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Live Streaming Weddings

Friday, May 17th, 2013
Live streaming weddings

Live streaming weddings

I recently read about live streaming weddings and it struck me as something out of a science fiction novel. Surely the whole point of holding a wedding party is so that people can attend in person, meet with friends and family members , witness the wedding and enjoy the company of their closest and nearest and dearest? I then recalled weddings  held in Las Vegas or on the beach in the Seychelles  and attended by very few people and the idea started to make sense. When I then thought about the very many friends and colleagues who have moved to other countries for work purposes and perhaps held big celebrations (and even weddings) in countries well away from their home town the idea of live streaming weddings began to make perfect sense.

In the business world it has become common to hold a conference call and increasingly common to hold a webinair where presentations are made online. I then thought about the activities of my own children who rush home from school and go straight online where they spend the majority of the evening enjoying facetime with their school friends .Often after just leaving them and with the option of meeting them in the flesh they still choose to chat online rather than meet up.

I was recently at a London function band’s rehearsal where the keyboard player was not able to attend. He did however participate from the studio where he was working that day contributing some keys online and having his input recognised in a face time session. There was also the recent experience of being asked to sing on a song written by a song writer friend of mine. I turned up at his home studio session and  by chance found that I knew all the musicians who had played on the song, none of whom had contributed in person, all of whom had recorded their pieces in their own home studios. The songwriter and myself were the only two people on the track who had met up!

In this new cyber world it is not a surprise that the live streaming of weddings is becoming a new reality whereby friends from around the globe can join in with your wedding even if they are not able to actually be in the venue at the same time as yourself. After all this is only a better , real time version of watching the wedding back on video. How long before Live Music Management are asked to supply a virtual wedding band streamed into the wedding via the power of the interweb or a wedding dj who can DJ a party in India whilst sitting behind the decks in Catford?

For best options on wedding bands and DJ’s call or email the Live Music Management office on 08454 900515 or email info@lmmuk.com

 

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Wedding Reception London

Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Wedding reception London

Wedding reception London

There are so many fantastic venues in which to hold a wedding reception in London. From cool and trendy bars through to the grandest of civic buildings, iconic world famous landmarks to sneaky little hide away secret venues known only to a select few. The choice is down to yourselves and the constraints of your budget.

Likewise when thinking about entertainment for your wedding reception in London you can be sure that you have the best acts in the UK , more or less, to choose from. This is great but it poses it’s own problems as there is so much to choose from with every kind of London wedding band and London wedding singer available that it can be bewildering.

If you are considering band hire in London then Live Music Management are the company chosen by many of the Capitols top events companies , wedding planners and venues for their live entertainment. If you have ever seen a live band in venues like The Roadhouse , Walkabout , ONeills in Wardour Street or any of the other top party band London venues then it will probably be one of the Live Music Management stable of acts.

Live Music Management have been booking live function bands in London for well over thirteen years and we have auditioned and vetted literally hundreds of acts so that our current roster contains the very best available acts in the London area.

Our experience of booking entertainment into London wedding receptions is second to none and you can be sure that by choosing a Live Music Management band you are choosing a band known for it’s professionalism and reliability. You can also be sure that you will receive the very best in support and back up service with our reps available on call 24 hours per day , seven days per week to deal with any emergency problems. We pride ourselves on offering the best confirmation and contracting service in the business and so last minute problems are very rare however our reps are there to deal with any last minute issues.

In the process of choosing a band for your wedding reception in London you can rely upon the expertise of a team of entertainment experts who look at your wedding day not as if it will be a single booking but as the start of a relationship whereby you will be recommending our services to your friends and colleagues.

Please feel free to call the LMM office for the best options for your wedding reception London on 08454 900515

Sugar Shack are just one of the great wedding bands in London that Live Music Management have the pleasure of managing . You can view their new website here http://sugarshackweddingband.co.uk/

 

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London Wedding Entertainment

Monday, May 13th, 2013
London wedding venue

London wedding venue

Live Music Management have maintained offices in London for over fourteen years. We began our business as the supplier to the Walkabout venues which at the time had just begun expanding their chain of Australasian themed bars outside of London. We continue to supply the Walkabout venues with their entertainment (bands and DJs) all these years later .

Walkabout continues to be one of the prime movers on the London entertainment scene with the Walkabout venues and with venues like the iconic live band venue Dingwalls under the same ownership. Over ten years ago Live Music Management used our expertise in the live music circuit in London in order to begin servicing other corporate  clients and individual wedding clients. What does this mean for anyone considering booking London Wedding Entertainment ?

Live Music Management have over a decades experience auditioning London Wedding Bands and London Wedding DJs . Our office team have hand picked the very best in London party bands for our roster. We know our acts and are able to identify the right act for the each brief. We know the acts that will create the best party atmosphere . We also know the London Jazz bands that will be best as background music and the London swing bands that will offer the best up tempo swing set.

Amongst our team of London wedding entertainers there are musicians who have played with some of the worlds leading acts. In London wedding bands Sugar Shack’s line up  alone  there are musicians who have played alongside Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Gerri Halliwell, Diana Vickers, Julio Inglesis, West Life, Gareth Gates and played support shows with worldwide superstars like Beyonce, The Saturdays and Booty Luv.

We have experience in placing acts into most of Londons top wedding venues including some that are not on the radar of many London wedding clients. For instance we have supplied London string quartets to a wedding in the Houses Of Parliament which was a rare occasion when this iconic building has been allowed to be used for a wedding reception.

Besides the Houses Of Parliament our acts have played at all the major London hotels and in some of the Capitols best known venues including The British Museum , Soho House , The Gherkin , The Landsdowne Club , Park Lane Hilton , Kew Gardens and many many more.

Please speak to the LMM team for the best options for your London wedding. Our offices are open Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm and you can reach us on 08454 900515 or via email info@lmmuk.com

 

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Wedding Themes 2013

Friday, May 10th, 2013
Wedding themes 2013

Wedding themes 2013

As the wedding season begins in earnest Live Music Management are able to point out some of the key wedding themes beginning to appear in 2013 . Wedding themes 2013 style cover a wide number of inspirational ideas. Obviously Live Music Management’s key area of expertise is live music at weddings and so our list is slanted towards the wedding entertainment trends that we have noticed coming into play.

1920′s Great Gatsby Style

With the Great Gatsby movie opening shortly the glamorous era of the 1920′s jazz age has become a key wedding theme in 2013 and many of our swing bands have benefited from an increase in bookings as clients look to book the perfect jazz band for their big day.

Festival Weddings

Festival themed weddings have become very popular with great rock bands playing the key big anthems and perhaps also offering an acoustic element to their set list.

After Show Parties For Weddings

Many clients , particularly those who grew up in the clubbing age and perhaps still go out clubbing themselves , are not content to allow the festivities to end at midnight and the celebrity inspired after show has grown in popularity with younger guests moving onto a club or booking a party DJ who can play night club style hits until the early hours of the morning.

Highly Themed Weddings

Whether the passion is for circuses , Harry Potter or Star Wars Live Music Management are seeing a number of fun wedding themes in 2013 with clients carrying the theme through everything from the wedding invites right through to the wedding band on the night being asked to learn certain songs or dress in a particular way in order to meet with the wedding theme. These are all themes which we have worked with in the past twelve months. (Top tip for Circus Themed wedding . Hire a stilt walking band !!!  If not hire some stilt walkers who will entertainment and wow your guests.

Weddings Themed To The Location

Getting married in Devon on the coast ? Then a pirate themed wedding will fit the bill perfectly. Getting married in a castle? Then what about a medieval theme and court jesters and court musicians playing music suited to the theme?

Live Music Management have a keen eye for forward thinking wedding themes and we love to get involved with providing the best live entertainment for your wedding theme. We are able to tweak and to bespoke any act to fit with your wedding theme in 2013 and beyond.

 

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Inspiration For Weddings

Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Inspiration for weddings

Inspiration for weddings

There are hundreds , if not thousands, of wedding inspirations blogs , online magazines and sites like Pinterest which help wedding planners and individuals alike style their wedding to a particular theme. Within the last decade the idea of the themed wedding has really come into it’s own with vintage weddings , tea party weddings , rock n roll weddings, festival weddings and many more making the headlines. Todays blog is aimed at the client who has decided on a theme for their wedding but is looking for inspiration for wedding entertainment which will fit with the theme. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list but we have picked several of the headline wedding themes and offered a suggestion for the entertainment.

Rock N Roll Weddings

Live Music Management have hundreds of suggestions of rock bands available to hire for weddings. We are also home to the UK’s best live karaoke bands aka Rockaoke or Bandeoke .

Irish Themed Weddings

Live Music Management have several great Irish bands for hire including bands who offer callers who can teach and explain the traditional dancing.

Festival Themed Weddings

There are dozens of suggestions when it comes to festival styled wedding entertainment  and the dedicated page on the LMM website outlines them all from stilt walkers and fire eaters through to acoustic bands and live karaoke bands

Tea Party Weddings

The Great British Bake Off and the popularity of retro themed festivals has inspired a new generation to hold tea party style weddings. The kind of music which would fit with these would be classical Musicians such as string quartets or harpists or maybe a swing band to lend a suitably 1940′s vintage feel.

Vintage weddings

Vintage has been the main inspiration for weddings for the last five or six years with weddings taking on 1940s or 1950′s themes and booking jazz bands  or acts that play modern music in a quirky jazz style. There have also been a number of 1950′s style weddings with 50′s rock n roll bands available to hire from Live Music Management. With the 1930′s themed Great Gatsby movie out later in 2013, and the almost endless inspiration for weddings ,which the word vintage kicks off this trend is going to run and run.

Live Music Management have a dedicated in house team of event and wedding entertainment specialists and we are happy to speak to you about how best to realise your inspiration for weddings ideas . Call 08454 900515 or email info@lmmuk.com for best options.

 

 

 

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Wedding Music Tips

Friday, April 26th, 2013
wedding music tips

wedding music tips

There are a million and one things to do and plan when putting together the perfect wedding day. Live Music Management book entertainment into around a thousand weddings per annum and every one is individual and different closely reflecting the personalities of the Bride and Groom .

In our view one of the most important parts of a wedding reception is the music chosen regardless of whether this is provided by a wedding DJ or a wedding band. It is quite likely that the music at your wedding will be remembered long after the wedding breakfast is forgotten. It will certainly change the atmosphere more dramatically than the flowers or the table napkins will. That’s why many Brides and Grooms and professional wedding planners  choose Live Music Management in order to ensure the right wedding entertainment is delivered to their big night.

We would like to offer a few simple wedding music tips that might help you make the decisions about what kind of music to book for your wedding.

DJ’s For Weddings

There are a number of advantages to booking a Deejay for a wedding as opposed to hiring live music. For one, in most cases , it will cost less money. Secondly a DJ will have a wider choice of music and be able to deal with requests more effectively than the majority of wedding bands. However there are a couple of things to be wary of. For instance don’t just plump for the DJ offered as a free of charge addition to your wedding package by the venue. Check out the quality of the DJ beforehand. Not all DJ’s are the same. In Live Music Management’s experience the majority of DJs holding hotel wedding residencies are not particularly good and a bad DJ is sure to ruin your wedding party (especially if that’s the only entertainment you have booked on the night.)

Bands For Weddings

When considering what kind of band style you would like for your wedding think carefully about your wedding guests and the atmosphere you are planning to create. The wedding band will change this atmosphere the minute they start playing. We have hundreds of testimonials from happy clients saying “the band created a great atmosphere at our wedding….everyone was dancing all night” and “people have not stopped texted me to tell me how good the band was” etc etc.

Do you want your guests up on the dance floor. If so you probably want to hire a rock pop party band or a soul funk party band dependant upon your own personal tastes. If your wedding is going to be a quieter affair then we have acoustic bands available. If you want a glamorous , vintage atmosphere then maybe consider hiring a swing band. If the evening is about conversation and great food then maybe something from our classical music section will fit the bill. If you are looking for quirky and unusual then there are a number of options in our unique acts section. If your friends are all up for a laugh then you might book a Rockaoke aka bandeoke or live karaoke band .

Live Music Management have hundreds of options available for your wedding and we hope these wedding music tips have been helpful . Of course our office team are able to help you choose the right direction for your wedding music and we are available Monday to Friday in office hours for a telephone consultation.

 

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Great Gatsby Weddings

Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Great Gatsby weddings

Great Gatsby weddings

F Scott Fitzgerald’s book The Great Gatsby was one of those rare pieces of literature which perfectly capture the age in which it is set. F Scott Fitzgerald’s descriptions of the jazz age and the magnificent parties set on the enigmatic Gatsby’s estate paint a picture of the Roaring Twenties which remains as seductive today as it was back in the 20′s when it was published to great acclaim.

The novel has been filmed six times .The first was a silent movie filmed shortly after the novel was published. The most famous is probably one of Francis Ford Coppola’s least successful movies, a major borefest with Robert Redford as an attractive but ultimately dull Gatsby.

2013 sees a new addition to the celluloid versions of the Great Gatsby story when Leonardo DiCaprio takes the lead in Baz Lurhmanns movie. Regardless of your thoughts on Lurhmanns movies one thing is certain. The new Gatsby movie will be a visual feast and will almost certainly inspire a generation of Brides and Grooms to plan Great Gatsby Weddings .

Great Gatsby Weddings take the visual motifs of the jazz age and add some swing music to capture the glamour and opulence of the Roaring Twenties.

Live Music Management have a number of acts that fit with the Gatsby theme. Great swing bands can be found on our swing band section. We also have a number of jazz bands for weddings and solo acts that play jazz music. Of course the visuals are of particular importance when planning a Great Gatsby style wedding and LMM can ensure that the act you book dress in theme with your vision of how the night should be.

Besides the fabulous jazz acts that fit with the Great Gatsby style we also have some fantastic party bands who can dress in style and play a mixture of party music and jazz age classics (which is the way that Baz Luhrmann will be approaching the sound track to his vision of the jazz age. ) We also have dancers available to perform twenties style flapper routines whilst in costume and a number of female singing groups who can offer a tribute to the twenties.

If in doubt about the music which would best suit your event please give the LMM office a call. We are sure to be able to point you in the direction of the right wedding entertainment for your Great Gatsby wedding.

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Cath Kidston And Cupcakes

Monday, April 8th, 2013
Cath Kidston and cupcakes

Cath Kidston and cupcakes

Some months ago when a Bride described her wedding theme as being “Cath Kidston and Cupcakes ” I had a rough idea of what she meant but it was until this weekend just gone that I stepped inside a Cath Kidston shop.

I was out with several girls aged from ten to thirteen and my wife (who’s age I shall not reveal!) and all of them were in thrall to the Cath Kidston brand. I had previously thought that the Cath Kidston range probably appealed exclusively to middle aged women. I had a rough idea that it was a retro vintage brand with many items that wouldn’t have looked out of place in my Grandmas house which had been furnished in the forties and fifties and remained pretty much untouched by the modern world in the years up until she passed away. I was shocked on Saturday to see the younger members of our party picking up vintage looking backpacks and umbrellas and cooing over them. When the thirteen year olds saw the Cath Kidston tent , with its canvas covered in the names of UK seaside resorts they wouldn’t really know or want to visit, they all said in unison, “I want to take that with me to a festival.”

I now have a very clear image in my head of the Cath Kidston and cupcakes style wedding. It’s vintage. It’s retro. Yet somehow it appeals to girls of all ages (I have a very strong hunch that it is primarily women who love the brand!) and somehow it is very much on trend and fashionable.

Next door to Cath Kidston in Nottingham was a Jack Wills store . Anyone with fashion conscious teenage kids probably doesn’t need to be told that Jack Wills takes a public school , country pursuits and collegiate vision of Britain and somehow makes it appeal to urban kids who know nothing of pheasant shooting , la crosse , cricket match Sundays or rugby. Again its a nostalgic vision of Britain which manages to appear modern.

There is a type of band and style of music which certainly fits with this Cath Kidson and cupcakes brand and we at Live Music Management have a number of wedding bands for hire that would suit. Many clients looking at this style of vintage wedding would choose a swing band for hire or a jazz band but there are also a number of party bands that have the image appropriate for this kind of event.

Call the Live Music Management office on 08454 900515  for help choosing the right act for your Cath Kidston and Cupcakes wedding party.

 

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London Wedding Band

Thursday, March 28th, 2013


Today’s blog is about one of the very best London wedding band , Sugar Shack , who have launched their new website this week. The Sugar Shack site allows potential clients the opportunity of seeing more media about this great London wedding band before booking.

Sugar Shack have worked for Live Music Management for over five years and have proved themselves to be top of their game. They are a band that we would recommend without hesitation to any couple looking to hire a lively band for their big day. Sugar Shack elevate themselves above the competition with their great musicianship, extensive play list and dual male and female lead vocals.

Sugar Shack have played throughout the UK and beyond but are in particular demand for London and home counties weddings . The band leader from Sugar Shack put a show together for the twenty fifth anniversary of the end of the Falklands war and played at the party in the Falklands where guests included Prince Edward and members of the Government. They were also the band chosen by 80s Live Aid legend Nik Kershaw for his wedding.

Sugar Shack have a fine pedigree with members of the band having played with some of the UKs leading musicians Rod Stewart, Kylie Minogue, Geri Halliwell, The Noisettes, Diana Vickers, The James Taylor Quartet, Julio Iglesias, Westlife, Gareth Gates, Liberty X, Nitin Sawhney, D:Ream, Siobhan Donaghy (Sugababes), Sharon Corr (The Corrs), Marli Buck (Fame Academy 2002), Steve Brookstein (X Factor winner 2004) and Paul Stacy (Oasis). They’ve also played support gigs for Beyonce, The Saturdays, Booty Luv and X Factor’s Chico.

Besides this they have performed on radio and TV.

So reading this glowing report you will be thinking that Sugar Shack are an expensive option for your wedding band but that isn’t the case. Prices are usually around £1200 or £1250 for a wedding in the London area. Travel is added if they have to travel a little further. If you compare this to bands of a similar quality then you will find that Sugar Shack are the most reasonably priced wedding band in London.

You can call the Live Music Management office for further details about Sugar Shack and our other London bands for hire.

 

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Musicians For Weddings

Thursday, February 28th, 2013
Musicians for weddings

Musicians for weddings

Music is ,almost always,an integral part of a wedding day. A special song to take the Bride down the aisle. A number of memorable tunes whilst the register is signed. Some beautiful background music as the drinks are served and photographs taken. Some laid-back sounds playing as the meal is served.An uptempo set of party anthems for people to dance to later in the evening.

Every part of the wedding day is made better by the correct choice of music which suits yourselves and your guest and careful consideration will be given by the discerning Bride and Groom in order to create the right play list for their wedding. For the Bride and Groom with a budget that will allow it all the constituent parts of a traditional wedding day are made better by live music and musicians for weddings.

Live Music Management are a specialist entertainment agency who have been in business for fifteen years. In this time we have supplied musicians for weddings at well over five thousand weddings.Our team of musicians for weddings includes some of the UK’s best classical musicians , string quartets, harpists and string players. It includes beautiful acoustic musicians to provide background music during ceremonies or drinks receptions and , of course, Live Music Management have the very best in UK wedding bands for you to dance the night away.

Planning a wedding involves hundreds of small decisions (and a number of large ones!) and many Brides and Grooms do not give enough thought to the impact that music will have on their wedding day. According to a recent survey in a well known wedding magazine the music at the wedding is way down the list of priorities for the majority of Brides and Grooms and yet Live Music Management would argue that the addition of quality musicicians for weddings would add more value to the day than any table decoration or flower arrangement.

Music creates an impact. That’s why consultants are employed by shopping malls and brands in order to ensure that the right music is played within stores in order to create the perfect atmosphere for that high cost purchase. It’s why that favourite song on the radio cheers you up during the drive to work on a miserable Monday morning. It’s why movies and advertisements choose the music that fits the mood. By booking the right musicians for weddings you will be creating a memorable mood for your special day. You will also be adding to the creative culture in the UK by employing a musician.

Live Music Management would love to help you plan the next step towards creating your big day and we would be happy to speak to you about the various musicians for weddings that we have on our books. So whether you are looking for classical, jazz, pop or rock musicians please do give our entertainments team a call on 08454 900515 or email info@lmmuk.com   or browse the main website where you will find hundreds of great musicians for weddings.

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