Hello! 

Charlotte here! 

During the pandemic I must admit that there was one particularly awesome bit of ‘wedmin’ that I did: working on my wedding playlist. Hopefully 2022 will mean COVID is a lot less in our lives (god I hope so!!), but if you do find you have some down time or have a free evening and feel you should be wedding planning, compiling the music for your wedding is a great idea! So here are 5 tips!

Get people involved. Primarily your partner, it is a good thing to do together, but there is no reason why you shouldn’t ask for opinions from the bridal party, groomsmen or parents. There may be certain pieces of music that they associate with you which you might have forgotten about that it would be good to include. 

1. What do you like? Do you have a wedding theme? If you have a theme, don’t over do it but throw a few songs in every now and again. Remember too to think about the whole day, the ceremony is a big one but what about when you are eating or during the drinks reception, music does help set an atmosphere.

2. Embrace a bit of tradition? If you don’t really mind about music and you fancy going a bit traditional you could go with a few staples:

   1. Ceremony: if you have a particular piece (or pieces) of music here that mean a lot put them here if they fit the vibe you’d like but also you could throw in a few traditional options (A thousand years by Christina Perri, Canon in D by Pachebelbel, Ava Maria by Bach, Gymnopédie No.1 by Satie).

   2. Drinks reception: Depending on the vibe you want for your reception you could go elegant (Come fly with me by Frank Sinatra, That’s Amore by Dean Martin, Can you feel the love tonight by Elton John) or a bit more ‘boppy’ (Don’t stop believin by Journey, How will I know by Whitney Houston, Uptown Girl, Billy Joel).

   3. During food: go subtle with just background music here and they can be slightly longer (Four seasons by Vivaldi, the arrival of the queen of sheba by Handel, Sparks by Coldplay, L-O-V-E by Nat King Cole). 

   4. Evening reception: some common choices that might work for every party, (the macarena, anything by Abba, the Grease lightning megamix, Uptown funk by Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars, Shut up and dance by Walk the moon).

3. Where to host it? There are plenty of places where you can host your playlist, they have positives and negatives, but some examples: Spotify, amazon music, or you could go retro and have a CD (!)

4. Ask for requests. It is always fun to have a question on your wedding website or as part of your invitations that your guests can give you music requests. Like point one they might bring something that means something to them or perhaps they’ve been to a wedding where a certain song worked particularly well!

Are there any particular pieces of music you would like to have at your wedding? Anything you would totally avoid?!

Speak soon! 

Charlotte