Looking for ways to save on your wedding music? Here are some great ways to save money. The number of musicians, type of instruments and time of wedding are the biggest factors.
Great Budget Saving Tips for Wedding Music
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Looking for ways to save on your wedding music? Here are some great ways to save money.
Top 6 ways to save money on your wedding music
- Wedding music is charged by the number of musicians performing. To save money think of using a solo performer such as a guitarist, violinist, pianist or organist. If you would like an ensemble consider using a smaller one. Did you know that string trios and duos are available as a substitute for string quartets. Brass quartets are a wonderful substitute for the more traditional brass quintet.
- Some instruments are more expensive than others. This has to do with expense of the instrument and availability. Harp and bagpipes are some of the most expensive instruments and brass ensembles, solo trumpet and fanfare trumpets are some or the most economical.
- If you have the ability to have your wedding ceremony at a non-traditional time you can receive significant savings. Friday evenings and weekends are the most expensive. You can often save money by having a morning wedding on a weekend or a weeknight ceremony. If you are able to have a weekday wedding you will receive the highest discounts and can often save on many of your wedding vendors fees.
- Professional wedding musicians cost more than part-time musicians. This is one area where I would recommend spending money. It is better to have one great professional musician than a group of part-time musicians. With a full-time professional you are assured of professional musicianship, punctuality, proper attire and deportment, expertise in coordinating wedding music with wedding planners and officiants and expertise and experience in smoothly executing wedding processionals (walks down the aisle) with all sizes of wedding parties. Most people would prefer to hear a wonderful professional solo violinist rather than an out of tune, squeaky sounding string quartet. I feel that punctuality is probably one of the most important things to pay for. A musician that performs for a living understands that leaving enough time for traffic jams and flat tires is part of the job on your big day so that everything is perfect for you.
- If you are having music for your wedding ceremony, cocktail hour and reception, using the same musicians holds big savings. Here is one example: For the ceremony use solo classical guitar, the same versatile guitarist plays in a bass and guitar duo or performs solo jazz guitar for the cocktail hour and joins the all styles of dance music band for the reception.
- For wedding reception music use a band where the singers also play instruments. This saves personnel costs. e.g. Music Remembrance has a wedding reception quartet that performs all styles including the most current hits. The four instruments are guitar, bass, keyboard and drums and all four members are vocalist too.
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Great tips and information. Makes me want to get marry again to my wife. Thanks for the article, tips and information.