Ceremony songs and celeb song choices

Remember the secret life of Miss Champagne? In a nutshell, I've always been involved in the arts and music has been a huge influence in my life. So through my music experiences, I've been so lucky to work with some seriously talented folks. One in particular is our pianist. She's unbelievably talented and I don't think I've ever seen her have to look at a sheet of music- she just plays... I get goosebumps just thinking about it! Anyway, she's agreed to play during our ceremony and she directed me to a website that has wonderful guidance for prelude, processional, ceremony, and recessional songs. We'll also have a violin, so I was looking for songs that would fit for piano and a violin.

The website is My Wedding Music and it's run by two musicians, the O'Neill Brothers. This site is so helpful because it actually allows you to listen to each choice, and recommends songs for each section of your ceremony.


I was struggling with the prelude songs because although I love the elegance of all classical music, I would love to incorporate some recognizable songs for our guests to enjoy as they wait for the ceremony to start. Specifically, I thought it would be cool in include our First Dance song "Bless the Broken Road" in an instrumental version before the ceremony. Too much to have it played twice?

There's one other thing I love about this site- the celebrity song choice section! I'll totally admit that I'm that girl who watches TMZ and flips through OK magazine while I'm waiting in the grocery check outs. A complete waste of time, I know, but I like the occasional dose of celeb gossip.

Look at some of these celeb song choices. (All from My Wedding Music)

Ceremony music:
Courtney Cox & David Arquette: "Maybe I'm Amazed" (Paul McCartney)
Donald Trump & Melania Knauss: "Ave Maria"
Felicity Huffman & William H. Macy: "I Feel Good"
Pink & Carey Hart: "She’s Always a Woman" (Billy Joel)
Niki Taylor & Burney Lamar "Better Together" (Jack Johnson)

1st dance songs:
Britney Spears & KFed: "City by the Bay" (Journey)
Christopher Knight & Adrianne Curry: "The Music of the Night" (Phantom of the Opera)
Rob Thomas (Matchbox Twenty) & Marisol Maldonado: "I’ll Be" (Edwin McCain)
Tori Spelling & Dean McDermott: "Air" from Handel's Water Music
Mariska Hargitay & Peter Hermann: "Amazed" (Lonestar)

Celeb Serenades:
Andrea Bocelli: sang for Katie Holmes & Tom Cruise's wedding
Billy Joel: played for Donald & Melania Trump's wedding
Christina Aguilera: serenaded her husband, Jordan Bratman, with Etta James's "At Last"
Sting and Billy Joel: performed at Robert Downey Jr. & Susan Levin's wedding
The Barenaked Ladies: played Jason Priestley & Naomi Lowde's wedding reception


How did you decide on your ceremony music? What will you walk down the aisle to?!