For all of you couples who are considering DJing your own wedding, this post is for you! Our friends at Uptown Down Entertainment are sharing their best advice for putting together the perfect wedding reception playlist to keep your dance floor rocking all night long. They
Skipping a DJ at your wedding is one way that couples choose to save money. But before you plug in your iPod and set of speakers, see what you could be missing. You may be tempted to pick songs that only you and your best friend
When we decided that we were going to host two events (a small intimate ceremony following by a sit down dinner and a reception two days afterwards) we knew that we needed be careful not to go over budget. One of the items that we felt
Being that my fiancé is currently in law school, I tried to handle a majority of the tasks involved with wedding planning. However, I did ask if he would plan the honeymoon and find our DJ (he actually may have volunteered for these tasks!). Vacations and
Last year was a great year for music, and introduced some new romantic tunes into my list of modern music to use for a wedding first dance. Of course, there’s always the classics like Frank Sinatra and Etta James, but we wanted to share some more
Recording artist Kina Grannis recently released a music video for her song “My Dear” to celebrate her one year wedding anniversary. The video features footage from her actual wedding in Southern California and it is absolutely stunning, y’all. “My Dear” is a song that she wrote for her husband and longtime
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Dear Jessica, I want to make sure my guests get up and shake their tail feathers. Where can I find popular wedding dance music?” –From: Wyoming WallflowerHi there! Thanks for your question! For your wedding reception, it’s so important to pick the right combination of tunes to
One of the things that I surprisingly put alot of thought into was our first dance song selection. The first dance as husband and wife is a special one, so choosing the song that perfectly describes your feelings or relationship can really make the moment magical.
When we created a budget, we knew that we would have to make decisions about where our financial resources would be allocated. Some were easy, like not spending a lot on attire, invitations, centerpieces and favors. Other decisions were a little bit harder because we really
Choosing music was one of the most difficult things for Nathan and I. We tossed around the idea of a D.J., live band, and kind of just doing it on our own with an Ipod. The last one quickly became a non-option. We didn’t want to
As I’ve mentioned before, Dan and I are trying to be budget savvy while still having flair at our wedding. We don’t want to sacrifice the “wow-factor” just because we’re making economical decisions. One thing that was really important to Dan was to be able to
{All data recorded by Spotify} With wedding season around the corner, couples are opting for both classic love ballads and romance-filled party anthems for their wedding music choice according to data from Spotify. If you’re not familiar, Spotify is a digital music service that you can
Entertainment turned out to be the main focus for our reception. Nobody likes to go to a predictable ‘been-there, seen-that’ wedding, and I didn’t want that for our guests either. We went with a jazz-funk band instead of a DJ, and are having a few choreographed
Our venue had the major benefit of a built-in sound system, with the bonus of being able to have different music in every room! Jon and I decided early on that we weren’t interested in hiring a DJ, partially because of the cost and partially because
