If music be the food of love…
Music plays a crucial part in the vibrant celebration that is a great wedding. Harpist Helen Radice talks about her work and offers advice for couples everywhere on how to hit just the right note.
Music has always been at the heart of weddings, from the bride's processional to dancing at the reception. Along with the type of ceremony, venue, décor and reception, it distils the ideas and atmosphere that you want to put across most at your wedding. Like all of the above, the choice is endless, and, again as with everything else, it needs to be just right on the big day.
The first thing you want to know when you book musicians, of course, is how good they are. If you can be sure you are engaging a competent professional, you can sit back and relax, because they will be able to handle everything else, advise on suitable music, learn new things you would like, organise additional players for you, and other matters musical.
Good professionals usually possess a well-produced demo, an efficient contract system, nice comments from previous clients, easy channels of communication (i.e. they return your calls and emails, and send out demos and contracts promptly). Find out what they will do if they break their arm and can't play - they should organise somebody else for you for the same fee. Do not panic if this happens - we aren't going to suggest somebody who isn't good, because at the end of the day, it's on our head as well as theirs if they fa...
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