OVERVIEW
A collective of musicians that perform your most adored contemporary songs for weddings and special events.
Eclipse is a tight-knit collective of musicians. We make it our business to stay on top of all the well-loved songs of our time, from 1970’s funk to the Aussie rock classics to the grooves of today’s pop divas and top-chart songs. Our repertoire of songs is massive, and the chances are that we already know your favourites. (Even if we don’t, we will learn them for you anyway.) There’s something about having the music created right there and live that sparks energy in a space that would not have been conceived any other way. Your wedding is so, so unique to who you are and we know that. So, we created three variations of our group to help you curate to the atmosphere you want:
The full party band: Big sound, big energy, big love. This option is for dancing all night until you drop.
The acoustic trio: When you’re after a more relaxed atmosphere but you still want to keep things lively. Crowd favourite songs, performed as acoustic arrangements, with a light back-beat from the drums.
The acoustic duo: For those calm, romantic ceremony moments that just need a really good slow ballad or classic, feel-good song.
About
Rachel is a musician and oversees all aspects of the Eclipse team. After planning her own wedding in 2017 and 2018, she was inspired to transform her band into everything that she would have wanted for her own wedding day. With a background in design and fashion, as well as music, she combines all three loves in Eclipse to create a tight-knit collective of musicians that know their instruments, have a presence, and are willing to enhance the overall tone and aesthetic of an event.
Rachel Farag
Director and Musician
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FAQ
The biggest thing is how live musicians set the energy of the room when in performance. Everything is so authentically created in the now and it captures the real emotion of whatever guests and hosts are feeling. We don’t just play a song the exact same way every time. It’s like we are collaborating with the room to create a new energy in what we play every time. That real emotion is something that live musicians can nail leaps and bounds over a playlist or the average DJ.
Beyond that, good musicians can improvise in a way that allows us to adapt to whatever is going on. Your bridesmaids are walking down the aisle too quickly? Forget that weird music fade-out, musicians will stay alert and adapt the music accordingly. Got an awkward silent section where formalities are being done? We start performing something totally fitting that won’t leave guests bored waiting.
In short, you get to experience a real performance, created in the now, that shifts the overall atmosphere of your event.
We are a small collective of musicians, which means there are about a dozen of us to give you (1) flexibility in choosing as much or as little live music as you like, and (2) assurance that we can still deliver what we do for you, even if one of our musicians gets sick or needs personal leave.
Most singular musicians can only perform up to 4 hours, with breaks, before physical injury sets in (think of how sore your voice may get after a whole day of speaking loudly). As a collective, we can comfortably take care of multiple sections of your event, over several hours. For a wedding, this could mean we can cover your ceremony, canapés and your reception, just with Eclipse musicians.
Here’s a quick rule of thumb:
We are incredibly selective with which musicians we work with. The all need to (1) be excellent and have a strong technical understanding of their instrument, (2) be able to adapt to a song and improvise well on-the-fly, (3) have great communication skills (both non-verbal for the stage, and a friendly demeanour to welcome audience members to participate and chat with us. These three are absolute essentials, which makes it very easy for us to be proud of our team!!
Not at all. An agency will recruit already-formed acts and pitch those acts to prospective clients. They will often take an agency commission on top of the musician’s fee. Everyone in our Eclipse team, however, are what make up the whole of who we are; every performance of ours is always an Eclipse performance. We don’t take ‘agency commissions’ because we are only one entity, which means everything we do is fed back into an infrastructure that is there to support and give growth to our musicians (this is something that our director, Rachel, is hugely passionate about).
Our song repertoire encompasses over 200 contemporary songs and we are constantly adding to it. We like to understand what kind of people will be at an event, and what the purpose of the event is, to help us decide what is appropriate to perform.
For example, a corporate networking event will encourage us to play light music that won’t overpower the networking chit-chat. A large ball or party will see us choose a lot of upbeat songs from various decades that are easy to dance to. A wedding ceremony will call for bare, romantic ballads. We like to appropriate our song performance choices on what each event types needs to create a more enhanced experience.
We could even take it further by having the musical styles reflect the setting. A wedding at a family farm would be great with classic rock and country music, or an event by the beach would be so nice with bubby, light, acoustic songs. We have so much fun with song curation, and it's such a great tool in enhancing whatever personality you want your event to exude.
We can learn up to 4 songs for your wedding day (say, for your first dance, father-daughter dance, ceremony processional or recessional). Our musicians will just need enough notice to learn them; at least 5 weeks. If you decided in the last month that you’d like a special song, don’t fret! You can still choose something from the list of songs we already know. Just ask us and we will send you our master song list.
Yes! Just let us know if there are some genres or artists you particularly love or especially dislike. We take that into consideration when putting together our set lists.
Yes, we perform across all areas of Western Australia. For busy months, we limit the number of regional events we can cover so, if that applies to you, make sure you get in touch with us as soon as you can!
The other thing to note for regional events is that we ask clients to cover our musician’s accommodation and a meal for each of them too so they can perform their best for you (and stay safe overnight)!
Yes, we began opening our performances outside of WA this year in 2020. We will travel anywhere; across other Australian states, and overseas.
If your event is based outside of WA, just ask us about what that entails. We may even have been booked for an event close to your city for when you need us!
During the short 15-min breaks and dinner breaks of our musicians, we will play a Spotify playlist of songs through our sound system. The music will generally be in the same style as what we are playing.
We can absolutely set aside a microphone for speeches. Just let us know beforehand and, given that your time for speeches is during our designated booked time (say, in-between our performance sets), we won’t charge anything for that!
We will automatically cover the sound equipment setup if your event is quite simple (from a production perspective), if you are expecting 300 guests or less, and if your event is within Perth of the South West region of Western Australia.
If you have more guests than that, or if your event is more complex and requires its own Audio Visual (AV) contractors, we can help you organise an external AV company for us to liaise with. Many larger event halls and hotels will actually have their preferred in-house suppliers too, so if your event is at a major hotel, they may already have the contacts you need for this.
If your event is outside of Western Australia, we can help you liaise with an external AV company to provide us with sound and backline (that is, things like drums and amplifiers).
At minimum, here is what we need:
We don’t offer clients the ability to choose specific singers or instrumentalists as this often gets messy logistically for us! We spend a lot (a lot) of time making sure our quality of musicianship is maintained across the board so there’s no need for that anyway.
We can alway add on extra vocalists or instruments for a fuller sound. That may be the way to go if that's something you're interested in. In the past, we have added on keys and saxophonists, and we can easily add in extra vocalists for a richer musical sound.
June 2019
Expert Advice
As a wedding professional, Eclipse offers expert advice to help couples plan their perfect day. Ask a question or read their expert advice.
Get Expert AdviceI'm looking for a female musician for my wedding in Melbourne, any suggestions?
Eclipse
Hi,
Are you still after a singer for your wedding? Our main singer is incredible and she will be moving to Victoria in a few months. Away from us, unfortunately (we are based in Perth, WA), but convenient for you if you still need one. We can't rate her enough. She sings Beyoncé to Ed Sheeran to the Beatles and even does an incredible AC/DC voice (seriously). Super versatile.
You can see her in one of our live medley videos here: https://vimeo.com/336962132
Let me know if that helps, or if you're interested, and I can get you in touch with her!! :)
Regards,
Rachel Farag
Director & Musician | Eclipse
https://eclipseperth.com
Does it matter if I'm not having dancing at my wedding?
I don't have a dance floor and my wedding is during the day :)
Eclipse
It totally does not matter!! If you don't want to create that vibe, and you're not really into it, then don't do it.
I know for my own wedding we had a destination wedding in a garden. I really wanted to create a peaceful, secret garden vibe, so instead of partying and dancing, we created this other-world experience by just opting for a classical pianist perform in the middle of the garden. It really made us all feel like we were in a different world. (Our wedding was actually featured later in the wedding magazine, Together Journal, and you can get an idea here: www.togetherjournal.com/rachel-nathan-by-nita-meyer-photography).
My point is, it's all dependent on what kind of experience you want to create for both you and your guests. Think about what atmosphere you want people to be engulfed in and, that way, their behaviours – of whether to dance or drink or be quiet or cry or connect – will follow suit.
Hope that helps!
Regards,
Rachel Farag
Director & Musician | Eclipse
https://eclipseperth.com
Can i ask for a dj or band's music sample before i book them?
Eclipse
Not only can you but you most certainly should! If it's not already available online, ask for their demo videos, live videos, audio tracks, images, etc. Whatever will help you get a better idea of who they are as performers and what you should expect when you book.
Regards,
Rachel Farag
Director& Musician | Eclipse
https://eclipseperth.com
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