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Are you searching for weddings and parties music ideas?
Let me give you a tip to help your searching.
But first, here we are one evening back in 2010, creating a soft background for a business reception at the Capital Club, in San Jose. Thanks for the nice photo, Ross Mehan.
We’d been recommended to the event’s planner who immediately searched for our website, found us, and the rest is history.
Today the internet is a wonderful resource for information, and the future looks bright. But be cautious — you can find someone here to support practically anything at all. Whatever you read may be true if you believe it, but not because you read it here.
With that warning in mind, let’s recognize how remarkable online searching can be. Friends, colleagues, businesses, and clients find their friends, colleagues, businesses, and clients. We have unprecedented access to advice and information.
Just a few years ago all we had were telephone directory assistance, a dictionary, an encyclopedia, and the public library. Amazing! Do you remember?
The chances are excellent that today you search on Google, Yahoo, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, iTunes, and dozens more “engines” all the time. You can easily find practically anything.
Now let me change perspective for just for a minute. Are YOU easy to find, and can you make it easier? Or more difficult? The answer should be important, today more than ever.
Search for your own name, and you’ll find lots of information — some of it trivial, some of it crucial, and most of it interesting in some way. But think about your privacy.
In my case, for example, searching for “Robbie Schlosser” back in 2010, Google delivered about 584,000 links and about 246,000 images. I found 5 “Robbie Schlosser”s and 178 “R. Schlosser”s in the United States. Facebook listed just one “Robbie Schlosser” and 52 “Robert Schlosser”s worldwide. I’m always curious, and with enough time I’d explore them all. Someday maybe.
For another example, I found several Magnolia Jazz Bands in addition to my own. Here’s one. In Norway back in 1972, my friend Gunnar Gotaas organized the “Magnolia Jazzband”. For years, his group has specialized in playing old style New Orleans music at social clubs and festivals throughout Europe.
I’ve never met Gunnar, but we’ve corresponded, have a few friends in common, and I enjoy the spirit in his band’s music. They’re very popular overseas, with a number of LPs, CDs, and YouTube videos available.
In fact, people searching for my band occasionally stumble upon his website or videos instead, because Google and the rest don’t distinguish between “Jazz Band” and “Jazzband”. I imagine people searching for Gunnar’s band occasionally stumble upon mine, too. It’s an interesting “bump in the road”, and I hope not a serious problem for anyone.
But back to weddings and parties. Are you planning a celebration? These days it’s easy to find whatever advice and information you need, especially if you’re searching for music, as we’ll as flowers, attire, decor, menus, and a dozen other features. Once you begin, the more you search, the more you can focus your quest, the more effective you’ll be. Sky’s the limit.
Putting all the details together, we’ll that’s another story. The more complex the plan, the more the voice of professional experience can be helpful. Know what I mean?
So here’s a tip for anyone planning wedding or party music: When you begin seeking ideas and gathering inspirations, search online. A search engine can be your best friend at this early stage of the game.
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