Booking your wedding musician: Planner, Agency, Blog or Direct Contact?
Here are three options listed from best to worst and at the end I give my top tip for getting it right. Wedding planners have special relationships with local musicians and may be able to negotiate with them to better fit your budget. They only recommend professional musicians they know they can trust, because after all their reputation is on the line too. Your planner will make the booking and take care of all the details, saving you time and worry. Bridal blog and wedding vendor websites always require the acts on their sites to pay to be listed. It is straight up advertising paid for by the musician. The musicians that pay most are listed first, regardless of their ability or experience. Bridal websites and blogs have no involvement in the booking process and you contact the musician directly using the contact details from their advertisement. Online talent agencies sometimes require musicians to pay to be listed on their sites. Musicians who pay the most are li
