Musical Dilemma! Help please!

angelmr2

My fiance and I are getting married on October 5, 2012. We are hiring my uncle to play music for us, since we are on a budget.

The problem is that my fiance and I are both into very heavy metal. We don't listen to popular music, or dance/party music. I would like to play things that the majority of the guestlist will enjoy, since most of them save our close friends will not like our personal musical preferences.

Most of our guestlist is older (Aunts and Uncles - we are both ~25 so theyre all 50+). But we also have cousins, ranging from 12 years old to mid 30s.

I want to play music that people will have a good time with, but I would also like some sort of inclusion of some music that we also like (I dont plan on having any head banging or anything - haha)

My idea was this , we have a ceremony and reception at the same place, inside is where the DJ will be, but outside is where people can go to mingle. Would it be unpleasant to have some rock and roll (not metal, that would be too hard I think) playing outdoors while the other music is going on indoors? Or how should I do this?

I'm totally lost as what to play for people at a party - especially since I don't really go to parties! I don't want this to be a flop. Any help is appreciated. 

AKAshleyK

Hi,

I dont think you need two sets of music for inside and out. I like the idea of having seperate spaces, but it might be nice to have a 'quiet' area where people can talk.

Play the music you like, (more people friendly rock) mixed with some older classics. 

You can always search for playlist ideas.

Good luck!

[Deleted User]

^^  Good advice, AKAshleyK.  It all depends if you want the music to be background music or dance music.  I am a musician, and so is my fiance, so we are having a LOT of music during the ceremony for people to listen to. So for the reception we have a lot more dance music instead of background music.

So if you wanted some background music for people to listen to while eating or talking, jazz or even baroque/classical/romantic era music would be a great choice, because it sounds good at any volume and is fairly accessible to most people's ears (and also, because they can tune it out if they want).  If you wanted more dance music, you could play things that your older crowd would dance to, such as music from the 40s-60s.

I hope this helps!