Nate Hance Event Music
The one-stop shop for your wedding & event music needs
Wedding Music
Live music adds such a beautiful, elegant, and joyful energy to your wedding day.
For ceremonies, the most popular option is a pianist. If your venue doesn’t have a piano, our pianists will bring their own professional keyboard. Guitarists and harpists are also available to add class to your ceremony.
Whether you want traditional, contemporary, or a mix, the music will be customized to fit your desires. And we take any song requests (Nate has even played Star Wars weddings!)
For cocktail hour, most couples choose to have the ceremony musicians or a couple of musicians from the reception band. They will bring a joyful energy to your cocktail hour as your guests mingle and get ready to party!
Our musicians can also provide quiet, ambient music during dinner.
Finally, book one of our custom dance bands to keep the dance floor full all night! There is nothing like a live band for your reception. Champagne MIxtape will play all your favorite songs and give you and your guests the time of your lives.
Your One-Stop Wedding Music Shop
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Ceremony Musician
Add elegance and class to your ceremony with a pianist, or add a classically trained vocalist or violinist!
Includes up to 30 minutes of prelude music and any song requests. Feel free to be creative!
Need ideas for ceremony songs?
Popular Traditional Songs Playlist
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Cocktail Hour
Add live music to your cocktail to bring a joyful energy to your celebration.
You may choose a solo pianist, or adding a vocalist or instrumentalist.
Solo Musician: starting at $250
Duo: (such as piano and bass): starting at $475
Trio (such as piano, bass, and sax) starting at $625
Discounts when booked with a reception dance band.
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Dinner Music
Ambient music to set the mood for your dinner, with a lower volume to allow for easy conversation.
A solo pianist sets the perfect ambience. Or add a guitarist, sax, or violin for the cherry on top.
Discounts when bundled with other services
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Reception Dance Band
Champagne Mixtape is a collective of the most versatile musicians in the Twin Cities., who will specifically tailor the setlist for your big day.
Price includes sound, DJ music during breaks, and up to 4 song requests
4-piece band (best for smaller weddings) starting at $2200
5-6 piece band (most popular): starting at $2700
7-8 piece band (add singer(s) or horn): starting at $3700
Add-ons
Travel fee: $0.65/mile for weddings over 50 miles outside of St. Paul, MN
Ceremony Sound System: $125 (includes 2 wireless microphones)
Ceremonies with no power source: additional $125
Basic Dance Floor Lighting: $225
Emcee Service: $125
Custom wedding song and professional recording: $300 (learn more here)
Specialty Bands
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Cocktail Combo
Cocktail Combo plays the classics you know, but with a twist. Whether it’s Uptown Funk as a ballad, Billy Joel as a tango, or ragtime Britney Spears, they shake up your favorite songs in new and exciting ways.
Their signature ingredient is the "Wheel of Genres". They take song requests and invite people to spin the wheel, which determines how they play the song. This has led to such gems as "That's Amore" as hip hop, and "Bad Romance" as opera.
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Giggle Water
Gatsby-Style Prohibition Jazz Band
Giggle Water brings you back to the 1920s with their Gatsby-inspired jazz music. From the standards of Ella Fitzgerald and Sinatra to jazz takes on modern pop hits, Giggle Water will get everyone dancing and take you back to the days of Prohibition and speakeasies.
