Acoustic Solo Wedding Package
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Live acoustic music for any part of your wedding day, from guests arriving and your ceremony through to canapés, dinner and the reception. I'm based in Lower Longley and play weddings across Hobart, Launceston and the East Coast.
I bring the sound gear and set it up to suit your venue, so the back row hears as clearly as the front. If I'm playing your ceremony, send me up to three songs and I'll learn them for you.
This is a starting point, not a fixed package. Every quote is built around your day.
Songs arranged for each part of your day
I arrange every song to suit the moment it's played in. For the ceremony that usually means slower, stripped-back versions, often of rock and pop songs you wouldn't expect to hear on acoustic guitar. Over canapés and dinner the tempo lifts, so the room feels busy but guests can still talk.
Beyond your ceremony songs, we choose the rest together from my song list, or you can leave it to me. The walk down the aisle takes as long as it takes. If it runs longer than the song, I keep playing until you're there and finish when it feels right.
The setup is tidy, with the cables out of sight.
Why couples book me for solo acoustic.
Small spaces and small weddings suit it well.
A solo setup fits on a deck, in a courtyard or in the corner of a small dining room. I keep the volume at a level where guests can still talk, and it never feels like a band has taken over the room.
Your ceremony songs, learnt properly.
I learn up to three songs for your ceremony, in any style, arranged to suit an acoustic set. One week's notice is the minimum, but most couples send them a month or more ahead and we talk them through.
A plan for rain and for gear trouble.
My ceremony gear lives in one case on wheels. If the weather turns, it moves inside in under five minutes. Spares for anything essential stay in the van, so if something fails you won't know it happened.
No power at your ceremony spot? That's fine.
The ceremony setup can run on battery, so there's no generator noise and no cables across the grass.
Playing at Tasmania’s Iconic Venues and Hidden Gems
ValleyField, New Norfolk:
ValleyField in New Norfolk is a heritage-listed site right on the Derwent River. I perform live acoustic music in the gardens for ceremonies while guests overlook the water. For canapes, I move the setup to the adjoining gravel courtyard to keep the atmosphere relaxed. The reception then moves inside the Coach House. I set up on the main floor rather than the mezzanine to stay better connected with the guests. The high ceilings and painted sandstone walls provide great natural acoustics for a solo set. It suits the historic feel of the property perfectly.
Frogmore Creek, Coal River Valley:
The ceremony I played here was on the big lawn down by the vines, behind the venue. Canapés were on the stone terrace, under large umbrellas. Dinner and the reception were inside, in a high-ceilinged room full of wine barrels and timber. The dance floor sits between the stage and the tables, so the main speakers are a fair way from where people eat. I put a wireless speaker in the dining area, so the dinner set reaches every table clearly. For a room with that much height and glass, it doesn't echo as much as you'd expect.
The East Coast | Remote Properties & Beachfront Airbnbs:
I travel to Bicheno, the Bay of Fires and private coastal properties for ceremonies on the beach or out on the land. If there's no power, the setup runs on battery, with wireless microphones for speeches and no generator noise.
A review from a solo acoustic wedding
Thank you so much Tom for travelling all the way down the Tasman Peninsula to play at our little 2025 wedding! It was wonderful to have a live musician, especially when it came to timing and flexibility/forgivingness during our ceremony - can’t thank him enough for that! Tom delivered a beautiful acoustic rendition of my aisle song to set the atmosphere for our ceremony, and then on to our reception. His voice has such a wonderfully warm, raw, and deeply emotive quality, and the man knows his way around a guitar. I've seen him play pub gigs before and he reads the room well, and as such he gauged the vibe of our reception and his set-list to suit (other than stipulating my aisle song, I said I trusted his judgement and he did not disappoint). He certainly left a wonderful impression on our guests too, many of them remarking to us later how much they enjoyed his performance. Tom was easy to communicate with, easy going, flexible, efficient and listened to what we were 'after' for our day. Unfortunately for us, Nikayla wasn't available on this occasion, but I know she's very talented on the keys, with such a beautiful voice, and a wonderful stage presence to-boot. Even if you're not after someone to serenade you/rock out with you for your wedding, I'd definitely recommend catching one of their local duo gigs, or hit them up to perform at your function/celebration! Definitely an excellent choice for your wedding though!
- - Allyse & Rhys - Roaring Beach, Nubeena
- (February 2025)
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