Walking down the aisle to H.E.R.’s ‘Best Part’ isn’t just an entrance—it’s a whole mood 🥰 Loving how this processional came together at The Exchange Chicago for Roger & Simone’s special day. With a stripped-down acoustic string quartet arrangement, this soulful love song set the perfect mood for the groom and wedding party to make their entrance. Dreamy, relaxing, and deeply emotional vibes for the win at this Chicago wedding ceremony!
This Chicago luxury wedding was an absolute dream! The space had amazing acoustics, making it an unforgettable experience for our Chicago string quartet. 🎻✨
We all have a favorite lovesong. This is ours. Rock meets classical in the most timeless way…here’s our Chicago pop string quartet take on Lovesong from The Cure. Artistrings having some fun here in the studio with one of the tunes that we love to play for cocktail receptions, Chicago corporate events, and wedding receptions.
Andrea & Andre chose one of the most iconic rooms in Chicago for their wedding day, and we’re still crushing on every single moment. Cathedral Hall in the University Club of Chicago is a room unlike any other. From Bridgerton ceremony music with the Artistrings pop string trio, to dancing with the Chris Sarlas Orchestra Chicago wedding band, it was an incredible day from start to finish. Expert wedding planning coordination from Shannon Gail Events ensured that every detail was perfection.
So, is it possible for peaceful, perfect and wedding to coexist in one sentence as truth?
Your favorite Chicago wedding band is here with the news that you want to hear: Yes, you CAN have a peaceful, perfect wedding day. Just take some advice from our friend Kara.
She worked hard on her wedding plans. Top to bottom. She planned every single minute of her timeline, and had an exact image of her day with vision boards to prove it. After she spent a year organizing her ideas, she then went and searched for vendors to bring her vision to life.
Thing is, by the time she went to search for vendors, her wedding was two months away. And, she was on a tight budget.
Who isn’t on a budget? Am I right?
She had very specific ideas, and she wanted them done well, quickly, and cheap.
What she found was that she could only find two of those qualities with any given vendor.
Done well and quick was not cheap.
Done quick and cheap would not be done well.
Done cheap and well would not be done quick.
And, learning this lesson made Kara anything but peaceful. Her advice is this: if you’re working with a limited budget, plan ahead and give yourself WAY more time than you think you’ll need, so that you have the best shot at finding vendors who fit your vision.
Then, you’ll be peaceful.
And when you’re peaceful, you’re right there ready for that perfect wedding day.
If peaceful vibes are your thing and you like classic rock (and most importantly, The Eagles), check this one out:
Wishing you a peaceful easy transition into April and springtime 💐
When looking for that perfect song for walking down the aisle, this Chicago wedding band highly encourages you to always listen to that little voice inside.
I’ll never forget the music planning meeting we had with a couple last year.
They walked in the door, and the tension was palpable. Chris & I exchanged a quick and knowing glance that people who have been married for 16 years can do in a heartbeat.
Did it just get weird in here?
Maybe it was the traffic. Or a long week at work. Or the wedding planning process just taking a toll on them.
We started to drill down.
She was nervous and excited.
He would rather have been anywhere else in the world.
Planning out their wedding ceremony music seemed like such a girly thing to him, and he just wanted to show up and get married already.
After a glass of wine and a couple of well-placed ice breakers (we’re pretty good at that if I do say so myself), we started to understand a little more about what was going on.
See, she wanted to have an elegant ceremony, but one that still spoke to the people that they were.
He wanted to be able to grab onto something, anything that he could identify with musically. He was a self-proclaimed geek, and everyone near and dear to them knew it. He’d seen all 9 Star Wars movies again and again and again.
She told him, I’ll choose the song that I walk down the aisle to, and you can choose the song that we both walk out to at the end, ok?
Marriage is built on compromise – remember that!
His ears perked up when we presented him with this option, and it was a done deal:
Fast forward to their wedding day. She walked down the aisle to her favorite song and was absolutely radiant. At the end of the ceremony, they were beaming together as we jumped into the Star Wars theme, and absolutely everyone in the room exploded into cheers and applause because it was so so perfect for them.
Mission accomplished.
Embrace your inner geek, and may the force be with you 😉
Your guests will tell you that they're dancing to the best band in Chicago
Walking down the aisle to H.E.R.’s ‘Best Part’ isn’t just an entrance—it’s a whole mood 🥰 Loving how this processional came together at The Exchange Chicago for Roger & Simone’s special day. With a stripped-down acoustic string quartet arrangement, this soulful love song set the perfect mood for the groom and wedding party to make their entrance. Dreamy, relaxing, and deeply emotional vibes for the win at this Chicago wedding ceremony!
