Saturday, January 15, 2011

Birthday Party Band; Live Entertainment

By Lewis John


There are times in a person's life, when they reach a certain age, and that day should be marked with a large celebration which could include a birthday party band as entertainment, lots of food and all their friends and family. These dates are usually a sweet 16, when someone reaches age 21 or any of the years ending in a zero or a five seem to be cause for breaking out the streamers, balloons and party hats.

It is important for guests of a party to be somewhere nice in addition to being comfortable so the venue is a great place to start planning a party for a birthday. Weddings or a formal function like a Christening, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, dance or reunion also should be held in a nice, clean facility where people have plenty of room to spread out, mingle and dance if there is to be a live band present.

Eating a wonderfully prepared meal to live music will balance all the day or evenings happenings. Traditionally, meals in various cultures tend to bring people together and so does live music, which gives guest something to do after their big meal to start working off the calories. Guests could enjoy the tunes of their favorite songs, always better than people talking, or get out on the dance floor and cut a rug.

The age of the guest of honor and the type of party would no doubt dictate the kind of live band one would choose to hire for the occasion. This band could be one that the guest of honor has never seen before or a garage band that they know and love but doesn't get the recognition they deserve. The two kinds of bands that are typically available for hire are ones that play their own music and lyric and those that play other peoples music.

Those bands that play other peoples music are further broken down in to two more groups, tribute bands and cover bands. A tribute band pays homage to a certain band by the way they dress and play their music. The world is full of popular tribute bands like the Beatles sound-alike band, 1964 or the Dark Star Orchestra playing Grateful Dead music. In order to become a good tribute band, each individual in the group must sound and look nearly identical to someone in the original band.

There are bands that only play or cover a certain era or decade like an 80's rock band or a disco band. Most tribute bands pick a band they like or can easily reproduce their sound and look and then only play their songs. If the person celebrating a birthday likes a certain band, chances are, there is a tribute band that imitates them and would be great entertainment for that person's party.

Unlike a DJ who plays record albums and CD's, a live band as entertainment at a birthday party would be more interactive and more bang for the buck because people enjoy live music and would be more likely to get up and dance to a live band than simple speaker music.

Additionally, a birthday party band consisting of live music could accept requests from guests for different songs; one band member could make statements about the honoree while his or her bandmates play music softly in the background or a live band could simply be a nice addition to a lively party.




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