Jazz Band Music for an Elegant Wedding

  What an elegant wedding!   Can’t you hear our jazz band music? (We’re in the photo’s lower left corner). Here we are back in May 2010, beginning the bride’s processional in a lovely wedding at Brix restaurant, in Napa.  That was a gorgeous afternoon, and congratulations Cheryl and Tim. What a treat to work […]

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Planning Music for an Elegant Party

Planning music for an elegant party requires focus, as well as flashes of inspiration. In my experience, most fine touches creating elegance are deliberately crafted decisions, rather than the happy result of seizing random chance.  But both talents are important. Over the years, I’ve found that practice develops the skill of combining these two talents.  […]

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Getting Fresh Ideas for Wedding and Party Music

Here we back in 2010, greeting Joyce and James’ grand entrance in their elegant wedding at the Stonepine Estate, in Carmel Valley.  I found this photo (from Andrew Hsu’s wonderful video) on Stacie Tamaki’s blog, The Flirty Guide. This fabulous wedding reception required coordinated work from many people — planners, designers, florists, photographers, musicians, videographers, […]

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“Searching” for Weddings and Parties

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 […]

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On Jambalaya, Weddings and Parties

I love jambalaya! Reminds me of many good times, and for my own parties, no celebration is complete without this New Orleans specialty. What a magical blend of ham, chicken, smoked sausage, shrimp, oysters, crab, rice, flour, tomatoes, onions, peppers, garlic, celery, cloves, thyme, allspice, and cayenne.  Thanks to hubpages.com for the photo.  Yum! I […]

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“Franchising” for Weddings and Parties

. Sometimes I feel like this fellow.  . Not because we each began our future careers as hobbies while in elementary school.  Not because we each held a variety of apparently unrelated jobs before finally settling into our successful careers. But because Michael Gerber is a favorite business author of mine.  In his series of […]

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“What’s Your Fee?” for Weddings and Parties

“What’s your fee?” Too often, a conversation begins this way, and I cringe every time. Because it starts us off on the wrong foot.  Because for most of us, the “fee” depends on what we want.  And THAT’S where the conversation ought to begin. For example, here’s the Magnolia Jazz Band one recent summer, entertaining […]

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“Words to Live By” for Weddings and Parties

Do you recognize this logo for Wish Upon A Wedding?  If not yet, you soon will. First, a story.  I’m usually an upbeat fellow, but sometimes life happens, and I temporarily lose heart.  At these times I ask my friends how they stay motivated, and most people I know tell me they guide themselves with […]

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“Networking” for Weddings and Parties

Do you “network”?  I do.  All the time.  Every week, the SF Bay Area boasts dozens of events where people meet to socialize and develop good working relationships. I try to stay abreast of all the get-togethers involving people in the special events biz.  I know about enough of these meetings to keep me busy, […]

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Wedding Showcase at Palo Alto’s Crowne Plaza Cabana

Here we are last January 17, entertaining at a stylish wedding reception at Bonny Doon Vineyards Cafe, in Santa Cruz.  (Congratulations Nicole and George Wu), and thank you for your dramatic photos, Akiko Nabeshima.  With so many guests from out of town and overseas, this group preferred their conversations to dancing.  We received many enthusiastic […]

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