Josh Romig is a singer for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
The tender song for walking down the aisle, then something that gets the whole room singing. Josh Romig reckons that range is what wins the booking, and it comes out of folk, soul, R&B, classic rock, reggae and singer-songwriter material. A stomp box and foot tambourine add the beat when a song needs one. Ceremony suggestions include At Last, Hallelujah, Songbird and Forever You and Me, with Beatles songs all through the list. Josh brings speaker, mixer, mic and stand, plus a battery rig for ceremonies well off the grid, and reads the room as the day goes. A common booking is ceremony, canapes and two reception sets. Melbourne based, insured, holds a Working with Children Card.
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The show
Josh Romig sends you the full repertoire ahead of time so you can pick through it yourself. On the day, he watches the room and builds from there. A tender song for the walk down the aisle, then something later that has everyone singing along. Folk, soul, R&B, classic rock, reggae and singer-songwriter material, with a stomp box and foot tambourine adding the beat when a song needs it.
On the day
Josh brings speaker, mixer, mic and stand, so there's nothing to hire. He can also run off a battery rig, which means a ceremony well away from any power point is no problem. One thing worth sorting in advance: if the forecast is rain or serious heat, he'll need some shelter over him and the gear.
Performance options
Weddings are the bulk of it. The booking he plays most often covers the ceremony, then canapes, then two sets at the reception, with a DJ often taking the rest of the night. Ceremony song suggestions include At Last, Hallelujah, Songbird and Forever You and Me, and there are Beatles songs right through the list. The shape gets worked out around your run sheet.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Working with Children Check
Song list
288 songs
Acoustic assorted Ceremony songs - suggestionsAcross the Universe (Beatles)All you need is love (Beatles)At Last (Etta James )Blackbird (Beatles)Can’t help falling in love (Elvis)Forever you and me (Teskey Brothers)Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen)Heartbeats (Jose Gonzalez)Imagine (John Lennon)Here comes the sun (Beatles)Kissing You (Des’ree)LOVE (Nat King Cole)Only Love (Ben Howard)Sea of Love (Cat Power)Signed Sealed Delivered (Stevie Wonder)What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)Songbird (Fleetwood Mac)Truly Madly Deeply (Savage Garden)You make my dreams come true (Hall and Oats)You’re everything (Michael Buble)Somewhere over the rainbow (uke versn avail)ClassicsEleanor Rigby (The Beatles)Father and Son (Cat Stevens)Hey Jude (The Beatles)Hotel California (The Eagles)I just called to say I love you (Stevie Wonder)Let it be (Beatles)One Love (Bob Marley)Scarborough Fair (trad)Someone like you (Adele)Space Oddity (David Bowie)Sweet Baby James (James Taylor)Tangled up in blue (Bob Dylan)Unchained melody (Righteous Brothers)With a little help from my friends (The Beatles)While my guitar gently weepsYesterday (The Beatles)Vincent (Don McLean)Classic Motown, Soul/BluesAin’t no Sunshine (Bill Withers)Dock of the Bay (Otis Redding)Hit the road Jack (Ray Charles)Isn’t she lovely (Stevie Wonder)Let’s stay together (Al Green)Mustang Sally (Wilson Pickett)My girl (The Temptations)Stand by me (Ben E. King)Superstition (Stevie Wonder)Signed Sealed delivered (Stevie Wonder)Aint no Mountain High enough (Marvin Gaye)At Last (Etta James)Easy (Commodores)Feeling good (Nina SimoneGrandma's hands (Bill Withers)Hey Laura (Gregory Porter)I got a woman (Ray Charles)I want you back (The Jackson Five)Isn’t she lovely (Stevie Wonder)Just the two of us (Grover Washington Jr)Jonny Be Good (Chuck Berry )Michelle (The Beatles)Moon River (Andy Williams)Nutbush (Tina Turner)Paradise (George Ezra)People Get ready (Curtis MayfieldStand by me (Ben E. King)When a Man Loves a Woman (Percy Sledge)When Doves Cry (Prince)Pop, Dance & Modern RnBHey Ya (OutkastLike I’m gonna lose you (Meaghan Trainor)Ordinary People (John Legend)Perfect (Ed Sheeran & Beyonce)Riptide (Vance Joy)Shape of you (Ed Sheeran)Shut-up and Dance (Walk the Moon)Skinny Love (Bon Iver)Stay with me (Sam Smith)Sunday Morning (Maroon 5)Thinking out loud (Ed Sheeran)Uptown Funk (Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars)Valerie (Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse)Country & AmericanaAmazed (Lonestar)Jolene (Dolly Parton)Heart of Gold (Neil Young)Natural Forces (Lyall Lovett)Landslide (Dixie Chicks)Let it be me (Ray La Montagne)Old Man (Neil Young)Ring of Fire (Johnny Cash)She taught me how to yodel (Frank Ifield)Tennessee Whiskey (Chris Stapleton)Trouble (Ray La Montagne)Ventura Highway (America)Wagon Wheel (Old Crow Medicine Show)You are my sunshine (Johnny Cash)9 to 5 (Dolly Parton)------------------------------------------General songs3 a.m. (Matchbox 20)Accidentally in Love (Counting Crows)About a Girl (Nirvana)All that matters (Justin Beiber)As long as you love me (Back Street Boys)Angel (Jack Johnson)All of me (John Legend)Across the night (Silverchair)Adore You (Miley Cyrus)A thousand years (Christina Perri)Be my forever (Christina Perri)Beautiful (Christina Aguilera)Best Part of Me (Ed Sheeran)Best Part of me (Landon Austin)Best Part (Daniel Caesar)Better be home soon (Crowded House)Better man (John Butler)Better together (Jack Johnson)Beyond (Leon Bridges)Big Jet Plane (Angus & Julia Stone)Bloom (Paper Kites)Blue spotted tail (Fleet Foxes)Budapest (George Ezra)Burn for you (John Farnham)Bushel Hyde (Jessica Pratt)Bella (Angus and Julia Stone)Californication (Red Hot Chili Peppers)Candy (Paolo Nuttini)Can’t feel my Face (The Weeknd)Chandelier (Sia)Changes (David Bowie)Chasing Cars (Snowpatrol)Chasing Pavements (Adele)Crazy little thing called love – QueenCreep (Radiohead)Cherry Trees (Deb Talan)Cherry wine (Hosier)Cinema (Benny Benassi)Cod liver oil and orange juice (Hamish Imlach)Coin Laundry (Lisa Mitchell)Could you be loved (Bob Marley)Cross eyed (The Morning Benders)Daughters (John Mayer)Don’t speak (No Doubt)Don’t you think it’s time (Bob Evans)Dream On (Aerosmith)Drops of Jupiter (Train)Every Breath you take (The Police)Fall at your feet (Crowded House)Free (Rudimental)Feels like we only go backwards (Tame Impala)Firework (Katie Perry)Frank Sinatra (Cake)Fire and the Flood (Vance Joy)Fix you (Cold Play)Forever Young (Youth Group)Forever (Ben Harper)From this moment (Shania Twain)Fast Car (Tracy Chapman)Georgia (Vance Joy)Give me love (Ed Sheeran)God only knows (The Beach Boys)Greatest View (Silverchair)Gladdest thing (Deb Talan)Going to a town (Rufus Wainwright)Grievances (Daniel Johnston)Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)Have yourself a merry little Christmas (Judy Garland)Heaven (Bryan Adams)Heroes (David Bowie)Hey Laura (Gregory Porter)Hey there Delilah (Plain White Tees)Holy Grail (Hunters and Collectors)Horses (Daryl Braithwaite)Home (Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic heroes)Hotline Bling (Drake)Hold on We’re Going Home (Drake)How will I know (Sam Smith)House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)I am not a robot (Marina and the Diamonds)I Don’t want to miss a thing (Aerosmith)I Follow Rivers (Lykke Li)I got mine (The Black Keys)I love you always forever (Donna Lewis)I try (Macy Gray)I will survive (Cake)I will wait (Mumford and Sons)In Bloom (Nirvana)In my place (Coldplay)In the long run (The Staves)All that matters (Justin Beiber)I’m Yours (Jason Mraz)Just a boy (Angus and Julia Stone)Just the way you are (Boyce Avenue)Kids (MGMT)Killing me softly (Fugees)Kiss Me (Ed Sheeran)Kiss from a Rose (Seal)Let no man steal your thyme (Carrey Mulligan)Last Request (Paolo Nutini)Lay it all on me (Ed Sheeran)Let her go (Passenger)Let Go (Frou Frou)Like I’m going to lose you (Meghan Trainor)Life on Mars (David Bowie)Let’s get married (Jagged Edge)Love yourself (Justin Beiber)Maybe I’m amazed (Paul McCartney)Magic (Cold Play)Magic Dance (David Bowie)Mango Tree (Angus and Julia)Make you feel my love (Adele)Marry you (Bruno Mars)Middle of the Hill (Josh Pyke)Moondance (Van Morison)Ms Jackson (Outkast)Nakamarra (Hiatus Koyote)Nancy from now on (Father John Misty)Norwegian Wood (The Beatles)Nothing compares 2 U (Sinead O’Connor)Ocean Eyes (Billie Eilish)Paper Aeroplane (Angus and Julia Stone)Parachutes (Coldplay)People get ready (Curtis Mayfield)Perfect Stranger (Magnetic man)Piledriver Waltz (Alex Turner)Pride (In the name of Love) U2Pumped up Kicks (Foster the People)River (Joni Mitchell)Rhythm of Love (Plain White T’s)Romeo and Juliet (Dire straits)Running up that hill (Kate Bush)Santa Monica (Everclear)Saturn’s lights (Deb Talan)Say you won’t let go (James Arthur)Sea creatures (Soak)See you soon (Coldplay)Seven Days (Craig David)She Burns (Foy Vance)Say my name (Destiny's Child)Simply Amazing (trey Songz)So much more than this (Grace Vanderwhaal)Somewhere only we know (Keane)Something in the way she moves (James Taylor)Speed of Sound (Coldplay)Shut up and dance (Walk the moon)Stand by me (Ben E. King)Starman (David Bowie)Surfin USA (Beach Boys)Thinking Out Loud (Ed Sheeran)The Metre (Powderfinger)Take me to Church (Hosier)Teardrop (Massive Attack)The A Team (Ed Sheeran)The Beast (Angus and Julia Stone)The Book of Love (The Magnetic Fields)The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)The less I know the better (Tame Impala)The man who sold the world (David Bowie)The scientist (Coldplay)Thinking about you (Frank Ocean)This old love (Lior)There’s nothing holdin me back (Shawn Mendes)Titanium (David Guetta)Toxic (Brittany Spears)True Colours (Kasey Chambers)Under pressure (Queen)Valerie (Amy Winehouse)Video Games (Lana Del Ray)Why do you only call me when you’re high (Arctic Monkeys)Walking Away (Craig David)We belong together (Ritchie Valens)What I Got (Sublime)When Doves Cry (Prince)When you say nothing at all (Ronan Keating)Wicked Game (Chris Isaak)Wild World (Cat Stevens)Without You (Silverchair)Wonderwall – OasisYellow (Cold Play)Yours (Russell Dickerson)You and me (Lifehouse)Your song (Elton John)You’re my best friend (Queen)Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)Sweet Child of Mine (Guns ‘n Roses)
