Thursday, January 6, 2011

Live Music - Is It Really Necessary?

By Gary Sedgewood


You can not actually think about a party without music. There is always the food and the drinks along with socializing but the absence of music will make the whole party dull. If you are organizing a party you need to have proper music system or call on a DJ to have some sort of music. You may spend a pretty penny on the venue of party, its dcor as well as food, but without music the party will be an incomplete one. And if you want glamour added to the party, why not hire a party band performing live music?

You can have live music in any parties you want. May it be a wedding party or an anniversary; you can hire function bands to perform live music. In farewell parties or reunions or birthdays you can hire party bands in the form of Tribute bands or Decade bands or even Genre Bands to have live music. The live bands make the guests and audiences wild when their requests are played and there is the much needed frenzy that evolves in the party,

Live music at wedding parties is performed by wedding bands who are specialized to do so. A wedding band knows when to play what, and intertwine soft music, love ballads or dance mix on the days jig and play it accordingly. A wedding band can build up the tempo as well as glorify the spirit of the wedding day sentiment and spread it amongst the guests. At the end of the day, those present will remember that it was a different and better experience.

The Party bands on the other hand are specialized to entertain the guests to the fullest. For a reunion party, you may hire a decade band which will play the music of particular decade. Let there be live music by the band from the decade when you were in school and high school. Nostalgia will prevail with the party being a hit. For birthday parties or private parties you can also go along with a tribute band if you and your friends share the same taste of music and worship a particular rock star or an iconic band.

If you have planned a themed party, those ones on the beach or ones with an Arabian flare, you can hire bands for these parties to have live music too. Rather, live music will flare up the theme and make the guests feel that the party is a special one. Try to think how you will feel shaking your hips with live Reggae music on the beach enjoying the evening breeze along with a glass of Jamaican Rum and lobster cocktails. It's a memorable experience for sure. Same feelings can be evolved when you are in dancing in the midst of belly dancers with live Middle Eastern music being played.

You may hire bands playing live music from the contacts in yellow pages or in the internets sites. There might be references available from friends or event management companies. But do check the credibility of the band by watching the videos of its past performances. The wrong band can definitely spoil all your ideas.

Check whether there are any requirements of the band and solve them beforehand. Look into all the logistical requirements that they have like power supply, stage space, parking space at the venue, etc. Do sit with the band to finalize the play list so that you can have live music uninterrupted.

Check with the venue if it has the right licenses to host bands performing live music well beforehand. If not, you will have to change the venue or drop the band at the last minute. It is therefore necessary to do these things beforehand in order to have a peaceful and well organized party.




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