Great Wedding Bands for Hire

Being able to hire a band for wedding entertainment and wedding music is not as easy as you

may think! There are so many cover bands, wedding bands and general live music bands out

there that you would think you should be spoiled for choice.

But, what do you have to go on? A shiny website? A good write up? All of these are relatively

easy to come by... in fact, websites for bands may be produced free of charge.

In all honesty, there are a lot of bands who are part time and use it to earn pocket money at the

weekend as it suits. They do not rely on the income as they have other jobs. You are more than

likely to find them booked at pubs more often than not. But, now with their shiny website and

fancy spiel they may well be on their way to your wedding.....

So, when you hire a band you need to check out a few things. Yes, a website is a great starting

point to see what the band look like, how they sound and the style of music that they play. After

all, its no good hiring a jazz band if the majority of your guests would prefer a rock and pop

band.

The website will indicate how much the soul band for hire is prepared to invest in them. It will

show you if they are prepared to put out the right image. A badly designed (or cheap looking)

website will possibly give you an idea of what to expect.

In addition, the website should be able to give you an idea of how the sounds. A professional

band will have some studio recordings for you to listen to and also possibly a video or two for

you to watch. Again, this will help determine if this is the right band for you and your wedding

and also show once more that the band are prepared to invest in themselves as a professional

product.

Finally, because you do not want a pub band to be turning up at your wedding you should avoid

pub bands! Simple really... and how do you do this? Check their availability and see if the band

is performing mainly at pubs. If they are then they are obviously not getting enough bookings for

weddings or private parties and this will undoubtedly be for a reason.

A busy band is a fantastic sign! Read through the bands previous customer feedback and see

what kind of events they have performed at in the past. Weddings, Birthday Party, etc. this will

also provide a good indicator as to suitability.