Friday, August 27, 2010

Choosing The Right Band For Weddings

By Stuart Clarke

You can easily find the right band for weddings when you use the online search engines such as Google or Yahoo. These will easily produce a multitude of search results for you.

After searching and finding so many results, how to choose the right band from among them? Well first you need to consider the type of music you prefer whether you enjoy listening to pop, rock, country, jazz or soul music.

Next figure out how you want your music. Is there a certain era or band you like to listen too. On the other hand do you simply want a good mix of music? When you determine the genre of music you most prefer, then you should search for that type of music and band. For instance, search for pop band or country band.

You will probably not just find a band for weddings only as most bands play at a variety of venues including functions, corporate events, product launches, birthdays, bar mitzvahs etc.

So don't exclude these bands just because they don't advertise themselves as a wedding band as long as they have previous experience of playing at weddings then this is fine.

Finding and choosing the right band for weddings is easier than you may think. Many good bands have their own social networking page or a website you can visit online. Most often they do provide mp3s and videos of their performances for you to listen to and watch.

Call any of their past gigs to find out more about the band and their performance. However, when they provide a great looking website that sounds professional and they get a lot of online traffic, you can almost guarantee finding a great band for weddings.

Now that you have chosen the band, agreed a price and chosen the songs you want played then that should be it. Well it is not unfortunately you have to make sure the venue has a licence for live music and the band has ample parking at the venue due to the heavy equipment they have to carry, otherwise the venue or having a band could be a complete non starter so check this out before you pay out any money to venues or bands.

The band will require an ample amount of stage area with lots of handy power outlets as well as somewhere for changing purposes. Find out if your location uses a power limiter that may cut the power if the band gets too loud. If so, make sure you let the band know about it. - 40726

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