First Dances
I’ve been an event and wedding disc jockey for 9 years now and in most cases, understanding music comes naturally to me. I love the beats, I love to listen to a variety of music at any given time and I love to dance. When it comes to picking a specific song for your first dance at your wedding it can be a daunting task. My wife and I got married back in January of 2014 and we had the most difficult time picking our first dance song. You would think that would be an easy task for a wedding DJ, well it wasn’t.
Back in middle school and high school I always remembered having a “song” with a girlfriend but since that time in my life I never really declared a song to be for my wife and I. Maybe it was because it was the 90’s and that’s what you did or maybe because I only listened to the same 3 radio stations everyday. Music wasn’t as main stream as it is today, we didn’t have youtube, spotify, pandora or the internet to provide us with as much music as we could possibly handle. Maybe this is what made us so indecisive with our first dance choice.
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Planning your wedding day is one of the hardest things a couple can take on together but once it’s finished it is also one of the most satisfying experiences you and your fiance will endure together. Selecting music can be challenging at times.
I’ve heard about 75 first dance songs just from deejaying or attending a wedding and I’ve also heard a thousand other great songs where I think to myself, “This is a great first dance song.” My wife and I decided on “Look At You Girl” by Chris Ledoux.
Here are my 5 favorites:
All links connect directly to YouTube. “Forget Me Not” by The Civil Wars, “I Can’t Wait(Be My Wife) by Ben Rue, “I Met a Girl” by William Michael Morgan, “Hold Each Other” by A Great Big World & “Thinking Out Loud” by Ed Sheeran.
