i literally have chills telling you this story right now because it sadly happens more than i'd like it to but it's it's just one of those things where it's in my opinion it's non-negotiable in 2026.

um i'm that's always just something shocking especially because every professional that you talk to tells you this and they try and tell you something that like it's as if like well you've done this is the first time that you've ever done this why wouldn't you take our advice and just say, go, that's something you don't have to spend.

If you want to get it to look like a movie, great.

You can go spend a ton of money and it's going to look beautiful, but you could just run the gamut on whatever option you want to spend.

Just get something so that people can like, can, can see it.

Um, number two would probably be, I would say control is probably the thing that I, um, you've never done this before, right? So, um, don't plan a wedding, you know, we would have people that would come in and would give us these playlists of like, well, I don't like this song.

I don't like this song.

What's one thing you wish every couple knew that don't, and this can be anything you've been in this business 25 plus years, whether it's DJing, whether it's lighting today, is there anything that sticks out to help our listeners? One thing you take away from it?