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We did an ipod wedding and it was wonderful.  I had a friend get the music started and announce us when we arrived during cocktails.  Then my sister took over for the music and remaining announcements like first dance, cake cutting, garter toss, etc.  I guess it wasn't exactly an ipod recception since we used my laptop.  My sister is in a band so she let us use her speakers and such for the reception.  We received so many compliments about our music and we had people dancing seriously the whole time.  It WAS a lot of work however. I made sure there was a good balance of fast songs, slow songs, and songs that just about everyone sings/gets on the floor for. I also made sure everything flowed well together and made separate playlists for each "section" of the reception.  I then made a rough timeline so my sister would know when she needed to announce things.  If you have any questions or want any tips, just shoot me a message!

I will let you know after my wedding!!! 

I have an emcee though, and my playlist has been looked at and approved by several friends!! AND, many of the songs were requests as per my RSVP!!!

Not married yet... We thought about doing an iPod wedding, but in the end we went with a DJ. 

I've been to 2 weddings without a DJ.  At one, it was a friend with a laptop hooked into the PA system.  At the other, they literally used an ipod hooked into a big speaker.

The one that had the guy with the laptop started off really sloooow.  He played a lot of indie music that older people (and many of the younger people) didn't recognize.  The venue had a HUGE dance floor and everyone was drunk, but he wasn't able to get anyone to dance until he finally played "Twist and Shout" like 4 hours into the night.  Then he played "Thriller" and a couple other good ones, and people were having fun.  But at that point, the wedding was almost over. 

The ipod wedding was a disaster.  It was 2 entire Jack Johnson albums back to back, followed by a Josh Groban Album, followed by an Adele album. It wasn't mixed and it wasn't necessarily appropriate music for a wedding.

Neither wedding had someone to MC, so that was a problem.  I think if the whole point of the wedding music is to get people to dance and have fun, you HAVE to play songs that people like and want to dance to. That was the big problem with both weddings.  They just played songs that the couple like, which were not songs you can dance to. If it's just on as background music and there's no dancing, OR if you have an awesome mix of songs and someone to MC, then I think an ipod could work.  But the difference between an ipod and a DJ is that a good DJ will read the crowd and anticipate what will get them moving.  If the couple likes non-danceable indie music (or Josh Groban or whatever), a good DJ will find a way to work that in, but keep the crowd happy too.