WEDDINGS
HOW TO: Hire
a Good Performance
Know your preferred genre & theme
When you
hire a live band to perform at one of the most memorable evenings of your life,
be sure of what you want. It’s either contemporary
pop music if your family and friends are hip and trendy and they
follow the latest songs in the pop charts, jazz
music if you are up to some classy but fun environment, Shanghai Jazz if you love all things oriental
& retro, classic jazz oldies
if your parents have many business partners as guests, Top 40 and dance numbers if you’re
turning on the party mode or lovely acoustic
smooth music if you love an intimate dinner with close friends and
family.
#tips# Get your preferred band to suggest a mix of genres if you would like a
versatile performance!
Get good sound quality for the entertainment
Be sure to
know roughly how many guests/tables of
10 you are expecting. Keep in mind that hotel sound systems are only made
to support speeches and background music. Your preferred band will suggest you
a set of sound system that will be able to support the coverage of the
estimated area/ballroom. Do not settle for less than medium range quality
sound equipment as you would not want a good performance to go to waste. Cutting the budget out of the sound system when
you have a good performance team will be like making sandwiches with stale
bread. It decreases the overall quality of the performance.
#tips# Ask for a professional sound engineer to come with the sound equipment
you rent!
Good stuff don’t come in cheap prices
It’s your
big day! Why settle for less if you could get good quality musicians to
perform for your big day? A few hundred Ringgit more will not burn a hole in
your pocket but it will do wonders for your memorable evening. Better musicians
charge a little more for their performances for a good reason. They have experience, music knowledge, great time
management, the ability to re-arrange your favorite songs into a suitable
wedding version, bring up the ambiance of the evening, and so on!
Professionalism goes a long way when it comes to a wedding dinner where
EVERYTHING may go wrong! (touch wood!) Hire an experienced team to help keep
you off your worries for the whole evening. Enjoy your big day with your
favorite songs fuss free!
#tips# Hire a good team at least 2 months before your big day so they will
have time to rehearse your special song requests!
Less is more is FALSE
Fewer musicians mean less versatility in the music they play. Unless you
are going for a smooth acoustic performance for an intimate dinner, let the
professionals advise you on how to proceed with the line-up of the band for
the music genre you require. Do not expect an acoustic band to play Bruno
Mars for you with all the grooves and attacks. It will not happen. Do not believe that the keyboard
could play the sound of ‘drums, saxophone, string instruments, and percussion’
for you. Fake instrument sounds will
never sound better than the real instruments.
#tips# Work around the budget with your preferred band to come up with a solution
that makes you happy!
Less is more is FALSE (2)
Scantily clad (female vocals) are a big
boo-hoo for your evening. Make sure the band members that you hire wear appropriate attire for
the performance. You may request for specific colors or dress codes if you have
a specific theme. Long gowns or Cheongsams good are always good choices to
portray classiness.
#tips# Refer to your preferred band’s videos for an idea of the attire they
usually perform in.
