Reception Music

We're doing this too. I'm thinking I'll ask someone to be in charge of the device in case someone has a request, or if we want to take a break for speeches.


I went to a wedding that did this and years later asked the bride who they used as a DJ because I hadn't realized it was a playlist!

We are doing the same thing, no DJ just an IPod. Hoping everything works out with a few friends that know the Qs for specific songs

I really like this idea! I’m not set on having a DJ necessarily, and also wanted to include a song request in our invites. This seems like such a great way to save $$ and make sure all of your favourite songs are played. Definitely considering this plan

View quoted message It's a venue that FH and I have been going to since we were kids, so we know everything lol definitely one of the perks! They just did a renovation and upgraded their sound system which is amazing now, which is another reason why we thought a DJ was an unnecessary expense

One thing I would definitely talk to the venue/whoever is providing the audio equipment is what connection the equipment requires. Some will take USB or a microjack - both of which are really common - but some will have less common plugs like Firewire or need a midi-interface.

We are doing the same thing at our wedding and the speaker system is built into the venue.

My cousin did this at his baby shower. they had 130 guests it was awesome! great way to save money!!

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Good idea for a contingency plan! That might even be a better plan A actually lol we were just going to use one of our phones, but then I was thinking what if we forget it after or if we forget to turn off any notification sounds. So iPod may be the better way to go from the get go, thanks!

Cool! I'm hearing about more and more couples that are skipping the DJ, smart way to save! I would suggest making sure it's all downloaded so you can avoid streaming, and then you're also safe in case wifi is down that day. Maybe have a fully charged and loaded ipod or something as a backup just in case spotify itself has any glitches or issues. By the time your day comes around you'll have it all figured out and ready to go

We had our DJ kind of do that - when she went to have supper she que'd up a playlist and there were no problems. Just had to make sure that she had the music all downloaded as where our venue was there was little to no cell reception or wifi (of course a week after our wedding they had it all up and running with LTE though...)