Whether you’re planning a big occasion like your dream wedding or something a little… less big like your company staff party, if the music is great, it can be one of the most memorable parts of the evening. And unfortunately, if the music sucks, it will definitely be one of the most memorable parts of the evening.

Since 2010, SOUL DEEP has provided the former (music that doesn’t suck) to a wide variety of venues across the Midwest, from lavish wedding halls to charming dive bars and distinguished art museums to neighborhood microbreweries. No matter the who-what-when-or-where of your event, if it’s a unique and awesome soundtrack you want, you’ve found it here.

Here are some of the venues that have hosted me in the past: AJ’s Music Café, Ann Arbor City Club, Ant Hall, Automotive Hall of Fame, Batch Brewing Company, Beacon Park, Berkley Common, Black Lotus Gardens, Blind Pig, Blossom Heath Inn, Blue Dress Barn, Book Tower, Bookies Bar & Grill, Bowlero Lanes & Lounge, Brew Detroit, Brown Iron Brewhouse, Camp Wathana, Cliff Bell’s, Colony Club, Community House, Crofoot, Crow Manor, Detroit City Distillery, Detroit City Distillery, Detroit Comics, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Yacht Club, The Dow, Eastern Market, Flynn Pavilion, Frank’s Café, Front Row, GAR Building, Garden Bowl, Gem Theatre, Georgetown | Vosh, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Company, Great Lakes Culinary Center, Guardian Building, Hello Records, Hotel St. Regis, Indian Springs Metro Park, Infinity & Ovation Yacht Charters, Joseph Bianca Ballroom, Journeyman Distillery, Jumbo’s Bar, Keyworth Stadium, Kreps Apple Barn, Lo & Behold! Records & Books, Loving Touch, Masonic Temple, McGregor Memorial Conference Center, Northern Lights Lounge, Painted Lady Lounge, Parts & Labor, Peoples Records, Perfect Pitcher Sports Club, PJ’s Lager House, Players Club of Detroit, Punch Bowl Social, Red Run Golf Club, Redford Theatre, Re:View Contemporary Gallery, Rockery, Ronin Sushi, Rustbelt Market, Saint Andrew’s Hall, Scarab Club, Sharon Mills County Park, Shinola Ann Arbor, Shinola Detroit, Skybar & Lounge, Small’s, Sojourn Lakeside Resort, St. John’s Banquet & Conference Center, Sundance Studios, TCF Center, Team Rehabilitation, Third Street Bar, Tom’s Tavern, Tower Ballroom, Townsend Hotel, Trinosophes, Trumbullplex, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Waldenwoods, Whiskey Factory, Whitney Restaurant, Willis Show Bar, Willy’s, Woldumar Nature Center, and Woodbridge Pub.