copy of this (as well as past B-Boy DJ Mixes), you can do that through iTunes by clicking here. You can even subscribe and the mixes will automatically appear in your feed when released.

The other option is to stream the mix by clicking play on the widget below. If you enjoy it, please click that little “heart” on the right and share it with your friends. Enjoy!

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November 2, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

B-Boy’s October 2016 Spotify Playlist

Our Hot New October 2016 Spotify Playlist

It’s time! Cooler weather, light jackets and hopefully good music! If you need help with the latter, we got you covered! With the release of our October 2016 B-Boy Spotify Playlist, our Destin Florida based DJs have shared some of the tracks they’ve been digging this past month. In keeping with the spirit of creativity that comes with this season our DJs have put together an awesome playlist that ranges through several genres and styles culminating into a legit soundtrack.

DJ Brian B

Don’t You Know – Kungs, Jamie N Common
My Way – Calvin Harris
Gold – Kiarra

DJ Josh Bausch

Body Moves – DNCE
Hayloft – Mother Mother
Dramophone – Caravan Palace

DJ Irving G

Link Up – NxWorries
I Feel So Bad – Kungs, Ephemerals

DJ Dan Davis

Nobody Speak – DJ Shadow feat. Run The Jewels
Frequency – Kid Cudi
Starboy – The Weeknd feat. Daft Punk

DJ Shawn Frady

Face Like Thunder – The Japanese House
Moments – Kidnap Kid
No Good – Kaleo
Father Father – Jay Prince

DJ Charles Egstad

Good Man – Raphael Saadiq
Room In Here – Anderson Paak
33″GOD” – Bon Iver

DJ Josh Weck

Gucci Snakes – Tyga & Desiigne
Runaway (U&I) – Galantis
House Party – Meek Mill
Couches – Zoey Dollaz
Ooouuu – Young Ma

DJ Rhoda

Closer (Robotaki Remix) – Chainsmokers
Hymn For The Weekend (Seeb Remix) – Coldplay

DJ Jae Richie

24k Magic – Bruno Mars

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October 17, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

Top 5 Wedding Toast Tips For Engaged Couples

One of the biggest wedding trends of 2016? Toasts! Lots of toasts!!! We’re seeing couples wanting anywhere from 6-10 toasts at their wedding, whereas in the last few years, we’d average between 2-3 toasters. With that in mind, we wanted to give our engaged couples our Top 5 Wedding Toast Tips to help them navigate the toasting process (remember this toasting story?).

Wedding Toast Tips From the Pros

DJ Josh B and DJ Shawn, two of our associate DJs who have performed over a few hundred weddings between them and can offer tons of Wedding Toast Tips, delve into this topic on our latest video blog. Please know that we want to be sensitive to your vision for the big day, while at the same time, allowing you to leverage our years of experience. With that type of collaboration, you’ll be setting yourself up for a fantastic wedding reception. We had a recent wedding where the couple “knew their toasters” and estimated that the 10 they had on the schedule would only take about 5 minutes. We tried to encourage them with some of these tips, but at the end of the day, they wanted to proceed having all 10 in row. After 45 minutes from toaster #1, we had time for 1 dance song. The venue had a strict cut-off time which required us to turn off the amplified sound after that first dance tune. Instead of a nice landing into the Grand Exit, it was a harsh brake. We did our best to hype up the “after party” scheduled to take place at the local bar after the reception but you could see the disappointment on the guests’ faces not to mention the bridal party and our bride/groom. We have put together this video with the hope that no couple or a couples’ crowd has to go through something like that.

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October 3, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

Hot New First Dance Wedding Reception Song for Fall 2016

Every year you’re almost guaranteed to have one new track that makes it as that year’s “Hot New First Dance Wedding Reception Song “. As Wedding DJs, we can spot them pretty quickly. I mean, that’s part of the job right?

Photo courtesy of GwyneMark Photography

Usually, it’s almost always after a Grammy performance, which takes place in February, just before the Spring wedding season begins. I can’t prove that theory scientifically but it sure feels like it’s been that way the past few years. In 2014, it was “All Of Me” by John Legend. Last year, it was, without a doubt, Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud”. Up until a few months ago, the top contender for 2016 had been “Die A Happy Man” by Thomas Rhett. This country tune had a lot of the same elements as Ed Sheeran’s track but turned out to have enough crossover appeal that it has been used by a ton of diverse brides and grooms and not relegated to just country music lovers. If you haven’t heard it, check it out below.

But then a song came along that has been slowly gaining momentum over the last month or so. I never saw it coming to be honest. It’s categorized as a “folk” genre track but definitely appeals to the masses. This artist has had a ton of tracks placed in television shows and films like The Loft, Revenge, The Originals, Sleepy Hollow, Reckless, and DaVinci’s Demons (just to name a few). This is her first single to have such mainstream success. Have we kept the suspense going long enough? Well, you’ll have to wait a while longer and get the title/artist through the video below. Let us know if you think this has what it takes to dethrone Thomas Rhett as 2016’s wedding song of the year. Enjoy!

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September 6, 2016 by B-Boy Productions, Inc.

August 2016 B-Boy Best Spotify Playlist

The Best Spotify Playlist to cure those lulls.

Are you experiencing a musical lull? If so, our team has the perfect remedy for you! With the release of our August 2016 B-Boy Spotify Playlist, our Destin Florida based DJs alongside our owner have shared some of the tracks they’ve been digging this past month in hopes to cure this wretched malady. Kicking off the transition from Summer to Fall, we have some great selections that range from bangers, indie gems to resurrected throwbacks. If you haven’t subscribed to our Spotify channel, make like Shia Labeouf and DO IT!

DJ Brian B (Owner/Executive DJ)

The Half – DJ Snake feat. Young Thug, Jeremih & Swiss Beatz
Everybody Dance Now – Royce & Tan
Greenlight – Pitbull, FloRida & LunchMoney Lewis
House Work – Jax Jones feat. Mike Dunn, MNEK

DJ Irving G (Associate DJ)

Black Beatles – Rae Sremmurd
My PYT – Wale
Devastated – Joey Bada$$

DJ Dan Davis (Associate DJ)

Me, I’m Not – NIN
Diesel Power – Prodigy
6 Underground [Nellee Hooper Edit] – 6 Underground

DJ Josh Bausch (Associate DJ)

Cheap Thrills – Sia (no Sean Paul)
Send My Love – Adele

DJ Shawn Frady (Associate DJ)

This Girl – Kungs, Cookin’ On 3 Burners
Thief – Ookay
Way Down We Go – Kaleo
You Don’t Get Me High Anymore – Phantogram

DJ Charles (Jr. Associate DJ)

Knights Of Cydonia – Muse
Dang! feat. Anderson Paak – MAC MILLER
Before I GO feat. Leo Napier – GRiZ
22 (OVER S∞∞N) [Bob Moose Extended Cab Version] – Bon Iver

DJ Josh Weck (Jr. Associate DJ)

Brand New Moves – Hey Violet
Hand Clap – Fitz And The Tantrums

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