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Hi all,

A bit overwhelmed and in the dark, I thought I'd come here to get some advice.

I'm on the search for a wedding band for next year, but don't want the fees of an agency and would much rather have [i]some[/i] kind of connection with a band rather than just taking a stab in the dark.

The problem is, searching through the endless ads, I don't know much about anything to do with booking wedding bands. I'm not sure on what's a good price, can't tell who's overcharging, etc. Short of seeing every band play, I don't really know what to do.

The wedding reception is in Surrey, and I'm looking for a something with a rockabilly or '50s twist to songs from that era and modern tracks as well. We want a 'modern' covers band (guitar, drums, vocal), but possibly with a double bass. Just something fun and special for our day.

Any advice on any of the above would be very, very much appreciated.

Thanks all.
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Ben

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I would say try see as many bands as you can if they also play the local circuit. Then send out a few emails or try chat to them about what you want. If someone approached me with specifics like you have listed I would be honest and say sorry, we can't do that, but could make a few recommendations for bands that could. With regards to price, weddings are a premium. I think my functions band is pretty cheap and we would charge at least £700.

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I'm in a similar situation- getting married in May, and definitely do not want to play my own wedding! Trouble is, I don't want anything toooo slick, as in complete function band material, but I want a band that will get people interested and dancing.

In response to the OP, I can recommend Company B from Cornwall- Rock n Roll with a WW2 twist! Great band.

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[quote name='icastle' timestamp='1409426827' post='2539657']


It's become a bit of a tradition for me... :blush:
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I haven't played at my own wedding but I did get to play a couple of songs with the band I booked for my daughter's wedding this year. They were stupidly good :

http://www.swaytheband.com/

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[quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1409418180' post='2539573']
[url="http://www.goosebumpsmusic.co.uk/"]http://www.goosebumpsmusic.co.uk/[/url] found them
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This band is very good at what they do which is swing jive, IMO.
You wont get anything else from them...and I doubt you'll get them for less than £1k
not that I know their pricing policy but they tend to ape another band of that ilk and
they'd be a min of £1200, I'd guess.
[url="http://hullabaloo-uk.com/"]http://hullabaloo-uk.com/[/url]

Neither of these bands are set up to do modern altho they could just about pass off a modern track
but sound-wise, they are in the style and era or swing, jive. croon. IME

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[quote name='cameltoe' timestamp='1409426229' post='2539649']
I'm in a similar situation- getting married in May, and definitely do not want to play my own wedding! Trouble is, I don't want anything toooo slick, as in complete function band material, but I want a band that will get people interested and dancing.

In response to the OP, I can recommend Company B from Cornwall- Rock n Roll with a WW2 twist! Great band.
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Hi Will

Complete and total Cornwall based 13 amper for your wedding

https://www.facebook.com/Connect5Cornwall?fref=photo&ref=hl

http://www.lemonrock.com/connectfivetruro

We do the not very slick, dancing thing :D

Cheers

Dave

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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1409429735' post='2539691']
I haven't played at my own wedding but I did get to play a couple of songs with the band I booked for my daughter's wedding this year. They were stupidly good :

[url="http://www.swaytheband.com/"]http://www.swaytheband.com/[/url]
[/quote]

My Av didn't like that link, Barrie, Deffo doesn't like it

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I put together my own wedding band for er, my own wedding. I paid for rehearsals and equipment hire, and got got my pals in on guitars and drums. Setlist was minimal, six songs + encore, but the novelty of me plus live band doing rockabilly/r&r versions of well-known wedding-appropriate themed songs was enough, and the DJ took over for the rest of the evening. Setlist included Be-Bop A Lula, All Shook Up, And Then I Kissed Her, Three Steps To Heaven, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, a cover of an original by one of the guitarists' band, and a couple of others.

Even with the bonus beer and curry night I treated the band to post-honeymoon, it worked out at least a grand cheaper than any wedding band.

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[quote name='molan' timestamp='1409586268' post='2541198']
That's happened before - it works fine on my iMac, Macbook, ipad & iPhone!

Maybe it's optimised for Apple devices, lol.
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I've tried IE8 and Chrome from XP... :lol: but fine from Android..

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