A couple drawn to folk tales and songs of the sea could find a wedding voice in The Modern Bard. The solo acoustic act combines singing with guitar and ukulele, drawing on a repertoire of more than seventy songs that also includes fantasy music and ballads. Classical training in guitar and voice sits alongside experience in musical theatre, composition and live performance, with wedding arrangements among the options. You might give these songs a listening moment over the afternoon, an appealing direction for a celebration where storytelling and the intimacy of one performer matter to you.
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One performer, three tools: voice, guitar and ukulele. The repertoire sits past 70 songs and pulls from traditional folk, sea songs, fantasy music and slower ballads, so a set can drift from a rowdy chorus to something quiet without feeling like a different act took over. The PA is his own and he runs it himself through the night. Sydney and the Hunter Valley are home, and work happens right across New South Wales.
Give them a couple of metres each way. floor, with a power point he can reach. Outdoors he needs to be out of direct sun and protected if the weather turns, so a marquee corner or a verandah is the safest bet.
A standard night runs three fifty minute sets, which fills about three hours once you count the breaks. Shorter runs of one or two sets are on the table too, and those tend to suit festival slots or a ceremony where music only needs to cover part of the day. Weddings and one-off events get the arrangement built to fit the schedule you've already got.
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