Most couples spend months choosing flowers, stationery and table decorations.
Then they pick the music in twenty minutes. The funny thing is, twenty years from now, your guests probably won’t remember what colour your napkins were.
But they’ll hear one song on the radio and instantly say…
“That’s their song.”
Music has an extraordinary way of taking us back to a moment in time.
One song can remind you of

• A first date.

• A holiday.

• A kitchen dance.

• A long drive.

• A difficult time you got through together.

• The moment you realised, this is my person.

Your wedding soundtrack should tell your story.
Think of your day as a film. Every great film has a soundtrack and yours should too.

Before the Ceremony

Your guests are arriving. They’re chatting. They’re wondering what your dress looks like. They’re full of excitement.
Instead of generic background music, choose songs that quietly tell your story.
Songs your parents used to play, music from your childhood, songs that remind you of Sunday mornings, family holidays or growing up.
Your guests won’t know why you’ve chosen them…but you will.

Walking Down the Aisle

This isn’t your entrance, it’s the beginning of your next chapter.
Forget choosing a song because everyone else has, choose the one that gives you goosebumps, the one that makes you squeeze your dad’s arm a little tighter, the one you’ll never be able to hear again without smiling.

Walking Back Up the Aisle

You’ve done it, you’re married. This is the first soundtrack of your married life.
Choose joy, celebration, choose something that makes everyone want to clap before they’ve even realised they’re doing it.

Drinks Reception

This is where the stories begin. People are hugging, laughing, meeting new friends.
Choose music that sounds like sunshine.
Acoustic versions of songs you’ve danced around the kitchen to, music from places you’ve travelled together, that song you both sing badly in the car, the soundtrack to the best bits of your ordinary life.

Your Grand Entrance

This is your first entrance as husband and wife.
Don’t think about what’s trendy, think about how you want everyone to feel.

• Goosebumps?

• Cheers?

• Laughter?

• A standing ovation?

Pick the song that says…“Here we are.”

During Dinner

The best background music isn’t really background music, it’s conversation fuel.
People suddenly hear a song and say…“Oh my God…I haven’t heard this in years!” Keep it warm, relaxed, timeless, music that wraps itself around the room without taking over it.

The First Dance

Forget whether anyone else likes it, this isn’t for them, it’s for the two of you.
If your song is three minutes of perfection…wonderful.
If it’s five minutes long and you’d rather invite everyone onto the dance floor halfway through…even better.
Nobody knows the rules.

The Party

Now play the songs everyone secretly hopes will come on.
The guilty pleasures, the songs that fill dance floors, the ones your friends will still be singing in the taxi home.

Last Dance

Don’t let it fizzle out, end with intention.
One last song, one last circle of the people you love most.
One last photograph, one last memory, Because everyone remembers how something ends.

One Last Andrea Tip…

Start making your wedding playlist the day you get engaged.
Every time a song makes one of you say…
“That’s us.”…add it, don’t overthink it.
By the time your wedding arrives, you won’t have a playlist, you’ll have the soundtrack to your love story, and years later, when one of those songs comes on unexpectedly in the supermarket, you’ll be transported straight back to one of the happiest days of your life.

That’s the real magic of wedding music.