May 8, 2017

Meet Scott Rosenthal of Cape Tunes Disc Jockeys, Uplighting & Photo Booths

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Scott Rosenthal.

So, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I’ve had a passion for music for as long as I could remember. When I was 10 year old, I used to take my parents albums, throw them on my blue Fisher Price record player and pretend I was a DJ. By the time I was 13, my friend and I used to record ourselves on 8-track introducing songs and making up commercials. In college, I interned at our radio station. After college, I started assisting a friend who had a DJ company. When I moved to Cape Cod in 2006, I developed a marketing plan, invested some money in equipment and advertising and it took off from there. A year later, I was working more as a DJ than at my “real job” in the hotel business.

Overall, has it been relatively smooth? If not, what were some of the struggles along the way?
I’ve been so fortunate to hit the ground running. Every season gets better and better. If I knew things were going to be so good, I may have blown off college and moved straight to the Cape (don’t tell my dad I said that!).

Please tell us about Cape Tunes Disc Jockeys, Uplighting & Photo Booths.
Cape Tunes started as a Disc Jockey business. We specialize in weddings, however also DJ many parties, Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and corporate events. Over the years, we’ve expanded into uplighting and most recently photo booths.

I am most proud to be able to show my two little boys (now 11 and 9) that you can enjoy what you do for “work”. I’m very fortunate to get amazing reviews from the hundreds of couples I’ve worked with over the years and amazed at how many I’ve remained friends with,

As a company, I took a look at the pet peeves I’ve had when working as a DJ for others and turned them into positives here. The most important that makes us stand out is that we customize every single wedding to who the couple wants, not to what the DJ wants. There are way too many DJs on auto-pilot playing the same music week after week. I’ve noticed in the consistency of our reviews that “we listen to what the couple wants and we deliver”.

If you had to go back in time and start over, would you have done anything differently?
Funny question because when you’re young, everyone tells you “do what you like and the money will come”. I wish I listened closer! I’ve always had a passion for music. I never thought being a Wedding DJ could be a career. If I had a crystal ball when I graduated college, I’d have become a full time DJ long ago!

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