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About Alan

With over 15 years experience and a huge song list i can guarantee that you get the atmosphere and quality that your wedding/event deserves

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Classical Guitarist

Richmond

Public liability insurance of £5 million

I can provide the perfect atmosphere for your wedding day or private event. From a tailored set list for the ceremony and drinks reception to stunning background music for your wedding breakfast. With a large and varied repertoire I can cater for your personal musical taste and can also learn requests if you have that special song in mind. I am a graduate of the Royal College of Music and over the last 15 years I have performed at many beautiful venues such as Villa Regina Teodolinda (Lake Como, Italy) Allington Castle, Winchester Cathedral, Shendish Manor, HMS Belfast, Wentworth Golf Club, Grosvenor Hotel, Horsley Towers and Royal Holloway College to name just a few. You can pick the set list for the day from my song list to guarantee you get the songs and atmosphere that your wedding deserves. I can use a battery powered amp meaning that I can set up anywhere that would need. I am a very stress free booking as I will always reply to your messages asap and I am a highly organised and professional musician who knows what's needed for the occasion I would also send you a rough recording of your bridal entrance so you know exactly what to expect on the day.

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5 out of 5

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5 out of 5

Alan was absolutely excellent at our celebration of life. We chose a few songs from his playlist which he weaved seamlessly into a 3 hour performance with only one short break. He arrived. In time and was all set up and ready to go when we arrived on time. I would highly recommend Alan as he has a very varied repertoire suitable for any occasion. He is an incredibly talented guitarist.

5 out of 5

it was fantastic. really pleased

5 out of 5

Alan’s responsiveness was excellent from the first contact. His playing was beautiful. His repertoire is very wide ranging, from classical to Disney, so provided a perfect start to the party attended by guests from 2 to 94

5 out of 5

We are so happy that we chose Alan to perform at our wedding! The whole process from start to finish has been so seamless and he made us feel some comfortable throughout. Alan has such an extensive playlist and we were able to pick out so many of our favourite songs and on the day, he was amazing! We had so many compliments about how great he was! My only regret is that I didn't get to hear as much of his set as I would've liked! Alan really helped make our day so special and we are so grateful for all his hard work. We couldn't recommend him highly enough!

5 out of 5

Alan recently provided the music at our wedding and covered the ceremony, reception and wedding breakfast. He created the perfect relaxed atmosphere with a great variety of songs and so many guests commented on how brilliant he was. We had a few requests from his song list but trusted him to create the full setlist, and it worked with the day perfectly. He has been incredibly professional, friendly and helpful right from our first contact, always replying quickly to emails and sending over a brilliant demo of my requested bridal entrance song within a day! He was also happy to travel up to the Lake District from London for our wedding which we really appreciated! A massive thank you, from Ashleigh and Jacob

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Alan's Song list

Arrangements of Popular Songs

2020-Present

Blinding Lights - The Weeknd

Dynamite - BTS

Forget Me - Lewis Capaldi

Where Did You Go - Jax Jones, MNEK

I’m Good (Blue) - David Guetta ft Bebe Rexha

Anyone For You - George Ezra

Stay - The Kid Laroi ft Justin Bieber

Take You Dancing - Jason Derulo

Savage Love - Jason Derulo

Shivers - Ed Sheeran

Afterglow - Ed Sheeran

As It Was - Harry Styles

Late Night Talking - Harry Styles

Levitating- Dua Lipa

Beautiful Things - Benson Boone

2010-2020

Shallow - A Star Is Born

High Hopes - Panic At The Disco

Hey, Soul Sister - Train

Adore You - Harry Styles

Beautiful People - Ed Sheeran

Perfect - Ed Sheeran

Photograph - Ed Sheeran

Thinking Out Loud - Ed Sheeran

Shape of You - Ed Sheeran

The A Team - Ed Sheeran

Wake Me Up - Avicii

You Are The Reason - Calum Scott

Just You And I - Tom Walker

Better Half Of Me - Tom Walker

Waka Waka (This Time For Africa) - Shakira

Can’t Stop The Feeling - Justin Timberlake

DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love - Usher

Forever After All - Luke Combs

Little Talks - Of Monsters And Men

We Found Love - Rihanna

Senorita - Shawn Mendes ft Camila Cabello

Bruises - Lewis Capaldi

Pompei - Bastille

A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay

Shotgun - George Ezra

Budapest - George Ezra

Rather Be - Clean Bandit ft Jess Glynne

Just the way you are - Bruno Mars

Marry You - Bruno Mars

Count On Me - Bruno Mars

The Greatest Show - The Greatest Showman

A Million Dreams - The Greatest Showman

ReWrite The Stars - The Greatest Showman

A Thousand Years - Christina Perri

Like I'm Gonna Loose You - Meghan Trainor ft John Legend

All of me - John Legend

Hello - Adele

Best Day Of My Life - American Authors

Say you won't let go - James Arthur

The One - Kodaline

Riptide - Vance Joy

Stay With Me - Sam Smith

Happy - Pharrell Williams

Get Lucky - Daft Punk ft Pharrell Williams

Love Yourself - Justin Bieber

Hold back the river - James Bay

Move Together - James Bay

Let It Go - James Bay

Unconditionally - Katy Perry

Sugar - Maroon 5

How Long Will I Love You - Ellie Goulding

Yours - Ella Henderson

What makes you beautiful - One Direction

Simple - Florida Georgia Line

2000’s

Last Resort - Papa Roach

Mr Brightside - The Killers

When You Were Young - The Killers

Somebody Told me - The Killers

I Predict A Riot - Kaiser Chiefs

Use Somebody - The Kings Of Leon

Sex On Fire - The Kings Of Leon

Numb - Linkin Park

Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams - Green Day

Teenage Dirtbag - Wheatus

Marry Me - Train

7 Days - Craig David

The Scientist - Coldplay

Wherever You Will Go - The Calling

Better Together - Jack Johnson

You Raise Me Up - Westlife

I’m Yours - Jason Mraz

Many Of Horror (When We Collide) - Biffy Clyro. PTO

All about You - McFly

Closer - Ne-Yo

Beautiful - Akon

Right Now (Na Na Na) - Akon

Everything - Micheal Buble

You And Me - Lifehouse

Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis

Lifestyles Of The Rich & Famous - Good Charlotte

Feeling Good - Muse

Make You feel My Love - Adele

You’ve Got The Love - Florence & The Machine

90’s

Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Time Of Your Life - Green Day

Basket Case - Green Day

When I Come Around - Green Day

Save Tonight - Eagle Eye Cherry

All The Small Things - Blink-182

Wonderwall - Oasis

Don’t Look Back In Anger - Oasis

Live Forever - Oasis

I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing - Aerosmith

Songbird - Eva Cassidy

Hero - Mariah Carey

Nothing Else Matters - Metallica

Kissing You - From Romeo and Juliet

Everything I Do - Bryan Adams

Shape Of My Heart - Sting

Fields Of Gold - Sting

Everlong - The Foo Fighters

Zombie - The Cranberries

Amazed - Lonestar

You Gotta Be - Des’ree

You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller

Kiss Me - Sixpence None The Richer

Friday I’m In Love - The Cure

Iris - Goo Goo Dolls

Dreams - Gabrielle

You Get What You Give - New Radicals

Get Here - Oleta Adams

Hallelujah- Leonard Cohen.

From This Moment - Shania Twain

Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

Dancing In The Moonlight - Toploader

Lucky Man - The Verve

80’s

Beat It - Michael Jackson

Summer Of 69 - Bryan Adams

Gimme Gimmie Gimmie - ABBA

Golden Brown - The Stranglers

Endless Love - Lionel Ritchie

Buffalo Soldier - Bob Marley

Redemption Song - Bob Marley

Romeo and Juliet - Dire Straits

Sweet Child O’ Mine - Guns N’ Roses

Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode

I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Whitney Houston

Livin On A Prayer - Bon Jovi

We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off - Jermaine Stewart

With Or Without You - U2

70’s

Is This Love - Bob Marley

No Women No Cry - Bob Marley

Your My Best Friend - Queen

Hotel California - The Eagles

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Your Song - Elton John

Three Times A Lady - The Commodores

Let It Be - The Beatles

Ain’t No Sunshine - Bill Withers

Dancing Queen - ABBA

Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder

60’s

Here Comes The Sun - The Beatles

Yesterday - The Beatles

She Loves You - The Beatles

I Want To Hold Your Hand - The Beatles

In My Life - The Beatles

Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis

Stand By Me - Ben E King

Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison

Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

At Last - Etta James

Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding

For Once In My Life - Stevie Wonder

PTO

Classical

River Flows in You (Bella's Lullaby from Twilight

Portuguese Love Theme (from Love Actually)

Concerning Hobbits (from The Lord Of The Rings)

Cinema Paradiso Love Theme

Wedding march and Bridal March

Fur Elise

The Heart Asks Pleasure First

Cavatina (from The Deer Hunter)

Speak Softly, Love (from The Godfather

Minuet in G

Canon in D (Pachelbel’s Canon)

Ave Maria

Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring

Air on A G String

Gymnopedie No 1

Ode To Joy

Danny Boy

Largo

Classical gas

Various other classical pieces PTO

Spanish/Latin

Spanish Romance - Trad

Aranjuez - Rodrigo

Bossa Bap - Sida

Recuerdos De Alhambra - Tarrega

Serenata Espanola - Malats

Asturias - Albeniz

Danza Brasilera - Morel

More - Mondo Kane

Green Eyes - Menendez

Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps - Dorris Day

Various Flamenco

Jazz/Standards

So Nice

Misty

Wonderful World

Fly Me To The Moon

Blue Train

I'm Beginning To See The Light

The Girl From Impanema

Tangerine

Disney

Can You Feel The Love Tonight - The Lion King

We Are One - The Lion King 2 Simba’s Pride

The Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book

Beauty And The Beast

A Whole New World - Aladdin

You’ve Gotta Friend In Me - Toy Story

How Far I’ll Go - Moana

I See The Light - Tangled

You’ll Be In My Heart - Tarzan

Colours Of The Wind - Pocahontas

Under The Sea - The Little Mermaid

Reflection - Mulan

Alan's Prices

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Performance duration	Price
Short performance (up to 15 min)	£187.50
Up to 1 hour	£225
Up to 2 hours	£300
Up to 3 hours	£375

Customer questions

What do your clients love most about your performances?

Clients love the ability to choose music from my very large song list, I can play all the songs that you would expect to hear at a wedding but i have also have a lot of songs that are different and alternative. For example you can have music from Ed Sheeran, John Legend or music from GreenDay, Blink 182 and Red Hot Chili Peppers. It's completely up to you

Which venues have you performed at in the past?

Villa Regina Teodolinda (Lake Como, Italy) Turin Castle (Scotland) Allington Castle (Kent) Horsley Towers (Surrey) The Royal Automobile Club (London) The Royal College Of Music (London) Wentworth Golf Club (Surrey) Royal Holloway College (Surrey) Shendish Manor (Hertfordshire) Royal Berkshire Hotel (Surrey) Manor By The Lake (Gloucester)

Which artists have you been most influenced by?

Over the years i have gone through stages of listening to many different genres of music. I feel that this is noticeable when you see how large and varied my song list is. My biggest influences would have to be the guitarists that taught me from an early age and through my undergraduate course at The Royal College Of Music

What is the most high profile gig you've performed?

To me every wedding is high profile, the same effort, efficiency and commitment gets put into every performance. I have played at weddings and events where high profile people have attended

What if my timings change after I've booked you?

That's fine, there's always little things that can change slightly leading up to the day, especially if you have booked well in advance. I'm happy to be flexible to help you with any changes that may occur so please just let me know before the day

Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?

As I don't really take breaks in-between sets I wouldn't need to provide this service. The only break in sound you would get is if you require me to move to a different area.

How much time do you need to set up?

I usually aim to arrive an hour before I'm due to start but i only take 10 minutes to set up.

Can I pick the pieces you play from the set list?

Yes absolutely, with my large and varied song list there will definitely be music to suit the atmosphere that you are looking for. You can also choose a request free of charge.

Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?

Yes, the only thing that I would need from the venue is a chair

Can you learn specific pieces before the event?

Yes, if you have a special song in mind that isn't on my list then a request is fine, free of charge.

Musicianship

Genres:

Classical crossover, Classical, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Easy listening

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Instruments:

Classical guitar, Guitar, Spanish guitar

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Instrumental teaching, Arranger

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