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As you can imagine we musicians have our favorite places to play. I want to extol the virtues of one particular wedding venue which has grown on me - and literally grown, too! - over the last few years.
Garden Vineyards is … ok, how do I start? There are so many great aspects [...]
Actually, rock shows aside, I was recently at a rap show, and I was so charmed when Nas‘ beats dude said to everyone “get out your phone lights” and everyone — I mean EVERYONE — got out their cell phones and held them up. Then lights dude killed everything but one stage light [...]
Last week I posted a “top ten” list of classical recessionals; now it’s time for an overdue discussion of non-classical/other/alternative recessionals.
I’ve been thinking about this for a long while. Years, actually. While Vivaldi’s Spring is a tried-and-true, can’t-go-wrong sort of piece for the recessional (and everyone loves it), and of course there are [...]
There’s something for everyone in that list!
This is not about music, but you really should know about Sock Dreams. Way back in the day, before there was Collage and before there was Sock Dreams, we all worked together at a little grocery store in Southeast Portland. Eventually we all got tired of [...]
This is all we could remember off the top of our heads (from the last, say, four years or so. We can’t remember further back than that).
Abernethy Center
Abiqua Country Estate
Academy Chapel & Ballroom
Acadian Ballroom
Adrianna Hill Grand Ballroom
A few words about processionals for parents/grandparents and attendants.
One very important thing to consider is that it’s a good idea to delineate the processionals from the prelude music. Prelude music is usually light classical or other more or less easy-listening music; background music. The first processional piece signals the beginning of the ceremony,
“I have no idea!” you say.
Hmm… common problem. You are not alone in this. I try to put myself in your shoes. If I was getting married, what would I walk to?
I have no idea.
We’re not getting anywhere. Perhaps it’s time for a lousy Haiku:
you are getting hitched
i’ll play music for [...]
We had a late gig downtown tonight so on our way home (Long! Arduous! Two whole miles all the way across the river to Irvington!) we stopped at, of all places, the newly opened Voodoo Doughnuts on NE Sandyish and about 15th. Now, mind you we’ve known about VD for a long time - David [...]
I got all interested in the origins of wedding ceremony traditions recently, because of the particularly charming ceremony of Justin and Heather. Honestly, I had not given a moment’s thought to why we always have this crowd of well-dressed people standing around the bride and groom. And separated by gender, no less! [...]
This is gonna be a whole series of posts about ceremony music, so get ready…
In this series we’ll have a number of topics.
Traditions for the ceremony. It’s good to know them whether you adhere to them or not, then you can follow them or invent your own.
“I have no idea!” - our thoughts [...]