Music during drinks reception and wedding breakfast

Hi,

We have a band playing in the evening too we had our final meeting last weekend with our venue and they said about music to be played after the breakfast and before the band starts. We are thinking things along the line, of adele, emile sande, Michael buble, (excuse the speeling of names) love songs, and just chill song from over the last 30 years xx

In the evening we just gave the DJ free reign after telling him we wanted 80s, 90s dance, plus modern R+B, he did some great mash ups! This is what we chose from our pianist's repertoire for our afternoon tea wedding breakfast:

All You Need Is Love – Beatles

At Last – Etta James

Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You

Close To You – The Carpenters

Firework – Katy Perry

Get Here – Oleta Adams

Greatest Day – Take That

Hello - Lionel Richie

Here Comes the Sun – George Harrison

Hey Jude - Beatles

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees

I Say A Little Prayer for You

Nobody Does It Better – Carly Simon

Right Here Waiting – Richard Marx

River Flows in You - Yiruma

S.O.S – Abba

So Happy Together – The Turtles

Sway – Michael Buble

That’s Amore – Dean Martin

The Look of Love

This Years Love – David Gray

We’ve Only Just Begun – The Carpenters

What a Difference a Day Makes

What the World Needs Now

When I Fall In Love

Wonderful World – Eric Clapton

Your Song – Elton John

Either hubby or I had a particular reason for each one and also we knew that our guests would like those tunes too.

Hi, the violinist and pianist Simon Jordan, who is playing for me, has put a long list of tracks he has been asked to play, on his website. Hope it helps hun!

http://weddingviolin.co.uk/repertoire/ - I like the sound of Better Together by Jack Johnson

We are thinking of having 1930's/40's music such as Glenn Miller, the Andrews Sisters etc as we're having afternoon tea. If we were having a traditional wedding breakfast I would probably go for classical or piano music for something elegant in the background.

"Better Together" is our first dance but slowed down slightly xx

Oooh how did you manage that?

We have a band and have left it in their hands, so hopefully will all be ok xx

Oooh the joys! I'm sure it'll be fab!

Some lovely tracks you had! That has given me a lot of insparation - Thank you

Drinks reception will be a mixture of old and new music - the turtles, the Beatles, emeli Sande etc.

Wedding breakfast will be Motown and soul. But it depends on your personalities and the type of wedding breakfast you're having. What kind of music do you and your OH like?

We had a band playing 30s and 40s music for the evening do.

But for good, relaxed music that doesn't intrude and that is appreciated by most, I go for "Great American Songbook". The Rat pack, Bing, Fred Estaire etc. The sort of thing that Michael Buble covers.

Our venue has a sound system that you can plug an ipod into, so we've got two playlists. The first is for playing during the drinks reception and consists of two compilation albums of swing music (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, that sort of thing). Then about 8 hours worth of dance music for afters. I'm entrusting the ipod to my brother to make sure he gets the playlists in the right order.

There are loads of programs on the interwibble that enable you to manipulate a track. I use Magix musicmaker. I can slow it down, speed it up, chop bits out, repeat certain passages, in fact do anything.....then save it again as an mp3 and voila!

We are having a playlist with a mix of The Vitamin Quartet ?

Try these beauties.....

Mirrorball by Elbow

For Lovers by Peter Doherty / Wolfman

Somersault by Zero 7

Good luck!

I got him for £320 for two hours, but probo best you drop him a line ...