In many of our day-to-day lives, music is intrinsic to our being. When it comes to your wedding day music also plays a huge role. There are the special songs for the bride and groom, there may be favourite numbers from the big band era to please your grandparents or a contemporary song that gets the whole room up on their feet. Professional live bands can re-create each chosen song flawlessly and provide a dynamic performance, style and sound to really get your wedding celebrations off to a flying start. At London Soul we have years of experience playing to wedding crowds and can expertly tune in to your wedding party to respond to the vibe of the crowd.

What could be more satisfying on your wedding day than to see all the generations of your family, from grandparents, parents to children all dancing and enjoying music on your special day. By choosing songs that appeal different generations you can see family members enjoying music from their own youth and your wedding reception will spring to life.

When choosing wedding bands it can be difficult to hear that band first hand unless you were invited to the event. Also each event has a different atmosphere so it can be hard to make a true evaluation. To make a choice use media to listen to samples of live bands. This way you can get a feel for the quality and sound and also an indication of how well that band can handle the opening of the wedding through to the reception if required.

London Soul’s soul bands can offer a range of party music to appeal to all tastes and styles.

There are times when you may want to have a memorable day, one which will be on people’s lips for quite a long time. This is very easy to achieve if you worked with London Soul as they will assist you in getting a live band. A live band will be ideal for a number of occasions, especially at a wedding.

What is interesting about live bands is that they are ideal for a number of different age groups. Imagine how many people would come, let us say, for a wedding. The age mix will be vast, so how then will you be able to satisfy the appetite for music for all the different age groups starting with the very young to the elderly?

Another good thing about live bands is that there is a lot of interaction between the performance and the audience. This is something which is not possible when you are using CDs.

Point of caution

While live bands have a number of advantages, it is very important when you are getting one to have a proper contract, highlighting the time they will be playing and also how much will be paid.

There are some open contracts where you can agree that the live bands may extent the playing times on an agreed rate. This would mean that the audience may have uninterrupted enjoyment. Imagine when the occasion is nearing climax and the band would have to go. This will be avoided by having such a contract, and entertainment doesn’t have a limit.