If you just can’t find the right ceremony music for your wedding or you’re incredibly busy, you may be tempted to just ask your musician to pick something for you.
Don’t worry. All hope for having memorable ceremony music that reflects you is not completely lost (see Music That Reflects You) if you decide to do this!
But there are a few things to think about before you ask to make sure you actually get results you’re looking for (and not simply offloading a task to someone else).
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You’ve found a perfect piece of music for your church wedding. You mention it to your musician and you get back a “what’s that”? look. Or a response like “I don’t think I have that in my library.” Or worse, “I know I don’t have that piece.”
What to do?
Don’t worry, this doesn’t have to be the end of the world. Here are some tips for getting past this little hurdle. [Read the full article…]
I try to make sure you get all the wedding music ideas you need from Wedding Music Unveiled. But you still may need more. That’s when it can be a good time to turn to commercial wedding music compilation CDs for ideas.
Compilation CDs can provide good ideas, but watch out for CDs that only contain the same old choices you probably already know about. Just like other wedding guides that repeat the same handful of wedding music ideas, wedding CDs don’t always provide new ideas.
When I find a decent collection, you can be sure I’ll pass it along to you. Let’ start right now. [Read the full article…]
Are you having trouble finding good wedding songs?
For some reason, picking wedding songs for use during the ceremony seems to be one of the more difficult musical choices a bride gets to make. When asked for recommendations, I can also find this to be challenging, and as a musician, I have access to a lot of music.
Why so difficult? (And then I have music ideas for you!) [Read the full article…]
Want to inexpensively increase your music repertoire? Here’s a tip for you church musicians.
Not too long I ago stumbled across this sheet music collection that has since proved valuable to me. I can’t believe I hadn’t seen it before. [Read the full article…]