Making Your Wedding Music Decisions
By Barbara Rothstein and Gloria Sklerov
MusiConcepts

Step One

First you dream. Believe it or not, visualizing your dream is one of the most important parts of planning, for behind every successful creation is an idea…a heart’s desire. Everything starts with an idea…a dream, whether it’s a home you’re building, a honeymoon you’re planning, or your wedding.

The clearer your vision, the easier you’ll find the process of making it a reality.

At the beginning, it’s important to allow yourself the time to explore your own personal preferences and consider many different options. Remember--this is a creative process. Let your ideas flow and your natural creativity take flight.

Think of your wedding as a film. Like any successful film, a great wedding has an interesting and meaningful opening with dramatic moments that build in intensity up to an exciting climax and satisfying ending. But a great film, though beautifully directed and produced, only comes alive when the composer adds the musical score. The soundtrack is the greatest single influence on the feeling and pacing of a film.

Pretend that you are the composer and the music you choose is the soundtrack of your wedding. Take an imaginary journey through your wedding, scene by scene. Imagine how beautiful you’ll feel at the moment. Now imagine music that expresses all these feelings. Play your favorite music and songs, trying different selections and styles as you imagine the ‘scenes’ of your wedding. Picture yourself and others in each scene as you play the different selections.

Successful wedding planners, consultants and musicians instinctively conceptualize different parts of the wedding as ‘scenes’ and they use certain definitions that you may not be familiar with yet. These definitions will be very helpful to you at the beginning when you are gathering information and interviewing caterers, catering halls or hotels, etc., and dealing with musicians or DJs.