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Choosing The Right Music Selection

Don't think the music is only there for you to enjoy!

by: Barry Cedergren

Wedding Reception, Company Party, High School dance or whatever it is you are putting on, think about the music genre. The formula is pretty simple - there is none! Think about the age of the people at the event.

Age is the one most important factor in the choice of music for the evening, not what the bride or groom likes to hear. Sure I'm making reference to a wedding reception but this goes the same for any event. Here's an example. I hear it all the time at wedding receptions, generally when the dance floor has a good amount of happy people dancing, "I'm the brides mother(or sister), turn this polka crap off and play what I want to hear". WHATEVER!! Think about it O' great one, look on the dance floor and tell me that your older crowd as well as the fun youngsters aren't having a blast right

now trying out a polka, and you want to ruin it for them. Tell me that you paid a professional money so you can tell them how much better you are. Tell me you have REALLY though about what everybody else may be enjoying to hear for a few songs in the evening. The point is that you need to let everybody enjoy the wide range of music, don't only schedule songs that you would like to hear. If you don't remember this then a lot of mixed members of your crowd will do one or all of the following:

1) Talk about how terrible the DJ is with their music selection.

2) Leave out of music boredom.

3) Hide the fact that they aren't having a great time they could be having.

Of course there are special songs that you would like to hear for sure, just don't narrow the music selection to one format that you only want to hear.

Now let's say you are a high school, this is pretty much the same for you except...make sure you tell the DJ what is not preferred to hear. A lot of songs that are popular on the radio are sexually oriented, some of them are acceptable but some are certainly not. Your DJ should be professional enough to understand this, make sure and let them know anyways, just for your security.

Recap:

1) Pick out music that flows well with the age group attending.

2) Let the DJ run the show, they are the professional you've hired.

3) Tell the DJ company if you want no songs with sexual or vulgar reference beforehand.

Learn to enjoy a wide variety of music that your entire crowd will enjoy and the compliments will flow like beer!

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