About
Tom Booth Music is a musical soloist for hire in Hobart, TAS.
Fourteen years and counting across Tasmania, covering weddings, corporate functions and private events. Live music is the base of it, either solo acoustic or a duo with Nikayla on guitar, keys and second vocals. From there Tom adds DJ sets built to your taste, with a personalised playlist, ambient uplighting and dancefloor lights, or an all-in-one package that runs live acoustic through the ceremony and canapes then hands over to a full DJ reception in a single booking. Every booking comes with planning by phone or email: must-plays, do-not-plays, first dance, ceremony songs. Corporate work covers background music, event DJ sets and sound and lighting hire. The PA handles 300 plus guests. Hobart, the Huon Valley, the East Coast and Tasmania wide. Insured.
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The show
Tom Booth covers the whole soundtrack of a day, which is why couples tend to book the live music and the DJ from him together. Guest arrival through to the last song of the reception, all from one person. Every booking comes with proper planning by phone or email beforehand: must-plays, do-not-plays, first dance and parent dances, ceremony choices, family or cultural requests, and how the timings line up with your venue and celebrant. For ceremonies, the three key songs can be learned and played live. Corporate work runs the same way, from opening canapes through to the close of the night. Fourteen years of gigs sit behind the calm about it all.
On the day
One reliable power point runs everything. Where access is straightforward, an hour is plenty of set up time. Using two spaces changes the maths: outdoor canapes and then an indoor reception means a power outlet in each, and an hour per PA system. If there's no power at all where your ceremony is happening, battery powered options are available, which is what makes beach and bush spots workable.
Performance options
The all-in-one wedding booking is the popular one: live acoustic through the ceremony and cocktail hour, then a full DJ reception, with up to three ceremony songs learned, a personalised reception playlist, PA, wireless mics for celebrant and speeches, and dancefloor lighting. Prefer live only? Solo acoustic guitar and vocals suits ceremonies and canapes, or the duo with Nikayla on guitar, keys and second vocals fills out the harmonies for dinner. The DJ package stands alone too. Lighting can be added to any of it, ambient uplighting in your colours plus moving heads for the dancefloor. Corporate bookings cover background acoustic sets, event DJ and sound, and lighting on its own.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
125 songs
3 A.M - Matchbox 20
About a Girl - Nirvana
Ain't no Sunshine - Bill Withers
All the Small Things - Blink 182
Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again? - The Angels
Angels - Robbie Williams
April Sun in Cuba - Dragon
Baby I've Got You On My Mind - Powderfinger
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears
Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Before Too Long - Paul Kelly
Believe - Cher
The Best - Tina Turner
Better - Screaming Jets
Better Be Home Soon - Crowded House
Better Days - Pete Murray
Better Man - Pearl Jam
Better Man - Robbie Williams
Big Jet Plane - Angus & Julia Stone
Black and Gold - Sam Sparro
Black Velvet - Alannah Myles
Blinding Lights - The Weeknd
The Boys Light Up - Australian Crawl
Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something
