Instrumental Guitar
Want to walk down the aisle to your favourite song or piece of music? Your big day is all about you. I play religious, civil and humanist ceremonies (followed by drinks receptions). Anything from my set list is acceptable as it is instrumental. If a priest wishes to have some religious music, I can accommodate too. I have over 15 years experience and I know in detail the structures and sections where music is best placed. I know how to improvise timings during the ceremony and I work closely with the Celebrants to ensure this runs smoothly.
I am open to song/music requests for ceremonies. This is limited to two songs/pieces of music but I can learn more at an added cost.
I primarily perform solo instrumental guitar but can accompany other singers and sing myself (see my vocal & guitar set list).
I use all my own top of the range guitars and audio equipment to ensure everything sounds perfect on the day.
I can play outdoors as I have a battery powered amplifier, so there's no need to worry about an outdoor power source.
I am open to travel anywhere. I am based in Meath but have travelled all around the country and even Portugal and Spain in the past (career highlights).
Check out my set list below. Should you need any advice on what music works best in different sections of the ceremony, please ask.
I can also tailor my repertoire to suit different style events/entertainment.
Instrumental Set List:
MODERN POP/ROCK | |
Elbow | One Day Like This |
Ed Sheeran | Thinking Out Loud |
| The Killers | Mr Brightside |
Adele/Bob Dylan | To Make You Feel My Love |
Hans Zimmer | True Romance Soundtrack- You’re So Cool |
Ben Howard | Only Love |
Blur | Tender |
Sting | Fragile Shape Of My Heart Fields Of Gold |
The Police | Walking on the moon Every little thing she does is magic Roxanne Message in A Bottle |
Paul Weller | You Do Something To Me |
Hozier | Like Real People Do From Eden |
Norah Jones | Come away with me |
David Gray | This Years Love |
Frames | Falling Slowly (Theme tune from the film ‘Once’) Star Star Lay Me Down |
The Pixies | Here comes your man |
Coldplay | Every Teardrop Viva la Vida |
Crowded House | Weather With You Don’t Dream It’s Over |
Pearl Jam | Future Days |
Manic Street Preachers | A design for life |
Damien Rice | Blower’s Daughter Cannonball |
Lisa Hannigan | Lille |
Jeff Buckley | Hallelujah Lilac Wine Lover You Should’ve Come Over |
The Waterboys | Fisherman's Blues The Whole of the moon |
The Pogues | Fairytale of New York Rainy night in Soho |
Radiohead | Nice Dream |
Foo Fighters | Times like these |
Christina Perri | A thousand years |
Guns n’ Roses | November Rain |
The Cure | Lovesong Friday I'm In Love Just Like Heaven |
Jose Gonzalez | Heartbeats |
Metallica | Nothing Else Matters |
CLASSIC POP/ROCK | |
Beatles | In My Life All You Need Is Love Blackbird Here Comes The Sun Here There and Everywhere Yesterday When I Saw Her Standing There |
Cyndi Lauper | Time After Time True Colours |
Neil Young | Harvest Moon |
Jimmy Webb/Glen Campbell | Wichita Lineman |
The Turtles | Happy Together |
Led Zeppelin | Stairway To Heaven |
Fleetwood Mac | Albatross Landslide |
Dire Straits | Romeo & Juliet |
Queen | Love of my life |
Paul Simon | Feeling Groovy You can call me Al |
Van Morrison | Days like this |
John Denver | Annie’s song |
Elvis | Can’t help falling in love The Wonder Of You |
Eric Clapton | Wonderful Tonight Tears in Heaven |
| Stealers Wheel | Stuck In The Middle With You |
Pink Floyd | Comfortably Numb Wish you were here |
| Beach Boys | God Only Knows |
CLASSICAL/TRADITIONAL | |
Schubert | Ave Maria |
David Foster/Charlotte Church | The Prayer |
Debussy | Canon in D Major |
Delibes | Flower Duet |
Beethoven | Moonlight Sonata |
Barber | Adagio for Strings |
Bach | Prelude in D Major |
Ludvico Einaudi | I Giorni |
Braveheart | Theme Music |
Sinead O’ Connor | She Moves Through The Fair |
Clannad | Harry’s Game |
Ó Riada | Ag Críost an Siol |
Jay Ungar | Lover’s Waltz |
Eva Cassidy | Somewhere Over The Rainbow |
Lord of the Rings theme music | Shire Theme Rohan Theme |
Ennio Morricone | Gabriel’s Oboe |
Mozart | Andantino |
Francisco Tarrega | Lagarima |
JAZZ/BLUES/SOUL | |
Eric Clapton (and many others) | Autumn Leaves |
Etta James | At Last |
Frank Sinatra | Something Stupid |
Al Green | Let’s Stay Together |
Louis Armstrong | What A Wonderful World |
| Nat King Cole | Love |
Chet Atkins | Jam Man Mr Sandman |
Stevie Wonder | Signed Sealed Delivered I’m Yours |
Dave Brubeck/George Benson | Take five |
Frankie Valli | Can’t take my eyes off you |
Bobby Hebb | Sunny |
Sting/Ella Fitzgerald/Thelonius Monk/Others | Round Midnight |
Kenny Dorham/Chet Baker/Joe Henderson/Others | Blue Bossa |
ELECTRIC GUITAR/ ROCK MEDLEYS | |
| White Stripes | Seven Nation Army |
| Eurythmics | Sweet Dreams |
| Queen | Tie Your Mother Down Bohemian Rhapsody |
| Hans Zimmer/True Romance | You're So Cool (True Romance Soundtrack) |
| Beatles | Daytripper |
| Metallica | Enter Sandman |
| Rage Against The Machine | Know Your Enemy |
| Fleetwood Mac | Oh Well |
| ACDC | Back In Black Highway To Hell |
| Depeche Mode | Personal Jesus |
| U2 | I Will Follow Where The Streets Have No Name Vertigo |
| The Doors | Roadhouse Blues |
| Deep Purple | Smoke On The Water |
| The Police | Message In A Bottle Roxanne Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic |
| Smashing Pumpkins | 1979 |
| Radiohead | Paranoid Android |
| The Pixies | Here Comes Your Man |
| Led Zepplin | Kashmir Whole Lotta Love Heartbreaker |
| The Turtles | Happy Together |
| Al Green | Lets Stay Together |
| Stevie Wonder | Signed Sealed Delivered |
| MOVIE SOUNDTRACKS | |
| True Romance | You're So Cool |
| The Mission | Gabriel's Oboe |
| Braveheart | For The Love Of A Princess |
| Lord Of The Rings | Shire Theme Rohan Theme |
| Michael Collins | She Moved Through The Fair |
| Once | Falling Slowly |