General Information

The following are some basic tips on making sure you hire the very best mobile music service for your money. Most functions are one-off's, so you want to make sure you get it right. These tips are in no particular order of importance, but all should be considered.

First, before you even contact a mobile music service, it's vital that you don't have your mind on hiring the cheapest you can find. As in most things, you generally get what you pay for. Especially with a one off event like a wedding, don't you want the very best you can possibly afford? Let's face it, in a week or two, most of your guests won't remember what food they had, what the flowers looked like, how great the cake looked or how the room was decorated... But ask them if they had fun, and I'll bet they'll remember, and who do you think carries the can for that? That’s right, the mobile music service. If you're paying 300 euros plus for the wedding cake, and roughly the same for flowers etc, why would you expect to pay less than a few hundred euros for a professional mobile music service? But we're getting caught up with the wedding thing, when we're just trying to find a good music service for you.

Ok, let's face it, there's no substitute for a word of mouth recommendation. However, make sure the person recommending hired a music service for a similar function to the one you're about to organise. The approach for an 18th birthday is, or should be markedly different to the approach for a wedding reception - and you thought we just turned up and pressed a few buttons?

Next, if you call a mobile music service and they give you a price without asking any questions about your event, that should set off warning lights. Questions a professional mobile music service should be asking include:

Type of function - Wedding, birthday, kids party etc

Venue

Number of guests

Start and finish times

Particular music requirements

Access to venue.

Right then, health and safety... If you ask nothing else of your potential mobile music service, please ask if they have Public Liability Insurance. Public Liability Insurance is a legal requirement for any business and, though we don't like to admit it, accidents can happen.