Wedding Bands in West Chester PA

Ryan Cook Music provides couples with a bespoke wedding music experience tailored to their unique vibes with Live Music through the ceremony, cocktail hour and DJ services for the dinner and a great celebratory experience for the reception – perfect for dancing! In other words, a seamless musical experience that spans the entire length of your wedding. Ryan Cook Music is an excellent choice when searching for wedding bands West Chester PA as well as a great choice in the wedding DJ category. So please do not hesitate to get in touch today!

Whether Ryan plays Solo or with his Duo or Trio, he is bringing together years of experience and musicianship. As a solo musician at a ceremony, Ryan usually plays a stripped-down acoustic guitar with vocals as it fits the authentic and heartfelt nature of that portion of the wedding. For cocktail hour Ryan may be more playful and celebratory as the beautiful and whimsical ceremony has now passed. Ryan plays his guitar through a looper station while singing and providing recording studio quality percussion manipulated by his feet. As the verse leads into the chorus, so does the percussive nature and dynamics of the percussion evolve providing the song with the dynamic range it deserves and requires. Often, a cocktail hour song sounds better with an electric guitar and that is something he will introduce as the music requires. As he is going through the song, he may secretly loop the verse chordal structure as he’s progressing through a song and use it after the second chorus or so now engaging in a playful instrumental which would not be possible without the looped chordal structure backing it. Thus, that provides him with a chordal landscape of which to build off of. All the while, Ryan is singing and adapting his voice to the unique nature of the song to bring out its true nature. Truly an excellent choice for a full sounding wedding band in West Chester PA – even as a soloist.

West Chester Wedding Bands

When Ryan plays with a Duo or Trio he delegates a part of this Solo full musical experience to musicians of which he has the utmost respect and trust. Whether it’s Keyboard, Bass, Backup Vocals, or even Violin, (great for more instrumental ceremonies), Ryan and his wedding band work diligently to make sure that that musician seamlessly fits into the music and adds that little bit of extra magic. This usually entails behind-the-scenes rehearsals prior to the wedding in which the musicians go through every song until they are past the phase of whether or not they know the song. But rather, whether or not they can move beyond that and really feel and play music in a way that is authentic to them and truly conveying the magic of the song. Thus, the wedding band in West Chester PA truly fulfills its deep purpose of bringing everyone together in a spirit of love and joy.

Wedding Bands in West Chester PA

Now, the music planning process… Ryan shares what he calls the ‘Wedding Music Planner’ with his clients for them to start working on as soon as he is booked. This Google Sheet provides the couple with the tools to make the music planning process easy and is as easy as answering questions, checking the box next to songs from a live music song list that they like the most and letting me know about songs that they love when it gets to the DJ portion both in the style of background music (for dinner) and fun dance & celebratory music for the Reception. Equally as important, letting Ryan know about the songs they don’t want to hear at their wedding and putting that in the ‘do not playlist’ section of the wedding planner. Trust me, if people like dancing they’ll love Ryan Cook Music when he really starts mixing music as a DJ on his turntable during the Reception. Either way, your wedding lies in the trustworthy hands of a truly great DJ & wedding band in West Chester PA.

Wedding DJ in West Chester PA

Ryan Cook Music provides Live Music & DJ services that span the entire wedding and that means he brings excellent equipment, sound systems, as well as providing wireless microphones for officiants when needed as well as providing any speakers with a wireless microphone so that everyone can hear what is being said by the father of the bride, maid of honor or whomever is speaking. In facilitating these things, Ryan by default is the MC of the wedding making sure that things progress as seamlessly and enjoyably as possible. Ryan is truly one heck of a good choice among the wedding DJs in the West Chester area and is eager to hear about your wedding and see if you both are a good match for each other. Reach out today!