Live wedding music can be expensive for couples on a budget. However, we found secrets to help keep the music flowing, costs low and without DJs.
Generally, the more musicians and the more hours, the larger the cost, Chandler Judkins, President of Las Vegas Wedding Music, said. Las Vegas Wedding Music is the number one musician contracting company in Las Vegas. Many options are available to keep costs low if you work with a flexible musician contractor.
1. Ask for deals
Many wedding music contractors have specials for those who cant afford the big band of their dreams or even a small string quartet.
For example, Las Vegas Wedding Music offers a string quartet for ceremony music in Las Vegas for around $500 if the quartet is used for the ceremony only.
String quartets usually charge by the hour and have a two hour minimum which could easily start at $800.
Sometimes wedding music contractors are also the musicians in some of their own bands, so they have discounts to use the bands that they themselves play in.
Chandler Judkins of Las Vegas Wedding Music plays the trumpet in many of his wedding music groups, so a jazz quartet...