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Wedding Music / Spotify / Song Requests

Heather, on June 20, 2020 at 1:28 PM Posted in Wedding Reception 1 5

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Hello! We had to move our wedding due to COVID and our DJ (my friend), is now not wanting to do it cause he's moving out of state.. So we are wanting to create playlists on Spotify instead of hiring a DJ, cause we can't afford one. I have someone willing to let us borrow their stereo system for free. So overall I feel pretty good about this plan, but I still have some questions. Please help me out!

- How many songs do I need to gather for an entire night? (5:30-midnight)

- How many playlists should I have? Ceremony, dinner portion, special songs, then open dancing (so 4?)

- Did anyone designate someone to be in charge of announcement and switching playlists? If so, how'd you decide who to do it?

Any help in relation to the DIY approach we are taking is welcome. No need to respond if you want to convince me to hire a DJ.

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Latest activity by Naikesha, on June 23, 2020 at 5:44 AM

Super February 2021
Kerin · on June 20, 2020 at 1:32 PM
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I put the song request line on my rsvp card, but since that's not an option for you, can you maybe send an email to the users who rsvp, like a response to confirm you received it, that invites them to reply with a song request?

If you have a teenager cousin/niece/nephew, perhaps high school age, you could give them the role of master of music to control and announce everything 😉
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Heather · on June 20, 2020 at 1:43 PM
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Thanks. I actually found a way to do the song request on our website!
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Jessica · on June 20, 2020 at 2:27 PM
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We’re diying music playlists too, and my cousin will manage them for us since music is his thing. When you create a playlist it should tell you the length of time to play through. Make sure you calculate if you are going to cut any songs short like during special dances, etc, and give yourself a little buffer incase you end up ahead of schedule and the open dancing portion lasts longer. Have you already built an approximate timeline?
Also, we have a playlist of background music to play before the ceremony begins since guests will show up early, so maybe 5 playlists so the person in charge can switch over to processional songs when it’s time.
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Alice · on June 20, 2020 at 7:19 PM
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We're also doing music ourselves, just the reception though (dinner and dancing). A song is usually around 3-4 minutes, so just divide the number of hours with that. For ceremony I'm guessing you don't do music all throughout, but for the dinner and dancing portions I would say 20 songs per hour. I also found this link a while ago, and it helped me make my playlist.

https://www.snixykitchen.com/dj-your-own-wedding/
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Naikesha · on June 23, 2020 at 5:44 AM
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I think you will be fine. the only thing is you might want to ask a friend/sibling to MC. Someone needs to be in charge of changing music and owning the crowd. Signaling changes, etc.
You want someone to announce First dance, daddy/bride/mother/son dance, garter toss, dinner, speeches etc.
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