Planner & Music Database

And The Beat Goes On offers a variety of resources to help you plan for your special day. In addition to offering unlimited live consultations for your special day, at the bottom of this page is a link to our online wedding music selection database. This database represents a small portion of our overall music libraries, which currently is over 90,000 songs for each digital sound system we use.

  

Before beginning the music selection process, keep in mind these tips and company policies & guidelines:

 

For an average 6 hour wedding reception, here is an average time breakdown:

60 minutes: Cocktail hour

30 minutes: Introductions/Bridal Dances/Toasts/Blessings

90 minutes: Dinner

 

This leaves on average 2-3 hours for dancing. With most songs averaging 3 1/2 - 4 minutes, that's an average of 15-17 songs per hour that can be played.

 

·        Our DJs carry a vast selection of every type of music. Don’t feel that if a certain

category in this list only has a few selections, that it means that’s all your DJ has for

that category. It is merely a sampling of some of the more popular selections in their

library.

  

·        We always honor and respect your choices for types of songs you don’t want played. If tell us a song not to play and a guest requests it, we politely explain that their host has been to many types of functions and is looking to make theirs special and different, so certain songs will not be played to avoid the “same old party music” atmosphere.

 

·        It is strict company policy not to play songs that contain violent and/ or derogatory sexual themes that are offensive. Period.

 

·        Keep in mind that you have hired a DJ to play music for people to dance to. While we

respect our client’s varied tastes in music, be considerate of the difference between a

favorite songs or music groups of yours that will fill the dance floor because you know they will all like it, and one that you maybe like to listen to in your car or at the gym but would empty a dance floor because it’s either inappropriate or simply not danceable. Basically what we’re saying is that in over the thousands of functions we’ve performed at over the years, we can count on 1 hand the number of times a band like Metallica or Ozzy Osbourne has sent the crowd into a dancing frenzy.

 

·        Everyone always asks about our newer selections such as top 40, r&b, & dance. Basically, most professional DJs, including ourselves,  have exclusive access to companies with names like “Promo Only” or “Hot Hits”. Monthly, the major record companies pool the top radio airplay songs into 1 cd and release it to radio & mobile DJs through subscription services. They contain 15 to 22 of the top songs that will be popular in the upcoming weeks…. basically we’re getting all the new hot songs before they even start playing on the radio. One of the main reasons the companies do this is so that we’ll play their songs & they will make money off people buying their cds! Often, we get copies of songs up to 2 months before the artist even releases the cd.

 

·        Our DJs carry a vast selection of ethnic music, jazz, and various holiday and special occasion music. Simply ask regarding specialty selections and we’ll do our best to make the music for your event memorable and fun!

 

Instructions for using our Online Music Database:

1. Click on the "Music Selection Database" banner below

2. Once you are redirected, you can start selecting songs! You can either search by specific songs and artists, or view the entire database. either way, you will see yellow, red, and green buttons next to each song. By clicking on any button will select the song as such:

"Green"  - Indicates a "must play"

"Yellow" - Indicates a "play if you can fit it in or if it works with what the crowd is dancing to"

"Red" - Do not play under any circumstances

3. Whenever you want to save your list and log out of your session, click on the "Save My List" button. All you will need to do to create your Save settings is to enter your email address and wedding date, and that's it! Your list is saved!

4. To log back in, all you need to do is go to the database link below, and once you are redirected hit the "Load My List" button and enter the email address and date you used in step 3! At our end, we have full access to all clients lists and will print them out before your event.

********IMPORTANT MUSIC SELECTION DEADLINE POLICY***********

Because we pride ourselves on our pre-event preparation and often make backup cds of all of your bridal dances and requested songs, it is company policy that ALL client music selections be submitted no later than 21 days before your event or your final details meeting, whichever comes first (this includes additional lists you have compiled not affiliated with this database). This will afford us the time and opportunity to properly prepare for your event.

Click here to access Music Selection Database

 

Click on  the link below to access and print your .PDF Reception Planner/Introduction Sheet/Music Selection packet :

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/69265655/Full-Wedding-Planner-Client-Guide