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Saturday, August 13, 2011

Are you looking for Live Wedding Band?

By Louisa Farrelly


Every amazing party has 3 things in common: tasty food, good ambiance, and great music. As you plan your special event, you'll be bombarded with choices about everything from color schemes to pudding platters, but when it comes to deciding on the music you would like for your gigantic bash, it actually comes down to 2 main categories: live music or recorded music. In this article, we're going to be talking about the advantages of hiring live bands for a party or marriage.

Recorded music is a simple and inexpensive fix. Any person can create a play list and play it on a stereo system, and most of us have the know-how to burn a CD of their fave music. Even a kid can plug in their portable MP3 player and just hit shuffle. But where is the fun in that? This is a good thing to do for a tiny gathering at home but for an extra special event like a wedding or anniversary party, you want to make it a memorable experience.

You could go with the choice of hiring a professional DJ service, but face it: many of us have been to receptions with a DJ, and the result's usually pretty cheesy. DJ services usually have their employees follow a prescribed script, complete along with cheesy jokes and cliche play lists. How often have you been to a wedding reception where the DJ played a long list of disco classics and Top 40 pop hits? You have the choice of selecting the idiom of music you need with a DJ service, but if you need something a little more sublime or if you need some good rock, there is not any better choice than hiring a live band..

The musicians that you hire will want to make an impression on you and your visitors with their skills, unlike a DJ who simply has to play the correct recorded music. In this fashion, a live group is far better because they're going to work hard to play their best and put on a great and entertaining show for your party guests. They feel connected to the music that they play, and that connection translates to a personal commitment to performing to the very best of their abilities.

The ambiance that an onstage music performance can contribute to your event is perhaps the greatest benefit to hiring a live band. For example, if your marriage reception is a black tie affair, having a group of musicians playing in a string quartet would add an unmistakable touch of class and refinement to the final environment of your reception. Similarly, if you need to make an atmosphere where people are going to want to get up and dance, a high energy rock or soul band can actually create the mood wanted to get folk out of their places and onto the floor.

If you decide to hire a live band for your event, all you have to do is get online and conduct an easy net search. There are numerous music booking sites out there where you can enter in your location, sort of event, and the type of music you want to hear and the site will create a listing of all the musicians in your neighborhood. You can check out photos and hear samples of their music, and then meet the band directly through the information given on the booking site.




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