- 1). Evaluate the setting and theme for your wedding. Jot down a list of musical genres that would fit within that theme. Consider the venues for your wedding and reception.
- 2). Start a list of songs that fit in with your theme and with the message of your marriage.
- 3). Check with the church or clergy in charge of your wedding for a list of recommended songs and a list of music genres they forbid to be played in their temple. A church may not permit any music other than gospel.
- 4). Choose the methods in which the songs will be performed. A live vocalist can perform at the actual ceremony and a disc jockey can perform at the ceremony. Get recommendations from the vocalist, band or the wedding DJ that you hire.
- 5). Skim through a media library that will allow you to listen to clips of songs such as iTunes or Zune. Review songs and listen to lyrics.
- 6). Get suggestions from friends and family. Add those songs to your list.
- 7). Make a mixtape and purchase and download all the potential wedding songs on your list.
- 8). Sit down with your partner and listen to the collection of songs. Cross off the songs on your list that you don't both agree on.
- 9). Go to a store that sells sheet music to purchase the songs in your list that you want performed by a vocalist or band. Purchase sheet music from online stores like Truly-yours.com
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Consider writing a song or hiring a songwriter if you can't find songs that match perfectly with your theme. Post a listing on a classified ad site to search for songwriters. Review their websites and collection of previously produced songs before making a choice. - 11
Submit your song list to the disc jockey and/or the band that you have hired. In "The Wedding Book: The Big Book for Your Big Day," Mindy Weiss and Lisbeth Levine write that you should also send "a Do-Not-Play list of songs you positively don't want to hear." Send your music choices to the bands as far in advance as possible so they will have time to learn the sheet music and so that DJs can find the music in the format of their preference.
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