About
Matt Black Entertainment is an event services business for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
One booking, several possible shapes. Matt Black Entertainment supplies soloists, acoustic duos and trios, DJs, and bands from four to eight pieces across Melbourne and country Victoria, so the same team can cover a ceremony, the cocktail hour and the reception without three separate conversations. The duos feature male and female singers and guitarists and take requests happily. Add sax, bass or cello and the duo becomes a trio with a much bigger sound. The bands play completely live and can switch to electronic drums when a venue needs the volume kept in check. Songs across the decades, from Brown Eyed Girl and Eagle Rock to Can't Feel My Face. They bring battery powered speakers for outdoor ceremonies, and gazebo hire is available if the forecast looks doubtful.
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The show
What arrives depends entirely on what you've booked, because this is one contact covering several shapes of act. A soloist gives you classy acoustic music that can lift towards a Sunday session feel. The duos put a male and female singer together with guitars, and they're approachable and genuinely happy to take requests. Add a saxophone, bass or cello and the sound fills out into a trio. The bands play completely live, and they'll bring electronic drums when a venue has a volume limit to respect. DJs are on the list too, including a DJ with a saxophonist over the top.
On the day
That varies with the act you pick. but power and some cover are the usual asks. For wedding ceremonies out in the open they bring battery powered speakers, so no power point is needed for that part of the day. And if the forecast looks doubtful, gazebo hire is available to keep the gear and the musicians dry.
Performance options
The most popular booking is a combo: acoustic performers playing live over dinner, then switching across to a party DJ when it's time to open the dance floor. Beyond that you can book a soloist, an acoustic duo or trio, a band of four to eight, a DJ on their own, or a DJ paired with a saxophonist. A full wedding package covers the ceremony, the cocktail hour and the reception under the one booking.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
61 songs
500 Miles – The Proclaimers
Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
Angels – Robbie Williams
As Long As You Love Me – Backstreet Boys
Baby One More Time – Britney Spears
Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison
Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
Can’t Feel My Face – The Weeknd
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You – Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Crazy In Love – Beyonce ft. Jay-Z
Crazy – Gnarles Barkly
Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi
Don’t Stop Believin – Journey
Drops of Jupiter – Train
Eagle Rock – Daddy Cool
Every Breath You Take – The Police
Footloose – Kenny Loggins
From This Moment On – Shania Twain
Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight) – ABBA
Grease Megamix
Hey Ya – Outkast
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
The Horses – Daryl Braithwaite
Hot In Herrre – Nelly
