Guitarist price

Lol I'm like that too! When we were trying flower girl dresses with my niece I looked at her and she said "Don't start crying yet, it's the first one!" Lol So sad!

I'm not much of a crier but cry when I see other people crying, so I know I will when my mom starts up. Plus when our officiant was reading his thing in our consultation he had me really choking up and getting teary eyed, so with all of it in just going to be a mess. I'm literally choking up writing this and thinking about it LOL. People on the bus are going to think I'm a crazy person!!!!!

I'd be a blubbering mess! Guaranteed! Lol

Hi Linz! That's such an amazing idea! I'm so glad to hear your plans to hire a guitarist!! You can also take a look at the vendors in our directory and ask for quotes to get an idea of how much they would charge: Wedding Music Toronto What type of songs would you like them to play?

Oh I'm very confident that it won't matter to my emotional side, I'll still cru like it's the first time... but now I can sing along! Haha

HAHAHA oh I'll sure in the moment I'll be a wreck regardless of hearing the song first.
Tell him, bring an iPad with a recording of you playing the song on it?!? DEAL!!

It will be way more special walking down the aisle, after hearing the words before hand. You'll be moved all over again! I think that's awesome!

I feel like I would just sob hysterically. I mean, I know I am going to do that already but that extra emotional impact would quite possible kill me! That's so lovely and I'm so happy for you two!
I just told my FH husband about all this and he burst out laughing and told me I need to lower my expectations and he will bring an iPad. :/

I had to fight to hear the song before the wedding though. FH wanted it to be a surprise and I said I will absolutely NOT have the first time I hear the song be while 100 other things are happening and I have to focus on not tripping!!

But I don't get to hear the bands version until the wedding (that was the compromise we came to)

HAHA well FH is a musician and writes his own music often, he wrote a song to propose to me with as well. It's very sweet! He just finished the song this week and it's so beautiful I just love it!

Omg Valerie! Thats so amazing!!!! What a memory to have!

You're walking down the aisle to a song your FH wrote!?! That's possibly the most romantic thing in the history of forever.
All I want is for mine to sing me a Ray LaMontagne song. Clearly I should aim higher!

FH is a musician and was very picky. I really wanted someone to sing and not just have instrumental, and I couldn't be happier with our choice. They are an amazing husband wife duo and they have been amazing to work with! FH wrote the song I'm walking down the aisle to and just recently sent it to them to learn and put their own touch on, I can't wait to hear the finished product!!!

Their name is Azaela - http://azaleamusic.net/contact/ - if you want to check them out (they're from Hamilton, but have no problem traveling to the GTA)

That's actually not a terrible price for two artists for that chunk of time. I feel like I'd be super picky too. :/
Which is why my fiancée needs to play for me God dammit! Lol

Ceremony is outdoors so sadly not many options for music except portable speakers. or a live musician.
Reception venue is luckily easy peasy jack into the system, though, going to do a spotify Playlist and ask my MOH's FH ad well as our MC (another friend) to keep an eye on it for me.

My DJ noted he would charge me 250 extra for ceremony music. So if you are having a DJ you could always ask them to play music during the ceremony ! I'm sure they could find a guitar piece to play!

I used Gigsalad - https://www.gigsalad.com/ - to find our band. We got a duo that play guitar and piano (and sing) for $400 for about 45 mins before the ceremony starts (as people arrive and sit) until the ceremony is finished (and all the signing and what not is done). For my venue to just set up some speakers for me to plug an MP3 player into (whoch someone then has to control), they wanted to charge $250!!

I definitely had a VERY difficult time finding someone the right fit for us though.

Lisa that's super sweet but I'm trying to go El cheapo!
I like the kijiji idea Melissa. I'm in the same boat - short ceremony so I can't justify a price like that for 20-30 min.
Secretly I really just wanna have my FH play me a song on his guitar when I walk down the aisle. He's way too shy but I swoon so hard when he plays at home. Perhaps I can use the next 20 odd months to persuade him.

Kijiji! Put out an add and see?
I know with professional musicians there is usually a minimum time booking, which deterred me from booking live music for our short ceremony. Most were upwards of 500$, which I want prepared to spend for 15 minutes

Maybe yes, u of t is worth a shot! I used to work in the music industry, and I can ask around but they won't be cheap. Let me know and I can get some names for you.
You can check bridal magazines like the bridal guide, or the wedding ring. They have lists of vendors in there.

I was thinking of that but my old high school is north of the city and I'm not sure how to approach a random school!
Maybe a U of T music student?

You could always go to a high school or college where they have musical programs. They usually have some steller young musicians! And they would probably charge a pretty reasonable rate.