Are you feeling the pressure yet? Do it your way. Nobody can tell you what to do. Why would you not want your Wiltshire wedding reception to reflect your own tastes? Compulsion to conform may come from many different sources – from the so-called “friendly advice” of parents and family to the never ending stream of social media trends, but ultimately your wedding is your one day to do exactly what you want to without strings attached. If having a first dance fills you with dread, don’t have one. If cake cutting isn’t your thing, don’t do it. If you haven’t been dreaming of this day since you were little, that’s fine – you don’t need to fill it with wedding dresses, party favours and all the other stuff that people are expecting / nagging you to do.
After all, weddings are really just an excuse for a big party with you and your partner at the centre – or at least, they should be. So if alternative / non-traditional is your thing, do it your way. And if this mantra can be extended to all elements of your wedding reception, you should be able to take the same approach when choosing live wedding entertainment. Now of course, if you do want to fill your dance floor with wedding guests, it’s wise to think of hiring a live wedding band who can play songs for everyone, but don’t let those considerations stop you from hiring wedding entertainment which reflects your own musical tastes.
However, as you may have noticed, the playlists of some Wiltshire wedding bands make you think that they have read “please play something for everyone” as “play bland and inoffensive music all night”. And let’s face it, when searching for live wedding entertainment, there are only so many funk and soul versions of “Sex on fire” or interminably long instrument solos one can listen to before developing a wedding headache. Unfortunately, there are so many of these types of wedding bands polluting the internet that it can be hard to find the type of rough musical diamond you had your heart set on.
Luckily, HARD TO HANDLE BAND are here to save the day. We bridge the divide between frenetic, high-energy kick-ass live band music and the professional approach one might expect from a seasoned touring production. Equally at home playing emo anthems, infectious pop and classic rock, we are also dedicated to delivering an organisational experience which engenders trust – we’re talking about things like liaising with your venue, demystifying the booking process, providing timely and accurate answers to questions, creating a structure for your evening with non-stop live Wiltshire wedding band and DJ* music all night and learning your song requests.
We take what we do seriously and have a lot of fun doing it. That may sound like a contradiction, but as professional wedding musicians our job is to entertain you and your guests, so as well as all of our live band music sounding great (over 2 hours of rock, pop, indie and more), we also need to convey a sense of fun, because this is one of the best ways of getting your guests on the dance floor and keeping them there. So when you hire HARD TO HANDLE as your Warminster wedding band, you’ll see us engaging with your guests all night, jumping up and down like lunatics, running around mid-song and generally creating a rapport which allows your invitees to relax and enjoying themselves. We also create the structure for the evening so you’d don’t have to worry about what’s happening next. In fact, all you have to do is concern yourself with what dance move you’re going to bust next!
When Philippa and James hired HARD TO HANDLE for their Wiltshire wedding entertainment at The Gathering Barn in Warminster they knew all of this in advance. Not because they are psychic – they had instead taken advantage of the wealth of information to be found on our website – from FAQs, music videos and setlists to hundreds of video reviews from previous brides and grooms – to assure then selves that we were the perfect band for them. When searching for Wiltshire wedding music bands, it’s interesting to compare our website to others. Wedding couples usually discover that our website is much more informative, expansive and gives a complete view of the service we offer rather than just a short snapshot. We believe in providing brides and grooms with all the information they need in order to make an informed decision about the best Wiltshire wedding band for them.
They also decided early on that they wanted to do their wedding their way, and they knew that whichever one of the best Wiltshire wedding bands they hired, there were certain songs they definitely wanted their Wiltshire wedding band to play. So:
- No first dance
- Gay Bar as the first live band song
- I believe in a thing called love as the second live band song
- live band playlist weighted towards 1990s, pop punk, classic rock and indie
- No cheese and definitely no “Come on Eileen!”
HARD TO HANDLE were happy to oblige. We customise our live band and DJ sets for every single wedding reception we perform at, which means that you get to choose the music we play.
Philippa and James certainly appreciated this approach, and when they had enough information to make that decision, the choice was clear – with a huge 400 live wedding band playlist, over 2 hours of band music AND a DJ service, they chose HARD TO HANDLE. And because we played all the music they and their guests wanted to hear, by the end of the night there were lots of hoarse voice and aching feet – not that this stopped Philippa wanting to tell everyone about how great we are! After dancing and singing non-stop all night however, her voice had given out but she managed two thumbs up and to say “you had too many bangers!” Not to worry though as her guests had got her back, whooping and cheering encouragement.
While we can’t guarantee that you won’t be quite as hoarse as Philippa after spending the whole night on the dance floor dancing and singing along to classic and contemporary wedding music all night, but we’re pretty sure you’ll be as happy as her and her husband!
https://hardtohandleband.co.uk/wiltshire-wedding-band/
Tel: 0796 433 5657
Email: info@hardtohandleband.co.uk
*we provide a live manned DJ service as standard on all bookings at no extra charge.