Brides that manage to have incredible wedding receptions with really good live bands usually ask around before even looking online to book a band. Bridesmaids, friends, co-workers and sometimes family members will know of a great local band with a good reputation for entertaining at weddings.

If that doesn't seem to help, the next step for many brides is to either search online for bands via a booking agency or just do a search for bands in the city or location of the wedding. The thing to be careful about is to make sure that you don't go over your wedding budget as you'll want to save as much money on your wedding as possible while still having a very classy wedding and reception with wonderful memories that will last forever.

 

Booking agencies usually have some really good live bands but the wedding cost will most certainly increase if you hire one of their better bands. The cost will increase because in addition to paying for the band, you'll pay the booking agency a fee as well which may be a safer way to go and less risky because band booking agencies know that their reputation for sending out good live bands must remain first class or their clients will decrease and so will their bottom line.

 

However there are some bands that refuse to work with a booking agency because they don't want brides and clients to have to spend the extra money so they pass the savings on to the brides and wedding planners as well as party planners and the like.

 

Bands such as these have a well established reputation for playing weddings, parties and social events and do well without having to work with a booking agency of any kind. Most wedding and party planners like to hire such bands because it saves them money,as well as brides and others. To find and book a band of this type, you'll need to search online and listen to the song samples to have an idea of what they sound like.

 

There are two important things to remember when you are considering booking a band online. First listen to their song demos. Then email and ask them if the person/s singing online will be the same one/s singing at your wedding reception. Next, ask them if the same person playing piano or keyboards on the song demos will be the same person playing at the wedding reception. If the answer to both of these questions is yes, you can be sure that the sound will be about the same as you heard it online. Most party bands true sound an style is centered around the lead singer and the keyboardist (something that most people don't know).

 

That's not to say that the other musicians and singers don't matter because they do, but the truth is unless it is an acoustic type band you are hiring, or a band that's more guitar oriented, it's pretty much all about the lead singer's same identical voice and the same keyboard player that you heard on the band site, otherwise there might be an obvious difference in the sound when it comes a party band or dance band. You'll want to know exactly what you'll be getting when you hire a band online and these are key points to remember.