Wedding Music: Benefits of Using Pre-Recorded Music

Although having a big band or a fancy string quartet can be a beautiful touch to add to your perfect wedding, it can often be even better to just use pre-recorded music during your wedding ceremony and reception. Here are just a few of the benefits of putting together your own set of pre-recorded music to be played at your wedding.

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: Less Expensive

Of course, one of the most obvious benefits of using pre-recorded music at your wedding is that you don't have to hire a band. Most facilities will already have a sound system (or you will be renting one already so people can hear your ceremony), so you can easily put a CD in or hook up your iPod or other mp3 player for simple, almost free music (depending on where you get the tracks).

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: No Auditioning Bands

When you are using pre-recorded music, you don't have to fuss about picking the right band to play at your wedding. You won't have to listen to bad bands, or to worry about whether it's okay to give the gig to a real band instead of your nephew who got most of his music skills from playing Rock Band, but who thinks he's really good and deserves to play at your wedding.

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: More Control

It is difficult for your CD or mp3 player to get sick on the day of the wedding (although you can have a backup just in case it does), or for it to make a big mistake in the middle of a song. Pre-recorded wedding music will ensure that people hear during your ceremony and reception exactly what you plan for them to hear.

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: More Variety

With pre-recorded wedding music, you can have some songs that were done by a full orchestra, others by a lone trumpet, some good piano and harp duets, and maybe even some techno beats. Plus, you can play the real version of your favorite song by your favorite band, not a lame cover. What band for hire do you know of that can do that?

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: Pick your Favorite Versions of Songs

With a number of places where you can purchase single tracks for a dollar, you can go through and pick your favorite renditions of all the classic wedding songs, and even stumble upon some less traditional processionals that might be perfect for your wedding setting and theme. This will help you to express your individual personalities through the music people hear at your wedding.

Pre-Recorded Wedding Music Benefit: Make the Perfect Dance Playlist

Instead of trying to communicate with a DJ what songs you want played and when, you can just put together the playlist yourself and save the thousand dollars (or more). This can be a really fun project to work on together with your fiancé, and it can help you get to know each others' tastes in dance music, too!