Mashups are a great way of “bridging the gap” between the mix of guests at your Hawaii wedding! A mashup is a song that combines elements of two different styles or genres of music into one song. Take this, for example:
In this example, the remixer (Party Ben) takes the vocals from Beyonce’s Single Ladies and combines it with the theme from The Andy Griffith Show. This makes the song instantly recognizable to
- your younger guests, who will recognize the Beyonce hit right away, and
- your older guests, who may have grown up watching The Andy Griffith Show, will instantly recognize the main theme, and may reminisce about the great memories from the past that the melody brings.
A mashup like this, when played by your wedding DJ, can bring generations together.
Here’s another one:
This is a fun one! Your younger guests will appreciate hearing Lady Gaga’s Just Dance, and your other guests who enjoy Journey will appreciate dancing to the instrumental sound of Don’t Stop Believing.
Here’s a combination of Green Day’s Brain Stew with The Beatles’ Eleanor Rigby:
And if you have guests who like music from the movie Grease, and/or like music by hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg, they will get a kick out of this:
So where do you find mashups? Mashups are everywhere! An easy way would be to go to youtube and run a search for “mashups”. Look for songs that you think you and your guests would enjoy dancing to, and let your DJ know so he can find a way to get those songs!
Mashups are a wonderful way of personalizing your wedding, getting your guests to dance together, reliving some happy memories from the past, and having a great time at your Hawaii wedding!
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