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How to choose music for a Wedding Reception

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Adam Hughes - www.LastMinuteMusicians.com

This romantic wedding music album offers royalty free music that can be used as background music in wedding CDs, videos, photography projects and even ceremonies and receptions.

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by Michael Kabel Music and dancing is traditionally a huge part of the wedding reception's festivities. Wedding guests will pretty much expect music of some kind or another, and if nothing else music does create the tempo and momentum that leads to a good party. If you think back on the wedding receptions you've attended in the past, probably all of them had music at one time or another.

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Choosing the right style of music

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Flight Booking When selecting a band for your wedding reception you should think about atmosphere. Do you want a party atmosphere for dancing or would you prefer more background music to allow more conversation?

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Travel Agent For the party atmosphere, most people like the band to play "a bit of everything" from the 50s to present day to suit the wide age ranges of wedding guests. Professional wedding bands tend to have a wide repertoire of music and can normally adapt well to suit any wedding reception.

Many brides and grooms tend to scour music stores, book and megastores, and even the Internet for the perfect tracks to suit their desired wedding theme. As DJs, event planners, photographers, and bridal coordinators, wedding professionals can help couples access a wider range of choices. Wedding music should not be quickly selected or chosen simply because it was all the couple could find for one of the most important days in their lives, wedding professionals should assist brides and grooms in selecting ceremony, reception, and background music that completely fit their style, theme, and ideals. Stocking a music library with royalty free music places a professional one step ahead of the competition.

Hotel Chicago Jazz bands are very popular for providing music at a wedding reception. They can add an extra touch of class to your wedding.

Online Booking To select the right band for your event consider the taste of your guests, their age range and whether they would like to dance, listen to the music or a mixture of the two.

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Hotel Reservation Most couples like to choose a well known song for their first dance. Get any specific requests to the band well in advance so the musicians have a chance to prepare them before the wedding reception.

London Hotel Booking Popular first dance requests:

Discount Travel 'Angels' - Robbie Williams

Orlando Hotel 'Lets Stay Together' - Al Green

Booking Agency 'It Had To Be You' - Harry Connick Jr

International Travel Medical 'Stand By Me' - Ben E King

New York Hotel 'We Have All The Time In The World' - Louis Armstrong

Online Travel Booking 'Wonderful Tonight' - Eric Clapton

Travel Medical Insurance 'Let There Be Love' - Nat King Cole

Miami Hotel 'Everything I Do (I do it for you)' - Bryan Adams

Air Deccan Booking Finding a wedding band to suit your budget

Las Vegas Nevada Travel The cost of a wedding band varies depending on their style of music, how many musicians are the band require, how popular they are, how long you want music for, what time the musicians need to arrive and the travel distance involved to get your wedding reception venue.

Las Vegas Nv Hotel The following table shows guide prices to give you an idea of how the cost varies depending on the number of musicians and length of performance:

Hotel Florence Booking Online Solo Musician
2 Hours £150-250
4 Hours £250-350

Orlando Travel Duo
2 Hours £250-400
4 Hours £400-550

Hilton Hotel Trio
2 Hours £400-600
4 Hours £600-700

Booking Delta Com Quartet
2 Hours £500-700
4 Hours £700-900

Travel Insurance Online Quintet
2 Hours £600-800
4 Hours £800-1000

London Hotel Sextet
2 Hours £700-900
4 Hours £900-1300

Online Hotel Booking Septet
2 Hours £750-1000
4 Hours £950-1500

Travel Insurance If musicians will have to travel more than 75 miles for your wedding reception, modest travel expenses should be added to the above prices.

Paris Hotel Set-up time

Airline Booking The Musicians Union state that reasonable set-up time should be included when booking a live band i.e. the band start charging from the time at which they are booked to arrive. Therefore, the above 2 hour guide price would consist of roughly thirty minutes set-up time for the band and an hour and a half of performance.

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San Francisco Hotel LastMinuteMusicians.com believes that quality should be your main concern when booking a band for your wedding reception. Pub bands, although cheap, often lack the experience and reliability of professional wedding bands. Don't risk the success of your wedding reception by booking a cheap pub band.

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Cheap Travel Should the unexpected happen and your musicians let you down at the last minute, most pub bands would struggle to find an appropriate replacement band. However, most professional wedding bands (such as Wedding Bands
at www.LastMinuteMusicians.com have a back-up network of quality customer services and endless music industry contacts to call on in times of crisis.

Bangkok Hotel Your wedding reception venue

Music Booking Check that live music is permitted at your wedding reception venue. It is now UK law that venues must have a license if more than two musicians will be performing live. If your venue doesn't have such a license, consider booking a duo - piano & singer or sax & piano are popular choices.

Travel And Tourism Some venues have sound level limiters, which cuts off power to the band if they exceed a certain volume. If this is the case, don't forget to tell the band. Also, remember to check that there is a power socket available near the area in which you would like the band to perform.

New York City Hotel Musicians will have to bring heavy equipment to your venue so it is always a good to idea to check with your venue to ensure that there is somewhere for the band to park. The more details about the venue that you can tell the band, the better!

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Los Angeles Travel If you live in London or the South East try browsing Wedding Bands for hire in London and the South East. If you live further a field click here to search for a wedding band near you.

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