Wedding Song Advice!!!

[Robertt8]

Hey people,

I've been suckered into writing a tune for my brothers wedding, and the DJ needs the song by the 18th (why the hell would he need it a half a month before the wedding?! I could use that time to record!) and I've just finished writing it...like literally minutes ago. I'm spending tomorrow night recording (I actually would have opted to play live, but this is the way it was requested from the fam).

What I'd like to know before I record, is there anything I should know that might help this sound better running over DJs speakers? Should I avoid much panning? I'm afraid people on one side of the room are only going to hear some stuff and vice versa. Also, any other wedding-ish info would be nice too, I've never written a wedding song before. I tried to keep the song unthreatening, it's going to be a couple guitars, main voice, and a couple back ups.

I'll post what I've got tomorrow, hopefully I'll get some good feedback here I can use.

Thanks!

 

[Toki987]

Your a cool dude for doing this for yo brother!!

A wedding song....hmmmm.... Whippin Post?

 

[Toki987]

wow, weird, I had 4 posts and clicked once I thought...cable is fazst!!!!!


I was kiddin you before, I guess you know

Id center the main voc and slightly offcenter the background and keep them behind the main. I'd pan the guitars jus slightly left and right so it sound like two cats are sitting there playing. Too much panning, and if the PA is spread wide, one side of the room gets a radically different mix.:

 

[Robertt8]

Actually, the whipping post will be for me if I don't get this song done tonight!

Hey thanks Toki987! I thought I'd discovered a new hot topic with wedding song advice , but alas, it was a mere glitch ...anyhoo, thanks for the advice...sounds good and makes perfect sense! Oh, and yeah, I assumed you were joking about that whipping post...but that would definitely be funnier than my song. Thanks for the feed back!


Any other advice out there?

 

[mixmkr]

use less reverb ...and potentially none...or very little.

...and I'd think it'd better to error on the side of too little bass than too much, if you aren't really sure. Keep your guitars sounding nice and bright. The DJ speakers may be kinda "hyped" and boost the bottom end...certainly probably not flat like your monitor speakers. I think with the panning...I'd pretty much stick with what you'd normally do, but be careful of extreme stuff. Otherwise, I feel you'd be ok.

"another one bites the dust?"

 

[JMarcomb]

wow... thats crazy... im going through the same thing right now.

with a half a month to go til my brothers reception.


Im gonna go direct... because most likely the pa speakers will cause the guitar mic(s) to go bananas because of the DJ setup.

I dont know if your using backing tracks, but i'll have to burn a backing track cd... and hopefully a decent cue man.

there will be ~250 people there, so this better work

Good luck on your show also