Background Music

Background music at your wedding reception is the most important thing you’re going to choose all day!!! Ha ha ha, ok well not really but it does carry some weight. When I ask couples what kind of background music they want during Cocktails/Dinner the frequent response is "something traditional" or "mellow". That's fine, but you should really be playing music that identifies with you and the people there as opposed to what you think the background music should be that’s played at a wedding. Make sense? Here's an example - I did a wedding a few weeks ago in Rural Alberta and I got the frequent response that they wanted "traditional music" - which I played. When I arrived at the wedding and saw those in attendance, clearly "traditional music" was not going to work with this crowd when the bulk of those in attendance were wearing cowboy hats etc. Not to misrepresent cowboys/cowgirls, but let's be honest, do they really want to hear Mozart? Or would they much rather hear some mellow country - Lonestar, Faith Hill, etc? Funny thing is one of the guests came up to me and said "Why are you playing this crap?!?!? Give us something we want to hear!!!". I couldn't help but laugh as I couldn't have agreed with him more.

If you're going for traditional and elegant, then Mozart and classical is where you need to go. If your wedding reception is more casual then you should think of adjusting the background music to reflect that. The background music will not make or break your wedding but it DOES add to the overall ambiance on the night. Like everything on your wedding day, go with what's you.