Perfect Music for Weddings News Welcome to the Perfect Music for Weddings News page. Here you can find news and up-to-date information on our wedding bands, wedding musicians, wedding entertainers and our employees and associates. It is our goal to keep you up to date with what we’re doing and also provide you with interesting information about our services for weddings, corporate events and parties. We also aim to provide you with information about our unique and talented featured musicians and entertainers. In addition, we will also share with you valuable and essential information on wedding music ideas and wedding music suggestions, wedding planning tips and even wedding music history. This is the kind of insider information only those in the wedding industry knew, until now. You don’t want to miss out if you are planning your dream wedding! We will also have information on music for corporate events and parties, as well as corporate event and party music suggestions and event and party planning tips. If you like the information we provide, why not contact us and let us know?
| Many people enjoy the lively and energetic sound of Irish fiddle music. An interesting fact about traditional Irish fiddle music is that it was meant to be played for joyous occasions like weddings and other special events.
The fiddle is an important instrument in both traditional and modern Irish music. The fiddle is the same instrument as the violin but is played in a different style.... |
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In today’s unstable economic environment, we are all looking for ways to save money. While we don’t recommend cutting corners on certain aspects of your wedding, we do recommend you consider planning an off-season, winter or early spring wedding to help you save money. Wedding season takes place from May to October every year. During that time, wedding planners, wedding bands and wedding venues are... |
| While many people are familiar with the term "Bluegrass", many still do not know that the mandolin is arguably the most important Bluegrass instrument there is. The mandolin is commonly associated with Italian music, the music of the Mediterranean and South America. This is rightfully so, as these regions' music heavily features the mandolin. However, the mandolin is equally as important to American Bluegrass music.
The... |
| Live swing orchestras have become increasingly popular for wedding ceremonies and receptions in the last few years. This is due in part to the fact that many brides envision a wedding day with a touch of Old Hollywood class. Without a doubt, the best compliment to a vintage wedding is live swing music.
Swing music was the most popular form of music from the mid-1930's until... |
| On October 30th, 2008, The Wine and Roses Band performed at the world famous Getty Villa. The Getty Villa is an extension of the J. Paul Getty Museum, which is dedicated to the study of the arts and culture of ancient Greeks and Romans. The Getty Villa houses a great deal of Greek, Roman and Etruscan sculptures as well as other cultural artifacts. The Villa... |
| Although it may seem like Halloween has only just passed and Thanksgiving is still over three weeks away, before you know it the holiday season will be upon us. Right now is the perfect time for you to start planning your holiday party, whether it be for Christmas, Haunukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years Eve or just to celebrate the spirit of the season.
What better way to... |
| We have even more exciting news for the fans, friends and clients of Perfect Music for Weddings: the artistic director and feature violinist, fiddler and composer for Perfect Music for Weddings (and member of the Silver Mountain Fiddle Band and the Sparrow Lane String Quartet), Chris Murphy, recently attended highly critically acclaimed violinist and fiddler Mark O’Conner’s performance at UCLA. He was fortunate enough to... |
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We have some very exciting news for fans, friends and clients of Perfect Music for Weddings: our artistic director and feature musician, Chris Murphy, made a live appearance on the Ellen Degeneres Show last week on October 15th, 2008. He played live violin music to accompany a skit about one of Ellen’s comedy writers, Lauren, on a romantic blind date. Ellen’s show features ongoing... |
| Are you curious to learn more about string quartets and string quartet music? The Sparrow Lane String Quartet has created this article to help our visitors learn the basic language of a string quartet as well as some essential music for string quartets.
What is a String Quartet?
Essentially, a string quartet is a combination of four stringed instruments playing together. However, string quartets traditionally consist of... |
| Live music contributes a certain quality of atmosphere to any event and a wedding is the perfect event to be enhanced by it. While DJ's may seem cost effective, there is a great deal a DJ cannot provide in terms of mood that a live wedding band can. With this in mind, let's explore several important tips for choosing wedding bands and working with musicians... |
| When one thinks of wedding music, "Here Comes the Bride", Pachebel's "Canon in D," Handel's "Air" and Mozart's "Wedding March" inevitably come to mind. These are all classic and wonderful choices for a wedding ceremony. However, some brides-to-be may feel they are too traditional for their wedding. In previous posts, we discussed choosing the right (and wrong) wedding music. However, there is one area we... |
| When it comes to music in general, one thing will always remain true: everyone's taste is different. And, when it comes to wedding music, peoples' tastes seem to become even more refined. Previously, we discussed tips on choosing the right style of wedding music for your special day and why its important to choose professional wedding musicians. In the aforementioned posts, I mentioned the importance... |
| Planning a wedding can seem like a daunting task. There are many aspects to planning a wedding ceremony and wedding reception, each of them both seemingly intimidating but always rewarding. That’s the duality of planning what will probably be one of the biggest events of your life – it can be both “scary” and a wonderful experience, at the same time! However, planning and preparing... |
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The Whole of the Moon Swing Orchestra is an exciting and entertaining musical dance band featuring singers, horns, and strings playing your favorite songs from the 30’s, 40’s, 50’s, and 60’s, guaranteed to set a classy backdrop at your event and keep your guests dancing through the night...
Favorites such as “Fly Me to the Moon,” “Sentimental Journey,” “Paper Moon,” “Blue Velvet,” “New... |
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Let the city of Los Angeles inspire your wedding music!
The varied backdrops of Los Angeles can provide the most spectacular settings for your wedding day. It is one of the most inspiring and romantic cities in the world. After all, it is called “the city of angels” for a reason – and even inspired a romantic film of the same name! Also, don’t forget that... |
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Solo Violin Musicians for Weddings, Parties, Anything!
We are solo violin musicians, fiddlers & composers who specialize in performing original solo violin music at weddings — including wedding ceremonies, dinners, cocktail hours and receptions. We also play at private parties, restaurants and other events.
In 2006, we performed at 126 weddings and parties, and 87 in 2005. We are self contained, can perform acoustic... |
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There is nothing more enchanting or romantic
than the beautiful, angelic sound of the mandolin.
Mandolin Magic provides impeccably talented and professional mandolin players (and accompaniment) performing sophisticated, stylish, and fun music in all genres and customized for all events. Our mandolinists perform wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, cocktail parties, private events, anniversaries, birthdays, and more!
Our experienced musicians play a wide variety of musical... |
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Beautiful and elegant string music for weddings and
special events in Los Angeles and Southern California!
String quartets are the premier choices for the cultivated and refined taste of the most discerning client. This is your magical day! The virtuosity of a classic string quartet creates perfect and timeless accompaniment for your special event. We offer string quartet music for weddings and private parties... |
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The Silver Mountain Fiddle Band is composed of talented and professional fiddlers and accompanists performing fiddle music for your wedding ceremony (prelude, processional, candle lighting and recessional) and your wedding reception (cocktail hour, dinner and dancing).
Our musicians play a wide variety of fiddle music for weddings including: bluegrass, old-time, country, western swing, Irish, Celtic, Cajun, Zydeco, blues, swing, gypsy, Klezmer and even... |
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Jazz, Swing, Blues, Tango, Latin, Gypsy, Celtic,
Bluegrass, Classical & Dance Music For Weddings,
Corporate Events and Private Parties.
Los Angeles wedding band The Wine and Roses Band will provide your special event with a classy, enchanting, indefinable quality of music that will make your wedding, reception or event magical!
The Wine and Roses Band is a Southern California based group of professional musicians. We are... |
| Each religion has different variations on their wedding ceremonies. With that in mind, here is information about a traditional Messianic Jewish Wedding....
Ketubah Signing
The Ketubah is signed in a private ceremony with the Bride, Groom, family and the wedding party. This can actually happen at the rehearsal the evening before.
As long as the bride (Kallah) and groom (Chatan) are standing under the Chuppah (canopy), the marriage... |
| While our bands play at many diverse styles of weddings - from the traditional to the eclectic - we have decided to place the spotlight on some specific styles of weddings in our blog. In this post, we wil share with you the traditional music featured in a Catholic wedding ceremony.
Modern Catholic weddings, which are often held in churches, begin with 20 to 30 minutes... |
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