Wedding bands

[suzdoyle]

Great advice, John. I would add that, with an outdoor wedding, it's a good idea to have a car battery and a power transformer on hand, cause you never know when the electricity might not be as accessible as thought.I also always bring a little collection of various kinds of adapters, especially grounded to non-grounded outlet adapters. Handy in older buildings. ,Suz

[mazz]

Suz,I'd say that a car battery and transformer is above and beyond the call of duty!! LOLI usually make sure that the venue has an outlet a reasonable distance from the wedding location. If the outlet doesn't work when I arrive, that's on the venue to get that handled. If they have a lot of weddings, they usually have a groundskeeper that is familiar with that kind of issue. The electricity has to be available at the plug, then I can get it to my rig. Unless you're in the middle of the woods, a car battery shouldn't be necessary, IMO!!MazzPS: Be very careful in the use of a ground lift adapter, particularly if playing outdoors!! I have an outlet tester that will tell if the neutral is wired correctly. If not, beware!!

[mojobone]

If you're outdoors, take a tarp to quickly cover your gear in case of rain. Do not accept less than $500 for any wedding gig, even in an economically depressed area; remember that the worst DJ in town makes $400 and has only one person to pay. Add in that you can accept no other gigs because a wedding shoots your whole day-they'll often request that you set up way before you play, will often request special music, and you'll be dealing with bridezillas and momzillas, instead of professional talent bookers who can't afford to say or do things that might tend to give them a bad reputation among musicians-at the end of the day, doing weddings is a public service at triple the going rate. Bless you for considering it. Now go learn the Chicken Dance...;D