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eLearning Series: Cut Your Wedding Costs
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Hot Tips To Slash Your Wedding Costs
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How
To Save Money On Wedding Music
When it comes
to wedding music, there are some choices that stand apart
from others. During the ceremony, it is getting more popular
to avoid the traditional bridal music and use a chosen song
of love instead.
People still are
using the traditional bridal song too, but it is just not
necessary anymore for those who want to be original or walk
down the aisle to a song that best expresses how they feel
about their nuptials.
When it comes to the music for your wedding ceremony and the reception, it
is important that you consider your budget above all things. Naturally, you
will want to have all of the music that you love available including the music
that you want for your first dance.
Hiring a DJ can
be the best way to go, but it is not the only way to go.
If you must hire a DJ, there are a few ways that you can
save money on it.
Save Money on a DJ
For starters,
you can look to hire an amateur DJ who is just starting out.
They are eager for the work and will often cut you a good
deal. You can find good amateur DJ’s at local school dances
and sometimes just by asking local area high school and college
kids about DJ’s that they might know.
Young DJ’s who
are just starting out are also using modern technology like
portable computers with downloaded music and this means that
they can almost always get just about any song that you might
want.
Young DJ’s are
also more willing to follow your precise instructions for
what you want to hear and will allow you to have full control
of what they do. Many amateur DJs will also make you custom
CDs if you ask them and you can give them to the bridal party
as gifts.
To get the best
prices from the amateurs, you can let them audition to make
sure that they can play your wedding song and then you can
let them bid their prices. You simply choose the best of
them who has the best price.
Save
Money
on a Band
Many couples would
prefer to use a live band at their wedding and reception.
Live bands offer a special tone to the ceremony and it adds
some elegance.
When you want
to save money on a band, you can often find great deals when
you look to local high school and college bands to get much
cheaper prices. You can use the school bands to play music
at the ceremony and hire a DJ for the reception.
You can also look
to any friends or family members who play musical instruments
to help you out. Just make sure that the band you do
hire knows how to play the song or music that you are hoping
to have at your wedding.
Instruments like
guitar, Spanish guitar, saxophone, and piano are always great
for weddings and you can often find local musical students
who will be willing to play a wedding for small fees.
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Extra Money Saving Tips
When it comes
to the music that you want to hear at your wedding, there
are some extra tips that you can use to help and make it
just a little bit more affordable. Some of these tips are
as follows:
- Hold auditions
with young people who are trying to get some experience
and let them come to you.
- Place an ad
in the paper or penny saver that you are looking for wedding
bands or DJ’s and let them bid for the jobs. This will
have the different players competing for your wedding which
will have them all trying to outbid each other for the
chance for exposure. Let them audition and tell them that
you are taking quotes on fees so that they all know what
is going to happen.
- Use pre-recorded
live music tapings at your wedding so that you will get
he live music sound but without paying the extra money.
- Use a stereo
at your reception that hosts various different mixed CD’s
and plays them all automatically. Many stereos these days
will play through dozens of Cd’s in a row so that the music
lasts for hours. This can cost you no more than the price
of the CD’s. You can also use CDs that you burned yourself
from the computer so that you can get all of your favorite
music.
- A nice decoration
for a reception is to make a collage of pictures of the
bride and groom and their families.
 
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