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Posted on June 7, 2016 by musicbox100

35 Wedding Venues With Live Band Reviewed


Should I go for a 2PC or 3PC Band?

Will the Live Band sound great at my venue?

Venues comes in various shapes & sizes: Some are big, some have multiple pillars, some have odd shapes, some have great acoustics for Live Band and some maybe too cramp or small for a bigger combi Live Band.  Even with good sound system, the nature of Venue will still affect the overall sound.

We do a quick review of 35 Popular Wedding Venues our Live Band has performed before to give you a realistic and practical insight of what to expect for overall Live Band Sound and how many piece band is recommended for your venue.

1) Ban Heng Pavilion Restaurant Ballroom A, Harbourfront

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Rectangular but stage area is too cramp and close to guests tables.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

2) Ban Heng Seafood Paradise @ Aranda

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Too cramp for Live Band and restaurant is segregated into two sections, thus need 2nd Speaker at 2nd section which is not easy due to space constraint.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

3) Concorde Hotel, Concorde Ballroom

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

4) Conrad Hotel, Grand Ballroom

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4.5/5

5) Crowne Plaza Hotel Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating (Long Aisle): 4.5/5
Live Band Sound Rating (Short Aisle): 5/5

6) Faber Peak Singapore

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Too many pillars and continuous Cable Car Machinery Noise from upstairs
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

7) Fairmont/Swissotel Stamford Ballroom

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

8) Fairmont/Swissotel Padang Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating (Long Aisle): 3.5/5

9) Fairmont/Swissotel Canning Ballroom

Layout: Triangular-Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

10) Four Seasons Hotel Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4.5/5

11) Fullerton Bay Hotel Grand Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4.5/5

12) Genting Hotel Ballroom (Jurong)

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

13) Goodwood Park Hotel Windsor Ballroom

Layout: Octagonal
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

14) Holiday Inn Orchard Centre, Crystal Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Stage side too cramp for even a 2PC Band. Ballroom is segregated into a low ceiling and high ceiling section with multiple pillars which makes Live Band Sound hard to travel.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3/5

15) Hotel Fort Canning, Legends Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Rectangular but stage area is slightly cramp and close to guests tables.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

16) Intercontinental, Bugis, Grand Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating (Long Aisle): 4/5
Live Band Sound Rating (Short Aisle): 5/5

17) Mandarin Orchard, Imperial Ballroom Level 35

Layout: Squarish with Platform Steps
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Stage area slightly cramp even for a 2PC Band.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

18) Mandarin Orchard, Grand Ballroom Level 5

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 3PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

19) Marina Bay Sands, Orchid Ballroom (And Generally Most Ballrooms of similar shape)

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

20) Marina Mandarin, Grand Ballroom Level 1

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

21) Novotel Clark Quay, Cinnamon Room Level 5

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: None
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

22) Orchid Country Club, Grand Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 3PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

23) Pan Pacific Hotel, Pacific Ballroom Level 1

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None
Live Band Sound Rating (Long Aisle): 3.5/5

24) Park Royal Beach Road, Grand Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

25) Park Royal Beach Road, Sky Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: Slightly Cramp if full tables.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

26) Peach Garden OCBC

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Pillars dampening overall Live Band Sound
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

27) Peach Garden Orchid Country Club

Layout: Squarish
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Low Ceiling & Pillars dampening overall Live Band Sound
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

28) Peony Jade @ Clarke Quay

Layout: Rectagular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Stage is too cramp for even a 2PC Live Band. Overall venue too cramp and Live Band Speakers will blast the front table guests.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3/5

29) Qian Xi Summer Garden Restaurant Mount Faber SAFRA

Layout: Rectagular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Live Band Area beside stage is slightly cramp for a 2PC Band.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

30) RWS Convention Centre, Virgo Room

Layout: Curve Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

31) Shangri La Hotel Orchard, Island Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

32) Shangri La Hotel Orchard, Tower Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-4PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 5/5

33) Sheraton Hotel, Grand Ballroom Level 2

Layout: L-shape (if fully opened)
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None
Live Band Sound Rating: 3.5/5

34) Tung Lok Orchard Central

Layout: Squarish with a Glass Structure in between
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: No
Great for: 2PC Band
Noteable Cons: Glass Structure in middle of restaurant will dampen Live Band Sound to the guests behind. Space is also too cramp if fully seated.
Live Band Sound Rating: 3/5

35) Westin Singapore, Grand Ballroom

Layout: Rectangular
Seperate Side Stage for Live Band: Yes
Great for: 2PC-3PC Band
Noteable Cons: None.
Live Band Sound Rating: 4/5

Need advise for your venue? Contact us to know more! :)

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Posted on May 30, 2016 by musicbox100

Top 10 Questions Asked by Couples for Our Live Band & Emcee Services

Q1: Can your Live Band Personnels double up as my Emcee?

A: Yes! We have some Live Band Talents who can double up as very Professional Wedding Hosts.
Check out Tiffany doubling up as a Single Emcee in the Duo Combo Deal.
Check out Daniel & Xin Ying doubling up as Duo Emcees in the Duo Premium Deal.

If not, you can always take our standalone Single Emcee Service separately from Live Band.
Check out Kirbie in her Single Emcee Showreel.

 

Q2: Does your Live Band accept dedications?

A: Yes! We love singing for your guests’ dedications and will do our best to cater!

 

Q3: Can we select our own songs ?

A: Definitely yes! We will send you a pre-list of well-received and popular songs for review. You can then change and insert your own favorites and leave the rest to us!

 

Q4: Can you guys sing our March-In songs ?

A: Yes, we can!

 

Q5: How much do you charge ? And why aren’t the prices found in this website ?

A: We do have Promotion Packages with NETT Pricing listed under the Promotions Page.
As for Standard Rates of all Live Band and Emcee combis, we will inform you through email/phone correspondences. Our rates are attractive and our packages give you the flexibility to choose a suitable one that matches your budget. They are not published due to competition.

 

Q6: What is a “Set” ? And how long is 1 Set?

A: A Set is our band’s performance duration of 45mins.
Commonly, for weddings, we are engaged for 2 Sets:
– 1st Set of 45mins starts after 1st March-In when 1st Dish is served.
– 2nd Set of 45mins starts after 2nd March-In when Table-to-Table Photo-taking commences.
Each Set has a maximum of 12 songs.

 

Q7: Does your band provide sound system as well?

A: Yes, we do. Check it out here.
They are packaged into our Live Band Packages & Promotions and are compulsory to ensure our Service & Sound Quality for your big day.
We Do NOT use venue Sound Systems due to the following reasons:
– Many Hotels do not allow Live Band to use theirs.
– Hotel Sound Systems are normally PA systems good for speech and not suitable for Live Band use.
– In worst scenarios we experienced, some venue’s PA systems will easily overload and cut off the system power when there are too many inputs (which is common for Live Band).
– Hotel AV Crews are not trained to handle and monitor Live Band Sounds, which will affect our performance.

 

Q8: Does your band bring your own instruments?

A: Yes, we do!
Smaller Instruments like Guitars are personal instruments brought by respective musicians.
Bigger ones like Keyboards are included as part of our In-House Sound System & Live Band Equipment Rental, included in Live Band Packages.

 

Q9: What logistics do you guys need from the performing venue?

A: Since our Live Band packages already includes In-House Sound System & Equipment Rental, we only need Power Source Outlets and a Stage Space for our Live Band.

For Emcees, Venue must provide at least Podium Mics and/or Wireless Mics.

 

Q10: What kind of songs do Music Box play?

A: We play a wide genre of repertoire ranging from Pop, Sentimental, Rock, Bossanova and of different languages including English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Japanese & Korean.

Our repertoire grows with you!
Get a feel of our performances from our YouTube Channel!

 

Have a question not found here ? Contact Us!

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Posted on May 24, 2016 by musicbox100

5 Reasons Why A Wedding Live Band can be as COSTLY as Your Bridal Package

1) Musicianship

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All Musicians & Vocalists worthy of taking your stage are performing on Professional Levels and went through years of training, numerous experiences on stage and are constantly renewing their repertoire and skillsets to sing and play for you. They are no different from the Cameraman, Videographer, Banquet Manager, Makeup Artist, Gown Designer and even the Wedding Planner you hire, and has to be paid a reasonable amount too.

 

2) Sound System & Band Equipment Rental

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As per what we mentioned in the last article blog post 5 Reasons For NOT Using Venue PA System for your Wedding Live Band, a Professional Live Band can never settle for sub-standard PA Systems & incomplete equipment belonging to Venue, because those are usually never meant to be used for Live Band purposes.

Equipment & Sound Systems for Live Band are sophisticated, specialised and expensive, and usually form up a significant portion of the price of Wedding Live Band Packages. If a Live Band has their own In-House Set to bundle into their package for you, trust them, for they want to bring out the BEST sound for you!

 

3) The Soundman On Standby

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If your Live Band Vendor quote you a Wedding Live Band with NO Soundman on Standby throughout your Wedding, get mentally prepared for sub-standard sound, equipment hiccups or a very uncomfortable and insecure Live Band.

Why? Because a Soundman is the BACKBONE of a Live Band! He is there throughout the banquet performances to tune the sound in case its too soft (especially when guests chatting multiplies by 25 tables) or setting the EQ/ Volume of the Sound for soft and heavy songs. A Professional Soundman can be paid up to as much as $250 per job and thus forms a significant portion of your Wedding Live Band cost too.

 

4) Transport

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Transport of Sound System & Band Equipment also forms a significant part of your package. We have to pay someone for the transport and moving of heavy load.

 

5) Admin

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Admin costs means cost of the middle-person who coordinates the sales of service, checking and confirmation of availability of talents, song list, transport and also site visits and meeting with couples to ensure everything is in order. The Band usually concentrate on performing only so that they do not have to worry and be concern on non-performing matters. This will then bring out their best for your big day!

 

 

So, now you know that a Wedding Live Band is not just about taking a guitar, a mic, and just simply singing on stage. There are so many things going on behind the scene and so many important individuals coordinating to give you a professional and decent Live Band you and your guests can enjoy.

 

Contact us to know more! :)

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Posted on May 17, 2016 by musicbox100

5 Reasons For NOT Using Venue PA System for Your Wedding Live Band

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1) Usually, Venues (Hotels/ Restaurants) do not allow it.

2) Even if they allow, they are simply PA Systems (Stands for: Public Address Systems) which are good for only Speech & Background Music.
A Live Band needs a much more Powerful & Sophisticated Sound System to ensure that the quality of the Band’s performance is not compromised!
A Live Band needs Music Score Stands, Boomed Microphone Stands, DI Boxes, Monitor Speakers to hear themselves, Keyboard, Keyboard Stands, Guitar Stands, Vocal Standard Microphones (not KTV mics!) etc which Hotel or Restaurants do not have!

3) They do not have a trained Soundman who can properly Sound Test for the Live Band and monitor the sound throughout the banquet for you! Without a properly trained Soundman to handle your Live Band, your guests will be suffering throughout the banquet with badly handled sound.

4) Since Venue PA Systems are NOT meant to be used for Live Band, their specifications are under-par and if the Live Band’s instruments or mics overwhelmed Venue’s PA System and damage it, who will be responsible for it?

5) Your Live Band will not be able to perform and sing properly due to lack of equipment, bad sound and your whole live music ambience for your Banquet that you have been so looking forward to, will be ruined!

 

Yes, we understand that Wedding can be an expensive event and we know that many couples wish to get services & packages which are valued for money and to Save for more important aspects of the wedding.

Well, I can tell you that if you wish to engage a Good Wedding Live Band, it is a MUST to ensure that your Live Band gets a Good Set of Sound System suitable for Live Music & Singing!

That is why most Wedding Live Bands like us owns at least a set of In-House Sound Systems & Equipment to compliment all our Live Band packages.

Some Wedding Live Band Vendors do not care and simply make do with whatever sound systems (including venue’s) that the couple can source for them. They just sing with whatever quality and equipment they are provided on site, collect your money and go home.

But We CARE! We want to enjoy singing to your guests, we want to be a PART of your special day and ensure that your guests enjoy our music and be entertained!

Thus, Music Box provide In-House Sound System & Equipment Rental for all our Live Band Packages to ensure Great Quality Sound and Zero Hassle & Worry for you!

Questions? Contact us to know more! :)

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Posted on May 15, 2016 by musicbox100

Charlotte & Tze Siong’s Wedding

Date: 15-May-16

Location: Holiday Inn Orchard City Centre, Crystal Ballroom

Live From Our Box (Banquet Live Band)
至少还有你
爱很简单
Sometimes When We Touch
Beautiful In White
最重要的决定
Way Back Into Love
我的依赖
喜欢你
最浪漫的事
Have I Told You Lately
爱上你
简单爱 星晴 Medley		 Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You
暖暖
Marry Me
Love Me Like You Do
Sugar
月圆花好
月亮代表我的心
爱爱爱
一眼瞬间
小手拉大手
Just The Way You Are
私奔到月球

 

Thank you Charlotte & Tze Siong for having us!

We hope your guests and yourself enjoyed our music.

Wishing You Guys a Blissful & Everlasting Marriage!


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