Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Last Two Wedding Reception Wreckers, Numbers Nine And Ten

Here are the last of the ten wedding reception wreckers you need to consider if you're planning a wedding.  These ten issues can have a very negative impact on the outcome of your reception.  Even if you play the best wedding dance songs, you still may have a hard time getting your guests involved and getting them onto the dance floor.  I know you're thinking, "I have enough on my plate as I  plan my wedding!"  That's why I made these videos to help you with your wedding planning not give you additional things to worry about.  So, take this advice and run with it!  Here's numbers 9 and 10!





Number nine refers to having wedding entertainment that's not up to snuff.  A professional playing all of your wedding songs is optimum, but sometimes we try to cut corners and we go with "cheap" DJ's or bands.  Your DJ should have all of your special songs, such as your wedding march, recessional songs and all of your cocktail hour wedding songs and that's just the start of what your wedding entertainment should do.


If you've hired a professional DJ company, they should help you with your wedding songs timeline and help you put together all of your wedding reception songs. They should know about the three song rule and they should have ideas to help you get your friends and family involved so they feel like they are a part of the day.


Number ten means either you've set up the wrong wedding song suggestions or, again, your DJ or band made some poor choices with your music selection.  It mostly refers to how sometimes bands or DJ's play the music THEY want to hear.  45 minutes of rap may be cool for teenagers, but most of your guests want a variety.  Mix new wedding songs with some oldies and Motown.


These wedding ideas are to help you have an awesome wedding reception and ceremony.  Choosing ceremony processionals is even part of making your day perfect, although no one will be dancing to these songs. I'm not saying that your wedding entertainment needs to know everything about how to plan a wedding, but they need to understand that they will play a critical role in how your wedding turns out.


Look for more awesome wedding ideas soon!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Reception Wreckers You Can Fix For Free, Seven and Eight!

Hi everyone!  I hope you've been paying attention here and learning some new things about how to plan a wedding!  This series on the top 10 reception wreckers you can fix for free has been very popular and a lot of couples in the midst of their wedding planning have been thanking me for the tips.  They are also complaining because I'm only posting 2 videos per week!  Well, only two more weeks to go and you'll know all ten of these issues.  So, for those of you planning a wedding and looking for some great wedding ideas, you'll love these suggestions...numbers seven and eight!







Number 7 is a biggie.  If you have dinner in one room, you'll have a hard time getting people to come dance even if you play the best wedding dance songs ever.  You might try some new wedding songs like California Gurls by Katy Perry, find that no one is dancing and think, "OMG.  I guess people don't want top 40 music!" 


The thing is, people really do.  They love wedding songs that are up to date and any wedding song suggestions I make in my wedding songs timeline planner will work if you don't have the above situation, that is dinner in one room, dancing in another.


Your wedding reception songs for dancing will work in a room where everyone is together, all night.  This is what you should shoot for. As you end your ceremony with one of my fun recessional songs suggestions, then play your upbeat cocktail hour wedding songs, you'll notice an energy building and that should lead people straight into a fun dinner and lots of dancing! Which brings me to number 8, the lights don't get dimmed for dancing.


You may think, "Whatever! This isn't that big of a deal."  Maybe not if your crowd is way outgoing and ready to par-tay, but if there's even the slightest hesitation for your guests to get on the dance floor, a bright room will only amplify their fear of everyone watching them dance.  During your wedding, you want it to be bright so everyone can see the parents and bridesmaids as they walk down to the ceremony processionals and especially the bride when she enter to the wedding march
Make sure your location understands that as soon as the special dances are over, dim those lights.  Actually, you can even tell them to dim the lights during the wedding party dance, that way, you can start inviting people to the dance floor immediately.


Thanks for watching.  I wish I had these tips when I was going to plan my wedding!  I had plenty of wedding songs and such but not a lot of guidance.  See you nest week for the final two reception wreckers! 

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Reception Wreckers Five and Six Comin' At Ya!

For those of you trying to figure out the best way how to plan a wedding and choose your wedding songs, it's time to check out two more issues impacting your reception in a negative way.  We're not talking about picking the best wedding dance songs or how new wedding songs will make or break your day.  These are issues relating to your wedding songs timeline.  I made these videos to help you avoid some basic problems in your wedding planning that can be easily remedied.  I've said these damaging issues can be fixed for free, but there is one coming up later that you may have to spend some extra funds on. I'll talk about that issue when we get to it (I think it's number nine).  In the meantime, here's numbers five and six.








These wedding ideas should help you if you are in the middle of planning a wedding.  I know this blog talks a lot about choosing music and if you need help with your wedding song suggestions, cocktail hour wedding songs, or all of your wedding reception songs, you can get a copy of my planner.  This tool works wonders in helping you make your wedding fun, memorable, unique, exciting and awesome!  There's even help for you in planning your ceremony including your wedding march, ceremony processionals and your recessional songs.  


In the meantime, please make sure you go "back in time" and watch the other four videos from this series.  You won't be sorry.  It's such an important one, that I decided to post this information before delving into your wedding songs planning, which I will get into later.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Episodes 3 and 4 of the 10 Wedding Reception Wreckers

Here's the next two installments in my wedding planning series Ten Reception Wreckers You Can Fix For Free!






Are you like millions of people out there trying to learn how to plan a wedding?  If so, you're in the right place.  I've been helping couples plan by giving them awesome wedding ideas and helping them choose all of their Wedding songs.  Since I've been planning weddings for over 16 years, I've compiled all the best wedding dance songs and wedding song suggestions and will share them here and with my wedding songs timeline planner.  Choosing your your music has never been easier.  I love the digital age!  


There's no reason why you can't arm yourself with the best information out there.  For instance, there's no reason why you can't have fun recessional songs for your ceremony.  So many people think they have to be traditional, but that is no longer the case.  You don't have to save all of your fun ideas for your wedding reception songs!  Although your ceremony music may be a little more subdued, such as your ceremony processionals and your wedding march, you can really start having fun and cranking it up right with your cocktail hour wedding songs.  Remember, your Hors d'Ĺ“uvre hour is your wedding celebration kick-off, so make sure you start off on the right foot!
This is just a sampling of advice I like to share with newly engaged couples.  These wedding reception killers are so important to the success of your day, I hope you make sure you watch all of them and take copious notes. Be sure to tune in next week when I reveal the fifth and sixth wedding reception wreckers.  If you're planning a wedding, you'll love all the advice you find here! 

Friday, August 20, 2010

10 Wedding Reception Wreckers You Can Fix For Free!

This wedding songs timeline planner is primarily music based and focuses on your wedding songs. The thing is, you can't just play awesome music and guarantee that your celebration is going to be just as awesome.  There are many factors that play a key role in making sure your guests feel involved and have a great time.

Not everybody knows how to plan a wedding the RIGHT way.  Their focus is on the "look" of the event, and that is understandable since it is what all the magazines and TV shows focus on. this is the wrong approach.  Some couples get closer by trying to program the best wedding dance songs and they search out new wedding ideas. the information I want to share with you with these vlogs will help couples look at some unknown wedding reception problems that can be easily fixed with a little wedding planning and forethought.  Here's numbers one and two!





As you can see these first two problems have nothing to do with your wedding reception songs or with any other actual wedding song suggestions.  These issues can have a major impact on your guests enjoyment of your celebration, so take heed when planning a wedding and focus on what really makes a difference.

If you're still looking for great music advice for your ceremony processionals, wedding march, and your ceremony's recessional songs, the wedding songs timeline music planner can be of great help!  There are even more suggestions and ideas for your reception, including your cocktail hour wedding songs and many new wedding songs suggestions, too. keep in mind, you don't want your wedding songs to be your only focus and be sure to tune in next week for reception wreckers 3 and 4.

Friday, August 13, 2010

Wedding Songs Music Planner Package!

After looking around for the best ways regarding how to plan a wedding, this planning program posted a picture of what you get if you order the program. Before there was a picture of paperwork and CD's, but you don't actually receive those items. This picture is a more accurate representation of what you get for setting up your wedding songs timeline and how it looks digitally. To me, it looks awesome! Check it out: (Click photo to enlarge!)






The great thing about the wedding ideas in this planning tool is it is focused on two things: Music and Fun! Most people think those two things go hand in hand, but the truth is, you need more than just fun wedding song suggestions to get it going. The ideas in this reception planner (and ceremony planner, as in helping you with choosing ceremony processionals, recessional songs and more, for that matter) really work.


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If you need help picking your music from your wedding march to your cocktail hour wedding songs, you'll find the best wedding dance songs in this awesome guide.  Take advantage and download an even less expensive copy of your wedding songs music timeline planner today!

Sunday, August 8, 2010

Wedding Planning Songs For Your Unity Candle!

Here are some wedding songs you can use for your unity candle, unity sand, etc. When deciding how to plan a wedding, this unity event is very special. Picking the music is hard because you can use either a romantic or pretty song here. Take a look at this list of wedding ideas and see if any fit in with your sensibilities.



A Page Is Turned
Bebo Norman
After All
Cher
All I Ask of You
Sarah Brightman
All the Time
Johnny Mathis
Always
Atlantic Starr
Always and Forever
Heatwave
Amazing Grace
Lari White
As Long as I Have You
Elvis Presley
As Long as I Live
John Michael Montgomery
At Last
Gene Watson
Beautiful
Gordon Lightfoot
Beautiful in My Eyes
Joshua Kadison
Big Fun
Kool & The Gang
By My Side
Ben Harper
Circle of Life
Elton John
Close to You
BeBe and CeCe Winans
Come What May
Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
Coming Home
Kimaya Seward
Don't Know Much
Linda Ronstadt
Every Beat of My Heart
Gladys Knight
Everything I Do (I Do It for You)
Bryan Adams
The above, like many wedding tunes by Bryan Adams, has been used by many couples as their first dance song. Take this as a bonus idea. Check out lists of first dance songs for more ideas.

For You
Kenny Lattimore
Forever
Kenny Loggins
Forever and for Always
Shania Twain
God Gave Me You
Dave Barnes
Grow Old with Me
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Happily Ever After
Case
Here and Now
Luther Vandross
Here We Are
Gloria Estefan
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Gloria Estefan
Hold on to Me
John Michael Montgomery
How Deep Is Your Love
Bee Gees
I Believe in You
LeAnn Rimes
I Believe in You and Me
Whitney Houston
I know you by heart
Eva cassidy
I Live My Life for You
Firehouse
I Melt
Rascal Flatts
I Need You
LeAnn Rimes
I Was Meant to Be with You
Diamond Rio
I Will Be Here
Steven Curtis Chapman
I'll Always Be Right There
Bryan Adams
If I Should Fall Behind
Bruce Springsteen
Imagine Me Without You
Jaci Velasquez
Inseparable
natalie cole
Lady
Styx

The above tune may seem campy but if the groom dedicates it to the bride, the words are outstanding. Don't forget, when choosing these wedding songs, you don't have to play the entire thing!
Let It Be Me
Jackson Browne
Let It Be Me
Collin Raye
Let's Get Married
Jagged Edge
Love
John Lennon
Love of My Life
Brian McKnight
Love You Always Forever
Donna Lewis
Me and You
Kenny Chesney
My First Love
Avant
No Place that Far
Sara Evans
Now that I Know
Shannon McNally
Only Hope
Mandy Moore
Pledging My Love
Emmylou Harris
Promise
Jagged Edge
Save the Best for Last
Vanessa Williams
Say Once More
Amy Grant
So in Love
K.D. Lang
So This Is Love
James Ingram
Sweet Miracle
Rush
The Keeper of the Stars
Tracy Byrd
The Love I Found in You
Jim Brickman
The Prayer
Josh Groban
The Reflex
Duran Duran
The Rose
Bette Midler
There is Love (The Wedding Song)
Noel Paul Stookey
The above song is a classic wedding song that has been used for many years. There are numerous versions by different artists. When figuring out how to plan a wedding, searching for the song title without the artists name will reveal some unique versions.

This Guy's in Love with You
Herb Alpert
This I Swear
Nick Lachey
This Woman's Work
Maxwell
True Companion
Marc Cohn
Unconditional
Clay Davidson
We Both Deserve Each Other's Love
Jeffrey Osborne
When I Said I Do
Clint Black
When You Say Nothing at All
Alison Krauss
When You Say You Love Me
Josh Groban
Where You Are
Bebo Norman
You And I
Eddie Rabbitt and Crystal Gayle
You Light Up My Life
Debbie Boone
You Raise Me Up
Josh Groban
Your Everything
Keith Urban
Your Love Amazes Me
John Berry
Yours, Mine & Ours
David Chamberlin


This list is not for the unity candle either.  These songs fit in other parts of your ceremony, including your ceremony processionals and even for your wedding march.  If you're incredibly romantic, you could also use these ideas for your recessional songs.  If you're more of a high energy couple and want to end your ceremony on a high note, then you should look at my other suggestions for this event.  Keep in mind, the next thing your guests will hear will be your cocktail hour wedding songs.

There are many unique unity event ideas in the wedding songs timeline planner. These songs work for any of those wedding ideas. I've also included some of the best wedding dance songs, and these lists are very up to date.  If you don't know where to find some good wedding song suggestions, this audio program will take you step by step though the process.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Recessional Song Ideas From The Wedding Songs Timeline Music Planner

Here's the third bonus list of wedding songs and wedding music ideas for you. After the minister, priest, rabbi, officiant, etc. exclaims, "It is my honor to introduce to you the new Mr. & Mrs. Insert Your Name Here!" your wedding recessional starts playing to rousing applause. Keep in mind, these recessional songs ideas are not the best of the best found in the wedding songs timeline planner, but a wide ranging list of ideas for you to consider.


Some of these can also be used as your wedding march, but most are a little too high energy for this. Many of these even work well as your cocktail hour wedding songs, so if some of them look attractive to you, feel free to place them there.




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Dave Matthews Band
A Little Less Conversation
Elvis Presley
A Little More
Skillet
A Moment Like This
Kelly Clarkson
A Whole New World (Aladdin's Theme)
Peabo Bryson
After Tonight
Justin Nozuka
Ain't That Love
Ray Charles
All For Love
Bryan Adams
All He Has To Do
Sheri Miller
All in a Garden Green
Julia Lane
All My Life
K-Ci & Jojo
All My Love
Led Zeppelin
All You Need Is Love
Beatles
Allegro Maestoso
George F. Handel
Angel
Shaggy
Angel
Sarah McLachlan
Another One Bites the Dust
Queen
Anyone Else But You
The Moldy Peaches
As Time Goes By
Frank Sinatra
At Last
Etta James
Autumn
Vivaldi
Beautiful Day
U2
Because You Loved Me
Celine Dion
Before I Let Go
Frankie Beverly feat. Maze
Believe
Lenny Kravitz
Bless the Broken Road
Rascal Flatts
Book Of Days
Enya
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, Allegro
Johann S. Bach
Breathless
Corrs
Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Elton John
Can't Fight this Feeling
REO Speedwagon
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
Barry White
Can't Help Falling in Love
UB40
Can't Stop Loving You
Phil Collins
Can't Take My Eyes Off You
Frankie Valli
Chariot
Gavin Degraw
Cherish
The Association
Cherish
Madonna
Clocks
Coldplay
Commitment
LeAnn Rimes
Congratulations
Cliff Richard
Coronation March
Sir William Walton
Cowboy Take Me Away
Dixie Chicks
Crazy for You
Madonna
Crazy In Love
Beyonce
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Queen
Cry
Mandy Moore
Deliver Me
Sarah Brightman
Don't Change
Musiq Soulchild
Elevation
U2
Everlasting Love (This Will Be)
Natalie Cole
Everything I Do, I Do It For You
Bryan Adams
The above wedding song is an example of more romantic recessionals if that is your style. Bryan Adams makes some of the best wedding dance songs for slow dancing!  This might not be the fun recessionals song you're looking for, but to each their own.




Everywhere
Fleetwood Mac
Falling Slowly
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Finale B
Rent Soundtrack
Finiculi Finicula
Andre Rieu
Fly Me to the Moon
Frank Sinatra
Fools Rush In
Elvis Presley
Forever
R. Kelly
Forever
Mariah Carey
Forever Young
Bob Dylan
Fortunate
Maxwell
Four Seasons of Loneliness
Boyz II Men
From This Moment
Shania Twain
Hallelujah Chorus
Handel
Hallelujah, I Love Her So
Ray Charles
Happy Everafter In Your Eyes
Ben Harper
Happy Together
Turtles
Head Over Heels
Tears for Fears
Here & Now
Luther Vandross
Here Comes the Sun
Nina Simone
Here Comes the Sun
Beatles
Here I Am
Leona Lewis
Hey
Leeland
Highland Cathedral
The Royal Irish Regiment
Highway to Hell
AC/DC
Hornpipe from Water Music
Handel
How Do I Breathe
Mario
How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)
James Taylor
I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Darkness
I Can Love You Like That
John Michael Montgomery
I Do
98 Degrees
I Got You (I Feel Good)
James Brown
I Got You Babe
Sonny & Cher
I Got You Babe
UB40
As you can see, there are two versions of the above cute wedding recessionals song. I've even seen people use this song as one of their ceremony processionals.  Whether you're into the original or the remake, listening to them before making your choice is a great idea.
I Love Lucy Theme Song
Wilbur Hatch
I Need You
Marc Anthony
I Only Want to Be with You
Dusty Springfield
I Said I Love you
Babyface
I swear
All for one
I Want to Thank You
Alicia Myers
I Will Go with You
Donna Summer
I'll Be There For You
Bon Jovi
I'll Wait For You
Joe Nichols
I'm A Believer
Smash Mouth
I'm Gonna Make You My Wife
The Whispers
I'm Walking On Sunshine
Katrina and The Waves
I'm your Angel
R. Kelly and Celine Dion
I'm Yours
Jason Mraz
I'm a Believer
Smash Mouth
I've Got You Babe
Sonny and Cher
If I Ain't Got You
Alicia Keys
If I Were a Carpenter (Featuring: June Carter)
Johnny Cash
If this world was mine
Luther Vandross
In The Heart Of Every Girl
Elton John
Inevitable (English Version)
Shakira
It Had to Be You
Harry Connick Jr.
It's Such A Perfect Day
Coldplay
It's the End of the World as We Know It
R.E.M.
It's Too Late to Turn Back Now
Eddie Cornelius
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Johann S. Bach
Joyful Joyful, We Adore Thee
Beethoven
Joyride
Mariah Carey
Julia Florida
Jason Vieaux
Just Like Starting Over
John Lennon
Knocks Me Off My Feet
Donnell Jones
L-O-V-E
Michael Buble
La Traviata
Giuseppe Verdi
Lagrima
Francisco Tarrega
Lasia Ch'Io Pianga
George Frideric Handel
Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz
Let the Bright Seraphim
George Frideric Handel
Let's Get Married
Jagged Edge
Life Is Good
Kenny Chesney
Like a Star
Corrine Bailey Rae
Little Martha
Allman Brothers Band
Livin' Our Love Song
Jason Michael Carroll
Living On A Prayer
Bon Jovi
Look At Us
Sarina Paris
Look At You Girl
Chris Ledoux
Love
Musiq Soulchild
Love at First Sight
Kylie Minogue
Love Ballad
KC & JoJo
Love Is a Beautiful Thing
Al Green
Love is all around
Wet Wet Wet
Love of a Lifetime
Firehouse
Love Song
311
Love Story
Taylor Swift
Love Will Keep Us Together
Captain & Tennille
Love You for Life
Jodeci
Mad
Neyo
Made To Love Ya
Gerald Levert
Miracle
Foo Fighters
Morning
Bach
Mud On The Tires
Brad Paisley
My Destiny
Jim Brickman
Nessum Dorma
Carrera, Domingo, Pavarotti
Never Ending Story
Limahl
Never Gonna Be Alone
Nickelback
Never Gonna Give You Up
Rick Astley
Nobody Knows
Kevin Sharp
Not to Us
Chris Tomlin
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now
Starship
Below is a classical recessional song. There are some more modern remakes of these wedding song suggestions, and I have these listed in the best of the best lists in the wedding songs timeline planner.





Ode To Joy
Beethoven
Once in a Lifetime
Craig David
Once in a Lifetime Love
Keith Urban
Only God Could Love You More
Kelly Nelon Thompson
Orange Colored Sky
Natalie Cole
Paradise by the dashboard light
Meatloaf
Passion (Sanctuary)
Utada Hikaru
Polanaise
Frederic Chopin
Prelude In C
J. S. Bach
Presto
Telemann
Promise
Ciara
Promise
Jagged Edge
Ready For Love
India Arie
Ready to Run
Dixie Chicks
Red Is The Rose
Clancy Brothers
Remember When
Alan Jackson
Right Here, Right Now
Sheri Miller
Roam
B-52's
Romanza
Andrea Bocelli
Rondo
Beethoven
Shambala
Three Dog Night
Show Me Love
Robyn
Signed, Sealed Delivered
Stevie Wonder
So Amazing
Beyonce' and Luther Vandross
Something Beautiful
Newsboys
Somewhere Over the Rainbow
israel kamakawiwo'ole
You'll notice a lot of similar wedding songs listed for wedding processionals, bridal marches, and for wedding recessionals. The reason for this is, many of them are simply romantic wedding songs. The above song by Izzy can be used in so many different categories, such as in father daughter dances, mother son dances, and even first dances.
Spring
Antonio Vivaldi
Stay Down
Mary J. Blige
Stolen
Dashboard Confessional
Strawberry Wine
Deana Carter
Such Great Heights
Postal Service
Sunshine of My Life
Stevie Wonder
Take My Breath Away
Jessica Simpson
Teddy Bear
Red Sovine
Thank You For Loving Me
Bon Jovi
That's What Love Is For
Amy Grant
The Arms Of The One Who Loves You
Xscape
The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
George F. Handel
The Call
Regina Spektor
The One
Jennifer Lopez
The One He Kept For Me
Maurette Brown-Clark
The Prayer
Andrea Bocelli
These are the Days
Van Morrison
This I Swear
Nick Lachey
This Will Be Our Year
The Zombies
Together Forever
Rick Astley
Truly Madly Deeply
Cascada
Trumpet Tune
Purcell
Two Weeks
Grizzly Bear
Unbreakable
Westlife
Until The End Of Time
Justin Timberlake & Beyonce
Wait For Me
Rebecca St. James
Walking on Sunshine
Katrina and the Waves
We Are A Family
Dream Girls
We Must Be in Love
Pure Soul
Wedding Day
Bee Gees
Wedding March
Mendelssohn
Were Going All The Way
Jeffery Osbourn
When God Made You
Newsong
When I Said I Do
Kenny Lattimore
When I Say Forever
Chris Ledoux
When I'm Gone
3 Doors Down
When Somebody Loves You Back
Teddy Pendergrass
When You Say You Love Me
Josh Groban
Whenever, Wherever, Whatever
Maxwell
Where You Are
Jessica Simpson
Why I Love You So Much
Monica
With or Without You
U2
With This Ring
The Platters
With You
Jessica Simpson
Would You Go With Me
Josh Turner
You and I
Michael Buble
You Are My Lady
Freddie Jackson
You Are My World
Patrizio Buanne
You Belong To Me
Jason Wade
You Bring Me Joy
Anita Baker
You're My Better Half
Keith Urban
You're the One that I Want
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
This list is very extensive, but it is better to have a wide selection so you can decide between romantic wedding recessionals, fun wedding recessionals, and standard or classical wedding recessionals. With the Wedding Songs Timeline Planner, I've distilled this list into the top 30 or so wedding songs so you won't have to wade through so many ideas and for those of you who don't know how to plan a wedding, you will be taken through it step by step!