A 71-year-old wedding DJ became an instant internet sensation after a video of him using his personal CD collection at a wedding went viral on TikTok.
Creator Miranda Dolph (@mirandameganne) recorded DJ Brian Phoenix at a recent wedding she attended, noting:
"I couldn't help but stare the entire time."
"He was so cute digging through his CD’s and lining up the songs!"
Dolph first uploaded the video with sound chosen on TikTok and used the caption:
"I don't know if he needs this job or still does it out of passion but he needs to be protected at all costs."
The 22-second creation shows Phoenix sorting through his collection and selecting music.
The text on the video reads:
"Went to a wedding and they had the cutest old DJ who used his CD collection for all the music."
You can watch below.
Needless to say, viewers expressed the video tugged the heartstrings quite a bit.
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
One user asked for the video to be reposted using original audio to "hear him in action."
@mirandameganne/TikTok
And the TikToker obliged, exposing tunes from Dua Lipa to Whitney Houston 🔥
Others wanted to know how they, too, could hire Phoenix.
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
@mirandameganne/TikTok
The creator revealed she was working on that...
@mirandameganne/TikTok
... and then she came through for the masses the following day.
The TikToker found a YouTube video by The Music Man DJ Service, the company that represents Phoenix, in which he discusses why he loves to DJ weddings.
In the clip, Phoenix shared:
"When people are having fun and you feel like, 'I'm kind of the catalyst for this' 'cause I'm playing the right music and I'm making a good time for everybody and make the wedding flow properly."
"The bride and the groom after this...that makes you feel good."
Phoenix himself doesn't understand what all the fuss is about over "like 10 seconds of me standing there."
He told Insider it's no different than any other wedding he's DJed.
"It's what I've done for the last 40 years at weddings."
"It was another wedding and I did my usual 'best I can do, give them everything I got,' wedding."
As for his impressive collection, Phoenix shared that his decades-long career as a DJ both at weddings and on the radio—plus about 18 years at a night club—have helped him to find music that people of all ages want to hear.
And addressing being an internet sensation, the DJ thinks people just like to see others pursuing their passion.
"I think seeing someone just being themselves and following their passion, no matter their age, is what people enjoyed so much about the video."
Spinning tunes and changing lives.
