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Musicians and music enthusiasts, is your wedding music really important to you? Whether you’re looking for a DJ, planning to rock your own reception live on stage, or searching for ways to celebrate your love of music, you’re sure to find inspiration here. These music-obsessed weddings go up to 11!

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Hum a few bars, pay cash, and make room for the bows: The “do’s and don’ts” of hiring a string quartet

Last time we got insider-info from a wedding musician we talked all about the music. Now let’s talk about how to hire and treat the musicians with this great advice from a Tribesmaid and cellist.

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Mexican rap and line dancing: how to rock offbeat wedding music without alienating your guests

At our wedding, I wanted country and my groom wanted Mexican rap. Obviously, we had to make some compromises as neither are big crowd-pleasers. But there are plenty of places in your wedding music line-up to express your personal style without scaring off your guests. Take my advice as a wedding DJ with these 11 helpful hints…

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Becky & Shannon’s Southern music and paper flowers wedding

This singer/pianist duo loves performing and it totally shows in this musical wedding in a theater. We’re talking sheet music flowers, treble heart cake toppers, super professional-looking, and headshots of the “wedding cast.” But my favorite part of all is that they had MUSICAL VOWS! You’ve gotta see how they did it. Plus, if you’ve ever had a problem finding something dapper and non-dressy to wear to your lesbian wedding, you may have a… “semi-butch quandary!”

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Yes, you can use Spotify as your wedding DJ

Before we got married, I read SO MANY posts about how it’s just easier to hire a DJ and not worry about ceremony music on an iPod. Still… I wasn’t having it. I wanted to control the music, I wanted to make it our own, and I didn’t want to pay out the wazoo for any of it. Our solution? Spotify.