You can also look to any friends or family
members who play musical instruments to help you out. Just make sure that the
band that you do hire knows how to play the song or music that you are hoping
to have at your wedding.
Instruments like guitar, Spanish guitar,
saxophone, and piano are always great for weddings and you can often find local
musical students who will be willing to play a wedding for small fees.
Extra Money Saving Tips
When it comes to the music that you want
to hear at your wedding, there are some extra tips that you can use to help and
make it just a little bit more affordable. Some of these tips are as follows:
- Hold auditions with young people who are trying to get
some experience and let them come to you.
- Place an ad in the paper or penny saver that you are
looking for wedding bands or DJ’s and let them bid for the jobs. This will
have the different players competing for your wedding which will have them
all trying to outbid each other for the chance for exposure. Let them
audition and tell them that you are taking quotes on fees so that they all
know what is going to happen.
- Use pre-recorded live music tapings at your wedding so
that you will get he live music sound but without paying the extra money.
- Use a stereo at your reception that hosts various
different mixed CD’s and plays them all automatically. Many stereos these
days will play through dozens of Cd’s in a row so that the music lasts for
hours. This can cost you no more than the price of the CD’s. You can also
use CDs that you burned yourself from the computer so that you can get all
of your favorite music
- A nice decoration for a reception is to make a collage of
pictures of the bride and groom and their families.