Five Tips for Choosing Your Wedding Music

1. Work out your Music Budget early in your planning stages!

Your music budget is one of the most important decisions you will make in the planning of your wedding! A successful wedding relies on enjoying your day as much as possible, and everybody enjoying your day with you! So, the two most important things to achieve that are;

a) That you, the bride, feel beautiful and cherished!
b) That the atmosphere - your food, service, and music, is fabulous and memorable!

To do this, the food, service, and music are best seen as one single item, all helping each other out. It is good to get this into your wedding planning as early as possible! This allows time to find the right combination of professional wedding entertainers and musicians that will provide the perfect backdrop through dinner, add a friendly and receptive helping hand to the service staff with their personality and announcements, and keep the evening flowing for you, all your guests, and the chef!

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2. Know your Music Options!

The most important element in getting the most from your music budget is to know your music options! A professional duo will cost about the same as an average DJ, with all the pzazz, interactivity and atmosphere that comes only with live music.

A live 6 to 8 piece professional wedding band will cost considerably more, but if this suits your budget, it will be well worth the investment!

For a minimum budget, some may feel that a DJ or an “affordable” band is the only option. However, you should consider these points,

• A much better value option is to hire a Professional MC who has all the music and sound a DJ provides, and generally offers superior quality at a lower price.

• “Affordable” is not a good reason to hire a band! Professionals have no need to promote themselves as being “affordable”. They will instead vie for your custom with expertise and excellence, and because these virtues actually cost money, real professionals will offer you a “fair price”, or a “budget option” that does not compromise on quality. Professionals simply will not need to promote “affordability” in order to get work, as they are likely to be booked out well in advance due to their reputation.

• The thing to remember is – You do not need to compromise on quality when considering your budget options!

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3. Be able to recognise a Professional Wedding Entertainer.

There are many ways to recognise a professional when you see one. I’ve listed just a few below to help give you a good head start.

To check your musicians’ entertainment credibility, look for a checkable history that proves they are successful performers, such as; newspaper articles, television appearances, testimonials from major organisations, and long term residencies at notable venues and the like.

To check your musicians’ wedding experience and suitability, look for wedding tools that they have created themselves such as; wedding songs lists, wedding music planners, wedding protocol guides and the like. The professionals should know all these things as second nature, and if you test them a tad, you can actually set them apart from the musicians that just say ‘we do weddings’!

To check your entertainer’s overall professionalism, don’t spend too much time asking about their academic record, or which university they study or teach at; focus instead on, asking for live and studio recordings they have made. Ask how many wedding ceremonies and receptions they have performed at in the duo, band, or solo capacity you want them in. Also, ask for referees that will help you find what you want, such as wedding music professionals, past brides, and past wedding guests.

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4. Ensure that your Musicians know how to play for you, your guests, and all your family!

To ensure musicians can entertain the entire guest list, many brides and grooms will want to go and see the entertainers they want to book before they sign the deal. It is worth considering that many professional wedding entertainers are playing at weddings or corporate shows every Friday and Saturday night. This may mean you will not be able to see them, but if they are continually booked out as such, it may well be a good sign.

If they are playing in a pub or club, and you can get to see them, note that a good pub band’s success is often due to their ability to play to a particular social group in a particular setting, so on that night, they may only be playing dance music, or cocktail jazz, or pub rock n roll. It may be hard to tell that a band is all you want by seeing them at a gig. The best thing to do is talk with them in a break. See if you can get a copy of their set list and assess how it suits your wedding. A good wedding band will have a song list designed just for weddings and it will include a wide range of songs suitable for each different step of your ceremony and reception. Overall, the best info you can get from checking out a band ‘live’ will come from meeting with the band leader while you are there, feeling his/her ‘vibe’,  and talking over how passionate they are about weddings.

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5. Choose an Entertainer that will help you plan your entire evening with detailed wedding knowledge and experience.

Once you have got in early enough to find the entertainer or band that suits your budget without compromising on quality, and you are sure they are professional performers that are passionate about weddings and family entertainment, you need to be sure that your entertainer has what it takes to plan your wedding music.

Your typical wedding music professional will have a paper copy wedding music planner that covers all the stages of your ceremony and reception. The more up-market professionals such as Wedding Music SA & Adelaide Wedding Entertainment will have an online wedding music planner as well. They can use these tools combined with their expertise to plan the music and entertainment on your special day to perfection.

So there you have it! Now you have planned your great atmosphere early on enough to keep all your options open. You know how to make the very most of your budget while not compromising on quality. You know how to recognise a professional wedding entertainer when you see one, and how to tell that they are perfect for all your family! To finish up, you know exactly what to expect from a professional so that your wedding music plans can come together perfectly.

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