Press Club Band
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Press Club is a high-energy, top rated party band!
Press Club Band is Sydney’s most dynamic and vibrant party band. Press Club Band has only the best professional full time musicians and a massive range of songs focused on getting every party, Wedding, special event or private function up and kickin it on the dance floor.
We can provide any band mix you desire – whether it be a duo, a full 14 piece big band, classical string quartets, quality jazz and of course high-energy party music (minus the ‘cheese’ factor). We are specialists in creating the vibe you desire to fill the night or day with a mixture of funk, rock, swing, jazz or pop!
All our musicians are the best session players in Sydney! Best of all, before you book us, you can come and see us play at one of our showcases and work out the exact band make up you want to create exactly what you’re looking for. Visit our website to find out more about us, check our availability, read our testimonials, and listen to our demo songs online.
Don't hire this band
It was very upsetting dealing with this band, for four reasons:
(1) The Song List on their website is completely deceptive. We hired them on the basis they could perform those songs. Months before the wedding we sent through a marked up version of the song list with our requests for the songs from their song list to play, which seemed fine at the time. Only a week before the wedding, we were given an entirely new, very substantially truncated version of the song list from the actual performers, that was missing almost all the songs we had requested from their song list. This was followed up by them confirming that 30 of the songs from their song list, they we wanted played, would not and could not be played.
(2) Related to the song list, we felt totally deceived into hiring an additional musician. What happened was that we sent through our requested song list and asked "1) Based on these selections, do you think our current band set up would be able to cover these songs."
That resulted in the response:
"You have booked the 5 piece band which constains two vocalists and a sax player, this will be sufficient to cover the genres highlighted. The only thing I would say though is it would be great to add a guitarist (for an additonal $595 plus GST), to get the full sound scape for all songs as some feature guitar, but it won't be the end of the world if you don't."
On the basis that an extra guitarist would be better for the songs that we had chosen on the song list, we then hired the extra guitarist. That made it totally crazy that we were told the week before the wedding that most of the songs we had chosen and notified in our email, would not be performed.
(3) One thing we really wanted was to have the band play, live, the song to our first dance. That informed our choice of song. First, we emailed the band to "check with you to see if you would have any issues in performing either of the following songs live for our dance, where we listed our two preferred songs"
We were then told:
"The band will be fine to play either song."
We responded:
"Just a heads up, we've chosen I guess that's why they call it the blues (Elton John). We would really appreciate it if you guys could perform this song live for us on the day. Please let me know if there are any challenges with this."
In a subsequent email, we wrote:
"3) Just double checking you're still ok to sing our first dance song (I guess thats why they call it the blues by elton john) live?"
Again we received the following response:
"Absolutely, we can sing 3 special songs of your choice, these are usually: The Bridal Entry, The First dance, and Father Daughter / Mother Son dance. Let me know if you would like the band to learn songs for the above."
To which we responded:
"Confirming also that for the time being, we'd like you to just learn our first dance song "I guess thats why they call it the blues" by elton john;."
Then, ahead of the wedding, we asked if the band could, if possible, provide us in the next few weeks a recording of their version of the song, to practice to.
Then, shockingly, the week before the wedding we were told (via our wedding planner, but given our other communications with the band set out above, I have no reason to think otherwise):
"With respect to the first dance song, the band don’t know how to play that song. They are able to learn it however. I spoke to Paula and we both agreed if you have a choregraphed dance, it would be far better for the band to play this song off a device, rather than played live....They may have to pass on a charge to learn the music and to record any copies for you to rehearse to as well."
Ultimately, we had to go with a recorded version of the song instead.
(4) We hired them on the express basis, confirmed in an email, that a particular performer (Paula) would be available and would sing. We only found out shortly before the wedding that she would not be available - all we got was a response: "I am so sorry I had to remove myself from your booking, it was a difficult decision but I had no choice.").
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We had a fantastic evening - everyone did. The guys really did a great job.
Even when the barn dance caller came on stage and started the playing the guys from the band all jumped in and play ad hoc as well. It really was a fantastic evening - just wish the venue would have let us play for longer.
Out of 10 - I'd give you a 11. Ive already recommended you to other people at work for any future events etc.
Thanks again for all your help making our night so enjoyable.
Regards
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We would highly recommend press club band to anybody. 10 out of 10.
Music was great for both ceremony & reception and we truly cannot thank you enough.
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James and the team at Press Club Band were sensational. The music was incredible and the dance floor was packed all night. Best decision we made was to hire them. They were friendly and professional to deal with the whole way through. Everyone is still talking about how good they were. Hire them!
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Press Club Band is amazing. Have worked in the wedding industry for 5 years and they were my number 1 choice for my own wedding. James and his team are truly talented and amazing musicians. Guest couldn’t stop complimenting them on the music. Young and old were up dancing and enjoying all the songs. Thank you for making my wedding a fairytale day!
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The Press Club Band played at our wedding in July and were absolutely fantastic. They were very professional and played the most amazing music. They had our entire group of guests dancing the whole night! They were great with our requests and everyone thoroughly enjoyed them. I would 100% recommend them for any function.
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The Press Club Band played at our annual Dinner Dance and I was really impressed with their level of professionalism. They really made the night and played exactly the type of music we requested. They had the dance floor packed all night - thanks so much guys!
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Press club band were great. They made it easy for us to identify the type of music we wanted them to play by providing an easy online page to fill out. They also learned a relatively obscure song for our first dance. They played acoustic and 'plugged in' on the night and most importantly got people dancing. I recommend them to other couples.
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Amazing. Press Club Band created an awesome vibe that made the whole wedding a success. We had a four piece with Matt as lead singer, but also heard James and both are fantastic. They announced us into the reception and learnt some songs for us that we wanted played. All my friends loved them - they picked the genre that appealed to us and everyone was dancing and loved it.
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We are so glad we went with a live band for our wedding, it made the atmosphere something special and dynamic. Press Club Band were simply perfect. They made the wedding so much fun and kept the dance floor filled. So easy to work with and truely friendly people. Highly recommend them!
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easy to deal with, lots of compliments on the night and got our guests dancing even before the bridal dance
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There are a lot of choices when it comes to wedding bands but look no further then Press Club. These guys are amazing musicians and they made our day really memorable. We have had so many comments from our guests who commented how great they were. We requested they learn our first dance song Mark Cohen 'True Companion' which they happily agreed to and they nailed it. We would highly recommend Press Club to anyone looking for a professional wedding band. Thank you to James and the band.
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Press Club Band was fantastic. They catered to anything we wanted or needed. Learned a song just for our bridal waltz. Dressed perfectly for the day and were just an all round pleasure to have there on the day. Highly recommend!
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We loved having Press Club Band play at our wedding! They sounded great and we recieved a lot of positive comment on the night. They provided a very professional and friendly service, that we would definitely recommend to others.
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We cannot recommend the Press Club band highly enough! They played for our wedding in February and I'm still getting comments from our guests about how fantastic they were. They had everyone up dancing to our favourite songs, which were performed superbly. They were also extremely professional, patient and fun to work with. Thanks James and band. Ill be keeping an eye out for future gigs.