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Plan Your Wedding Stress-Free!

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Wedding planning can be very stressful, but if you take these steps you can plan your wedding in a breeze!  Here is a quick checklist to help you get organized.

Eight months before your wedding you should definitely start looking for a dress, booking entertainment, and hire a photographer. Booking entertainment early is crucial because you want to give yourself enough time to scope out some options, go see them play live, and then choosing one that will fit your budget.  Same with your wedding dress; you need to try on different styles at different places to find the perfect fit at the perfect cost.  You also want to reserve some hotel rooms for out of town guests and sign up for some wedding registries.

Six to seven months before, you should choose invitations, send save-the-date cards and start your wedding day timeline.  At this time you also want to shop for bridesmaids’ dresses, start planning a honeymoon, and book a florist.  You should also book extra items like chairs or lighting elements if you need them.

Four to five months ahead you are getting closer!  Now you want to find some cute and comfortable wedding shoes.  Bring them along when you are going to your dress fitting so you can figure out the best length for your dress.  You should also book rehearsal-dinner venues, order the cake, make a make up and hair appointment, and choose the music that you want to hear.  Make a list of must-have songs and make sure that who ever you hire is willing and able to play those songs.  You don’t want to find out that your wedding band doesn’t know how to play the song you wanted for your first dance!

Three months before, you should be working towards looking at details of your wedding.  You should finalize ceremony readings, flower arrangements, the menu, and the timeline of the ceremony and reception.  This is also a good time to buy the rings, print programs, order favors if you want them, and send a draft of your timeline to hired vendors so they can get an idea of what is going on.

Two months before you should send out invitations, set up a bachelorette party, choose songs you want to hear for sure, and talk to all your vendors just to make sure no one has any questions.

One month before, your wedding is just around the corner!  Make sure to get your marriage license!  You should also have one last dress fitting, send out rehearsal-dinner invitations, make a seating chart for guests, buy gifts for your bridesmaids and groomsmen, and get your hair cut or colored incase you want to change anything before your wedding day.  And the most important part you want to complete are your vows, if you are writing them yourselves.

The week of the wedding is the most exciting!  Do a quick reconfirmation with all vendors to make sure they know when and where they are needed.  Pick up your dress and break in your shoes.  Write checks for vendors ahead of time so you don’t forget to give it to them.  Booking a spa treatment the day before your wedding will calm your nerves and help you to de-stress.  Get a manicure and pedicure too so your nails look freshly done.  All thats left to do is pack for your honeymoon and get ready to enjoy your big day!

If you would like assistance booking live entertainment or DJ services for your next event please call our office at 818-902-1233

 

 

 

 

Salsa Bands in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Salsa bands have been around for a while, but they didn’t always exist.  Here is a short background of how they came to be.  The hot and spicy world of Salsa music arose around the 1960s in New York, New York due to numerous influences.  The influence of this music first came from a Cuban sound because New York was becoming more populated with immigrants from latin countries.

In the late 1960s, Puerto Ricans had a bigger influence on the Latin music scene in New York.  Latin music was not the most popular music in America during the 60s with rock and roll, R&B, and doo wop on the forefront, but that didn’t keep salsa from growing and becoming more popular.  Fania Records, based in Manhattan showcased many talented salsa singers and musicians.  This was the beginning of the salsa explosion; their artists began to sell out major venues and attract large audiences.

After the boom in America, salsa music spread back to multiple Latin countries like Puerto Rico, Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.  The 70s brought salsa music to a whole new level, the music spread like wild fire.  Numerous bands, record labels and radio stations formed that all focused solely on salsa music, which attracted thousands of fans and followers.

Now salsa is an integrated genre of music all over the world and is played on it’s own or as a hybrid with other types of music.  Some of these hybrids include Jazz and Salsa, Salsa-Merengue, Salsa Gorda, Salsaton and many more.  For any type of event where music is necessary, Salsa is great because of it’s high energy, fast paced, fun sound.  Los Angeles Salsa bands will have guests dancing and letting loose in no time!

If you would like assistance booking live entertainment or DJ services for your next event please call our office at 818-902-1233

 

Latin Wedding Bands

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A great option for entertaining an international crowd at Los Angeles weddings are live Latin wedding bands. These bands are fun and energetic and will create a very authentic latin vibe for your big day. There are so many ways you can go with this style too. You can chose to have a latin band play authentic favorites all night, a mix of top 40s and authentic latin music, or even have a band that plays authentic tunes in addition to a DJ for all your top 40 preferences.
Latin Wedding bands do great music for the ceremony. During the ceremony and more serious moments of the night the Latin bands can play at more of a calm pace but still incorporate their international flare. This gives your ceremony a great unique vibe and brings some extra excitement to the occasion.
Latin Wedding Bands can play Salsa, Samba, Flamenco, Brazilian and much more. A lot of the Latin wedding bands that are available through Rossi Music also do a great job with all of the top 40 favorites. All of these Latin musicians are highly trained and sound fantastic. Listening to these fantastic musicians on your wedding day will bring magic to your night and to all of your guests.
One of the best parts of Latin Wedding Bands in Los Angeles is the fact that people can’t help but dance when they hear the beat of the music. Latin music is enjoyable for guests of all ages; everyone will love the great atmosphere and energy. You can’t go wrong with any of Rossi Music’s amazing Latin Wedding Bands, they are great at reading the crowd and playing music that flows perfectly as your special night unfolds.

If you would like assistance booking live entertainment or DJ services for your next event please call our office at 818-902-1233

JZ Latin/Salsa Band

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JZ is an incredible latin, pop and world music musician in Los Angeles. His first latin band called Zona Nueva was popular when he was just 14 years old. JZ was busy during this time learning choreography, and singing both lead and back up vocals. At the age of only sixteen, he had already performed at many of the top clubs like The Conga Room, The Century Club, The Mayan Theatre and many more. If you are looking for a great Los Angeles wedding band or corporate event band he is the perfect fit and has tons of experience.
Currently at the age of 23, JZ has already done a great deal of live performances with many well known Jazz, Latin, Salsa and Cuban Latin pop bands. As of right now he is singing with The Kasha Ensemble and hopes to spread his innovative sounds of “Latin Fusion Pop” in the near future. JZ is a good looking, dedicated, latin music artist performing all over Los Angeles. He is also a very talented writer and composer. With a latin/salsa dance band  behind him he is unstoppable – He has fantastic stage presence, is a great emcee and this band is the perfect Los Angeles Latin wedding band for your wedding!
From 2001 till now, JZ has appeared in numerous TV, film and music video projects. Just to name a few – “Cane” on CBS in 2007, “Prison Break” on FOX in 2009, and he was a musical guest on “Con Chile Y Limon” in 2010. This talented Latin performer knows how to work a crowd and get people moving, especially when he is with his latin/salsa dance band. He is definitely one of the top Latin music entertainers in Los Angeles and you can’t help but fall in love with his friendly smile and great style.

If you would like assistance booking live entertainment or DJ services for your next event please call our office at 818-902-1233