Not starting planning in time 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.
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 that needs to be done. [Read the full article…]
Be careful not to assume your church wedding musician gets paid to play for your wedding by the church.
Many don’t realize this, but the salary that your church pays its musicians (e.g., music director, organists, pianists) does not cover playing for weddings, if they even get a salary! This is especially misunderstood by those getting married in a church they’re not too familiar with. [Read the full article…]
Being organized is important. It will help keep you focused on what currently needs to be done and prevent things from falling through the cracks. Even so, sometimes reality gets in the way and things don’t go according to plan.
When this happens, it may not make sense to just stop and wait while the problem detail gets sorted out. In fact, it’s almost always best to move on, do what you can, and when the detail gets resolved, then come back to where you’re at now.
Stopping and waiting can cause you to miss valuable planning or preparation time. But other times, it does make sense to do just that.
Here are some strategies you can use help you stay organized even when reality works against you. [Read the full article…]
Your wedding postlude music will be the last music your guests hear before walking out the door. It’ll be the music that sticks in their mind.
I’ve got some tips for planning your wedding postlude music and some music suggestions that will be sure to leave your guests with a great tune in their heads. [Read the full article…]
You get only one chance to plan your wedding ceremony. Wedding music can be difficult to plan since you’ve never done it before and probably don’t know much about classical music. Unfortunately, many wedding guides don’t help you. Rather than giving you the advice you need for a church wedding, you get generic advice from people who aren’t music experts. The results can be disappointing.
Other wedding music guides don’t always give helpful advice when it comes to choosing distinctive ceremony music. Usually, it’s the same old tired selections over and over again with vague advice. But Wedding Music Unveiled is different!
Not starting planning in time to accomplish everything is the biggest cause of wedding music stress.
Make this mistake and you’ll be asking for a wedding day disaster.
Being organized is important. It will help keep you focused on what currently needs to be done and prevent things from falling through the cracks. Even so, sometimes reality gets in the way and things don’t go according to plan.
Your wedding postlude music will be the last music your guests hear before walking out the door. It’ll be the music that sticks in their mind.
