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"Booked Let's Smooth Things Over for a corporate VIP event, they were fantastic. Really professional, communication pre event was excellent. Very talented duo with a great repertoire. "

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"We just wanted to say a big thankyou for playing at our wedding in October. You were exactly what we wanted and werefantastic. So many of our guests commented on how much fun you all were. Big bearded sweaty ginger dancing Jim passes his regards. Thankyou for being so great. lots of love, Tom and Kate, Groom and Bride, Priston Mill, October 2016"

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"These guys were AMAZING!!! We had them for our wedding and had so many comments on how fantastic they were at getting the party going, engaging with guests & playing the perfect songs to keep people on the dance floor. Some of our guests have since been in touch with Overdrive to try and book them for their own parties. Couldn't have wished for a better group to entertain us & our guests! Thanks so much!!!!"

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"Davie, At last I am getting a minute to thank you and the guys for an excellent evening playing at our Silver Wedding at Meldrum House. The music was fabulous, everything we expected and more! All our guests have been telling us how much they enjoyed the band, even those not energetic enough to dance say that they very much enjoyed listening to you play. We were well and truly shoogled and I know I wasn’t the only one with aching muscles the next day! Great fun, thanks for helping to make our special occasion a huge success, we all had a fantastic time. The only complaint we had was that the party finished too soon!"

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"Vintage Jones made our special event a wonderful memory! "

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"Ella was amazing! Such a good variety of songs and got everyone up dancing and singing. She did not stop, banger after banger! Thank you for a great night! "

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"What an amazing band! I’ve heard bands which are great at the Scottish ceilidh stuff but not very good at any other styles. I’ve heard bands which are great at pop/rock/country/indie covers but couldn’t play a ceilidh dance to save their lives. You guys are amazing! You can play all the Scottish ceilidh stuff AND make it rocky AND play all these other styles from pop to rock to country to whatever! Amazing! "

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"Phenomenal Adam was truly amazing. From initial booking to the end of the night the communication was amazing. Choosing the right band for our wedding was the most difficult part of the planning. We looked at so many different bands but the availability of live videos and seeing how Oceanview can get a crowd rocking is what swung it for us. With the right mix professionalism and friendliness they were perfect for the party vibe we were going for. We left the set list completely up to the band and the dance floor was packed constantly which is testament to how these guys can read a room perfectly. Thank you so much for such an amazing night. 🥳"

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"The band was brilliant, they completely smashed it. :))) We loved them and everyone said they were superb. "

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"We booked Starlet Beat for our joint 40th birthday and 10 year wedding anniversary party. They were fab and entertained the crowd brilliantly. Would definitely recommend for any celebration you may be having!"

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"We had The RockPins play art our annual party and they did not disappoint – communications are clear and timely, Set-up was seamless and they delivered a range of music that had the dance floor full all night!' Steve Buczek, HR director, Smiths Medical."

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"Outstanding. The musicians were brilliant. They worked with my slightly megalomaniac style of specifying loads of tunes and even learned one specially for me. Great sound , great organisation , flexible , terrific jackets and I particularly appreciated the double bass. "

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"Kirsty was absolutely incredible and we’re so glad we booked her for our wedding! Over the last couple of years we’ve been to a number of weddings, none of which had a dance floor you didn’t want to leave, and as a result we were really wary when booking our DJ. We wanted to dance! We had a long list of things that were very important to us and finding someone that really understood our vision was absolutely essential. We’d met with a few DJ’s, none of which were giving us the right ‘vibe’ and then we found Kirsty. We had a phone call with her, during which we discussed every item on our very long list of requirements and she just GOT IT. She made us feel so at ease and reassured us that she understood exactly what we were looking for. My Wife and I both have incredibly varied music tastes which were catered for perfectly by Kirsty! Kirsty is SO organised. She sent us a document detailing everything she needed from us to do her job excellently. One of the items we were very concerned about was our ‘Do Not Play’ list, Kirsty was SO respectful of it from our very first conversation, and we just knew we had nothing to fear. We each made her a playlist, showcasing our individual music tastes, and she was able to blend them together perfectly on the night in a way that not only perfectly suited us, but enticed our guests, of all ages, onto the dance floor. We got married on the longest and hottest day of the year, 34°C and it wasn’t dark until gone 10:30pm but that didn’t matter, her playlist on the night (which she sent a copy of to us post wedding, which we loved) was so perfectly curated, people were dancing from the second she set up until we had to turn the music off. Every song on our ‘Must Play List’ was ticked off at the perfect time throughout the night, she was true to her promise and didn’t allow anybody to make requests (one of our big no-no’s as we’d had Uncles threaten some very questionable song requests leading up to the wedding). My personal favourite part of Kirsty’s set was probably the last half hour, she read the dance floor perfectly banger after banger after banger, and perfectly timed our final song with the music cut off time which made our venue very happy. She also played us out with a little personalised song that everybody loved! We had so many compliments on the music from our guests!! All of her equipment was excellent and set the vibe perfectly, she clearly knows her equipment very well because it took her no time to set up or pack away at the end of the night. Fantastic lights which didn’t do that really annoying thing of nearly blinding you as they spin around the room, a personal pet peeve of mine. Her speakers were excellent and perfectly balanced, not too bass-y and set to the perfect volume to sing your lungs out but not go to bed with a ringing in your ears! She came and said hi as she arrived to check in with us, then said goodbye and had a bit of a chat with us as she packed away at the end of the night, but other than that, she didn’t speak to us whilst playing her set enabling us to fully enjoy ourselves and stay in the moment. Thank you for that! Kirsty is super on top of all of her paperwork, up to date with insurance and PAT tests, which will be required by any venue, so to have that presented to us without needing to ask helped to relieve some of the organisational stress surrounding the wedding. Every time we thought it was probably time to check in with her leading up to the wedding, she’d beat us to it, again, giving us one less thing to remember to do. Honestly, we can’t thank you enough for being so on top of everything and giving us no doubts that we could rely on you ♥ Our only regret is that we didn’t book Kirsty for her acoustic set during the day as she has an incredible voice we wish we’d gotten to hear more of! Thank you so much for all of your help throughout the process, for putting up with our requests and concerns and for making the evening of our wedding an absolutely cracking party!! We’ll be back in touch for our next event!!!"

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"We would like to say a huge congratulations on your stunning set last night. You made the best day of our lives even more special and not to mention rockin'. You ladies are awesome. Thank you a million times over."

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"Just wanted to say a huge thank you to all the band members for a fantastic night on Saturday, everyone said the band was amazing and everyone was dancing all night. We raised in excess of £5k for our charity and a great time was had by all. Thank you again"

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