Dinner music for your Dallas wedding reception

I'm someone who when I say I like all types of music, I really do like all types of music...ok, almost all types--I can think of a few I don't like. However, one of my favorite genres of music is the type of music I often play for cocktail hour and dinner at my wedding receptions. It consists of soft/light rock, singer-songwriter, and jazzy/lounge type music. Basically, easy to listen to, but not boring, music.>There are some DJs who are content to just pop in a CD of Jazz and hit play, or shuffle between some Sinatra and other adult standards. But I think the cocktail & dinner music can set the mood for the night, so I spend a lot of time planning the music for those times.

As with all aspects of the music that is played, I allow my clients to choose as much or as little of the music. Some of my clients just give me some artists & song titles to play. Others choose a whole list of music. Then I also have couples who give me total freedom and complete control over the cocktail & dinner music. Whatever each couple decides, I spend just as much time programming and planning the cocktail and dinner music as I do the dancing music.

Will the dinner music make or break your wedding? Probably not. But if I can get your guest's toes tapping even before we've started dancing, it starts the process of getting them in the mood to dance. And that will help encourage a packed dance floor later in the evening.

When my clients give me total freedom, here's an idea of some songs I might play.