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A DIY Approach To Your Wedding MusicWould 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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Don’t Let Your Musicians Choose Your Wedding Music Without Reading This!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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3 Reasons Wedding Music Planning Isn't As Easy As You ThinkI hear this sad story over and over again:

A couple thinks wedding ceremony music will be a piece of cake. They wait until a month or so before the ceremony and then approach their church’s musician to see if he or she is available (or they start looking for outside musicians).

They quickly discover there’s a lot more to do than they thought.

Combined with everything else they’re already working on, they become completely stressed out. There’s got to be an easier way to plan wedding music. [Read the full article…]

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Should You List Ceremony Music in Your Wedding Program?Wondering how you should list your ceremony music in your wedding program?

First, ask yourself whether you really want to include the music. There are perfectly good reasons both to list it and not list it.

Reasons to

Reasons you should consider listing your ceremony music: [Read the full article…]

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How to Stop Being Overwhelmed by Your Wedding Music Choices and Start Selecting Music

Do you feel swamped by wedding day preparations? Are you afraid that you won’t be able to find that perfect piece of music for your ceremony and that you’ll have to settle? Are music suggestions all starting to sound alike to you?

If you’re not entirely sure how you should be selecting music from your lists of ideas, I can help. Some people just stare at the list of music suggestions they have and at the list of music needed and just can’t get started. [Read the full article…]

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The Pachelbel Canon in D: What You Probably Don’t Know

You’ve probably heard the Pachelbel Canon in D in just about every wedding you’ve attended. But what do you really know about this incredibly well-liked piece of music? And just how did it get to be so popular? This article looks at the beloved Canon from those perspectives, but also looks at the effect of its popularity on wedding ceremonies including it.

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Music Tips for Small Weddings

Here are tips for including music in smaller, intimate wedding ceremonies where you might not be sure if you should even have music.

Music is a very powerful way of expressing the joy of your marriage and there’s no reason to skip music just because the ceremony is small!

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Save Time By Not Planning Your Wedding Music Alone

Planning your wedding ceremony music is just one of the many details you have to worry about for your wedding day. It can be a lot of work if you have to plan it without help. But help is available so that you need not have to figure everything out on your own.

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The Secret to Making Your Wedding Uniquely Yours

Planning music for a memorable wedding ceremony requires avoiding overused music and understanding the moods you want to establish. A ceremony that is “uniquely yours” is one that reflects you and will be memorable long after it has ended.

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