Review Centre: Solo Musicians

"Madhu was an excellent addition to the entertainment for our Graduating Students Exhibition Private View in June. She's not only a fantastic musician, amazing at her craft, but she's so personable - staff, students and guests absolutely loved her. She judged the playlist perfectly for both sets providing background music at the beginning of the evening as people arrived and going into full party/celebratory mode for her second set later in the evening. Such a lovely, accommodating, talented lady - would not hesitate to recommend and only hope I have an opportunity to book Madhu in the future. With my sincere thanks... Hannah "

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"After many years of friendship, it was a joy to have Rob as part of our wedding. Rob played an acoustic set throughout our drinks reception which really set the tone for the day. Rob then performed an up beat set to kick off our evening and then a DJ set. Everyone absolutely loved the song selection thought the day- each set was so different and fit the time perfectly. We really appreciate Rob’s attention to detail in curating the songs and making sure we had a real mix of things we loved. It was such a professional service from start to finish. Thank you for making our day special."

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"Chris, wow, Marcus as I were blown away by your performance at our wedding. You have an amazing voice and we are beyond grateful that we got to have you sing me down the aisle and sing to our guest throughout the drinks reception! Thank you so so much for making everything so seamless from enquiry to the moment you left."

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"Alec performed at our wedding together with Sodhi on tabla. They provided a wonderful musical backset to our ceremony and dinner party, which made a beautiful impression on all our guests. We requested some specific tunes we wanted them to play while we walked down the aisle, which they did. They were also very friendly with our guests and were even able to perform some unexpected requests. "

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"We booked Stephen for my grandfather’s memorial and he was an excellent performer. He was professional, charismatic and a beautiful pianist that played an array of songs from the genre we picked together. We’d definitely book him again."

Reply by Stephen Guy Daltry
Thanks so much Sabina. It was a great pleasure. Sincere regards, Stephen

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"We spent a lot of time picking someone for our wedding anniversary and would just like say Joanne made our day so special people are still telling us how much they enjoyed the day. Joanne guided us through our song selection which was very helpful. Thanks again Danny and June"

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"Oleg was amazing and made my wedding so special. He was brilliant at communicating and responded quickly to any queries we had. Oleg had such attention to detail throughout the the whole process of booking and on the day of the wedding. He was professional, polite and an exceptional Saxophonist. Oleg played for our guests arrival, ceremony and drinks reception. All our guests complimented Oleg with such high regard. Thank you so much for being part of our wedding."

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"A really fantastic evening in which Nick was a key contributer. A really genuine & easy going gent who pitched his performance at just the right level. An absolutely brilliant voice & artist who I would highly recommend for any occasion. Thanks for making the evening Nick."

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"Simon, thank you so much for your excellent piping for the funeral service of my mother. You have made what she wanted for her funeral come true. Many thanks."

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"Avoid this woman. We paid her £380 to play for an hour and a half in the woods during our wedding ceremony and drinks reception on Saturday 10th August, 2019. She played for half an hour before the ceremony and then wouldn’t play the remaining hour because she claimed the conditions weren’t appropriate. Her reasons are as follows... her fingers were too cold (it was 20 degrees) and a small branch fell on the wedding celebrant who was no way near Cecily (the celebrant carried on like a profession, I hasten to add). I asked Cecily for the money for the hour back and she refused. I therefore, am going to be looking into what legal action to take as I am not happy paying £380 for someone to play for half an hour! Cecily ruined our wedding day so don’t book her... she could ruin yours, too! "

Reply by The Waldorf Harpist
N/B: Please note this booking was private and not through Last Minute Musicians. If it had, then the LMM contract would have made clear that the musician reserves the right to protect their instruments (and themselves) if the working environment become unreasonable or dangerous. On this day the MET office had issued a yellow warning for gale force winds and the weather conditions were a cause for concern. The wedding took place in a wood and as well as the celebrant being hit on the head by a falling branch, a much larger branch fell inches away from my harp after the ceremony. It is always difficult and upsetting to have to make the decision that it is unreasonable to continue playing when it is somebody's wedding day. I did, in fact, manage to play for 1/2 an hour before the ceremony and during the ceremony itself. When it was clear after the ceremony that there was no available option of moving inside, and after much consultation with ushers and friends of the couple, I made the decision that it was no longer a safe environment to work for me or the harp. I was assured by those I spoke to that the bride and groom would understand. The cold was a factor (high winds make the temperature feel much colder, and I would like to add several guests did put on their coats. I was also kindly offered a jacket) but not the reason for having to curtail this booking after 1 hour of playing. It is sometimes possible to deal with the ill effects of playing in the cold but the issue here was the lack of back up plan when the weather made the working environment dangerous. Nobody should be expected to work in an unsafe environment or put their extremely expensive and delicate instrument (as well as themselves) at risk when their livelihood depends on it. I would hope that having managed to play before and during the ceremony (and before the couple departed for photographs) that the decision made did not ruin anyone's wedding day. Naturally I am saddened when anyone feels dissatisfied with the service provided and I have never had a negative response to my performance at a wedding before. With best wishes, Cecily

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"A huge thank you Paul, for a great performance at our Party a couple of weeks. The performance and song choice you made for us was exactly right for the occasion and was very much appreciated by everyone. I would highly recommend Paul, and would not hesitate having him perform for us again sometime in the future."

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"Thanks so much for making our special day just that little bit more special, you brought such a great atmosphere and the guests absolutely loved it, we can't recommend you enough to others to book."

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"We have watched Dan live on multiple occasions and always had a fabulous time!"

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"Olivia performer for our wedding cocktail reception in between the ceremony and our sit down meal. Our guests all loved her singing with beautiful songs and a chilled vibe. perfect for the moment. It was a beautiful day and Olivia gave it that extra special touch, she was so fantastic several of our guests have booked them for events of their own!"

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"Saw you at my friend Clare's birthday party last month and will be booking ourselves for our upcoming anniversary party. So blooming great. Loved it."

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