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What a weekend! Strings Attached performed 6 times and everything went well. The weekend began on Friday night with a Beatles tribute "Abbey Road" at The Nutty Brown Cafe. It was well attended and everyone had a wonderful time.

On Saturday we had a rehearsal dinner out at Thurman's Mansion. Our Rock Cover Band played classic tunes to get the party up and dancin' 

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Sometimes our wedding friends want to play with the band. For a small fee, we invite them to. We had the pleasure of working with Mr. Muccini for his fantastic April wedding reception. He plays the drums, and wanted to show his guests that he knows how to rock.Steve came over to practice with the band in preparation to "sit in" with us on a  song. If you're gonna' hire us for a wedding and you have a friend who wants to sing, or your fiance wants to play the drums or guitar, or you want to request a song, we can make it happen. Our 4 piece band came together to perform music by Coldplay, The Stone Temple Pilots, and Creed. Our singer Dave Scher performed the song "Higher" and Steve Muccini, the groom, played the drums for everyone.  We had a glorious time with his guests and working with him was fun too.  Our main focus as a wedding band and string quartet is to make your austin wedding music a special 'one of a kind' experience. We go out of our way to make that happen. Just ask and you shall receive!

_Looking for a cool western swing band? Look no more people! Will Taylor & Strings Attached has you covered....literally. Our band is a tribute band and cover band or both. All bases covered!  HOUSE F WILLS!    I just booked the Western Swing House of Wills  band for a rehearsal dinner. The bride and groom have lots of family coming from out of town and all over the country so they wanted to show their guets a little taste of a Texas Swing Band.  Boy are they gonna' love this band! We're excited to help! Once again, our western Swing band show is called House of Wills. It's named after our new CD.  You can find it on iTunes.

If you have an idea or theme for your wedding, hire our wedding band. We can help you make the music you're thinking of, fit the theme you came up with. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we're chameleons! Let us handle all your musical needs for your wedding.

_It was a lovely day in Austin Texas this weekend . Strings Attached had the pleasure of providing the music for a wedding at Green Pastures. What a lovely venue! When I first arrived I could not believe it! But it's true. There is such a place, smack dab in the middle of South Austin like, Green Pastures.  It's located right off South 1st street in the heart of old Austin.  When I took a mini- tour of the inside, I was so impressed by the freshly groomed lawn, the real-life peacocks, the high ceilings, gorgeous lighting, vintage wallpaper, nice sized dance floor, the indoor and outdoor dining areas, and the wrap around porch (my favorite!). The location is killer too.One by one the Strings Attached Austin Wedding Band members began to arrive. I witnessed everyone from the caterer and wait staff to the florist & event planners, prepare for the big event. It was so cool to watch it all come together. We love being a part of  'a day so dear', it's truly an honor to work closely with our fans. That's the beauty of being the band at a wedding. Once Will and I got the sound loaded in and set up,  we went to chat with the bride and groom about the music for the first dance. The bride looked amazing! Look and see.

Call me for a quote. Need  a Local Austin String Quartet? I got you covered.
Need a band? Call for a quote.
Amanda Cevallos
512-94408407
bookstringsattached@gmail.com

_Strings Attached spent the last month developing an iPhone and iPad wedding music application application for our clients. It basically introduces you to our wedding music catalog. You can listen to audio clips, download ringtones, buy our wedding music on iTunes, and  watch video. My Wedding Music app even helps you pick out the music for your wedding ceremony. We also offer a download of our Wedding Music Planner , and you can even print it! You have to check it out! We gave away our "My Wedding Music" iPhone and iPad application over the weekend and we have over 1000 downloads so far...and counting! When you search wedding music on your iPhone or iPad we come up right away! This is a huge step for Strings Attached. We're honored to share our app with you free of charge.

We also have a PODCAST on iTunes called, Music For A Wedding Podcast. 1400 subscribers so far! Come on and join the club. It's free! New podcasts every week! Great for event planners, wedding coordinators, and "soon to be" wedding clients! Listen in to Will Taylor and special guests!

Here's what Will Taylor had to say this weekend in an email to all our wedding vendors:

"I'm mucho excited about the app I've created right here in Austin called: My Wedding Music  Its an iPhone and iPad app that will help your clients choose and organize the music for their weddings in the palm of their hand."It's available to our blog readers!..and everyone in the world!

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-wedding-music/id447202098?mt=8#

Happy Wedding Planning,
Amanda Cevallos
Strings Attached Booking
bookstringsattached@gmail.com
(512)944-8407

_What is "Attached at The Hip?" ... It's a one stop wedding musical performance package with Will Taylor & Strings Attached handling the music for the entire wedding.Why? Because we're an Austin wedding band and local string quartet that also has a cocktail hour  jazz band and multiple vocalists for a variety of different styles of music ranging from blues & country to swing, pop & rock. Just leave the music in our hands. Don't bother with booking multiple acts. We are multiple acts!  It just makes more sense to allow us to plan the music with with you and especially for you.  And by going with us for everything, you get a deal. We'll reward you for trusting us to handle it all.

Perfect example...This weekend, Tina and John Bosco tied the knot at The Mercury hall. It was a gorgeous event with Asian cuisine, an outdoor ceremony, string duo for ceremony, jazz cocktail and dinner music as well as Will Taylor & Strings Attached featuring, Tameca Jones, for their Austin wedding reception band.We debuted our new wedding band costumes, our new LED lights, and filmed the entire event. And I was there to manage the band and capture it all on video.
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Amanda Cevallos
Strings Attached Special Events Booking
512-944-8407
Call or Text

_Wow! Will and Karen performed at a wedding this weekend as Duo at the Falkenstein Castle! In the video you'll see a rainbow. How cool! I can just picture the bride meeting with her wedding coordinator "A yes, we'd like a castle as our venue and could you arrange for a rainbow to appear? Thanks!" :-) The wedding coordinator for this event was Keri Wootton, she makes rainbows appear at weddings all the time, just "leave the details" to her. Strings Attached and Keri have worked together over the years, so it was a pleasant surprise to run into her. She did a great job! It was a windy day in Austin during this glorious wedding and quite the experience dealing with Austin's early Spring weather, so we have a few tips for our clients regarding outdoor weddings. Feel free to add any tips you have to our comments!

OUTDOOR WEDDING TIPS
1. Trust your wedding coordinator. They have the experience to make the necessary last minute decisions about weather. They will not let you down!

2. Be sure your guests are comfortable. If it's a windy day,  just think about everyone at the event and their experience as well.

3. It may be your dream to wed in the sun, but your 80 year old gramma' might be getting a sunburn. Be considerate of your guests. :-)

4. If it's gorgeous and a rainbow appears, just know it was your wedding coordinators planning skills that made it all possible! Send her a thank you card and a bottle of champagne.

TO BOOK STRINGS ATTACHED - Contact Amanda Cevallos- Call or Text- (512)944-8407

_We performed out in Bastrop, TX as a string quartet with a trumpet. The trumpet soloist announced the procession of the bride....a bold gesture, or shall we say, a grand gesture. What a beauty she was!  Strings Attached Austin Wedding Music group was hired to perform at this outdoor Catholic Wedding, and we had the music to do so! The musical menu  for this wedding was very complex. We played Live String Music after almost all the readings. The ceremony was jam packed with music from the beginning to the end. It was as if the string music was little book ends to the scripture. This is an example of a traditional wedding with traditional classical music! Strings attached has honorably performed over 100 Austin Catholic Weddings in the state of Texas!

_The Austin Texas Strings Attached Wedding Ceremony Strings Duo and 6 Piece Wedding Reception Band was booked for this wedding a year ago. The couple came to our office and over a few cups of tea told me all about how important the music was to them. We planned the music together with ease. I'm so pleased to hear how happy they were with the day of music provided by Strings Attached. CONGRATS!!!!! What a cool video of the groom telling us about why he had the wedding ceremony at Barton Springs and the story of how he met his his lovely wife Kaiba. My heart is melting. These guys are a great couple!

They decided to start the party off with some outdoor games. What a cool idea!  See Karen Mal  singing one of the bride and grooms requested tunes.. and later on the party went to House on The Hill, where our Austin Wedding Reception Cover Band kept the party going until 12am! These guys loved the band so much, they requested to have the Wedding Song Set List sent to them so they could create a play list and listen to the songs played at their wedding for years to come. I though I'd share it with the world!


Oh Heavenly day
Beast of burden
Honky Tonk women
Aint no sunshine
Love me two time
American girl
Son of o preacher
Chicken
The world exploded into
Unknown legend
Philosophers stone
Paradise
Brown sugar
Wild horses
Wildflowers
Brown eyed girl
Come together
Use me
Drive my car
Superstition
Isn't she lovely


HERE'S WHAT THE BRIDE HAD TO SAY ABOUT US IN OUR CLIENT SURVEY!  - "It was great!  The band was fabulous!  Phil and I had a ton of fun and so did our guests.  We got lots of compliments and inquiries about the band.  We had been to a few Strings Attached shows, so we had high expectations, but the band still exceeded them.  Will Taylor was at our venue hours ahead of time to set up the sound system so that we could use it to pay music from our iPod during our lawn games cocktail hour.  The show they put on, based mostly on our requests, was great.  I normally don't like dancing, but I was having so much fun that I danced a ton.  The songs that we requested that they didn't already know sounded great.  I would have thought they had been practicing them for years.  Loved it! They are the best cover band!- Kaiba White, Bride

There really are so many places to chose from when it comes to the location of your Austin Texas Wedding. The Mansion at Judge's Hill is one place that has everything you need to make your special day nice and seamless. Just like the bond with your loved one! We had the pleasure of performing our "Attached at The Hip" package for this Saturday morning brunch wedding. What does this mean? It means what it says above. Look up! "From the first beat to last note, all the live music you need for your special event or wedding" It means we do it all from the wedding ceremony music, the cocktail hour dinner band, to the wedding reception cover band and sometimes even the rehearsal dinner music! We set up at 9 am in the courtyard to perform as a Cello and Violin Duo, with Will Taylor doubling up on Acoustic guitar for the song "Here Comes The Sun," by The Beatles. This was a pop song from our Pop Music on Strings Project. Our piano player, Dave Madden performed solo piano on the veranda for the cocktail hour.  As the Strings Duo played the prelude song, "Here Comes The Sun,"  Dave Madden started to play it on piano up on the veranda. Talk about seamless!~ As everyone came up the grand staircase to the Veranda the piano serenade welcomed the guests into the dining hall where shortly following their entrance, our 5 piece jazz, blues and rock cover band 'rocked' the reception/brunch for the rest of the afternoon.