Need help with playing ceremony music!

Do you want to know one of the best ways to ruin your entire wedding ceremony? Screw up the music. Please don't trust some half drunk usher with a smart phone to set the mood for the most important part of one the most important days of you life. I've had to deal with this as an officiant and once it's out there, there is no taking it back. The bride was furious at her "friend" and the guests were left shaking their heads.

You hired your DJ for a reason, trust them with your ceremony music. Best wishes!

Our DJ single handedly made the wedding event. He not only played all the songs we wanted, he played them at the right time, did an amazing job MC and literally ran the reception/food/timing of speeches and games. He was a magician!

Best money ever spent literally.

I'm with Hitched, I wouldn't trust someone to do that without screwing up. Unless of course they are a dj or church organist/musician.

I don't know of any app (would love to know) but we are also doing this. We just wont have as many songs - trying to keep it simple - Music while the guest come in and be seated. Only one song to walk down to (its 4 people in our wedding party including us) and the exit song. However the person helping us out is like a music producer (he owns a studio) so we trust him.

Rena - I've looked up Spotify and you can play songs from one device to another with the premium subscription, but I don't know if I have to use only songs already on there or if I can add my own for that and I haven't seen any info to advise on that

We will not be having anyone drinking before our ceremony and it will be a very small church ceremony. We have hired a reception only DJ that will play that afternoon, but our ceremony is earlier in the day and we don't want to pay for him to stick in town that long as he is coming from out of town to do this for us. This is why we are looking at other options for music.

I agree. If you don't have a pro, you need to find someone smart about this and have them practice. There is almost nothing worse than choppy translations and/or dead air.

I wanted to make a playlist on spotify and have it hooked up to a sound system to save on costs. My family and fh didn't want anyone to be responsible for manning the music and I've heard over and over how djs really set the mood, which I completely get, so we're getting a dj:/

Btw, you can't upload any songs on spotify but they have tons of music you can make a playlist or play a public playlist that already exists. If you go down that road, you need spotify premium otherwise you'll hear a bunch of commercials.

@hitchedbymv well aren't you a little dramatic? Music is going to ruin an entire wedding ceremony?! Wow. Didn't realize the joining of two people was totally dependent on music. Yikes.

I would rather hire a pro than be disappointed by someone screwing it up and having it be choppy or them play the wrong song or playlist. Your ceremony may or may not set the tone for the day and if you get frustrated/heated over the ceremony getting messed up then it may translate over the rest of the day.

Hire a piano/organist for $200. Who does the church usually use for their music? Pay that person to oversee it.

This is a small amount of money in the scheme of things that makes a huge difference.

As a classical musician, I STRONGLY recommend you cut the song before the vows. It will difficult to orchestrate without a DJ and frankly, it will be weird. Last I knew, music is not played during the ceremony, only for the processional, recessional and wait time before.

Music won't ruin a wedding do what you need to do ask a friend or family member you trust to play the music. Sure they might mess up but hey that's a wedding right?