We support all marriages!

Last night I had the privilege of meeting with a wonderful couple (two women) about their wedding ceremony music.  As we were talking they spoke of their fear of having some of their hometown people actually witness the ceremony… It broke my heart.  I can’t tell you how many people I meet (Men & Women) whom I think are just getting married for the ritual of it, or perhaps they had been together for 10 years and figured they might as well.

Before me sat two beautiful women who are truly in love, truly each other’s partners for life and truly truly meant for each other.  This is not a post to garner more business, or to make a political stand, but to let any LGBT couples know that they can always come to us for their music and there will never ever ever be any kind of judgment or problem.  We support two things: Love and Music.  It doesn’t matter if you’re black, white, purple, green, gay, transgendered, or from MARS!

Love,

Anthology

Happy Holidays and here’s to 2012!

This has been a whirlwind year for Anthology! We have played so many wonderful events, concerts, recording sessions and of course weddings It was really a joy to be able to work with everyone this year, especially a big thank you to Jessie Nelson, who helped out tremendously this year – I couldn’t have done it without her – love ya!  Looking forward to big wonderful changes in 2012!

 

Weekend Wedding Wrap up!

With the swift change in weather this weekend, our 2011 Wedding season is finally slowing a bit. We have played so many amazing weddings this year, and we have added so much new music (See previous )  Here is  a quick look at our weddings this weekend:

We were so happy to be a part of Astrid & Molly’s Wedding in Perth Amboy NJ. We have played so many weddings, that when two people who have that “IT” factor are married, you can just feel it! In fact, this whole weekend felt this way!

Music playlist:
Bridal Party: Only Time – Enya

Brides’ processional: Canon in D

Recessional: Bittersweet symphony

A sweet moment – where a hand hold was all that was need to help a friend read a beautiful sonnet. . . truly magical

Tonight we played at Courtney & Josh’s wedding. We counted 12 groomsmen! each Bridesmaid was escorted by 2 men! What a luxury!  We kept the music on the rock side and played an all-contemporary mix for the processional:

Bridal Party: Just the Way You are – Bruno Mars

Bride’s Processional: Brown Eyed Girl

Recessional: Break on Through – the Doors

The two were married at the LIC Foundry - a fabulous space for a modern/intimate wedding. Here’s a snap shot of the amazingly beautiful wedding – as the lights went down, the room was cast in gorgeous candle light!

Our Rock & Pop list is growing!

Hello world! Just a little note that our pop and rock list is growing and growing with each great request we receive, we are bringing it! Check out our current list! (thanks to Mona Lisa Sound for a quite a few of our titles!)

Anthology Strings	Rock & Pop Titles
19th Nervous Breakdown	The Rolling Stones
A Whiter Shade of Pale	Procol Harum
All My Love	Led Zeppelin
All The Young Dudes	Mott The Hoople
All I Want is You	U2
All I Ask of You	Phantom of the Opera
All You Need is Love	The Beatles
American Tune	Bach/Simon
Aqualung	Jethro Tull
Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You	Led Zeppelin
Bad Things	Jace Everett
Better Together	Jack Johnson
Bittersweet Symphony	The Verve
Black Dog	Led Zeppelin
Black Water	Doobie Brothers
Blackbird	The Beatles
Blue Moon	Rodgers & Hart
Blueberry Hill	Fats Domino
Bohemian Rhapsody	Queen
Born To Be Wild	Steppenwolf
Break On Through	The Doors
Bron-Y-Aur Stomp	Led Zeppelin
Brown Eyed Girl	Van Morrison
California Girls	The Beach Boys
Carry On Wayward Son	Kansas
Chasing Cars	Snow Patrol
Clocks	Coldplay
Communication Breakdown	Led Zeppelin
Con Te Partiro	Andrea Bocelli
Crazy Little Thing Called Love	Queen
Crazy On You	Heart
Crossroads	Cream
Custard Pie	Led Zeppelin
Dancing Days	Led Zeppelin
Dazed And Confused	Led Zeppelin
Don’t Let It Bring You Down	Neil Young
Don’t Stop Believing	Journey
Dust In The Wind	Kansas
Eleanor Rigby	The Beatles
Estella’s Theme	Patrick Doyle from “Great Expectations”
Every Breath You Take	Sting
Evil Ways	Santana
Falling Slowly	From “Once”
Fool On The Hill	The Beatles
Four Sticks	Led Zeppelin
Foxey Lady	Jimi Hendrix
Friends	Led Zeppelin
Gallows Pole	Led Zeppelin
Going to California	Led Zeppelin
Going Up The Country	Canned Heat
Good Vibrations	The Beach Boys
Happy Together	The Turtles
Heartbreaker	Led Zeppelin
Helplessly Hoping	Crosby, Stills & Nash
Her Majesty	The Beatles
Honey Pie	The Beatles
Honky Tonk Women	The Rolling Stones
Hotel California	The Eagles
I Am The Walrus	The Beatles
I Feel Free	Cream
I Get Around	The Beach Boys
I Never Thought I’d Live to Be 100	The Moody Blues
I Will	The Beatles
I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor
I’m Gonna Crawl	Led Zeppelin
I Can’t Help Falling in Love	Elvis
Imagine A Man	The Who
Immigrant Song	Led Zeppelin
In My Time Of Dying	Led Zeppelin
It was love	Sex & the City 2
It’s A Small World	Disney
Just the Way You are	Bruno Mars
Just What I Needed	The Cars
Kashmir	Led Zeppelin
Layla	Derek & The Dominoes
Light My Fire	The Doors
Live And Let Die	Paul McCartney
Lola	The Kinks
Marry You	Glee
Misty Mountain Hop	Led Zeppelin
Moby Dick/Bonzo’s Montreux	Led Zeppelin
Money	Pink Floyd
Mother Nature’s Son	The Beatles
Mother’s Little Helper	The Rolling Stones
No Quarter	Led Zeppelin
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da	The Beatles
Only Time	Enya
Over The Hills And Far Away	Led Zeppelin
Paint It Black	The Rolling Stones
Play With Fire	The Rolling Stones
Poor Tom	Led Zeppelin
Purple Haze	Jimi Hendrix
Prime Ministers Theme song	From “Love Actually”
Rag Doll	Aerosmith
Renegade	Styx
Rock ‘N’ Roll	Led Zeppelin
Ruby Tuesday	The Rolling Stones
Satisfaction	The Rolling Stones
Scarborough Fair/Canticle	Anonymous
See Me, Feel Me/Pinball Wizard	The Who
She Blinded Me With Science	Thomas Dolby
She’s Got a Way	Billy Joel
Smells Like Teen Spirit	Nirvana
Something	The Beatles
Somewhere Over the Rainbow	Iz
Somebody	The Cure
Stairway To Heaven	Led Zeppelin
Summer In The City	The Lovin’ Spoonful
Star Wars	John Williams
Sunny Afternoon	The Kinks
Sunshine Of Your Love	Cream
Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This	Eurythmics
Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd
Sympathy For The Devil	The Rolling Stones
Tainted Love	Soft Cell
Tangerine	Led Zeppelin
The Battle Of Evermore	Led Zeppelin
The Book of Love	Peter Gabriel
The Ocean	Led Zeppelin
The Quiet One	The Who
The Rain Song	Led Zeppelin
The Show Must Go On	Queen
The Star Spangled Banner	Key/Smith
Trampled Under Foot	Led Zeppelin
Turn The Beat Around	Gloria Estefan
Wearing And Tearing	Led Zeppelin
When I’m Sixty-Four	The Beatles
White Rabbit	Jefferson Airplane
White Room	Cream
Who Are You	The Who
Whole Lotta Love	Led Zeppelin
With or Without You	U2
Yellow	Coldplay
Zombie	The Cranberries
Zelda Theme Song	Nintendo!

 

Anthology Strings part of The Knot’s 14 Perfect Weddings!

We’re super excited to get a mention in the Knot’s upcoming issue!  Mirna & Gian’s gorgeous wedding  was really a fabulous event, and looking through this article reminded me of how special that day was.

Anthology Strings Joins the Sleepy Rebels for their Album Release!

Come on out to Joes Pub to hear the Sleepy Rebels (OUR FAVORITE BAND) celebrate their album release, Yellow Tree! We’ll be playing too!!!

Where: Joes Pub

When: Wednesday May 18th 7:30PM

Tickets: http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/Itemid,40/

Buy the Album!  http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/yellow-tree/id437010288
Hope to see you there!

Our 2011 Best of Plaque!

We were super excited to receive our “Best of 2011 Weddings” Plaque from the Knot!

We’re mentioned in The Knot’s next Publication!

Hi Guys n’ Gals – Keep an eye out for The Knot’s next publication. We’re mentioned in Gian and Mirna’s “Real Weddings”. Enjoy!

We won The Knot’s Best of Weddings 2011!

Good news keeps flowing in! Yesterday we learned we won the Wedding Wire’s best of 2011 and TODAY we found out we were voted Best of Weddings 2011!  We couldn’t be happier!

 

We won The Wedding Wire’s Bride’s Choice Awards 2011!

Official Press Release!

New York, NY – January 25, 2011 – WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Anthology Strings has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Ceremony Musicians!

Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.

Anthology Strings stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.

“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Anthology strings for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”

We are happy to announce that Anthology Strings is among the very best Ceremony Musicians within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.

For more information, please visit our WeddingWire Storefront today at Anthology Strings Wedding Wire

For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.