Notes from the island.

Five things: whether there is a curfew or a sound limiter, how big the indoor space is, where the power comes from, where the booth works best, and what the route from the car to that spot looks like. I clarify this directly with the venue — before booking, not on the day. The couple then gets one clear sentence: this works musically at your venue, and this does not.

I drive over. Because I live on the island, that is an afternoon, not a trip. I look at the setup spot, the power, the route indoors in case of a curfew, and the light in the evening. The couple does not need to be in Mallorca for it — I bring what I found into our next video call.

At a finca everything is outdoors: wind, neighbours, curfew, power from a line that also feeds the kitchen. A hotel has in-house technology, a limiter and fixed times. In both cases I play on my own rig — at a hotel in coordination with the house technician, at a finca with a plan for power, weather and the move indoors. What differs is the preparation. The evening itself follows the same arc.

The running order of the evening as a PDF, built from our calls with the couple — times, transitions, speeches, first dance, technical questions. Every change is updated, and planner and venue always hold the same version. On the night I am the one contact for everything sound and light.

With light that helps them. Warm white ambient light instead of colour changes, no strobes unless agreed, the disco ball as a motif rather than a nuisance. The booth position and the time of the first dance are fixed in advance — so the team knows when to stand where. On the pictures, the rig should look like a piece of furniture.

Yes, for instance in 2027 at the Museu Etnològic dels Calderers. In houses like these everything stands free: booth, light columns, disco ball on its own stand. Nothing is fixed to walls or ceilings. Volume follows the house rules, and I discuss those with the management beforehand.

Hosting is in German and English, kept short, without saying everything twice. Musically I work in blocks — Latin, British pop, German classics, house — so every group gets its moment and the floor does not empty between styles. The first ten songs after the first dance we plan together; that is where it is decided whether everyone comes along.

No. One wedding per day, and it gets the whole day — setup, soundcheck, evening, teardown. The season in Mallorca has around twenty-five Saturdays; that is as many weddings as I can prepare properly, and no more.

Yes. Company events, summer parties, milestone birthdays, villa parties — with the same rig and the same preparation. What changes is the arc of the evening; that is built anew for every format.