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Choosing
your wedding slideshow music wisely adds greatly to the success
and enjoyment of this part in your wedding reception. Wedding slideshows
are becoming increasingly popular. Before we list some appropriate
wedding slideshow songs, here are a few tips on producing an excellent
an enjoyable wedding slideshow:
1.
Do not make it too long. This is definately a point to stress. 6
- 10 minutes maximum. This way you will keep the attention of your
audience. If you don't want to make the slideshow a main event,
but would like to run it continually in the background on a laptop,
then make it as long as you wish.
2. Choose photographs or short video clips that will bring forth
some emotional response from your guests. Think about a 2 year old
groom in a bubble bath, the bride getting ready for her matric dance,
or a school photo of a toothless smile.
3. Keep in mind that although you might know who the people in the
photos are, some of your guests might not. Therefore categorize
your slideshow into two or perhaps three categories or "scenes"
- one of the bride before she met the groom, one of the groom before
his life with the bride and then one of their lives since they met.
If you are using two categories, then make it one of the couple
as they are growing up and the second section of the two together.
Seperate each one with a small text introduction and different wedding
slideshow music or songs.
4. Avoid using too much text. People don't want to have to read
too much. After all, a picture is worth a thousand words!
5. Add some movement to your wedding slideshow. Don't just rely
on transitions between photos. Zoom into some of the pictures and
add some video footage if you have.
Below
are some examples of good wedding slideshow music to enhance your
montage perfectly:
The
Bride Growing Up:
Brown-Eyed
Girl - Van Morrison
You
are so Beautiful - Joe Cocker
Butterfly
Kisses - Bob Carlisle
Crazy
For This Little Lady (Gap Commercial) - Lenny Kravitz
Daughters
- John Mayer
Daughter
- Loudon Wainwright III
Girls
Just Wanna Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper
Happy
Girl - Martina McBride
Hey
Good Lookin' - Jimmy Buffet
I
Loved Her First - The Heartland
I
Think About You - Collin Raye
Isn't
She Lovely - Stevie Wonder
Just
a Girl - No Doubt
Material
Girl - Madonna
Miss
Independent - Kelly Clarkson
My
Girl - The Temptations
Pretty
Woman - Roy Orbison
She's
a Lady - Tom Jones
She's
Not Just a Pretty Face - Shania Twain
You
Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker
The
Groom Growing Up:
83
John Mayer
Bad
to the Bone - George Thorogood
Beautiful
Boy - Celine Dion
Chicks
Dig It - Chris Cagle
Godspeed
(Sweet Dreams) - Dixie Chicks
I
Go Back - Kenny Chesney
Lets
Hear It For The Boy - Denise Williams
My
Guy - Diana Ross and the Supremes
The
Boy I'm Gonna Marry - The Crystals
Young
- Kenny Chesney
Tough
Little Boys - Gary Allan
100
Years - Five For Fighting
Unisex
Growing Up:
Obla
Di Obla Da (Life Goes On) - The Beatles
I
Knew I loved You Before I Met You - Savage Garden
Over
The Rainbow - Isreal Kamakawiwo'ole
Let
them Be Little - Billy Dean
Sunrise,
Sunset - from Fiddler on the Roof
Circle
Of Life - Elton John
Time
Of Your Life (Good Riddance) - Green Day
ABC
- Michael Jackson
In
My Life - The Beatles
What
a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong 
My
Wish - Rascal Flatts
Their
Life Together:
The following songs are also appropriate to use for a wedding picture
slideshow of the actual wedding photos.
Better
Together - Jack Johnson
From
This Moment - Shania Twain
How
Sweet It Is - James Taylor
It
Had to Be You - Frank Sinatra (various cover versions available)
I
Will - The Beatles
L.O.V.E.
- Nat King Cole 
Look
at Us - Vince Gill
Love
Will be Our Home - Susan Ashton
Making
Memories of Us - Keith Urban
This
Will be an Everlasting Love - Natalie Cole
You
and Me - Lifehouse
You
Had Me from Hello - Kenney Chesney
Flying
Without Wings - Westlife
All
You Need is Love - Beatles
I
Got You Babe - Sonny and Cher or UB 40
The
Best is Yet to Come - Frank Sinatra
You'll
Be In My Heart - Phil Collins
You're
In My Heart - Rod Stewart
Everything
- Michael Buble
A
Moment Like This - Kelly Clarkson
You
Are The Sunshine of my Life - Stevie Wonder
I
Finally Found Someone - Barbara Streisand & Bryan Adams
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