Today I’ll Celebrate a Birthday

Today is Family Day around here, and I’m going to celebrate a birthday!  Nearly every day I’m helping people with music for their weddings and parties.  And most of my blog posts focus on this music.  I’ll entertain at cocktail parties yesterday and tomorrow, and I’ll blog about them Sunday.  But today I’m breaking the […]

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Wedding School – for Planners and Their Associates?

If you want to become a good wedding planner, you can attend a wedding school, read books, and sign up for a planner certification program, like the APCWC. Many sources of training are available, including the ever-popular “school of hard knocks”, where you learn whatever you can by recovering from your mistakes. And as you gain […]

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Planning Anniversary Music

Planning anniversary music for a memorable party is easy. We’re not limited to the list of exclusively contemporary music in the above link. Instead, we planners have several “built-in” landmarks. For example, we know the year the happy couple got married, and we know how many years ago that was.  So we can search for songs that […]

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A Successful Blog for Wedding and Party Music

Sooner or later, everyone wants a successful blog, right? But what makes your blog successful? Depends on what you’re aiming for.  For example, I’ve been blogging since 2007.  Above is a picture of my very first post, back on September 26, 2007.  Click the image to see it enlarged and in better focus. My blog has changed quite […]

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My Writing Voice and My Speaking Voice

Whatever I do, I’m writing nearly all the time, every day.  You too? When I market the band to someone planning music for a party, I’m just as likely to be writing as speaking.  The same when I’m helping wedding coordinator or a bride-to-be plan the music for her celebration. So I hope my writing voice […]

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Wedding Blogs Might Mention Music

I make a living playing in the band entertaining at weddings and parties.  Thanks to my friend Scott MacDonald, for this photo of us at a recent reception. For inspiration, I love browsing wedding blogs.  Lots of them.  But they all disappoint me. Now don’t get me wrong.  They’re gorgeous to look at. Reading them […]

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Learning Facebook for Wedding Music and Party Music

I approach learning Facebook the same way I approach learning anything. When I find something I want to learn, I seek people who show me they know it.  Then I follow the examples they set and what they teach about.  Hopefully both. I often say I’m no social media expert, and in my search I keep finding […]

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A Tip for Using Facebook for Networking

Most of my friends and colleagues are using Facebook and similar social media.  Especially Facebook, so I’m keeping particularly active there.  In the process I’ve recently created another benefit from using Facebook. Actually it’s not new in the world — just new to me.  It applies to the professional networking group I’m most active in: […]

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Planning Music for a Wedding or a Party

Nearly all the posts in this blog concern either “planning music” or my life as a jazzman. Whenever I’m working I’m likely to be either entertaining at someone’s celebration today or else helping someone planning music for their festivities two months from now. The latter is a conversation I’ve enjoyed repeating nearly every day since […]

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My Blog Challenge and Ten Eager Bloggers I’ve Just Met

On April 1st I accepted an Ultimate Blog Challenge and since then I’ve met many wonderful bloggers.  This blog challenge is simple:  Publish 30 new posts to your blog in the next 30 days. Yes, that was on April Fool’s Day, and it probably encouraged me.  Hey, take a foolish chance!  I usually blog to market my […]

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