Take a deep breath, close your eyes and imagine your church wedding ceremony.
When it comes to music, what images (or sounds) do you envision?
I want to help you figure out your approach to your wedding ceremony music. So try this little exercise:
Take a deep breath and think into the future. Picture your upcoming wedding ceremony. Imagine that for your ceremony, you carefully chose each and every piece of music—each was exactly what you wanted to be heard at that moment. [Read the full article…]
Will your wedding ceremony music be background filler or the soundtrack to your most-important moment?
Too many couples don’t put much thought into their wedding music
Sadly, this is often the reason I hear for couples not putting much effort into their ceremony music: it should be nice but it’s really just background “filler”—its point is to cover up silence.
Maybe the bride will put some effort into her processional, but that’s about it. Everything else can be chosen by the musician with the instruction to “play something appropriate.”
Try a better approach to your wedding music
What’s wrong with this picture? [Read the full article…]
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How far along are you with your wedding ceremony music planning?
Are you like most people I’ve talked with and feel hopelessly behind because your wedding date is getting so close?
If your church wedding is less than 2 months away and you don’t have musicians and music finalized yet, you’re not alone.
But you are in the danger zone. I don’t mean to scare you (I know you’ve got plenty on your plate as it is). You’re at the point where it may become difficult to find a musician, to work out the ceremony music selections or even for the musician to get copies of and practice (or learn, if necessary) the music in the time remaining.
Survival tips
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How would you describe your upcoming wedding ceremony? Is it going to be a traditional wedding?
I know many of you are planning for a traditional wedding. But some of you don’t want it to be too traditional.
Others definitely don’t want a traditional wedding at all but are planning a church wedding.
In both cases, you need music ideas that don’t scream TRADITIONAL WEDDING! [Read the full article…]
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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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Take a deep breath, close your eyes and imagine your church wedding ceremony.
