Three singers and three horns give Motor City Sounds a substantial musical presence for a wedding with a love of soul. The ten piece recreates the sound of sixties and seventies soul, with guitar, keys, bass and drums completing the lineup. Its repertoire includes My Girl and September, giving you specific songs to consider when discussing the direction of your reception. You can choose one, two or three sets, so the performance can have a place shaped around the evening you want. For couples who want a large live ensemble and a clear soul theme, that combination has a strong appeal.
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Ten musicians recreating 60s and 70s soul, and the honest expectation is that you'll be dancing for most of the night. Three singers out front, three horns behind them, and a four piece rhythm section of drums, bass, guitar and keys. That's a big sound in a room, and it's the right one for this music. They'll play one set, two or three depending on how your night runs.
They can bring full sound and lighting with industry crew running it, or scale the whole thing down if your event is a smaller one. The stage space they need is roughly 6 metres wide by 3 metres deep, which is worth checking with your venue early given the size of the band.
Motown and Stax, mostly. ABC and I Want You Back and I'll Be There from the Jackson 5, plus Blame It On The Boogie and Can You Feel It from The Jacksons. Marvin Gaye is all over it: Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing, How Sweet It Is and It Takes Two. Then The Temptations with Ain't Too Proud To Beg, Get Ready and I Can't Get Next To You, The Supremes with Baby Love and Come See About Me, Aretha Franklin's Chain Of Fools, Wilson Pickett's In The Midnight Hour and Don't Knock My Love, Otis Redding's Hard To Handle and I Can't Turn You Loose, Sam and Dave, Stevie Wonder, the Four Tops, Martha and the Vandellas, Kool and the Gang, and Knock On Wood.
The ten piece line up is the show, so what changes between bookings is the production around it. Motor City Sounds can supply the sound system and the lighting rig, sized to what you actually need, and they will scale the whole setup down for a smaller room instead of forcing a big stage plot into it. Anything from one set to three. Venue, stage and the size of the PA all feed into what gets loaded in, so tell them where you are holding it and how many people are coming when you enquire.
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