Your Ceremony Music Hints and Ideas

As a music lover myself, I think it is super important we get it right!

Using musicians for your ceremony (my favourite option!!!)

Well, first of all, well done. I think you have chosen well. When I arrive at your ceremony, I will talk to the musicians to make sure they know when to start playing and how the ceremony will run. That's why I love live music. If you need names for live music, please see below. I've worked with these awesome and talented people and highly recommend them all.

If you’re using my PA system

It will be great as long as you pick the right person to play your music. My PA is loud and is perfect for all ceremony settings. The person in charge of playing the music needs not to be a part of your wedding party. They should not be your parents or essential people such as your siblings or immediate family sitting in the first few rows. An appropriate person is someone that knows how to work a tablet, phone or iPod. Please do not get a person who only uses an iPhone to use an Android phone (like me, I only know iPhones!). Instead, pick someone with a partner in the wedding party that might be at a loose end. They will be near my PA, which cannot be too close to us because of feedback or too far away because of signal loss. Everything is done through Bluetooth, and I pair their device to my PA when we arrive. This takes about 5 seconds. Super easy!

How to set up your music

Separate playlists are the best way to go; they should be titled something like this;

Guest arriving music (about 10 songs)

Walking down the aisle (song needs to be in the playlist twice just in case)

Signing the marriage certificate (about 2-3 songs)

Walking back up the aisle (about 2-3 songs)

Saving your playlist on Spotify offline has worked best, so the device can be used in aeroplane mode without the risk of a call or notifications. However, you also don't know if you have coverage as some venues are too far away for good phone coverage by some phone providers.

With Spotify, you can share your playlist with the person in charge of your music so they can use their device if they prefer and they find that easier on the day. They need to make sure their device is fully charged as well. As soon as the music person arrives for your ceremony I'll run through how everything works. It takes about 90 seconds. Super easy!

Important for your song quality

Please bring the device to the rehearsal so we can test the songs to make sure the song quality is excellent. When downloading your music, please use the best quality and not, for example, a YouTube version.

Questions

If you have them, please ask me. Remember it’s your wedding day, and you need to know all the details, and there is no such thing as a silly question. I should know because I ask lots of questions, all the time.

If you have the budget and want live music below are some of the awesome musicians I work with most weekends. Their photos are links to their website or their socials.