Energy Function Band Blog

Welcome to 'Energy's' 4th Blog. This weeks blog is the last of a series of three blogs considering how we choose the songs that we perform. The 1st blog of the series considered the 'Golden Rules' we use to choose songs to rehearse and perform, the 2nd was when you might make an exception to those rules. This weeks' is how constructing a setlist might affect your choice of songs. Mixing It Up Whenever we perform we typically play to a very eclectic audience that varies hugely in age.  For example, many generations of a family are typically present at a wedding reception and all of them want to hear songs that they like and are familiar with.  This means performing songs from a wide range of not just Era's but Genre's as well, ensuring everyone hears something that will encourage them to get up and dance.  The following songs represent every decade from the 60s onwards and typically appear in our set list for most of our bookings. Twist & S...

Hello again folks, thank you for joining us again. Last weeks' blog contemplated how 'Energy' choose the best songs to perform at our bookings and concluded that they should be (a) Well Known, (b) Upbeat, and (c) Easy To Dance To. This weeks' Blog considers when 'Energy', or any Party/Wedding band, might make an exception to these rules. The First Dance The traditional 'First Dance' is chosen by the bride and groom typically because the song has sentimental meaning for them. This could be for numerous romantic reasons that no other song would suffice.  'Energy Function Band' is happy to learn a first dance for our clients if we believe we can do it justice (usually we can!).  First Dances are often slow tracks that are difficult to dance to and not always upbeat in their feel.  The clients' need to have their chosen first dance is more important however, so the rules can be justifiably broken in these cases. The Set Opener Whether g...

Welcome to Energy's second blog.  Thanks for joining us. There are thousands of well known songs out there that everybody loves, so choosing songs for a wedding/party band is easy right?  . . err . . no . .   it's not quite that straight forward,  so I thought I would share some of the decision making process that we go through to make sure our set list is top quality and sparkling every time we perform for our clients. A Clear Objective Helps Us Choose The Right Song We want people to enjoy our music and have a fantastic time by singing and dancing to every song. The above will be split up into three separate blogs. 1) The Three Golden Rules for choosing songs. 2) Exceptions to the rules. 3) Constructing a Set List. The Three Golden Rules 1) The song must be popular and known by almost everybody No matter how great the song, if our clients don't know it they are unlikely to emotionally connect to, and appreciate hearing it, and are therefore be unli...

Firstly, may we wish a warm welcome to anyone who is reading 'Energy's' first ever blog. In case you weren't sure we are a professional wedding/function/party band, established in earnest back in 2011 and have performed for many client's since then.   Whether for somebody's special day, Wedding, Birthday Party, Christmas Party, Corporate Celebration or any other cause for us to perform we've loved every single performance. We wanted the opportunity to share some of what goes on behind the scenes.  Whether a performance, a rehearsal, a look back into our history, a photo shoot or anything else significant that we would like to share. We're also looking to improve our online presence and hoping that this amongst other forums and mediums will let the world know that we're here . . and hopefully book us of course :-) Thank you for reading, please visit/like/follow/view the below too,  Phil Band Leader and Drummer www.energyf...