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Article: At more wedding receptions and clubs, MP3 players are taking over for disc-spinning humans The DJ vs. the iPod
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- April 3, 2007
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IF VIDEO KILLED the radio star, will the iPod take out the DJ?
Not quite, but if wedding-planning message boards are any
indication, more people are considering MP3 players a cheap and
convenient alternative to hired entertainment at weddings and other
events.
Adam Love and his wife, Jennifer, were looking at trying to keep
their costs down and their ceremony intimate when they decided to
use an iPod for their reception in 2005. They created a five-hour
playlist and found that the celebration turned into more of a social
affair than a dance party -- just the way they liked it.
"We had a lot of folks from out of town, and there were those I