Not starting your planning early enough to accomplish everything is the biggest cause of wedding music stress.
Church musicians I’ve talked to report that too many couples wait too long to contact them about wedding music arrangements.
One or two months before the wedding is very late to be starting to talk about music and does not leave couples with many options.
For more on making arrangements for wedding music, see these articles on meeting with your church and your church musician.
You’ve got a lot to do
From the couple’s perspective, this is completely understandable. It’s easy for couples to be preoccupied with other wedding day details. There is a lot of work to do. [Read the full article…]
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Don’t miss out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to communicate your joy in a way words cannot express.
Lots of work is ahead
Whether you have been engaged or just got engaged over the holidays, if you have a wedding coming up this year you already know just how much work you have to do in the coming months!
Preparing for your wedding day is no small project. You need to plan a reception, the ceremony, rehearsal dinners, dealing with out-of-town guests, attire, gifts, decorations, and the list goes on. Each of these by itself can be a major project.
This is your chance to express yourself
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“I need to plan my wedding ceremony music and I don’t know where to start.”
Boy, have I heard this more than a few times!
If you are new here, welcome!
If you’re getting married in 2011 and just starting your wedding planning (or at least the wedding ceremony music), I’ll help you out by showing you what your next steps should be.
By the way, if you’re just recently engaged, congratulations!
This article will help you even if you know absolutely nothing about church wedding music. [Read the full article…]
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“What is wedding prelude music?”
I get a lot of questions like this about wedding music.
I’m not surprised. In fact, this is the reason I started Wedding Music Unveiled—to help you make sense of church wedding music and make it easier for you to plan it.
If you are just starting out, you too might be confused by or unfamiliar with many wedding ceremony music terms.
Here’s a list of such terms with introductory-level definitions—explanations that work for you, not for musicians! This should put an end to the confusion.
Check out the end of the article for even more helpful information like this!
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Would you let someone else pick your wedding dress or choose your bridesmaids and groomsmen?
Of course not!
It’s your wedding
You also wouldn’t let someone else choose other wedding details. It’s your celebration and you want it to reflect your personal choices.
You make the decisions about other aspects of your wedding because they’ll make the event more personal. [Read the full article…]
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Not starting your planning early enough to accomplish everything is the biggest cause of wedding music stress.
