May 20, 2013

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Results are out for the second Wedding Industry Experts Awards, and it is with great pleasure that we announce that Brian Pate Entertainment won the Best DJ Service in North Carolina for the second year in a row, and was ranked #7 in the United States, up two spots from 2012’s #9 ranking.

The awards are an annual competition recognizing some of the most popular wedding professionals at a local, national and international level.  This year wedding professionals from 29 countries participated in seventy categories.

Brian Pate Entertainment is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina and has a team of five DJs, one sound engineer and two event managers for many different types of events.  Last July, BPE celebrated their 25^th anniversary, 14 of those years operating from Wake Forest.

The company has supplied sound and entertainment for many Wake Forest and Rolesville events including Meet In The Street, Six Sundays In Spring and the July 4^th fireworks, Children’s Parade and Art In The Park, The Rolesville and Wake Forest Christmas Parades, Caring For Caelon and Relay For Life.  In addition, BPE has performed for over 1,000 weddings in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia.

Jim Walker, Vice President of Operations for BPE said, “We are excited to be honored for the second year in a row as one of the top ten Wedding DJ Services in the country.”  He added, “To be recognized on a national level in the same breath as some of the companies in large metro areas like Los Angeles, Atlanta and Miami is a tribute to how hard all of our DJs work to make every event spectacular for our clients.”

Brian Pate, President and CEO could not contain his excitement.  “I am thrilled for the guys that make this happen.  Our goal is to hire quality people that provide a quality product every time out, and this group certainly delivers on that promise,“ he said.

WeddingIndustryexperts.com runs the award competition each year and they also release free reports.  Reports present a variety of perspectives on topics related to starting and running a wedding related business with the goal or recognizing and inspiring success. Reports can be accessed free of charge from www.weddingindustryexperts.com.

Staff from Brian Pate Entertainment (L-R) Michal Lempicki, Randy Strum, Travis Perry, Jim Walker, Rodney Holmes, Whitt Helton, Bret Bailey and Brian Pate (center)

In the midst of all of the discussion about Beyonce’s lip-synced performance at President Barack Obama’s Inauguration on January 21st, many people are asking what kind of pay she might be raking in for the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
Normally, the former Destiny’s Child singer commands around $2 million per night but she will be performing for free at halftime of the world’s largest sporting event.
Why you ask? There are a couple of reasons actually:
1) The NFL does not pay the performer for the halftime show although they do cover all of the expenses associated for the artist to perform. That includes staging, lighting, back up dancers and all of the production involved as well as all travel costs.
2) The Super Bowl Halftime Show is the mother of all performances in terms of exposure. Last year, when Madonna performed her new song “Gimme All Your Luvin,” over 165,000 copies of the single were sold in the next week. In addition to that, it exposed a new generation of listeners to her classic songs like “Vogue” and “Like A Virgin” that also saw their downloads increase by thousands of percentage points over the next week after the performance.
3) The third that is not talked about much is that Beyonce just signed on with Pepsi for a $50 million dollar deal to be a spokesperson for the soft drink giant. In what is not so much of a coincidence, Pepsi is the sponsor of the halftime show. Some have claimed that Pepsi negotiated the halftime show as part of the deal but representatives of Pepsi have denied that, although they are thrilled that she is featured performer.
In what has lately become a tradition, Beyonce will follow in the steps of the Black Eyed Peas, Madonna and others who have not been paid for their performance.
I would also venture to guess that when you hear Beyonce belting out her biggest hits on Sunday night at the Superdome, you will be hearing her voice and no assist track given the controversy over her “Is It Live Or Is It Memorex” experience at the Inauguration.

What was your most favorite and least favorite Super Bowl Halftime Show?  I would love to hear in the comments!

I was working at my desk this morning and my phone signaled an incoming message.  When I picked it up, I had an email from Harry Frank Towers, one of my friends for over 20 years who is still promoting records.  In his email I have found what I think may be the Spring Break Track for this year. The artist is DJs from Mars and the song is called “Phat Ass Drop.”

Don’t get it in your head that this is a dirty song by any means.  It has a smokin’ baseline and sarcastically walks you through the creation of Electronic Dance Music.  It is a fun track that will keep the dance floor jumping for the next few months.

Do yourself a favor and go ahead and watch the video below which is the “radio version.”  I personally prefer the extended club mix.

I can definitely see this filling my dance floor this spring.

Brian Pate Entertainment will be one of the vendors at the Forever Bridal Wedding Show at the Jim Graham Building of the NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh on January 5 and January 6, 2013.

Saturday will be open from 10am-4pm and Sunday 11am-4pm.  If you would like to meet one of our DJs face to face, this will be a great opportunity to do so.

Before you go, use this guide to prepare yourself to meet all of the different vendors who can help make your day special by clicking here.

If you have any questions before the show, please go to our Facebook page and as us anything.  We look forward to seeing you there.

On Friday December 14, 2012, I had the pleasure of playing for the Schunk Christmas party at the Embassy Suites Brier Creek in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Once again the Embassy Suites provided top notch service from Jill as the advance planning paid off.  With her help as well as that of Elizabeth, our contact at Schunk, we were well prepared upon our arrival.

A great meal including perfectly cooked steaks greeted the guests followed by a fantastic dessert buffet.  Following dinner, we cranked up the music with a variety of hits from the last 40 years and then slid into more contemporary music as the party really began to kick.

This was the second year in a row we have played for this group so referring to our request list and play list from last year helped us to know what to expect.  It always helps when you save your notes when performing for the same crowd that you have previously played for.

To see pictures from our events and find out where we are performing next, please “Like” our Facebook page by clicking here.

The dance floor for the Schunk Holiday Party 2012.

In September of 2012, Brian Pate Entertainment was ranked #9 DJ company world wide by www.weddingindustryexperts.com. We were also ranked #9 in the United States, #1 in North Carolina and #1 in Raleigh!  Thanks to all of our fans for voting for us in the online portion.  We appreciate your support and hope to see you at one of our upcoming events soon!

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