Press & Media Kit
Lou Paris
Wedding DJ. 30+ years in IT. Multiple DJ expo founder. Software founder. And more…
Biography
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Short bio
About 60 words. For programs, panel intros and podcast notes.
Lou Paris is a Hudson Valley wedding DJ, a two time DJ expo founder, and a thirty year technology veteran whose career runs from the FBI and the Department of Justice to the multiple startups he has founded. He performs every wedding himself, teaches the technical side of the craft to other DJs, and builds the software the events industry has been missing.
Long bio
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Lou Paris has spent his life at the intersection of music and technology, and he has never been willing to pick one.
As DJ Lou Paris, he runs a boutique, single operator wedding business out of Kingston, New York, covering the Hudson Valley, the Catskills and beyond. Every event is performed by him personally, read live and mixed on the night, with no canned playlists and no substitute DJs. He has close to two hundred five star reviews to show for it.
He is also a builder of the industry around him. He founded Harvest of Sound in Boston and DJs ASSEMBLE in Syracuse, two expos created to give working DJs real technical education, and he takes that same teaching on the road with the Deep Cuts tour. He helps run one of the largest DJ communities online, The DJ Help Desk.
Behind all of it sits a thirty year technology career: senior systems and architecture roles supporting the FBI, the Department of Justice, USAID/OFDA and Skip Barber Racing School, plus two companies of his own, cue in 2020 and Zenvents in December 2025, both built to fix what the current event platforms get wrong.
He lives in Kingston, New York, quotes movies far too often, and still collects vinyl.
Three Worlds, One Operator
Most people in this industry do one of these. The combination is the story.
The wedding DJ
A boutique, single operator wedding business based in Kingston, New York, covering the Hudson Valley, the Catskills, Upstate New York and the surrounding states. You get me and only me, every time. No sub contracted DJs, no canned playlists, no cheese. The room gets read live and the set gets built on the night.
The industry builder
Founder of two DJ expos: Harvest of Sound in Boston and DJs ASSEMBLE in Syracuse, both built to give working DJs the serious technical education the big conferences skip. Deep Cuts takes the same teaching on the road as a small, hands on intensive. He also helps run one of the largest DJ communities online and publishes gear, audio and business teardowns for other DJs.
The technologist
Thirty years in technology, from web integration in 1996 to senior systems and architecture roles across federal and enterprise environments. He founded cue in 2020 and Zenvents in December 2025, both built to fix what the current event platforms get wrong, and he still writes the code himself. The engineering habits show up at the gig: real redundancy, real signal chain, nothing left to chance.
An Extensive Background
The part of the resume that surprises people when they find out their wedding DJ has it.
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Test Lab Manager, contractLed a five person team supporting pre production environments.
- Department of Justice
- Senior Systems Engineer, contractApplications and systems engineering across federal environments.
- USAID/OFDA
- Senior Systems Architect, contractLed the virtualization program, saving over a million dollars.
- Skip Barber Racing School
- Senior Systems AdministratorOwned a $1M IT budget and cut communications costs substantially.
- Radio DJ
- WJJR-FM · WKYS-FMFormer on air DJ at stations including WJJR-FM and WKYS-FM.
- Volunteer EMT
- Seven years of serviceTrained in ice rescue and heavy extrication.
Press Photos
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Fast Facts
- Full name
- Louis T. Paris Jr.
- Performs as
- DJ Lou Paris
- Based in
- Kingston, New York
- Service area
- Hudson Valley, Catskills, Upstate NY, NYC, CT, NJ, MA
- Specialties
- Weddings, curated live mixing, advanced ceremony audio, vinyl sets
- Also founder of
- Harvest of Sound, DJs ASSEMBLE, Deep Cuts, Zenvents
- Website
- djlouparis.com
- Booking
- [email protected]
Get In Touch
Booking, press, a panel, a podcast, or the tech side. It all reaches me directly, and I answer my own mail.
- [email protected]
- Phone
- 845-605-2738