Pete Smyser Reviews
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Charlyn R. Sent on 06/04/2019
Music helped make to day perfect!
The music Pete provided for the ceremony and cocktail hour was perfect! His experience really helped us to select music and he was so attentive to all the details. I would highly recommend Pete for your wedding - the music and his positive energy will add a wonderful touch to your perfect wedding day. -
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Mary Sent on 07/11/2019Best music!!!
Pete was so professional and kind. With so much to do for a wedding, it was so nice to have Pete keep me on track with his expertise. His music was incredible and perfect!
He did not need to be on the stage but his music surely took the stage. He is such a talented musician. -
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Jackie Sent on 10/24/2019Beautiful music
Pete is amazing!! We hired Pete as a solo guitarist for our ceremony and cocktail hour on 10/18/19. He was very responsive to my emails and provided suggestions and feedback when I was unable to pick a song to walk down the aisle to. His music is beautiful and he added an extra special element to our wedding that our guests loved! :) -
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Brian Sent on 09/26/2019Perfect for our wedding
Pete did an amazing job performing our ceremony and cocktail hour, and we would wholeheartedly recommend him!
We selected Pete, because we thought his musical style was unique compared to the other musicians we considered. His songs emphasize a fingerstyle type of playing which we thought sounded beautiful, and kept finding ourselves really drawn to.
Prior to the ceremony, we appreciated our communications with Pete. He was thorough, informative, and very helpful in helping us understand how to organize our musical selections throughout the prelude, processional, and recessional, in addition to the cocktail hour. The musical clips on his website were helpful, but we were leaning towards a couple songs that didn't include audio clips, so he was kind enough to record and send us a couple ad hoc samples to help give us a better idea of how the songs would sound (we ended up choosing those songs, "Iris" and "Sweet Child of Mine" for our processional and recessional).
On the day of, he was punctual, actually being the first vendor to arrive, and his performance was outstanding. The ceremony songs were just as we imagined, and although we missed a lot of our cocktail hour, we really enjoyed the few songs we got a chance to hear. We received compliments from multiple guests on Pete's performance, and were thrilled we were able to incorporate his music into our festivities. Thank you Pete! -
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Jules B. Sent on 09/02/2019Professional
After the ceremony, people made it a point to tell me how impressed they were with Pete's skills! He was responsive to emails and changes we made and 100% professional. -
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Seth Sent on 08/25/2019Awesomeness!!
Pete played solo acoustic for our ceremony and reception - it was a smaller affair (about 45) and we left it to Pete to choose all the music. His song selection was perfect, as was his attendance throughout the day. Everyone knew there was music, but because it was so tastefully played it blended in with the conversation and party in just the right way. We would not hesitate to recommend Pete! He is very good at what he does!! -
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Jess Sent on 12/19/2018Highly Recommend!
We were so glad we hired Pete to bring some live music to our wedding! He was incredibly easy to work with and offered a broad variety of music to choose from. He was quick, responsive and the utmost professional. Day of he sounded just as great as he does online. One of our guests even commented that they thought we had recorded music, it sounded so good! Was a special touch to add to our special day and we highly recommend for any event. -
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Johnathan Sent on 10/29/2018Exactly the Guitarist We Were Looking For!
I discovered Pete through TheKnot.com as one of best ceremony musicians, and he did NOT disappoint! To be honest, I was pretty set on getting him, regardless of price. I watched a few of his YouTube videos watching him play "fingerstyle" renditions of my bride's favorite songs and I was hooked. We had him play Glen Hansard, Clapton, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, and even a little country, and it all meshed together so well. I could not have been more pleased with the sound and it gave the perfect background music to our guests arriving, it was simple and elegant, and perfectly highlighted the atmosphere we wanted to create. Thankfully, Pete does a great job at pricing himself out competitively. While I had to have him for the ceremony, it turned out that his pricing was just barely over what I would have paid my DJ to plug an iPod into a speaker to use for ceremony music. The difference between an iPod experience and what Pete delivered on our big day would have been vastly different, and I am so glad we had Pete Smyser for our wedding. Thank You, Pete! --Johnny & Rachel
