Music

I'm also going to do it by myself

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Will do!

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And thank you.

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Yes I think I will do that! Thank you

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Great idea! Didn't even think of that! Thank you

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Battery pack! Ok never crossed my mind til now lol! Thank you!!!!

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Oh that looks perfect! Thank you!!! I will try Apple Music

Hello Kathy,
I actually created my playlist for my wedding on Apple Music. I separated them by Ceremony & Reception (mainly important songs in order of events), then Dance party by genre.

I loved that idea. Because it helped our family (he was the DJ) play our songs. Then I also gave a word document on the playlist of important songs.

PERSONALLY, I have loved the few weddings I have been to where it was music off a playlist rather than a DJ. the 2 in particular I am thinking of had no issues come day of and everything went smoothly. I dont recall if they had any music during the ceremony to say there.

But I agree with Carmel's tips. Make sure everyone has access and maybe no locks on phone day of for easy access. AND DONT FORGET A BATTERY PACK! would hate for our phone to die in the middle of the party!

Unless you want to dictate every song that is played at your event, I feel like you're better off running those hour+ long playlist videos on YouTube via a laptop that has adblock on your browser. Put a few of those on a playlist (you can mix up the genres) and you have something that can run for a few hours. You can also buy a premium Spotify and use other people's party lists.

Just plan the major musical cues (procession, entrances, first dance) as mp3 files that someone can play on the laptop's internal media player and leave the music for the party running in the background.

A usb is a safe way to store your music until ready to transfer to your playlist. A connection for the USB port to play the music could work with the device.

We had a DJ but speaking on behalf of friends who did playlists - the ones who used Spotify had issues with connection sometimes but those who downloaded the music had no issues. That being said, have someone responsible for it incase something goes wonky, you don't want to be worrying about it. Make sure they have the password if the device locks... It was brutal when the couple went outside for a while and the music stopped and we couldn't restart it... I also wouldn't allow everyone access - I've seen entire playlists get deleted by the one ridiculous drunk girl.

We are also having a 40 person wedding this summer!

I am making up a few different Spotify playlists. One for ceremony music, one for more casual dinner music and one for late night party music. I've never had an issue with Spotify before though. Maybe create the same playlist on two different services? That way you have a back up?