I have a question. How do you time out your processional music, if using popular tunes?
I mean, as it stands, we're thinking of using 1 song for the bridal party/families, and another song for my grand entrance.
Our aisle is probably all of 20 seconds long to walk.
So, how does it work? Do we fade it out when its time to switch tunes and then fade it out again after I reach the altar? Do we genetically alter the songs to be xx minutes long? But then, what about the fact that my walk is only going to last all of 30 seconds of a 4 minute song? Should I just suck it up and do one song for the whole thing, so my song doesn't seem so... piddly?
Tell me, wise ones. How do you do it?
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there's a free program called Audacity that lets you edit music files (and save them to be burnt onto a CD). You can fade it out when you want to or fade one song into another so that you can get your timing just right. It's a super cool program, though it does take a lot of fussing around to figure out.
I've been wondering the same sort of thing. of course mine is a beach wedding and there is a long boardwalk, and we have an acoustic guitarist...I plan to use one song for the bridal parties/family and another for my entrance as well, then another song for the recessional.
If you have 2 different songs, just have someone man the iPod (or whatever you're using) and fade it for you. I wouldn't worry about the brevity of each clip.
I would use the fade idea, but I would also edit the songs to be the bits that you really want to hear. Time them for the walks involved and see if you can't combine them into one file. That might eliminate the need for someone to man the music other than to hit play (depending on your setup). I did some fiddling in Garage Band for my music and it helped a lot.
We had 3 songs for the entrances. We had fades in between them.
I'm using the same song for the bridal party and me: "I Love NYE" by Badly Drawn Boy. There is a short break in the song, and when it starts up again, that is my cue to walk down the aisle.
I have the song on my blog if you're interested in hearing it; otherwise it also comes up in a youtube search. :)
I think it would be cool to pick out your favorite clips of the songs, maybe a 50 second - 1 minute portion of each, to make sure you have enough music just in case, and then burn it to a CD with fades between them. That way you get the exact music you've been imagining played as you walk down the aisle instead of getting halfway without the words even starting yet. Just a thought.
such a good question! I've put a lot of thought into this as well!
Every wedding I attend, I notice the music, but my main focus are the people coming down the aisle. If you want a different song, then play one. Who cares about the logistics of song-blending?! I think it will be fabulous anyway you decide to do it.
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pick shortish songs, make your girls and boys walk slow and just absorb as much of the song as you want. we had a family song that played while everyone sat and then we faded to a kinda funky trex song for the bridal party which then faded to the song for me (which for some reason i can't even remember now!). fading works best and your d.o.c. can work through that during the rehearsal.
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