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ew York wedding event mogul Evan Tyler is enabling clients to plan the music for their weddings with the click of a button through his new website platform. Tyler has played the weddings of Kevin Hart and Eniko Parish, and The Jersey Shore’s Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino and Lauren Pesce. He has also performed for Jimmy Buffet, Clive Davis, Michael Douglas and Catherine ZetaJones. 2020 was a rough year for the event industry. Pandemic restrictions halted all wedding
Evan Tyler
CEO of Starlight Music BY J A K E D R E S S L E R
events, forcing CEO/President Evan Tyler to re-strategize his business plan. “One of the few things that helped us out, was that we are an elite boutique versus some of our competitors that were scaled much larger with overinflated infrastructures.” Evan told PARK, “Starlight was able to keep everyone from our family on the team and put programs in place to assist them with finances, getting unemployment, getting vaccinated, etc. I also made the choice to personally speak with every client and assist them through the difficult process of rescheduling.” Revolutionary Online Booking Technology Out of the pandemic brainstorming sprang Evan’s novel idea to move the entire process of booking live bands online. His new platform,
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