Archives: August 2011

What is Music Remembrance and Why Was it Started?

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Music Remembrance, Music Ensembles, Orlando, FLMusic Remembrance was started to connect the finest full time professional musicians with those needing music while ensuring exceptional professional service.

We have been providing bands and music ensembles for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, conventions, concerts, festivals, parades, graduations, church services, events and musical telegrams in Central Florida since 1990. Music Remembrance uses full time professional musicians from Walt Disney World, Universal Studios and the Symphony.  Clients may use one of our ensembles or bands on the Music Remembrance web site or we can fill even the most unusual requests like marching bands and Ukrainian violinists dressed in costume.

Providing Professional Musicians

I started Music Remembrance because I saw that wedding couples, party and event hosts often seemed to have trouble finding quality entertainment for events.  Most great musicians spend their lives performing and practicing and neglect to make any time for marketing and are thus hard to find.  Because of this, many Central Florida, Orlando and Tampa wedding, party and event planners do not know the best professional musicians.  In addition to this, some music consultants, live music web sites and music agents choose to use inexperienced musicians because they can pay them less and keep more profit.

I thought that someone should have a company that connects the best musicians in Florida with people needing music for wedding and events.  It serves wedding couples and wedding and event planners while helping the virtuosic musicians find rewarding work where they are always among their finest colleagues.

 Providing Professional Service

In addition to full time professional musicians often being hard to locate, I found that many musicians,bands, and ensembles do not always provide professional service.  To me professional service means:

  • Accommodating all of the clients needs and requests.  Music Remembrance has a large number of musicians and bands to accommodate any musical request.
  • Being set up early and solving potential problems
  • Always being on time and knowing that bad traffic or a flat tire are not excuses for being late.  A professional always allows time for emergencies.
  • Providing a professional look.  Always having the appropriate look for the event whether it is a clean and pressed tuxedos or costumes.  Always having a look that is Camera ready for your photographer.
  • That all musicians are always polite, accommodating and friendly to clients, guests and other vendors.

It is a blessing for me to serve others and share good music and professional service for Central Florida, Orlando and Tampa weddings, events, parties, telegrams, memorials conventions and more.

Music Remembrance Events and Service Area

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Orlando event music, Orlando skyline

Consider MusicRemembrance.com when you are hiring event musicians for your private and corporate parties in the Orlando and Tampa area.

Music Remembrance has many music ensembles and bands to choose from and we are glad to fulfill even the most unusual requests.  See this link for a list of some of our ensembles.

Music Remembrance can provide event muscians like music groups, music ensembles, live music, wedding bands, and bands for wedding ceremonies, wedding receptions, parties, outdoor weddings, casino theme parties, birthday parties, anniversary parties, conventions, concerts, festivals, parades, graduations, church services, events, masses, ceremonies, dinner music, cocktail hour music.

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Themed weddings, mardi gras parties, mardi gras parades, memorial services, funerals, dixieland funerals, funeral processionals, conventions, theme events, charity events, private parties, singing telegrams, music telegrams, celebrity performances, celebrations, tributes, roasts, charity balls, dances, Roaring 20’s party, meetings, banquets, class reunions, clubs, restaurants, theme parks, city functions, ribbon cutting ceremonies, business and store openings. promotion parties, political rallies, political events and celebrations, special events, pageants, beach weddings

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Children’s parties, kid’s parties, debutante balls and sweet sixteen parties

Music Remembrance’s event musicians perform in all of Central Florida and Florida.  We are always happy to travel in the United States and we are available worldwide.  Below is a sample of our service area:

  • Orlando, Florida
  • Central Florida
  • Dr. Phillips, FL
  • Doctor Phillips,Fl
  • Lady Lake, Fl
  • Celebration, Fl
  • Heathrow
  • International Drive
  • isleworth
  • Celebration
  • Mt. Dora
  • Mount Dora
  • Port Canaveral
  • Orlando, FL
  • Lakeland, FL
  • Winter Haven, FL
  • Largo, Fl,
  • Indian Rocks Beach, FL.
  • Winter Park, FL
  • Maitland, FL
  • Casselberry, FL
  • New Smyrna Beach, FL
  • Deland, FL
  • Deltona, FL
  • Sanford, FL
  • Oviedo, FL
  • Winter Springs, FL
  • Apopka, FL
  • Zellwood, FL
  • Mount Dora, FL
  • Melbourne, FL
  • Saint Petersburg, FL
  • St. Petersburg, FL
  • Clearwater, FL
  • Clearwater Beach, FL
  • Daytona Beach, FL
  • Tampa, FL
  • Jacksonville, FL
  • West Palm Beach, FL
  • Pompano Beach, FL
  • Gainesville, FL
  • Sarasota, FL
  • Ybor City, FL
  • Naples, FL
  • Boca Raton, FL
  • Hollywood, FL
  • Ocala, FL
  • Melbourne Beach, FL
  • Cocoa, FL
  • Cocoa Beach, FL
  • Palm Coast, FL
  • Miami, Fl
  • Bradenton, FL
  • The Villages, Fl
  • Fort Pierce, FL
  • Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Fort Myers, FL
  • North Fort Myers, FL
  • Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
  • Saint Augustine, FL
  • St. Augustine, Fl
  • Stuart, FL
  • Vero Beach, FL
  • Howey In The Hills, FL
  • Avalon Park
  • Lake Nona
  • Lanark Village, FL
  • St. Cloud, Fl
  • Saint Cloud, Fl
  • Leesburg, FL
  • Kissimmee, F
  • Lake Worth, FL
  • Brooksville, F
  • Winter Garden, FL
  • Clermont, FL
  • Wildwood, FL
  • Ocoee, FL
  • Altamonte Springs, FL
  • Longwood, FL
  • Windermere, FL
  • Ponce De Leon, FL
  • Lake Mary, FL
  • Port Orange, FL
  • Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
  • Cape Canaveral, FL
  • Edgewater, FL
  • Brandon, FL
  • Largo, FL
  • Indian Rocks Beach, FL
  • Jackson County, FL
  • Orange County, FL
  • Pinellas County
  • Orange City, FL
  • Flagler Beach, Fl
  • Flagler County, Fl
  • Jacksonville Beach, FL
  • Orlando, Fl
  • Jackson, MI
  • Detroit, MI
  • Ann Arbor, MI
  • Traverse City, MI

Music Remembrance is glad to provide live music ensembles, wedding bands, and bands for all of your events.

Hiring Wedding Musicians Who Are Excellent

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Hiring Wedding Musicians, String Trio

 

Thinking about hiring musicians for your wedding ceremony? Here’s a practical article that can guide you in the process of hiring wedding musicians who are excellent.

As I attended parties, events and weddings in Orlando and Tampa, I noticed that there was a real lack of quality entertainment at most functions.  Often all of the other vendors of a wedding or event were of superior quality but brides, grooms and party hosts were not able to find professional music ensembles and bands.  Most of the ensembles and bands consisted of amateurs, part-time musicians without the full knowledge of performing for these functions, high school students and college musicians.  This can cause several problems.

  1. The music does not sound good
  2. The musicians do not understand all the event needs and their functions.  Here are some examples of of problems caused by this lack of knowledge.  A wedding reception band leader does not coordinate with the other vendors to ensure the dinner music is timed with dinner, the dance music starts immediately after dinner and the cake cutting and other festivities are timed correctly.  There is no mic available for speeches and MCing activities.  The power needs have not been anticipated for the sound system and a fuse is blown.  For wedding ceremonies, inexperienced musicians may not know how to end the music for the bridal processional and there will be long delays in-between the bridal party and the bridal processional waiting for a song to end.

Orlando and Tampa party and event hosts, brides and grooms often find it difficult hiring professional entertainment. I found that the reasons for this are varied.  The top quality professional musicians often do not market themselves.  There are many wedding and event music consultants that have wonderful web sites but send young or inexperienced musicians to events because they can pay them a lower fee.  I have found that some wedding and event entertainment consultants keep 50% or more of what the clients pay.

Here are some tips on hiring excellent professional musicians.

  1. Ask the wedding music consultant how much the musicians get paid or for a break down of costs.
  2. Ask if the musicians are full-time professional musicians.
  3. Don’t ask if the musicians are the same musicians on the web site  One thing that surprises most people is that you should not expect the musicians will always be the same musicians on the web site.  Musicians may have moved, taken full time shows or have orchestra commitments.  A good wedding consultant will have a large pool of full-time professional musicians that they put together that all know the music.  Any time that  a group claims you always get the same musicians is usually a red flag.  This usually means the musicians do not have any other gig conflicts which means they are not superior in-demand musicians and do this part time.
  4. Ask your friends if any of them know a full-time jazz or classical musician.  These musicians usually know who the top party and wedding musicians are.

After you receive the cost breakdown from your Orlando wedding and event music consultant remember that, in music and in hiring wedding musicians, you often get what you pay for.  Full-time professional musicians have spent their lives in the practice room to perfect their craft and the ones that have done this charge accordingly.  With this information I’m sure that you will have a great wedding, party or event with excellent music and without unexpected problems.

Tip: The best way to save money on your wedding music and most of your wedding costs is to have your wedding during a slow season and day.