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Wedding Confidential: Industry Secrets
A professional Wedding DJ associate sent me an email about how outraged she was that ABC’s “20/20” did an expose called “Wedding Confidential: Industry Secrets” with Elizabeth Vargas. As what many of the high end professional Rhode Island Wedding DJ company call a ‘Lone Wolf’, meaning I run a one-person company myself, I immediately felt a wave of panic go through my body. I am a small Rhode Island Wedding DJ that makes my full-time income from my business and feared the expose may shed a bad light on the wedding industry. This might in turn effect my personal income. Like everybody else who loves their work, I too need to earn a living.
I watched the video of the expose tonight and was surprised that wedding industry professionals are offended by what was presented, most of it is true! There are may great wedding professionals who really care about the Brides and Grooms we work with, but I am sorry to say, we are the minority. They often speak about how easy it is to manipulate a young Brides vulnerability and wedding fantasy to making more money off her. Not all of the wedding industry works this way but there are enough of them for it to have merit. Please be careful when spending yours or your parents life savings away on your wedding. Check with your gut to see if this feels right for you. Your gut won’t lie, your fantasy of the dream wedding night may.
If you don’t feel right about a certain wedding vendor, follow your instincts and choose somebody else to work with.
The truth is that one of the aspects that Elizabeth Vargas touched on, needs further exploration. She seemed disturbed that event industry professionals like Wedding DJs, photographers, florists and videographers charge ore for wedding than for other events. Well, DUH! The amount of work that goes into a wedding compared to a birthday party, sweet sixteen, anniversary or graduation party are immense differences. I typically invest anywhere from three to ten hours preparation for wedding. A wedding involves meeting with the Bride and Groom, many email exchanges and phone calls, creating a playlist, coordinating Bridal Party Introductions, First Dance, Father-Daughter Dance, Mother-Son Dance, Cake Cutting, Toasts, Blessings and oh yeah, producing great music and energy for friends and family to dance all night and have tons of fun! That is not even including probably the most important aspect, supporting and helping dissipate the Bride and Groom’s stress and concerns. A good Wedding DJ knows how to calm and guide a Bride and Groom towards their wedding,while making sure everything is planned to a “T”. As I say to my Brides and Grooms all the time, “We do not get a redo of your wedding. If we screw it up, we don’t get to do it again and provide a make-good”.
A Simple Mistake Like Pronouncing a Name Wrong Can Put a Damper on Your Wedding
I love being a Wedding DJ. That does not mean there is not a lot of effort and focus involved with making your day just as you want it. A party that is not a wedding, typically requires just a few hours of prep and minimal, if not no stress and intensity the night of the party. Weddings take a total commitment. An exceptional Wedding DJ cannot just show-up, we need to be totally prepared for whatever twists and turns your wedding may produce; rain, power failures, plane delays, ill family members, birth of babies and who knows what else may transpire? The exceptional Wedding DJ needs to be the one that pulls it all together when the rain comes out of nowhere at an outdoor wedding. The exceptional Wedding DJ needs to have a back-up portable PA that operates off battery if the power fails suddenly. We must be ready with extra cables and microphones if the Bride and Groom forgot to tell me that they are having a family member sing songs on my DJ equipment during dinner.
I hide nothing and want you to know how much more I will dedicate to your wedding compared to a birthday party.
I have no problem charging more money for weddings compared to other parties. In fact, I list the rates of mypackages both on the same page for all to see. I hide nothing and want you to know how much more I will dedicate to your wedding compared to a birthday party. It should be that way.
I invite you to watch the video of “Wedding Confidential: Industry Secrets” below. Let me know what you think!
Wedding Confidential: Industry Secrets
Weddings, Weddings, Weddings!
It may appear obvious to most folks, but I am caught off-guard by the shear volume of contacts I receive from Brides and Grooms about their Weddings every winter at this time. I love it! There is something so exciting for me to answer a phone call or email from a Bride or Groom wanting information and guidance for their future Wedding. I feel totally of use as a professional Wedding DJ. My experience, knowledge and expertise are on full display and each Bride and Groom can feel the energy I create from the initial contact. I think that is one of the reasons I get hired for so many Rhode Island Weddings. Authenticity is a treasured commodity for planning a Rhode Island Wedding for a Bride or Groom. The Wedding industry is filled with ‘salespeople’ and ‘marketing pros’ that are smooth as silk in their presentation.
I think many Brides and Grooms today are looking for Wedding Professionals that are more authentic and offer simple and elegant Weddings for a fair price for the Bride and Groom and the Wedding Professional. It is my experience that you really do want to pay your Wedding DJ or Wedding Photographer what we are worth. As long as you are not being taken advantage of along the way. These days Brides get a bad rap in the media about being cheap and price-shoppers, without an eye for quality and taste. My Brides and Grooms are real people that want outstanding service and a very personal touch without acting like we are your brothers or sister; just an authentic professional co-creating an exceptional and unique Wedding with you. You want an experienced Wedding DJ that is fun, professional and authentic.
Wedding Industry Con Artists
There is a video clip floating around the Internet about an ‘expose’ on Wedding Vendors conning Brides and Grooms. I saw a small clip of it and it broke my heart that this happens. Even if it is exaggerated grossly, the fact that this happens at all repulses me. How can somebody in clear conscious steal from a Bride and Groom trying to begin the next chapter of their life together? I will write more on this later in the week.
Wedding DJ Mother-Son Dance Songs
As I continue to explore all the traditional elements and Dance Songs for Wedding DJs, it is time for the Mother-Son Dance Songs! I wanted to get a list out there for Brides and Grooms looking for a list of popular Mother-Son Dance Songs.
31 Popular Wedding DJ Mother-Son Dance Songs
1. You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
2. How Sweet It Is – James Taylor
3. Letter to my Mother – Edwin McCain
4. Thank You Mom – Good Charlotte
5. My Mom – Tony Bennett
6. You’ve Got A Friend In Me – James Taylor
7. A Song For Mama – Boyz II Men
8. God Only Knows – Beach Boys
9. You Raise Me Up – Josh Grobin
10. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
11. Up Where We Belong – Joe Cocker
12. Moving On – Rascal Flatts
13. I Hope You Dance – LeAnn Womack
14. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
15. Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
16. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
17. Here Comes The Sun – Beatles
18. I Wish You Love – Natalie Cole
19. Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
20. Sea Of Love – Honeydrippers (Phil Phillips and Del Shannon too)
21. Romeo and Juliet – Dire Staits
2. I’ll Have To Say I Love You With A Song – Jim Croce
23. Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay – Otis Redding
24. Mother – Julian & Fortune
25. Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon & Garfunkel
26. Blessed – Elton John
27. Lovely Day – Bill Withers
28. Go On – Jack Johnson
29. My Wish – Rascal Flatts
30. Mama – BJ Thomas
31. Barbie Bandaids – Isaacs
Another list of Popular Wedding DJ Mother-Son Dance Songs (many overlap)
- A Song for Mama – Boys II Men
- A Whole New World – Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle
- Anyway – Martina McBride
- Beautiful In My Eyes – Joshua Kadison
- Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
- Blessed – Elton John
- Blessed – Martina McBride
- Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight – Elton John
- Child of Mine – Carol King
- Don’t Know Much – Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
- Edelweiss – Sound of Music
- Forever Young – Rod Stewart
- God Bless the Child – Tony Bennett
- Greatest Love Of All – Whitney Houston
- Have I Told You Lately – Van Morrison
- Hero – Mariah Carey
- How Do You Fall In Love – Alabama
- How Sweet it Is – James Taylor
- I Hope You Dance – Leann Womack
- I’ll Remember – Madonna
- In My Life – The Beatles
- In This Life – Collin Raye
- It’s Your Song – Garth Brooks
- Just the Way You Are – Billy Joel
- Let It Be – The Beatles
- Love is a Beautiful Thing – Phil Vassar
- Moon River – Andy Williams
- Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World – IZ
- Stand By Me – Ben E. King
- Sunrise, Sunset – Fiddler On The Roof
- Sunshine on My Shoulders – John Denver
- Teach Your Children Well – Crosby, Stills & Nash
- The Gift – Collin Raye/Jim Brickman
- The Rose – Bette Midler
- Then They Do – Trace Adkins
- There You’ll Be – Faith Hill
- Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
- Time of Your Life – Green Day
- Unforgettable – Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole
- What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
- Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
- You Are the Sunshine of My Life – Stevie Wonder
- You Raise Me Up – Josh Groban
- You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins
Wedding DJ Unique Mother-Son Dance Songs
- 112 Cupid
- 112 Sweet Love
- 311 Amber
- 311 Love Song
- 12 Stones Crash
- 3rd Eye Blind Anything
- 6 a.m. Life Is Beautiful
- Adele Make You Feel My Love
- Aerosmith Angel
- Air You Make It Easy
- Al Kaline Trio Buried
- Alanis Morrisette Head Over Heels
- Alexi Murdoch All Of My Days
- Alice Cooper You & Me
- Alicia Keys If I Ain’t Got You
- Alicia Keys No One
- Alicia Keys Butterflies
- Alicia Keys Never Felt This Way Before
- Alive With The Glory Of Love Say Anything
- Allison Krauss Baby Now That I Found You
- Alter Bridge In Loving Memory
- Amel Larrieux Makes Me Whole
- Amos Lee Colors
- Amos Lee Arms Of A Woman
- Amy Winehouse Cupid (Sam Cooke Cover)
- Anberlin Cadence
- Anita Baker Body & Soul
- Anna Nalick Forever Love
- Annie Lennox Stay By Me
- Antony & the Johnsons Fists Of Love
- Aqualung Brighter Than Sunshine
- Aqualung I’ll Put A Spell On You
- Aretha Franklin United Together
- Ashanti Baby
- Ashley McEwen Soul to Soul
- Athlete Half Light
- Avenged Sevenfold Warmness On The Soul
- Babyface For The Cool In You
- Barry White Between Now & Forever
- Belle & Sebastian Piazza New York Catcher
- Ben Folds Five The Luckiest
- Ben Harper Forever
- Ben Harper Will To Love
- Ben Harper Beloved One
- Ben Harper Sexual Healing
- Ben Harper Not Fire Not Ice
- Ben Taylor (1st dance @Dave Grohls wedding) I Will (Beatles Cover)
- Beverly Knight Angels
- Beyonce Halo
- Beyonce Dangerously In Love
- Beyonce Speechless
- Beyonce/Luther Vandross Closer I Get To You
- Big Mountain Baby I Love Your Way
- Big Star/Garbage Thirteen
- Billy Bragg The Fourteenth Of February
- Bjork Like Someone In Love
- Blackstreet Joy
- Blake Morgan Maybe I’m Amazed (a little rockier version)
- Blind Melon Soul One
- Blue You Make Me Wanna
- Blue October Calling You
- Blue October Everlasting Friend
- Blue Rodeo Lost Together
- Bob Dylan Lay Lady Lay
- Bob Dylan/Guns n Roses Knockin’ On Heaven’s Door
- Bob Marley One Love
- Bon Jovi Thank You For Loving Me
- Bon Jovi Always
- Brandy Everything I Do
- Bret Michaels All I Ever Need
- Brian McKnight Back At One
- Brian McKnight Crazy Love
- Bright Eyes First Day Of My life
- Bruce Springsteen Secret Garden
- Bruce Springsteen I’m On Fire
- Bush Inflatable
- Cake Love You Madly
- Cary Brothers Blue Eyes
- Cascada Everytime We Touch
- Case Happily Ever After
- Cat Power I Found A Reason
- Cat Power Sea Of Love
- Catherine Wheel Black Metallic
- Catman Cohen My Key To The Stars
- Chantal Kraviasuk It Feels Like Home To Me
- Cheap Trick The Flame
- Chris Brown With You
- Chris Cornell Thank You (Zeppelin Cover)
- Chris Isaak Wicked Game
- Chris Rice When Did You Fall
- Christina Aguilera I Turn To You
- Citizen Cope Every Waking Moment
- City & Colour The Girl
- Climax Blues Band I Love You
- Coheed & Cambria Wake Up
- Cold When Heaven’s Not Far Away
- Coldplay Green Eyes
- Coldplay Sparks
- Coldplay The Scientist
- Coldplay Yellow
- Coldplay Till Kingdom Come
- Colin Hay Waiting For My Life To Begin
- Collective Soul The World I Know
- Cure Love Cats
- Cure Love Song
- Cure Plainsong
- Damien Leith Nite Of My Life
- Damien Rice Cannonball
- Damien Rice The Blower’s Daughter
- Daniel Bedingfield If You’re Not In It For Love
- Darren Hayes So Beautiful
- Dave Barnes More Than A Man
- Dave Barnes On A Night Like This
- Dave Mathews Steady As We Go
- Dave Mathews Crash Into You
- Dave Mathews Band Crush
- Dave Mathews Band So Right
- David Bowie Heroes
- David Bowie Wild Is The Wind
- David Cook The Time Of My Life
- David Grey Be Mine
- David Grey Grey Blue Eyes
- David Grey Sail Away
- David Grey This Years Love
- Death Cab For Cutie I Will Follow You into The Dark
- Default The Memory Will Never Die
- Depeche Mode Somebody
- Depeche Mode To Have & To Hold
- Devine Brown Old School Love
- DHT Listen To Your Heart
- Dido Thank You
- Dinosaur Jr. Show Me The Way
- Dire Straits Romeo & Juliet
- Divine Comedy Commuter Love
- Divine Comedy Songs Of Love
- DJ Sammy Heaven (Candlelight Remix)
- Don Henley For My Wedding
- Don Henley Taking You Home
- Donnel Jones Where I Wanna Be
- Doolittle Monkey Gone To Heaven
- Dramarama Haven’t Got A Clue
- Dramarama Give Anything Anything
- Drop Kick Murphys Forever
- Dru Hill Come Share My World
- Eagle Eye Cherry Save Tonight
- Early November Power Of Love (Huey Lewis Cover)
- East Mountain South So You Are To Me
- Edwin McCain I Could Not Ask For More
- Elliot Smith Angel In The Snow
- Elliot Yamin You Are The One (acoustic)
- Elvis Costello She
- En Vogue Don’t Let Go
- Enrique Iglesias Hero
- Enya Only Time
- Enya Orinoco Flow
- Evanescence My Immortal
- Evanescence Solitude
- Evanescence Anywhere
- Ewan McGregor/Nicole Kidman Come What May
- Explosions In The Sky Your Hand In Mine
- Faber Drive When I’m With You
- Faith Evans I Love You
- Faithless We Come One
- Feelers Nothing’s More Real
- Feist Mushaboom
- Firehouse Love Of A Life-time
- Five For Fighting 100 Years
- Flaming Lips Do You Realize
- Fleetwood Mac The Chain
- Floetry Say Yes
- Foo Fighters Best Of You
- Foo Fighters Miracle
- From Romeo & Juliet Kissing You
- Fugees Killing Me Softly
- Gavin Degraw We Belong Together
- God Speed You Black Emperor Storm
- Goo Goo Dolls Iris
- Goo Goo Dolls Slide
- Great Big Sea Charming & Graceful
- Green Day Time Of Your Life
- Guns N Roses November Rain
- Guns N Roses Patience
- Gwen Stefani Real Thing
- Hello Goodbye Oh, It’s Love
- Hellogoodbye Baby, It’s Fact
- Hellogoodbye Oh It’s Love
- Hellogoodbye Here In Your Arms
- HIM Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart
- HIM Heaven Tonight
- HIM You Are The One
- HIM Gone With The Sin
- Hinder Lips Of An Angel
- Hoobastank The Reason
- Incubus I Miss You
- Incubus (Acoustic) Stellar
- Ingrid Michaelson Good Old War
- Ingrid Michaelson The Way I Am
- Ingrid Michaelson We’ve Come A Long Way
- INXS Never Tear Us Apart
- Iron & Wine Lion’s Mane
- Iron & Wine Love & Some Verses
- Iron & Wine Such Great Heights
- Jack Johnson Better Together
- Jack Johnson Flake
- Jack Johnson Angel
- Jacqui Naylor Celebrate Early & Often
- Jagged Edge I Wanna Be
- Jagged Edge Promises
- Jagged Edge/Donnel Jones Knocks Me Off My Feet
- Jaheim Never
- Jamelia Superstar
- James Just Like Fred Astaire
- James Blunt You’re Beautiful
- James Morrison Better Man
- James Morrison You Give Me Something
- Jamie Cullum What a Difference a Day Makes
- Jamiroquai You Give Me Something
- Jann Arden Make You Feel My Love
- Jason Mraz I’m Yours
- Jason Mraz Lucky
- Jason Wade You Belong To Me
- Jayhawks All The Right Reasons
- Jayhawks Two Hearts
- Jeff Buckley Hallelujah
- Jem Maybe I’m Amazed (McCartney Cover)
- Jessica Simpson Take My Breath Away (Berlin Cover)
- Jessica Simpson I Wanna Love You Forever
- Jets To Brazil Sweet Avenue
- Jewel You Were Meant For Me
- Jim’s Big Ego Music Of You
- Jodeci You & I
- Joe I Wanna Know
- Joe No One Else Comes Close
- John Legend Stay With You
- John Lennon Love
- John Mayer Your Body Is A Wonderland
- Johnny Gill You For Me
- Josh Radin Only You
- Josh Turner In My Dreams
- Joshua Raden Someone Elses Life
- Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Joy Division/New Order Ceremony
- Joy Wants Eternity From Embrace To Embrace
- Jump Little Children The Way They Dance
- Katherine Mcphee Each Other
- Katie Melua Ten Million Bicycles
- Keith Sweat Make It Last Forever
- Keith Sweat I’ll Give All My love To You
- Keith Sweat Nobody
- Kelly Clarkson A Moment Like This
- Kelly Clarkson Because Of You
- Kelly Clarkson Anytime
- Kelly Rowland United
- KT Tunstall Universe & You
- Lauryn Hill Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
- Leona Lewis A Moment Like This
- Levert I’ve Been Waiting
- Liberator Tell Me Tell Me
- Lifehouse You & Me
- Lifehouse Hanging By A Moment
- Lil’ Maw First Day Of My life
- Live Lightning Crashes
- Live I Alone
- Live Dance With You
- Lorena McKennit The Mummer’s Dance
- Lou Reed Perfect Day
- Macy Gray I Try
- Madness It Must Be Love
- Magnetic Field Book Of Love
- Magnetic Fields It’s Only Time
- Mariah Carey Forever
- Mariah Carey Vision Of Love
- Mariah Carey Always Be My Baby
- Mariah Carey/Boys 2 Men One Sweet Day
- Mario Let Me Love You
- Mark Anthony My Baby You
- Mark Anthony When I Dream At Night
- Mark Cohn True Companion
- Marques Houston Beautiful Day
- Marshall Crenshaw Whenever You’re On My Mind
- Massari Real Love
- Massive Attack Live In Me
- Matchbox 20 Push
- Matchbox 20 (Cyndi Lauper Cover) Time After Time
- Mathew Sweet I’ve Been Waiting
- Maximo Park Postcard Of A Painting
- Maxwell – Marvin Gaye Sexual Healing
- McFly About You
- Metallica Nothing Else Matters
- Metallica Nothing Else Matters
- Micheal Buble Everything
- Mint Royale Don’t Falter
- Mirah Words Cannot Describe
- Modest Mouse Little Motel
- Modest Mouse Sleepwalkin’
- Modest Mouse Float On
- Monica For You I Will
- Morrissey You’re The One For Me Fatty
- Motley Crue Without You
- Motley Crue If I Die Tomorrow
- Mouldy Peaches Anyone Else But You
- Muse Unintended
- Muse Uno
- Muse Endlessly
- Muse Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You
- Muse You Get Me Lost
- My Chemical Romance Famous Last Words
- Nada Surf Always Love
- Natalie Merchant One Fine Day (Chiffon’ Cover)
- Natasha Bedingfield Love Like This
- Natasha Bedingfield These Words
- New Pornographers Go Places
- Nick Cave Straight To You
- Nick Cave Into My Arms
- Nick Drake Time Has Told Me
- Nick Lachey This I Swear
- Nickelback Far Away
- Nickelback Never Gonna Be Alone
- Nina Gordon Tonight
- Nina Simone I Put A Spell On You
- Nine Inch Nails Something I Can Never Have
- Nirvana Heart Shaped Box
- Nora Jones Those sweet Words
- Nora Jones Love Me Tender
- Oasis Let There Be Love
- Oasis Wonderwall
- Old 97’s Question
- One Republic Won’t Stop
- Otis Redding I Love You More Than Words Can Say
- Panic At The Disco I Write Sins Not Tragedies
- Paul Weller You Do Something To Me
- Paulo Nutini Loving You
- Peabo Bryson I’m So into You
- Pete Doherty/Wolfman Song For Lovers
- Peter Gabriel Blood Of Eden
- Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes
- Peter Gabriel Book Of Love
- Phish Waste
- Pink Floyd Shine On You Crazy Diamond
- Placebo/David Bowie Without You I’m Nothing
- Plain White T’s Hey There Delilah
- Porcupine Tree Trains
- Postal Service Brand New Colony
- Postal Service Such Great Heights
- Pretenders I’ll Stand By You
- Prince If I Was Your Girlfriend
- Prince Forever In My Life
- Pulp Something Changed
- Pure Soul We Must Be In Love
- Pussy Cat Dolls Stickwitchu’
- Queen You’re My Best Friend
- Queens Of The Stone Age I Wanna Make It Witchu’
- Quiet Drive Time After Time
- R Kelly Happy People
- R Kelly Forever
- R Kelly/Celine Dion I Am Your Angel
- R.E.M. At My Most Beautiful
- Raconteurs Together
- Ramones Baby I Love You (Ronettes cover)
- Ray Lamontagne Let It Be Me
- Red Hot Chili Peppers Hard To Concentrate
- Reindeer Section If Everything Fell Quiet
- REM You Are My Everything
- Renee Olmstead A Love That Will Last
- Replacements Within Your Reach
- Rise Against Swing Life Away
- Robbie Williams She’s The One
- Robbie Williams Angels
- Robin Thicke I Need Love
- Ryan Adams Crazy Love
- Ryan Adams Wonderwall
- Ryan Adams When The Stars Go Blue
- Sade Kiss Of Life
- Sara McLachlan Elsewhere
- Sara McLachlan Ice Cream
- Sara McLachlan I Love You
- Sara McLachlan Possession
- Sara McLachlan Fumbling Toward Ecstacy
- Savage Garden I Want You
- Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply
- Scandal w. Patty Smyth Love’s Got A Line On You
- Screaming Headless Torsos Something (Beatles cover … Rock)
- Second Hand Serenade Stranger
- Second Hand Serenade Awake
- Seether Broken
- Shaun Barrowes When I Take Your Hand
- Shaun Barrowes You’re All Of My Reasons
- She & HIM Sweet Darlin
- Silverchair Miss You Love
- Simply Red You Make Me Feel Brand New
- Sinai 48 Life Will Be
- Sinead O’Connor Nothing Compares To You
- Six Pence None The Richer/New Found Glory Kiss Me
- Skid Row I Remember You
- Skillet Better Than Drugs
- Skillet Yours To Hold
- Slipknot Vermilion Pt. 2
- Smashing Pumpkins Luna
- Smashing Pumpkins Tonite Tonite
- Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
- Snow Patrol You Could Be Happy
- Soltero Communist Love Song
- Something Corporate Konstantine
- Spiritualized (Pachabel’s tune rocked out) Ladies & Gentleman We Floating In Space
- Spoon Something To Look Forward To
- Squirrel Nut Zippers Meant To Be
- St Augustine Band Of Horses
- Stabbing Westward Sometimes It Hurts
- Staind Fill Me Up
- Staind Far Away
- Stars Heart
- Stars Elevator Love Letter
- Stars My Favourite Book
- Stephanie Mills So Good So Right
- Stereophonics First Time
- Sting/Sheryl Crowe Always On Your Side
- Stone Roses 10 Storey Love Storey
- Style Council You’re The Best Thing
- Styx Babe
- Sufjan Stevens To Be Alone With You
- Sugababes Too Lost In You (Love Actually Strk)
- Sum 41 With Me
- Suzanne Vega Rosemary
- SWV Anything
- SWV Use Your Heart
- Talking Heads This Must BeThe Place
- Tara Mclean You
- Taylor Hicks Hold On To Your Love
- Taylor Swift Love Song
- Tears For Fears Head Over Heels
- Teddy Geiger For You I Will (Confidence)
- Teddy Pendergrass You’re My Latest My Greatest Inspiration
- Tegan & Sara I Know I Know I Know
- Tegan & Sara Take Me Anywhere
- Teiter You’re The Ocean
- Teiter One & Only
- Tesla Words Can’t Explain
- Texas I’ll See It Through
- The Calling Wherever You Will Go
- The Cure Just Like Heaven
- The Damnwells I Will Keep The Bad Things From You
- The Darkness (Rock) I Believe In A Thing Called Love
- The Decemberists Red Right Ankle
- The Decemberists Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect
- The Decemberists The Engine Driver
- The Decemberists 15 Military Wives
- The Eels Fresh Feeling
- The Features The Idea Of Growing Old With You
- The Feeling Rose
- The Flaming Lips With You
- The Fray Look After You
- The Get Up Kids Don’t Worry I’ll Catch You
- The Get Up Kids Crazy Love
- The Killers When You Were Young
- The Plain White Tees Hey There Delilah
- The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus Your Guardian Angel
- The Shins We Will Become Silhouettes
- The Smiths There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
- The Steinways Don’t Leave Me Hanging On
- The Sundays Wild Horses
- The The This Is The Day
- The Used Smother Me
- The Used I Caught Fire
- The Wannadies You and Me Song
- The Wrens She Sends Kisses
- The Zombies This Will Be Our Year
- Theory Of A Deadman Since You’ve Been Gone
- Three Days Grace Never Too Late
- Three Doors Down Here By Me
- Three Doors Down Landing In London
- Three Doors Down Kryptonite
- Tilly & the Walk Pictures Of Horses
- Tina Turner Simply The Best
- Tom Waits Little Trip To Heaven
- Tom Waits Picture In A Frame
- Tomi Swick A Night Like This
- Toni Braxton How Many Ways
- Tonic Count On Me
- Trail Of Dead It Was There That I Saw You
- Travis Flowers In The Window
- Trivium This World Can’t Tear Us Apart
- Turin Brakes Fishing For A Dream
- U2 Night & Day
- U2 All I Want Is You
- U2 With Or Without You
- U2 Beautiful Day
- U2 One
- Uncle Kracker Drift Away
- Van Morrison Sweet Thing
- Velvet Revolver Fall To Pieces
- Velvet Underground I’m Sticking With You
- Wallflowers – Colin James Into The Mystic
- Ween Stay Forever
- Weezer Island In The Sun
- Westlife More Than Words
- Will Young Evergreen
- Wolf Parade This Hearts On Fire
- XTC Wonderland
- yeah yeah yeahs Maps
- Yellowcard Oh My Love (John Lennon cover)
- Yellowcard How I Go
- Yo La Tengo You Can Have It All
- Zero 7 Destiny
As always, I invite you to contact me for suggestions for your Wedding DJ Mother-Son Dance Songs. Here are other blog posts that may be helpful to you Top 50 DJ Wedding Last Dance Songs, Popular Garter Toss Songs, Wedding DJ Father-Daughter Dance Songs, Top 50 Wedding Cake Cutting Songs, Popular Bridal Party Introduction Songs for Wedding DJs and Popular Bouquet Toss Songs.
Which was your Mother-Son Dance Song? Of the lists above, what are your favorite Mother-Son Dance Songs or do you have one that I need to add to the list of Mother-Son Dance Songs?
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Wedding DJ Father-Daughter Dance Songs
As we continue to explore the different possibilities for Wedding DJ Dance Songs, along with The Bridal Party Introduction Songs, First Dance Songs, Mother-Son Dance Songs, Bouquet Toss Songs, Garter Toss Songs, Cake Cutting Songs and Last Dance Songs, it seemed time to list the most popular Father Daughter Dance Songs.
I have included two separate lists of Father-Daughter Dance Songs for Wedding DJs below. The first list of Father-Daughter Dance Songs is taken from WeDj.com, a resource I use and am an active member. This list of Father-Daughter Dance Songs is more traditional and based on popularity. The secod list of Father-Daughter Dance Songs is taken from various wedding forums of Briddes conversations abouttheir upcoming weddings. They are alittle more off the beaten path and represent the non-traditonal Father-Daughter Dance Songs, Brides and Fathers. The non-traditional Father-Daughter Dance Songs also have a music player for you to listen to the Father-Daughter Dance Songs. There is some overlap but I wanted to keep the lists intact as they were for you.
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Classic Rock Ballads and Hard Rock for The Rockin’ Dads and Brides Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Led Zepplin’s “Thank You” (hear it)
- Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Simple Man” (hear it)
- Rolling Stones’ “She’s a Rainbow” (hear it)
- The Cars’ “Just What I Needed” (hear it)
- Warrant’s “Heaven” (hear it)
- Neil Young’s “Here for You” (hear it)
- Bruce Springsteen’s “When You Need Me” (hear it)
- Queen’s “You’re My Best Friend” (hear it)
- Guns and Roses’ “Sweet Child O’ Mine” (hear it)
- Staind’s “Zoe Jane” (hear it)
- Tom Petty’s “American Girl” (hear it)
Contemporary Sentimental, but Not Overdone Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Loudon Wainwright’s “Daughter” (hear it)
- Five for Fighting’s “100 Years” (hear it)
- World Party’s “She’s the One” (hear it)
- 10,000 Maniacs’ “How You’ve Grown” (hear it)
- Natalie Merchant’s “Kind And Generous” (hear it)
- The Cary Brothers’ “Blue Eyes” (hear it)
- Wilco’s “My Darling” (hear it)
- Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo’ole’s “Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World” (hear it)
- Amos Lee’s “Sweet Pea” (hear it)
- Eva Cassidy’s “True Colors” (hear it)
Softer Rock Classics Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Tom Petty’s “Wildflowers” (hear it)
- Bad English’s “When I See You Smile” (hear it)
- Journey’s “Lights” (hear it)
- Billy Joel’s “Just the Way You Are” (hear it)
- Beach Boys’ “God Only Knows” (hear it)
- Carol King’s “Child of Mine” (hear it)
- The Byrds’ “Turn, Turn, Turn” (hear it)
- Paul Simon’s “Father and Daughter” (hear it) or “You Can Call Me Al” (hear it)
- Stevie Wonder’s “Isn’t She Lovely” (hear it)
- James Taylor’s “You’ve Got A Friend” (hear it)
- Joe Cocker’s “Darling Be Home Soon” (hear it)
- Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” (hear it) or “Landslide” (hear it)
- The Beatles’ “Across the Universe” (hear it) or Rufus Wainwright’s version
(hear it) - Another Beatles selection, “In My Life” (hear it)
- Lulu’s “To Sir With Love” (hear it)
- Gram Parsons’ “A Song for You” (hear it)
- Bread’s “Daughter” (hear it)
- Jimmy Buffett’s “Little Miss Magic” (hear it)
- Spiral Staircase’s “I Love You More Today Than Yesterday” (hear it)
- Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time” (hear it)
Classics from The ’40s and ’50s Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Ray Charles’ “Ain’t That Love” (hear it)
- The Rays’ “Silhouettes” (hear it)
- Frankie Avalon’s “Bobby Sox to Stockings” (hear it)
- Elvis’ “The Wonder of You” (hear it)
- Sam Cooke’s “Nothing Can Change This Love” (hear it)
Crazy and Funky Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” (hear it)
- Voltaire’s “Goodnight Demonslayer” (hear it)
- Any version of “You Are My Sunshine,” particularly the Johnny Cash version (hear it)
- “Time Warp” from The Rocky Horror Picture Show (hear it)
- LOTS from The Vitamin String Quartet. Try Sweet Child O’ Mine (hear it) or “Don’t Stop Believing” (hear it)
- Kermit’s “The Rainbow Connection” (hear it)
Country Dads and Brides at Heart Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- The Bellamy Brothers’ “Let Your Love Flow” (hear it)
- Kenny Chesney’s “There Goes My Life” (hear it)
- John Fogerty’s “I Will Walk With You” (hear it)
- The Judds’ “Love is Alive” (hear it)
- Rascal Flatts’ “My Wish” (hear it)
- Dixie Chicks’ “Lullaby” (hear it)
Alternative Dads and Brides Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Yo La Tengo’s “You Can Have It All” (hear it)
- David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” (hear it)
- “Standing” from the Buffy the Vampire Slayer musical, sung by Tony Head
(hear it) - The Dropkick Murphy’s “Forever” (hear it)
And the Strangest (but cool) Suggestions Father-Daughter Dance Songs:
- Randy Newman’s “Short People” (hear it)
- Jonathan Coulton’s “Re: Your Brains” (hear it)
- Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five’s “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens”
Many great Father-Daughter Dance Songs to choose from! What are your favorites or you used at your Wedding?
DJ Mystical Michael Rhode Island DJ & NY DJ
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Top 50 DJ Wedding Last Dance Songs
The Wedding Last Dance Songs are not as popular as The Bridal Party Introduction Songs, First Dance Songs, Father-Daughter Dance Songs, Mother-Son Dance Songs or Cake Cutting Songs but they are still an essential component of many Weddings. The Wedding Last Dance Song can be that moment when The Bride and Groom acknowledge what has just taken place and maybe even what is next for them.
The Weding Last Dance Song can be fast, slow or a combination fo fast ands slow like Donna Summer – Last Dance or Billy Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, which both start slow and become uptempo songs along the way. It can also be a Party Song for your Wedding Last Dance like Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’, Green Day – Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance), Garth Brooks – Friends In Low Places or Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline that all your friends and family can join in celebrating the moment with you. Some Brides and Grooms prefer a nice quiet, still Wedding Last Dance Songs like Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight, Norah Jones – Come Away With Me or Lonestar – Amazed. One of my favorite Wedding Last Dance Songs is Jack Johnson – Better Together. I think it has such a nice vibe and feeling to end your special night!
The following are the Top 50 Most Requested Wedding Last Dance Songs for 2011 as compiled by DJ Intelligence
- Michael Buble – Save The Last Dance For Me
- Billy Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
- Donna Summer – Last Dance
- Journey – Don’t Stop Believin’
- Semisonic – Closing Time
- Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight
- Taylor Swift – Today Was A Fairytale
- Etta James – At Last
- Green Day – Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance)
- Billy Joel – Piano Man
- Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
- Louis Armstrong – (What A) Wonderful World
- Neil Diamond – Sweet Caroline
- Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
- Sister Sledge – We Are Family
- Norah Jones – Come Away With Me
- Ray Lamontagne – You Are The Best Thing
- AC/DC – You Shook Me All Night Long
- Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
- Brad Paisley – Then
- Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
- Garth Brooks – Friends In Low Places
- Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
- Chris Brown – Forever
- Spaniels – Goodnight Sweetheart
- Daft Punk – One More Time
- Dave Matthews Band – You And Me
- Don McLean – American Pie
- Big & Rich – Lost In This Moment
- Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
- Iz – Over The Rainbow
- Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
- Shania Twain – From This Moment On
- Bon Jovi – Livin’ On A Prayer
- Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli – Time To Say Goodbye
- Journey – Faithfully
- Rascal Flatts – Bless The Broken Road
- Frank Sinatra – The Way You Look Tonight
- George Strait – I Cross My Heart
- Ray Charles – Hit The Road Jack
- Rusted Root – Send Me On My Way
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – I’ve Had The Time Of My Life
- Jay-Z ft Mr. Hudson – Young Forever
- Beatles – All You Need Is Love
- Cascada – Evacuate The Dance Floor
- Edwin Mccain – I Could Not Ask For More
- Rihanna – Don’t Stop The Music
- Michael Franti & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
- Jack Johnson – Better Together
- Lonestar – Amazed
Which are your favorite Wedding Last Dance Songs and which surprised that were not added to the list by DJ Intelligence?
DJ Mystical Michael Rhode Island DJ & NY DJ
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Winter Wedding DJ at Highlawn Pavilion
This Saturday Night I will be Wedding DJ & MC for a really nice couple at The Highlawn Pavilion in West Orange, New Jersey. It is a fabulous venue that overlooks Northern New Jersey and New York City! Highlawn Pavilion is situated on Eagle Rock Reservation. I remember when I was younger and lived in West Orange, we used to go to Eagle Rock Reservation for its amazing views, fresh air and tress. I still go for a walk there when I am in the area and enjoy looking at New York City from so far away and see it so clearly.
Rhode Island Wedding DJ at The Highlawn Pavilion
I remember in December of 1986, when The Highlawn Pavilion first opened its doors. We knew it was a special place and were so glad to see it renovated and made into such an elegant and simple venue for Weddings, Parties and Events with Wedding DJs. This from their website:
“Situated at the top of Eagle Rock Reservation, the building today known as Highlawn Pavilion, and the property around it, has a storied past.
In 1909, an open masonry shelter affixed with a series of arches dubbed “the casino” was built on the crest of the Reservation and to this day serves as the bones of the structure that is Highlawn Pavilion.
The term “casino” refers to an Italian style county dwelling or summer house. As the Reservation became a popular spot where week-enders congregated the Italian term proved to be an accurate description.
Automobile enthusiasts of that period held races up the cobblestone roadway of Eagle Rock Avenue with the finish line in Eagle Rock Park, near where Highlawn is situated today.
After years of neglect, the casino was acquired by the Knowles family whose extensive renovation resulted in the creation of the restaurant known today as Highlawn.”
I always look forward to all my Weddings as a professional Wedding DJ and Party DJ, but in venues like the Highlawn Pavilion, it is even more exciting to be the Wedding DJ. The Bride and Groom are very nice people and have put together a really interesting and fun playlist of music for their Cocktail Hour and Reception. It is a creative mix of Contemporary Jazz, Classic Rock, Hip Hop, Love Songs, Pop, Dance and some Rat Pack Music! Should be a fun night for this Wedding DJ!
I also am glad we received some snow to add to the atmosphere of the Winter Wedding. Winter Weddings have a feel all their won that is distinctly ‘Wintery’. There is the freshness in the air that is unique to Winter.
Can’t wait!
Top 50 Wedding Cake Cutting Songs
The following are the Top 50 Most Requested Cake Cutting Songs for 2011 as compiled by DJ Intelligence. Cake Cutting is a fun and honored tradition at most Western Weddings.
The wedding cake is often a multi-tiered layer cake that is elaborately decorated with white frosting. Some couples have a smaller display cake, which is supplemented by sheet cake.
The groom’s cake is a tradition observed mainly in the southern United States. In the Colonial and Victorian eras, the white-iced bride’s cake was considered “too light” for male tastes, and a second cake choice—usually a dark, liquor-soaked fruitcake—was also offered. Today, chocolate is popular, although the groom’s cake may be in any flavor and is usually shaped or decorated as something significant to the groom, such as a favorite hobby or sport.
If a full meal is served, the wedding cake is usually served after the meal. Otherwise, the cake may be served as soon as the family has received all of the guests.
Commonly, the couple ceremonially cut the first piece of the cake, and in a nod to an ancient Roman wedding rite, may feed a bite to one another and perhaps sip a glass of wine or other drink with linked arms. Then the cake is served to the guests. Like being asked to pour tea at a formal tea party, being asked to serve the cake is generally considered an honor
Top 50 Wedding Cake Cutting Songs
- Archies – Sugar, Sugar
- James Taylor – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
- Def Leppard – Pour Some Sugar On Me
- U2 – Sweetest Thing
- Jason Mraz – I’m Yours
- Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat – Lucky
- Jack Johnson – Better Together
- Four Tops – I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
- Beatles – When I’m Sixty-Four
- Nat King Cole – L-O-V-E
- Plain White T’s – 1,2,3,4 (I Love You)
- Average White Band – Cut The Cake
- Queen – You’re My Best Friend
- Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
- Frank Sinatra – Love And Marriage
- Cake – Love You Madly
- Unkle Kracker – Smile
- Natalie Cole – This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)
- Beatles – All You Need Is Love
- Dean Martin – That’s Amore
- Iz – Over The Rainbow
- Michael Buble – How Sweet It Is
- Michael Buble – Everything
- Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
- Turtles – Happy Together
- Sarah McLaughlin – Ice Cream
- Sonny & Cher – I Got You Babe
- Etta James – At Last
- Christina Aguilera – Candyman
- Big & Rich – Lost In This Moment
- Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
- Counting Crows – Accidentally In Love
- Ray Lamontagne – You Are The Best Thing
- Elvis Presley – Can’t Help Falling In Love
- Louis Armstrong – (What A) Wonderful World
- Harry Connick, Jr. – Recipe For Love
- Lonestar – Amazed
- Bob Marley – Is This Love?
- Michael Franti & Spearhead – Say Hey (I Love You)
- Tim McGraw – My Best Friend
- Taylor Swift – Today Was A Fairytale
- K-Ci & Jojo – All My Life
- Taylor Swift – Love Story
- U2 – Beautiful Day
- Kelly Clarkson – A Moment Like This
- Harry Connick, Jr. – It Had To Be You
- Adam Sandler – Grow Old With You
- Aerosmith – I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing
- Dave Matthews Band – You And Me
- Dixie Cups – Chapel Of Love
I noticed that The Beatles “In My Life” is not on the list for 2011 Cake Cutting Songs, but I am pretty sure it was for 2012. It is a beautiful song and becoming very popular again as a Cake Cutting Song. It is always interesting to me as a professional Wedding DJ when old songs get a second life, years later for what seems out of the blue.
Here are other blog posts that may be helpful to you Top 50 DJ Wedding Last Dance Songs, Popular Garter Toss Songs, Wedding DJ Father-Daughter Dance Songs, DJ Wedding Mother-Son Dance Songs, Popular Bridal Party Introduction Songs for Wedding DJs and Popular Bouquet Toss Songs.
What is your favorite Wedding Cake Cutting Song?
DJ Mystical Michael Rhode Island DJ & NY DJ
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Garter Toss, Still OK at Weddings?
I remember in my twenties, how the Garter Toss and subsequent putting the Garter onto the woman who caught the Bouquet Toss was such a fun and exciting moment at Weddings. As young guys, anything that involved competition, better yet, competition for a single woman, was totally a blast. Half the fun was laughing at each other while diving for a little garter from the leg of the woman a friend had just married added to the goofiness of the event. I doubt very much any of us knew the tradition behind the Bouquet Toss and Garter Toss.
It used to be believed that the woman who caught the Bouquet Toss at Weddings would be the next single woman to get married. BUT, did you know the same was true of the man who caught the Garter Toss as well? It’s true, the man who caught the Garter Toss was also believed to be the next single man to marry. I am sure that if we knew this tradition back then, none of us would have put in as much effort to catch the Garter Toss. Another Garter Toss tradition includes the Garter being raffled off after being removed from the Bride to help offset the financial burdens that the young couple would now endure. This is instead of having the Garter Toss placed on another woman. Of course today, couples get married older and often are financially solid already at the time of their wedding.
Is the Garter Toss & placement on leg of the woman who catching the Bouquet still OK?
Let’s take a closer look at The Garter Toss based on experience as a professional Wedding DJ in the New Jersey, New York and Philly area and some social shifts that may have made the Garter Toss a little behind the times. I am not going to explore issues related to how this may or may not devalue women, that is a different topic than what is being reviewed in this piece.
When men and women were typcially only single till their early to mid-twenties, the man and woman that would be the participants in the man placing the Garter Toss on the woman’s leg would be of similar age and ‘readiness’ to get married next. It was fun, playful, sexy and represented a set of values at the time. Today, we have many men that are single due to divorce and lifestyle choices in middle age. This creates a unique situation when the female that catches the Bouquet is possibly in her late teens or early twenties and the man who will be putting his hands and the Garter Toss up her leg in middle age. It can feel and be somewhat yucky, and maybe even creepy to watch.
A Possible Solution To The Garter Toss Problem
As a professional Wedding DJ, I have a found a solution to those Brides and Grooms that still want to have the option of the Garter Toss being placed on the woman. If this kind of situation occurs, we have a predetermined, non-verbal hand signal that we give to each other to acknowledge and agree if it is good to go ahead or not, depending on how things worked out. I know this sounds funny but it works!
I have experienced this a few times and the Bride and Groom were both so grateful we had come up with a plan in advance, to save everyone. This is especially true for the young woman, and an uncomfortable situation. In fact, I had a wedding this past Spring that the man and woman that caught the Bouquet Toss ad Garter Toss were a couple that just broke up recently and both were at the wedding with other dates! We all laughed later on after the Reception but at that moment, it was such a relief to have a system already in place.
Each Bride and Groom must make your own decision whether to include the Garter Toss and/or Garter Placement but I invite you to create a system you and your Wedding DJ agree on, in case something goes in a direction that you do not want at your wedding.