Why Cheaper is Much More Expensive
When it comes to planning your wedding, you are faced with having to pay for many services and products that you’ve never bought before. While it might seem initially like hiring the cheapest vendors is the way to go, since you’re saving lots of money, but investing in the best vendors is by far a […]
How to Get a Packed Dance Floor
Brides and grooms always say that one of the most important things to have for their wedding is to a packed dance floor with all of their guests dancing. Of course, it all begins with hiring a versatile, experienced, high-energy Chicago wedding band like David Rothstein Music. From our band’s extensive library, you will have […]
Chicago Wedding Band vs. Chicago Wedding Music Company
A Chicago wedding band requires much more than just the ability to play music for dancing. What you need is a complete Chicago wedding music company. Our company will be able to provide you with all of the music you need for your ceremony, cocktails, dinner, and dancing. While there are lots of Chicago wedding […]
Small Details You’re Forgetting For Your Destination Wedding
A destination wedding gives you and your soon-to-be spouse the opportunity to celebrate your love in a beautiful space! However, it can be easy to miss a few details when planning the event with all the different moving parts. You’ve remembered to hire your wedding planner, picked the venue, and have all the big details […]
Whose Wedding is it Anyway?
Whose Wedding is it Anyway? Balancing Your Parents’ Wishes with Your Own One of the most difficult things in planning a wedding is balancing your own vision with tradition, and this is especially true with parents involved. Weddings are about the couple, but they’re not only about the couple. It’s a chance for friends and […]
15 Qualities of Top Wedding Vendors
15 Qualities of Top Wedding Vendors Based on my last 20 years of working as a bandleader in one of the busiest Chicago wedding bands with a wide variety of wedding vendors, I’ve compiled this list of some qualities I’ve noticed in all the top wedding vendors throughout the nation. 1. EDUCATED – […]
What Is A Band?
In order to define what a Chicago wedding band is, it’s important to start with what a band isn’t. A band isn’t a random group of musicians that get together and play music for a specific event. The same thing applies to people that are all on the same train car, but don’t know each […]
5 Most Important Factors for Choosing a Wedding Ring
Picking out your wedding ring is a choice of a lifetime, and we mean that in the literal sense! This small sentimental piece will adorn you and your partner’s fingers as you journey through this exciting new adventure together. Being such a huge decision, it can be surrounded by anxiety and stress, making it an […]
Gift Ideas For Your Bridal Party
Framed Caricature Giving your best friends a caricature drawing is very unique and an awesome idea if you and your whole crew are close. We have two ideas on how to tackle this… You could have an artist come to your venue the day of to draw up a picture of all of you for […]
The Big Day: Don’t Forget Items!
With your wedding day just around the corner, it’s normal for the nerves to start kicking in. We know how much planning goes into that one single day, but in the end, it’s all worth it. You’ve probably made a list and checked it twice, but sometimes things get forgotten and bumps occur along the […]
Why You Need a Live Band for your Wedding
We’ve all been to weddings where the bride or groom’s cousin/friend-of-a-friend does the DJing for their wedding. Sometimes it can be…passable, but it can also be a disaster! They may not take into consideration your song requests. They may play tired and old wedding music (Hokey-Pokey, Chicken Dance, etc.) They may decide your wedding is […]
Why is a Separate Emcee Such an Advantage?
Every wedding includes plenty of activities from introductions, to toasts, to all your formal dances. It is important to have all of those activities clearly announced by an experienced emcee. All bands have somebody who does this, what makes David Rothstein Music stand out among other Chicago Wedding Bands, is that even though David is […]