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List of Articles: Helpful Event & Wedding Music Tips & Ideas

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Wedding Music Ideas

Wedding Song Lists

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Event Music Tips & Ideas

Singing Telegrams Ideas

Romantic Serenade Ideas

Tips For Musicians

Hire Orlando Jazz Band

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Looking to hire an Orlando jazz band? Here are some helpful tips. There are many kinds of jazz bands that come in many sizes. Depending on the details for your event and the mood you would like to create, these descriptions and tips will help you hire the Orlando jazz band that will be the best choice for your event or wedding. Orlando’s Music Remembrance provides all of the jazz bands below and more.

Hire Orlando Jazz Band. Pictured Saxophonist from Orlando Jazz Band

Sizes and styles of Orlando Jazz Bands

Small Jazz Bands-Hire Orlando Jazz Band

A small band is usually from two to five musicians. A small jazz band is sometimes called a small jazz ensemble or a jazz combo. Different combos play different types of jazz or a mixture of styles.

Dixieland Jazz Band

This small jazz band is perfect for 1920’s, Great Gatsby, New Orleans and Casino themed events. It is also great for “wake up my business convention”, events wanting some fun energetic music, parades and New Orleans funerals.

Orlando Dixieland Bands performs 1920’s style jazz. They are often referred to by these names:

  • New Orleans Jazz Band
  • Traditional Jazz Band
  • Great Gatsby Jazz Band or Great Gatsby Jazz Orchestra (when called this Great Gatsby costumes are normally worn)
  • Brass Band
  • New Orleans Brass Band
  • Society Jazz Orchestra

When used for funerals the same bands are also referred to by these names:

  • New Orleans Funeral Band
  • New Orleans Funeral Processional Band
  • Dixieland Parade Band
  • Funeral Processional Band
  • Dixieland Funeral Band

Dixieland Jazz Bands comes in different sizes. These are the most popular:

  • Smallest: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo
  • Small: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone
  • Medium: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums or Clarinet
  • Full Tradition Band: Trumpet, Tuba or Upright String Bass, Piano or Banjo, Trombone, Drums and Clarinet

Note – For dixieland bands performing for a parade:

  • Snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion
  • Add a bass drum for a full parade band
  • Tuba replaces upright string bass
Mardi Gras Band

This band is perfect for New Orleans, Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday themed events and parties

People call a Dixieland band used for mardi gras events a mardi gras band. Some mardi gras bands play Cajun influenced music or zydeco music in addition to or instead of dixieland jazz. Some mardi gras bands use accordion to give a New Orleans Cajun flair. Otherwise, the instrumentation is the same as dixieland bands. Mardi gras bands perform for Fat Tuesday parties and parades. In mardi gras bands performing for a parade, snare drum replaces piano, banjo or accordion and they usually add a bass drum. Different names for mardi gras bands:

  • Mardi Gras Band
  • Mardi gras parade band or second line band
  • New Orleans parade band
  • Zydeco band
  • Cajun Jazz band
  • Parade brass band
  • Brass Band
  • New Orleans parade band
Swing Band

Swing Bands are great for themed WWII era events, dancing and assisted living concerts.

These jazz bands come in small size and big band sizes. They play music from the swing era and retro-swing or jump swing music like Jump, Jive and Wail. A traditional instrumentation is singer, trumpet, trombone, saxophone, piano, upright string bass and drums.

Jazz Combo

Some small jazz bands play a variety of music or just one of the many jazz styles. These bands are great for wedding cocktail music, background music for dinner or events and assisted living concerts.

  • Cool jazz – a mellow sounding jazz style
  • Bebop jazz – a virtuosic jazz club or concert style jazz
  • Jazz Fusion – a mix of rock styles and jazz. Some jazz fusion bands perform pop songs with jazz saxophone, trumpet and/or trombone
  • Variety small jazz band plays a mix of all jazz styles including swing. They leave out bebop jazz unless the event is a concert.

People also refer to small jazz bands as:

  • jazz combos
  • small jazz group or small jazz band
  • cocktail jazz group or cocktail jazz band
  • jazz band

Big Bands – Hire Orlando Jazz Band

These bands are perfect for WWII era themed events and swing dancing. Because of the size the are best suited to medium to large spaces and larger budgets.

Big Bands are large jazz bands that play swing music. Most big bands perform swing music from the swing era/WWII era. Because of the number of musicians these are more expensive than small jazz bands.

The traditional instrumentation for big bands is 5 saxophones, 3 trombones, 4 trumpets and piano, bass, drums and vocalist. Smaller big bands between big band size and Swing Band Combo are available.

All these Orlando Jazz Bands and more are available at www.MusicRemembrance.com. To hire your own Orlando jazz band contact us.

Funny Birthday: Gift Ideas From Hysterical Singing Telegrams Stories

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Looking for ideas to create a funny birthday memory. Here are some funny real-life stories of Orlando singing telegrams customized as funny birthday singing telegrams.

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Bunny-Gram Funny Singing Telegram

A client calls up and says, “I would like a singing telegrams to embarrass my brother”. We tease each other (out of love) and the thing he “hates” the most is when I embarrass him. Fast forward to his birthday. He is hard at work with all of his co-workers. A singer in a bunny costume and a big bouquet of balloons shows up and walks through all the offices gathering all his co-workers by saying “the birthday bunny is looking for Mitch the birthday boy”. Everyone grabbed their cell phone cameras and started following the singer.

We arrive at his bosses office where was summoned to a fake meeting a few minutes before the singer arrived. The singer sings hands him the bouquet of balloons and announces that his “wonderful perfect sister wants to do something special for his birthday and she hopes this won’t embarrass him. The singer puts bunny ears on his head. The whole office is laughing and videoing as he turns bright red and says “I’m going to get her back, don’t worry!!” The singer sings “Happy Birthday” and then leads everyone in “Happy Birthday” followed by posing for lots of pictures. I’m sure he and his sister still tell the story.

See this Bunny-Gram Video

One-Person Band

One of my favorites that we’ve done many times. Trombonist with bass drum on back and percussion instruments on arms and legs. The scenario goes like this: First, perform happy birthday on the trombone with percussion instruments after each phrase for comedy. Secondly, the one-person band musician sings Happy Birthday with custom extra verses.

One time the the one-person band musician was customized to pose as a crazy street musician and play for the birthday boy when he came out of a show.

Scene:

Musician: “I’m going to play something special for you! I bet you like the stylistics (birthday boy’s favorite band). This is for you, because ‘You Make Me Feel Brand New’. Woo!”

Musician plays: The Stylistics song “You Make Me Feel Brand New” in flamboyant way.

Musician says Toward end of song, “This is the lesser known part of the song,”

Musician plays: “Happy Birthday” in crazy way getting more recognizable at the end.

Musician: Sam If you haven’t guessed yet, your wonderful daughter-in-law Sarah let me know your having a very important birthday today.. She & Ken want to do something special for you so this is Your Singing Telegram!!!

This funny birthday singing telegram ended with a custom song with one funny verse and three personal verses.

Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Sam
Happy Birthday to you.

So many kids that you raised
Some were not yours by birth
You gave God’s love to all of them
It’s just part of your worth.

You take photos for fun,
And like to shoot a gun,
But don’t call you Samuel,
Not even in fun.

Your family loves you,
And your wife Sheila too,
Sal is watching over you,
All are blessed by you.

Custom Lyrics from another One-Man Band Singing Telegram

From Daughters to Mom. Performed at work so all her co-workers could enjoy.

From your daughters to you,
this surprise is for you,
so what could be more grand
than a one woman band!

You’re a really great mom,
and you stay really calm,
we know we all drive you crazy,
but you’re always supermom!

Happy birthday to you,
From Ashley, Sherrie, Carly, Arrianna and Joey too.
Happy birthday dear Donna
Your a really great Momma.

More Funny Singing Telegram Ideas

Funny birthday singing telegrams are our most popular singing telegrams for birthday gifts in Orlando. Our popular 40th birthday and 50th birthday with custom over-the-hill comedy lyrics.

Here is one example:

Now your 50, it’s true,
You’ve refined the old you.
Added glasses and gout,
Aches and pains make you shout.

Now your 50, it’s true
There’s more younger than you,
But look on the bright side,
You’re not ready for glue.

Now your 50, it’s true
A better version of you,
you have more maturity,
& soon get social security

Yes, you’re 50 years old
but your body’s not cold
you’re just over the hill
And things can still work with a pill.

Funny Movie Recreations

Movie recreations like the Bette Midler singing telegram from Beaches and the restaurant sing-a-long from “My Best Friends Wedding” create a memorable funny surprise.

To customize your own funny birthday singing telegram in Orlando or Florida Contact Music Remembrance.

Singing Telegrams Ideas

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Singing Telegram Ideas. Singing Telegram in bunny costume with flowers.

Looking for singing telegram ideas? Trying to come up with a memorable gift? Music Remembrance has been performing singing telegrams with singers and musicians since 2001. These are some stories of our favorite and also our most popular singing telegrams. Some of these singing telegram ideas are funny, some sentimental or romantic. These singing telegrams are for a mix of birthday, children’s birthday, anniversary, I miss you, wedding proposal and joke gifts.

Children’s Birthday Princess Singing Telegram

Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents and relatives that can’t be there for landmark birthdays often send a special happy birthday singing telegram for the child and family in Orlando, Florida. The most popular is a singer dressed in a princess costume carrying gifts and balloons to sing for the child for a video that everyone will enjoy seeing. In addition, for children’s birthday parties, the singer stays and leads fun interactive songs with the kids like the “Hokey Pokey”.

Christmas

Send an Orlando Singing Telegram to tell someone special to you “Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays”. One of our most popular holiday Orlando singing telegrams is our Christmas Caroler Quartet in Dickens costumes. Brass Christmas Carolers performing Christmas carols and a solo singer singing “We Wish You A Merry Christmas”.

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Singing Telegram Ideas

Hire a singer to sing special mother’s or Father’s themed song for example, “Daddy’s Little Girl”. Have a verse of custom lyrics written about how special they are. In Orlando and Central Florida available in English, Italian and Spanish.

Graduation Singing Telegram ideas for the Graduate and Graduation Party

  • Surprise singing telegram gift with a marching band performing a parade a celebratory music, for example “Celebration” by Kool and The Gang. Firstly, The band carries a banner that says “Congratulations!” with the graduate’s name while marching toward the graduate. Secondly, In the middle of the parade the band arrives at the graduate and pulls him up front to lead the parade with a director’s baton as they play a funky version of Pomp and Circumstance (the traditional graduation march music). lastly, The parade ends at his graduation party.
  • Dixieland Jazz Band performs fun celebratory music at your graduation party to make the event a memorable occasion. This band is the perfect volume so everyone can easily converse while enjoying the festive feel. Livens up a party even more than any decor.

Send A Band Performing Their Favorite Music

For surprise parties at work, home or a venue a band is a popular choice that goes over big. Recently we send a dixieland trio for a man’s landmark surprise birthday gift. It is his favorite music and he came home to a small gathering friends and family, cake and his favorite music. The band performed a dixieland version of “Happy Birthday” with extra verses of custom lyrics filled with funny stories of his life that had everyone laughing. This was in addition to a full concert of his favorite songs.

Come back for more funny and heart warming stories: Engagement Rick, I miss you birthday at Disney springs, Bunny Gram: embarrass my brother, anniversary singing telegram, doo-wop birthday, favorite movie re-creations (Bette Midler in Beaches and Sing-a-long scene in My Best Friend’s Wedding.) and celebrity impersonations (Chubby Checker & Adele).

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Serving Orlando, Lake County, Sumter County & Central Florida. Video and live internet singing telegrams and serenades available worldwide.

Please let us know if this was helpful and leave a comment.

Using Brass Music for Weddings: Tips and lists of Brass Ensembles

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Credit: Sterling PhotographyBrass music adds a regal touch to any Orlando wedding. At the beautiful royal English weddings you will always hear the triumphant sound of the long fanfare trumpets.  Brass music adds a sense of importance, regal atmosphere and pomp and circumstance.  There are many different brass soloists and brass ensembles to fit a variety of types of wedding ceremonies, size of venues, and budgets and they are all available in Orlando and throughout Florida.

When it comes to making a strong regal statement at your wedding, the fanfare trumpets and/or a brass quintet or brass choir really stand out.  Brass instruments can be heard without amplification in large venues and have the capability of playing softer for smaller venues.  If you have a very large wedding venue and want a big sound, the larger the brass ensemble is, the louder the music can be. Even the largest brass ensembles like the brass quintet and brass choir still have the capability of playing softer for smaller wedding venues.  Whatever you choose, brass music for weddings is always regal.

SMALL BRASS ENSEMBLES AND SOLOISTS FOR WEDDING MUSIC

Musicians are paid per person so for weddings on a budget a soloist or a small ensemble works best.  Some of the nicest and most budget friendly choices are:

  • Solo Trumpet
  • Solo Piccolo Trumpet (smaller and higher pitched trumpet)
  • Fanfare Trumpet (the very long trumpet used for fanfares)
  • Trumpet and Organ
  • Piccolo Trumpet and Organ
  • Trumpet and Piano
  • Piccolo Trumpet and Piano
  • Trumpet Duo
  • Piccolo Trumpet Duo
  • Fanfare Trumpet Duo
  • Trumpet Duo with Organ
  • Piccolo Trumpet Duo with Organ
  • Trumpet Duo with Piano
  • Piccolo Trumpet Duo with Piano
  • Brass Quartet (two trumpets, trombone & tuba or two trumpets and two trombones or two trumpets, french horn and trombone)

The fanfare trumpeters in this list add such a wonderful regal presence to weddings but are best used for fanfares (e.g. before the brides entrance).  They are often not the best choice for complete songs for wedding processionals (walking down the aisle) or wedding recessionals (walking back down the aisle after the ceremony).

These brass ensembles and soloists work well for classical/traditional wedding music and other styles.  If you are using unconventional music you can replace the trumpeters with other instruments to fully create a non-traditional atmosphere. Using brass with unconventional music can add a sense of balance and please a variety of guests.  You can also replace the trumpeters with other brass instruments, like trombone or french horn, while using traditional music for a more unconventional sound.

LARGE BRASS ENSEMBLES FOR WEDDING MUSIC

For a more dramatic effect, the larger wedding brass ensembles are breathtaking.  The look and sound are truly royal and have the capability of great volume when needed for large wedding venues.  Some of these brass ensemble choices are:

  • Brass Quartet
  • Brass Quartet and Fanfare Trumpets
  • Brass Quintet (two trumpets, french horn, trombone and tuba)
  • Brass Quintet and Fanfare Trumpets
  • Three, Four or more Fanfare Trumpets
  • Brass Choir (also called Brass Ensemble)
  • Brass Choir and Fanfare Trumpets
  • Antiphonal Brass Choirs (Brass Choirs or Brass Quintets on two, three or four sides of the venue).  To hear this effect listen to the Antiphonal Brass Choirs of Gabrieli.
  • Antiphonal Brass Choirs (Brass Ensembles) and Fanfare Trumpets

Percussion may be added to any of the larger brass groups.

Whether you go with a dramatic large ensemble, a smaller brass ensemble or a brass soloist, using brass music for your Orlando or Florida wedding will set a classy and regal tone that your guests will remember.

For more information on hiring music for your Orlando or Florida wedding please visit our other Music Remembrance blogs and our Music Remembrance wedding pages.

New Orleans Band Parade

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New Orleans Band Parade in Orlando, FloridaA New Orleans band parade is historically for funerals and are now used for funerals, weddings and events.  The New Orleans parade was originally performed by dixieland jazz bands or dixieland brass bands in the early 1900’s.  The dixieland band processes to the grave site performing slow sad music like “Just A Closer Walk With Thee”.  After the funeral service the band plays upbeat dixieland songs  like “When the Saints Go Marching In” to celebrate their loved one going to heaven to be with God.  Now the celebratory part of the tradition is also used for weddings and events.

The New Orleans band parade is often called  “second line” parade.  This is because when the parades were first done, there would traditionally be a “second line” of people marching along with the band.

Events Using New Orleans Band Parades and Music
  • Funerals:  Traditionally the parade is at the cemetery.  The dixieland band processional leads family and friends on foot, or in cars, to the gravesite.  The band performs slow jazz funeral music until everyone gathers at the graveside.  After the service the dixieland jazz band performs upbeat New Orleans jazz music to celebrate their loved one’s transition to heaven.
  • Memorials: New Orleans jazz music at the memorial service.  The band provides prelude music (music before the memorial service), service music hymns and postlude music or parade out of the service music.  The postlude or exit processional parade music is traditionally upbeat second line music celebrating a love one’s transition to heaven.
  • Weddings:  Use jazz brass band parades for your wedding ceremony recessional (walk back down the aisle at the end of the wedding ceremony) for a memorable surprise for your wedding guests.  Some wedding couples like A parade starting right after you walk back down the aisle.  The most popular New Orleans wedding parade is a parade from the ceremony to the cocktail hour or the cocktail hour to the reception.  What a fun surprise for your guests instead of being herded from cocktails to the reception. A trumpet performing a fanfare to get everyone’s attention and then inviting everyone to join the parade.
  • Conventions/meetings: Wake up everyone at your morning meetings with a New Orleans Brass Band parade though the room performing  fun interactive music.   Imagine your CEO leading the parade with a traditional New Orleans umbrella.
  • Parties and Events:  Nothing livens up a party more than dixieland jazz music.  Choose soft background music or a fun lively performance.
Costumes

Different brass band costumes for different occasions

  • Funerals: The traditional New Orleans band parade Costume (pictured above)
  • Weddings: The traditional New Orleans band parade costume (pictured) with mardi gras beads
  • Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras Parades & Parties: The traditional New Orleans parade costume with mardi gras beads or purple, green and gold mardi gras costumes
Hire A New Orleans Band Parade

In Orlando, Florida, Central Florida and Florida contact Music Remembrance for an authentic New Orleans style brass band performing dixieland second line music.  A large selection of different size brass jazz bands are available.  If you would like, the band continues performing for your event after the parade.

While booking a second line parade, mardi gras parade, dixieland parade, jazz parade, funeral processional, and New Orleans wedding parade, ask your musicians if they are full time performers to get the best bands available. Music Remembrance uses all full time professional musicians.

New Orleans Band parades make your funeral, wedding or event memorable. We hope to be a part or your event. Please let us know how we can serve you.