How to Set Your Wedding to Music (Wedding Music Guide & Music CD) [Spiral-bound]

Gloria Sklerov (Author), Barbara Rothstein (Author)

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"Barbara & Gloria show you how to make your wedding as magical as you've always dreamed..." -- Randi Tae Treibitz, Award-winning wedding DJ

"Choosing the music and planning a great wedding program has never been so easy." -- Mindy Weiss , Pres., Mindy Weiss & Jam, Beverly Hills, California

Barbara and Gloria take you by the hand and guide you to the wedding of your dreams, step-by-step. -- Mort Olshan, Owner, Hilton Hotel, Marco Island, Florida

From the Publisher

If you're like most brides, the first thing you probably thought of when you became engaged was your gown. Then possibly you turned your attention to your location and setting, flowers, etc. And rightly so, for all these things will make your wedding LOOK beautiful. Music however, will make your wedding FEEL beautiful. Music can unite a room full of people and bring them together as one mind, one heart...or not. Unfortunately, too many couples leave most of their music planning decisions to hired DJs or bandleaders, thinking that once they've hired a great band or DJ, and chosen their favorite songs, their music is taken care of. Nothing could be further from the truth. (Have you noticed how few great weddings there really are? As a wedding guest, have you ever felt that you couldn't wait to leave?) Having been to too many boring weddings where the music was either monotonous, too loud or even offensive, we came to realize how great a need there was for a really great music guide and planner for weddings. We are thrilled to be able to share years of professional wedding music experience and expertise with you in "HOW TO SET YOUR WEDDING TO MUSIC", the ONE & ONLY complete music guide and planner for weddings available anywhere.

The guide may also be ordered with our exciting new wedding music CD, "SET YOUR WEDDING TO MUSIC." In addition to the tremendous help and guidance the book provides, the CD is a real advantage when dealing with musicians, DJs, emcees, wedding planners, coordinators, and each other. Even at large formal weddings, CDs have become increasingly popular. (Every good band will come equipped to play CDs of your favorite artists and recordings). Our CD contains 18 contemporary productions of beautiful wedding standards and new "traditionals". Available for the first time are songs featured in wedding scenes from "The Guiding Light" and "Another World" (including the 1997 Emmy Award-winning song of the year) -- the lush instrumental version of Andrea Bocelli's international hit, "Con Te Partiro" (fast becoming a favorite wedding processional) and many more, all from Grammy and Emmy award-winning professionals. Every special moment of your wedding will find expression among these glo! rious selections, making "HOW TO SET YOUR WEDDING TO MUSIC" even more complete. (Check out the complete package by searching Amazon for the same title, and click ISBN Number: 0967428017 -- you'll save almost $7.00 off the price of the book and CD if bought separately). --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 170 pages
• Publisher: MusiConcepts (April 15, 2000)
• ISBN-10: 0967428017
• ISBN-13: 978-0967428017
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,471,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Total Lifesaver!, May 26, 2000

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K. White (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Set Your Wedding to Music (Wedding Music Guide & Music CD) (Spiral-bound)

I received this book as a gift about a month before my wedding. I was going totally crazy with self-doubt about how the wedding was going to turn out. I just wanted everyone to have a great time and for it to go smoothly. But from the minute I started reading even the first introduction, I felt reassured and full of hope that we were on the right track, or that we would be soon with just a little effort. Not only does this book have everything you can possibly think of, it's a pleasure to read and easy-to-use. It helped to make our wedding more wonderful than we ever dreamed. Everything we needed was all there...a total lifesaver. We not only were able to deal with our bandleader with some authority, together, we worked out a great plan for the whole wedding program using the great ideas and tips in the guide book. The forms in the workbook were amazing because they led us every step of the way. We're still getting calls telling us what a wonderful wedding we had and how good a time everybody had - and how they loved the music. Speaking of music, we actually used the CD at the wedding. We loved the Celtic feel of "The Wedding Song" and we used it before the ceremony. Also, I fell in love with the instrumental of "Con Te Partiro" and used it for our processional. We both still listen to the album and it brings back wonderful memories. I wish every wedding could have the warmth and the closeness we all seemed to feel that day and we owe so much of that to the music planning guidance from "How to Set Your Wedding to Music". I'd give it a 5 star rating.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A TREASURE, May 19, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: How To Set Your Wedding To Music - the Complete Wedding Music Guide (Book only) (Spiral-bound)

I just loved reading this book! The table of contents alone was an education. I realized how many things there were to consider besides the songs themselves. We'd both been to so many boring weddings! I was beginning to worry if everybody would have a great time at ours. Not only is "How To Set Your Wedding To Music" loaded with great ideas and information from beginning to end, it's totally easy and fun to read.

Most of all, it helped us plan a fabulous wedding program. We were guided every step of the way by the workbook pages, and the forms helped us create the total program for the whole wedding. Everybody loved it. Everybody was part of everything. And thank goodness for the first rate concise chapter on dealing with DJs and bands. Without this book, I know our wedding would not have turned out to be so wonderful for us and for everyone there. Not only friends, but our aunts and uncles and cousins of all generations are still raving about what a great time they had and how terrific the music was. It makes us feel so good to know that everyone we care about really felt part of it all. I'd give this book the highest rating. Don't plan your wedding without it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Made My Wedding Great!, June 12, 2002

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Debbie Fogerty (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Set Your Wedding to Music (Wedding Music Guide & Music CD) (Spiral-bound)

If your wedding music is great, then your wedding is great. This book helped us do that. We were able to create this wonderful emotional feeling at our ceremony and a great party at our reception by following their suggestions. Not only was the book full of all kinds of tips and info we didn't know about planning music, but the CD was fabulous as well. We used almost all of it. Some of our guests wanted to know what Cd it was because they all loved the music. There are new versions of some old wedding songs that are really beautiful, like The Wedding Song and Sunrise Sunset. I never heard them done like that before and probably wouldn't have used those songs because they usually sound so old-fashioned. But these were like they had just been done for my wedding. This was the first time I'd seen a music guide for weddings, expecially with a CD and I'm thrilled I found it.