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Music for 30 year olds
I just got booked to play a 3 hour wedding rehearsal this Friday. I asked if they had any specific requests, the mom replied just play some things from their (30 yr. olds) generation.
I have some John Mayer, Ed Sheeran, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban, Chris Stapleton and Jason Mraz. When i looked at the hits of 2012 which would have been their high school graduation, i got a big steaming pile of Pop songs that were all beat oriented. Suggestions are welcome. Thanks. |
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I'm 38, so maybe on the older side of this, but...
Here is the list of what we requested the band play at my wedding 8 years ago: Sugar-Maroon 5 Shake It Off-Taylor Swift Rolling in the Deep-Adele Hello-Adele Uptown Funk-Bruno Mars Blank Space-Taylor Swift Teenage Dream-Katy Perry Thinking Out Loud-Ed Sheeran Feel So Close To You Right Now-Calvin Harris Just The Way You Are-Bruno Mars Get Lucky-Daft Punk It Had To Be You-Frank Sinatra Come Fly With Me -Frank Sinatra Just The Way You Look Tonight-Frank Sinatra Theme from New York, New York -Frank Sinatra Wonderful Tonight-Eric Clapton You Are So Beautiful-Joe Cocker Bless The Broken Road-Rascal Flatts Unforgettable-Nat King Cole Isn't She Lovely-Stevie Wonder Stand By Me-Ben E King Every Breath You Take-The Police Georgia on my Mind-Ray Charles La Bamba-Ritchie Valens Brown Eyed Girl-Van Morrison When I Fall In Love – Nat King Cole Dream A Little Dream Of Me – E. Fitzgerald The Best Is Yet To Come – T. Bennett Can’t Help Falling In Love With You – Harry Connick Jr. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones What A Wonderful World – L. Armstrong Crazy Love – M. Buble Be My Baby – The Ronettes
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A couple ideas
The White Stripes - We're Going to Be Friends Norah Jones - ? Brandi Carlile - The Story, ? Jason Isbell - If We Were Vampires, Cover Me Up, ? Leon Bridges - ? Bahamas - Already Yours, Half Your Love, ? |
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Thanks all
Mobile: Good newsis at least half of those are on my setlist Bfm. i did ask specifics and the response was…play something for the generation Tram, thanks for the suggestions. |
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Very interesting.
I've got a gig this afternoon for hikers on the Appalachian Trail. The age distribution for hikers is interesting. They tend to be the people with more time and less commitments, so lots of young (college-age) hikers, and lots of early retirement age (50's-60's) folks. The second group is both my age range and my usual audience. We'll see how it goes over. |
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I just want to know what kind of wedding rehearsal lasts 3 hours and has live music the whole time!
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Rehearsal dinner….cocktail hour, dinner, after dinner. I assume.
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I can't be of much help other than to note that our set list is wildly eclectic but comprised of a heavy rotation of Boomer era acoustic music. It always surprises me that 20 and 30 something listeners are enthusiastic about hearing the 'music my parents played when I was growing up!' "Amy" seems a universal favorite and I would have never predicted that. Truth told, Rokdog and I play songs we like, and if the audience likes them as well that's also enjoyable!
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One of my nieces came to visit once. She brought her iPod (she doesn't believe in stereo systems) and a bunch of "music old people like." The whole weekend, there was only one artist we could stand: Aretha. Age just doesn't say enough about taste. Find out what they like listening to. That mom might be surprised. |
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Charlie, As noted, i did inquire about specifics and did not receive direction which led me tothe original post.
Long story short, i pulled up a bunch of my normal stuff… Van Morrison, Beatles, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Sinatra…etc. Also included Ray Lamontagne, Allen Stone, Kacey Musgraves, Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, Chris Stapleton, Keith Urban. I feel like im good to go….thanks. |