Bay Area wedding and event DJ
DJ Soviet Snack. Weddings, parties and corporate events across the San Francisco Bay Area.
The set is built from your guests' answers, and you approve it before the night.
DJ Soviet Snack is Art Kliatchko, a DJ based in the San Francisco Bay Area who plays weddings, birthday parties, corporate events and house parties. Every booking includes a sound system scaled to the room, MC duties and a wireless mic for toasts. What is different is how the music gets chosen: your guests answer a short questionnaire, the set is built from their answers, and you approve it before the night.
Three steps
Your guests answer eleven questions
About two minutes on a phone. What they want to hear, what they would rather not, and what languages they speak.
The set is built from their answers
I draft the set from what the room said, then curate it.
You approve it before the night
You see the whole set list, change what you want, and sign off. Your must-play and do-not-play lists override everything. Then I play it live.
You see the plan before the night
Your guests answer eleven questions about music, about two minutes on a phone. Their answers become a draft set. I curate the draft, you read it, you change what you want, and you approve it. Your must-play and do-not-play lists override everything else, including the guests.
The approved list is the plan, not a script: on the night I play it live and read the room, inside the rules you set.
The music
Eastern European and Russian, Latin, South Asian, and the standard American wedding canon. The questionnaire asks your guests what languages they speak, so the set is built for the room you actually have.
Four kinds of night
Wedding DJ
Reception coverage with sound, MC and mic included. You approve the set list.
Birthday party DJ
Milestone birthdays, built from what the guest of honor's people actually want to hear.
Corporate event DJ
Holiday parties, launches and offsites, run to your timeline.
House party DJ
Sound sized to the house, a set built from the guest list, and the neighbors accounted for.
What I promise
An original song, written for you, played the night of, yours to keep.
You see the whole set plan and sign off on it before the night.
Across the Bay Area
Based in the Bay Area, playing San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, and anywhere in Northern California for the right event. A travel fee applies past the core area.
Questions
What is included with every booking?
A sound system scaled to the room, MC duties, a wireless mic for the toasts, and a song made for the couple or the guest of honor. Standard coverage is four hours, with extra hours available by the hour.
How is the music chosen?
Your guests answer an eleven question music questionnaire on their phones, which takes about two minutes. I draft the set from their answers, curate it, and send it to you to approve before the night. On the night I play it live and read the room. The whole process is on the how it works page.
We have songs we need to hear and songs we never want to hear. How does that work?
You give me both lists in the planning conversation. The must-play list goes into the set at the moments you choose. The do-not-play list is absolute: not played, not played as a request, and not played because the floor asks for it.
Do our guests have to answer the questionnaire?
No. It is optional, takes about two minutes, and needs no app or account. Guests confirm an email address once so each person answers once, and the answers are deleted after the event. The more people answer, the better the draft, but a set gets built either way.
Do you MC?
Yes. Announcements, introductions, handing the mic to the people giving toasts, and keeping the timeline with your coordinator or host. Short, clear, and then out of the way.
What holds a date?
A signed agreement and a deposit. Until both are in, the date is open.
How far in advance should we book?
As soon as you have a date. Saturday dates go first. If your date is close, ask anyway; the form takes a minute and the answer is either a quote or a straight no.
Get a quote for your date
Send the date, the occasion and what you know about the venue. I reply with availability and a quote.