CD Wedding Favors
From LoveToKnow Weddings
Handing out CD wedding favors with your musical selections is a thoughtful way to tell guests you appreciate their support and love on your wedding day.
Personalized CD Wedding Favors
Make your wedding CD favors memorable. Include photos of yourself and your spouse when you were children, throughout your teen years, and when you first met. Include special vacations you have taken together or events you attended together, like state fairs or concerts.
Organize your CD in a chronological order. Be sure to have a Table of Contents so your guests will quickly be able to jump form one area to the next. Consider the following sample contents a guideline for organizing your CD:
- Jan—From Bouncing Baby to Ball of Fire
- Rob—Terrible Twos and Beyond
- How We Met
- The Story of Us
- The Proposal
- Engagement Activities
- Thank You
Alter the contents to fit your needs. If both of you are into cooking, you could include a special recipe section that shows a photo of the finished dinner next to the instructions. Be sure to include lots of snapshots, and obtain permission from your professional photographer if you want to use a photo taken by a studio.
Music to Include on CD Wedding Favors
As you contemplate making your CDs, you will want to consider the kind of music you want to put onto your CD. Do you want to include all of your ceremony music? What about any dinner selections? Here is a list of commonly used songs on wedding CDs:
- Processional
- Unity candle song/solo selection
- Recessional
- Dinner selections (one or two will suffice)
- First dance
- Father/daughter and mother/son dance song
- Bridal party song
- Last dance song
Because making a CD can be time consuming, you will want to begin as soon as you can if you are doing it yourself. If you have not chosen all of your music, you can choose to put together a “love songs” CD that includes meaningful music to you as a couple. Guests may enjoy reading about why a song is special in a small insert you place inside the CD to explain your choice.
If you choose to do a homemade wedding favor CD, you will want to check into copyright laws regarding the songs you chose to include. See the heading “Copyright Law Help and Information” at the end of this article.
CD Printing Services
For couples who do not have the technology or time to produce a CD wedding favor themselves, they can hire a company to do it for them. If you employ a wedding DJ for your dance, she/he may be able to provide this service as part of a package (he/she may already have permission to make and distribute music CDs legally—be sure to ask). Your reception planner or wedding planner may also recommend someone in the area who can put together a CD for your wedding guests.
Keeping wedding costs down is a huge issue for many couples. Stay in budget by comparison shopping through different web companies that offer this service. Check out the following companies that will take care of making a professional looking CD label and case for you:
- GiftCDs.com—Get a memorable CD from this company. They customize your CD with photos, music, and graphic design. Choose the “Your Love Story” option and get a special 4-5 page booklet on your romance included. A price estimate is done before you complete your order.
- OurWeddingCD.com—This company has an easy, step-by-step ordering instructions, with various themes provided. Choose from their wide array of formats, and include a photograph if you choose. Pricing goes down with the more you order, so keep in mind the amount you need.
- CDbyME—Order custom labels, jewel case inserts, and photo labels for your wedding CDs. This site even lists popular wedding songs by year for you to consider including on your CD.
Copyright Law Help and Information
In order to legally distribute CD wedding favors, you will need to obtain permission so that royalties can be paid to whom they are due. For information regarding copyright laws, visit the following websites:
- Checklist of Required Information—A list of items is found here that should be included in a Notice of Intention to Obtain a Compulsory License for Making and Distributing Phonorecords.
- U.S. Code of Regulations—Information from the copyright and patent office of the United States.
- BMI—Licensing information from Broadcast Music, Inc.
- The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers—Submit your information to learn about getting a license.
- SESAC—Get information regarding a license for music by those involved in their group.
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