Rick Maltese
- Toronto, ON
- Pianist
- 26 Verified Bookings
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Gig Length: 15 - 240 minutes
Languages: English, Serbian
Processional: This is the music that accompanies the walk down the aisle. You'll need to pick a song for your bridesmaids to walk down the aisle to, and then a song for the bride's entrance. There are traditional choices like "Here Comes the Bride," of course, but you can do other classic alternatives like Pachelbel's Canon in D (like in Father of the Bride) or something totally different to personalize it. Love a song but not the lyrics? Have an instrumental version played. I have a few ideas for the processional.
Recessional: The recessional is like the opposite of the processional — it's when you walk down the aisle, but the other way. For your big exit, you could go with something more upbeat because the pressure is off now that you've gotten through the vows. (Think the scene in Love Actually when the band plays "All You Need Is Love.") Here are some ideas for the recessional.
Cocktail hour music: If you choose to host a cocktail hour between the ceremony and reception, it's good to have a playlist of songs to set the mood. The music should be low-key but convivial — you're not trying to get anyone to dance yet, but you don't want to put anyone to sleep either.
Reception entrance: This is a song to mark the bride and groom's entrance into the reception, usually with the wedding party in tow. It should be celebratory, not unlike the recessional song, and it's a good chance to set the tone for the party. If you want to introduce your wedding party first, you'll also need a separate song for them.
The first dance: Yes, everyone knows they need a first dance, but most people struggle trying to find the perfect song. If you don't already have "your song," I have plenty of first dance song suggestions.
Father/daughter dance: Traditionally, the father of the bride takes a spin with his daughter on the dance floor after the first dance. It can be something personal or traditional, and if you need some father/daughter dance song ideas, we've got them. Similarly, some couples also have a mother/son dance or simply integrate that into the father/daughter dance at the end.
Reception music: Whether you pick all, most, or some of your dance music depends on how in control of the playlist you want to be. Even if you give your DJ free rein, you may want to make a Do Not Play list — a list of songs that you really don't want to hear for whatever reason (you might not want your reception to be remembered for trying to bring back "The Macarena"). For songs you do want, though, we have lots of ideas, from fun pop hits to '80s songs. To end the evening, some couples also opt to have one song close out the event (doesn't The Wanted's "Glad You Came" seem perfect for this?).
Cake-cutting: If you make your cake-cutting a ceremonial event, pick out an upbeat song since it is usually a cute, sweet part of the evening. (Tip: if you have a first dance song that you rule out because it's too fast-paced, it might be perfect for cake-cutting.)
Bouquet toss: For this fun part of the wedding, another upbeat song is in order, and since you're commanding the wedding's single ladies to the floor, you can go literal ("Single Ladies") or just pick another fun, romantic song. And if you choose to have a garter toss, the same rules apply.
Motivated and dedicated piano player, composer and music producer with more than 15 years of experience in Europe. Expertise in playing Jazz, Classic and Pop Rock music. Broad/based technical training in stage performance, composition, music production and audio engineering.
Composer and music producer
Different music studio, Feb 2011 – May 2017
- Worked on many different music project
- Composing more than 50 songs
- Worked with different artist
- Recording all instrument for a song
- Mastering sound for song and albums for various artists
- Worked in Protools program
Piano player
Hotel “Hilton”, Basel, Switzerland, Feb 2009 – May 2011
- Entertaining guests of hotel
- Playing classic music up to 4 hours
- Making music repertoire for each evening
Piano and theory professor
Elementary music school, Jagodina Serbia, September 2002- Jun 2008
- Teaching kids (from 4-14 years) one-on-one lessons lasting from 30 minutes to 60 minutes
- Incorporate techniques and theory in every lesson
- Building a strong relationship with the students to better help them succeed
- Organizing, leading, composing for youth choir
- Give brief feedback to parents at the end of every lesson
- Working as a rehearsal coach
Education:
- Faculty for management, Bachelor in management, Belgrade Serbia
- Musik-Akademi der Stadt Basel, jazz performer, Basel Swiss
- Faculty of music and arts, piano and theory teacher, Niš Serbia
- Music high school, Niš Serbia
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ABBA - Gimme, Gimme, Mama Mia, Sos, Money money,Take a chance on me, The winner takes it all
Adele - *Hello (video), Rolling In The Deep, Bond Skyfall, Someone like you, *Make You Feel My Love (mp3)
*When we were Young, Set fire to the rain, Rumor Has It
Agustin Lara - Solamente una vez
A Great Big World & Christina Aguilera - *Say Something
Aerosmith - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing, Dream On
Al Green - *Lets Stay Together
Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind, No One
AC/DC – Thunderstruck, Back in Black
American Authors - *Best Day Of My Life(video)
Andrea Bocelli - Con te partiro, Vivo per lei, Prayer
Arcade Fire - The Suburbs(video)
Aretha Franklin - I say a little prayer
Ariana Grande - *Dangerous Women
Arctic Monkeys - Do I Wanna Know?
Avicii - *Wake me up(video), Hey Brother, Waiting for love
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Barry White - Your my first
Barrett Strong - Money (That's What I Want)
Bastille - Pompeii
Bee Gees - How deep is your love
Ben E. King - *Stand By Me
Bette Midler - The Rose
Billie Joel - She's got a way
Birdy - Wings
Beyonce – Love on Top, Halo, Crazy in love, Ave Maria
Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
Black Sabath - Paranoid
Bon Jovi - It's my life, Livin on a Prayer, You Give Love A Bad Name, Always23, Thank you for loving me
Bob Creve & Bob Gaudino - Cant Take my Eyes off You
Britney Spears - Toxic
Bruno Mars - Just the way you are, *Talking to the Moon
Marry you ,When I Was Your Man, *Uptown Funk, Count on me, Grenade
Bryan Adams - Everything I Do, I'm Ready, Heaven
Brian Crain – Butterfly Waltz
Bright Eyes - *First Day of My life
Bruce Springstein - Secret Garden
Birdy - *Skinny Love (Bon Iver)
Boney M - Rasputin
BTS - *Tomorrow, *I Need You, Save me, Autumn Leaves
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Camila Cabello - *Havana
Carlos Gardel - Por Una Cabeza, *El Día Que Me Quieras
Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe
Calvin Harris - *Summer, *This Is What You Came For
Capital Cities - Safe And Sound
Casting Crowns - Who Am I *
Celin Dion - To Love you more, Prayer, My Heart Will Go On, Beauty and the Beast
Clean Bandit – Rather be
Charlie Puth - *Attention
Christina Perri - A Thousand Years , Jar of Hearts
Cohen. L – Hallelujah
Cole Porter – Anything Goes, True Love
Coldplay - Yellow, Clocks , Charlie Brown, Viva la Vida,Paradise , Scientist, Fix you, God put a smile upon your face, *Sky Full of Stars, *Every Teardrop is a Waterfall, Closer
Colbie Caillat - *Fallin' For You
Consuelo Velazquez - Besame Mucho
Counting Crows - Accidentally In Love
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Daft Punk - Get lucky
Darius Rucker – Wagon Wheel
Daryl Hall & John Oates - You Make My Dreams
Dan Fogelberg - Longer
Dan Forrest - Good Night, Dear Heart
Damien Rice - *The Blower's Daughter
Dave Brubeck - *Take Five
David Bowie - Under pressure, Life On Mars, Space Oddity, Lets Dance
David Gray - *This Year's Love
David Guetta - Titanium , Without You
DAYA - *Hide Away
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen
Demi Lovato - Heart By Heart
Des'ree - *Kissing You
Dire Straits - Romeo and Juliet
Drake - *Hold On, *One dance *Fake Love
DNCE - *Cake by the Ocean
Duke Ellington - *Take the A Train
Dusty Springfield – *The Look of Love
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Echosmith - *Cool Kids
Ed Sheeran – The A Team, *Thinking Out Loud,
*Photograph, *Castle On The Hill, *Shape of You
*How Would You Feel *Perfect
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros - Home
Edwin McCain - I Could Not Ask For More
Ella Henderson - *Ghost
Elle King - *Ex's & Oh's
Elbow - *One Day Like This
Ellie Goulding - Burn, How Long Will I Love You , *Love Me Like You Do
Elvis Costello - SHE
ELVIS Presley - Can't help falling in love, Love me tender, Only you, It's now or never
Elton John - Can You Feel The Love, Your song
Enaudi Ludovico – I Giorni, Nuvole Bianche
Enya - Only Time, May it be
Elliott Smith - Say yes
Eric Clapton - Wonderful tonight
Etta James - *Swing Low Sweet Chariot, At last
Extreme – *More than Words
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Fall Out Boy - Dance, Dance, Sugar We're Going Down, Centuries
Feist - 1234
Fleet Foxes - *Helplessness Blues
Flo Rida – *My House
Fogelberg Dan – Longer
Foo Fighters - *Everlong
Frankie Valli's - Can't Take My Eyes Off of You
FUN - We are young
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Glenn Miller- *Chattanooga Choo Choo
Gotye - Somebody That I Used to know
Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
Green Day – Wake me up When September ends, 21 Guns, Still Breathing
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Haddaway - *What Is Love
Harry Styles - *Sign of the Times
Hansard - Falling slowly
Hanson - *Save Me
Hozier - *Take me to Church
Hillsong United - Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)
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Imagine Dragons - Demons , Nothing Left to Say, It's Time
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Over the rainbow
Iron and Wine – *Such great Heights, Flightless bird, American mouth
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
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James Arthur - *Say You Won't Let Go
James Blunt - You are beautiful
James Brown - I Feel Good
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Lucky, I won't give up
Jason Walker - *Kiss me
Jeff Buckley – Hallelujah
Jess Glynne - *Hold My Hand
John Denver - Annies song
John Legend - All of me , *Like Im Gonna Lose You
John Lennon: Imagine, Woman, Grow Old With Me, And I love her
Johnny Reid – *What love is all About
Josh Groban - You Raise Me Up
Journey - Don't Stop Believin' , *Faithfully
Julie London - Cry Me a river
Justin Bieber – Baby, *Love Yourself , *Sorry
*Cold Water, *Let me love you, **Despacito
Justin Timberlake - *Can't Stop the Feeling
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Katy Perry - E.T, Firework,Unconditionally,Dark Horse
Kanye West - *All of the Light
Kansas – Dust in the wind
Keane - *Somewhere Only We Know
Ke$ha - Take It Off
Kenny Rogers - *Through
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Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful
Led Zeppelin - All of my love, Kashmir , Stairway to Heaven, *Thank you
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Lifehouse – *You and Me
Lionel Richie - Endless Love(Diana Ross),Hallo
Lorde - Royals
Louis Armstrong - What a Wonderful World, Summertime, La vie en rose
Lou Reed - Perfect Day
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
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Maroon 5 – *This Love, Moves Like Jagger, Payphone *SUGAR(video),
Mark O'Connor - Appalachia Waltz
Mark Ronson /(link hidden)rs - Uptown Funk
Martin Garrix & Bebe Rexha - In The Name Of Love
Mark O'Connor - Appalachia-Waltz
Marvin Gaye – *Ain't no Mountain High enough, How Sweet It Is
Mancini H. - Moon River
McCain Edwin - I Could Not Ask For More
Meghan Trainor - *All About that Bass, *Like Im Gonna Lose You
Metallica -Nothing else Matters , Sandman, The Unforgiven
Michael Jackson - Beat It, Billie Jean , Thriller, *Ben, Smooth Criminal
Michael Bublé - *The Way You Look Tonight, *Everything
My Chemical Romance - Mama
Mystery Skulls - Ghost
Monica – *Angel of Mine
Muse - Feeling Good, Starlight, Time Is Running Out, Hysteria, Knights of Cydonia
Mumford & Sons - *I Will Wait
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Nat King Cole - Fascination, Mona Lisa
Norah Jones - Come Away with Me , Don’t Know Why
'N Sync - Tearin' Up My Heart
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Oasis – Wonderwall, Whatever
One Direction - What Makes You Beautiful,
OneRepublic - Love Runs Out, Secrets, Counting Stars
OMI - *Cheerleader
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Pearl Jam – Just Breathe
Peggy Lee - Big Spender
Peter Gabriel - *Book of Love
Phil Collins - You'll Be In My Heart, You Can't Hurry Love
PINK - Just give me a reason
Pink Floyd - *Money, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here, The Great Gig in the Sky
Pitbul - Give me everything
Pharrel Williams - *HAPPY
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Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody, Don't Stop Me Now, We are the champions, Under pressure , Show must go on,
You are my best friend , Crazy little thing called love, Somebody to love, *Love is My Life, Radio Ga ga
Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy
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Rachel Platten - *Better Place
Radiohead - No Surprises, *Creep,I Will, Street Spirit,
Karma Police, Climbing up the walls
Rascal Flatts - *Bless the Broken Road
Ray Charles – *Georgia On my Mind, *Unchain My Heart, Hit the road Jack
Ray LaMontagne - *You Are The Best Thing
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Snow, Dosed, Hard to concentrate
R.E.M. - *Everybody Hurts
Rihanna - Only Girl, We Found Love, Stay, *Diamonds,
*This Is What You Came For, *Love on the Brain
Richard Rogers - Isn't it romantic, It Might as well be Spring
Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up
Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
Robbie Williams – Angels, *Shes the One
Rolling Stones - *Wild Horses
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Sara Bareille - *I chose you
Sarah McLachlan - Touch
Sam Smith - Latch, Stay With Me , *I'm not the only one, Too Good at Goodbyes
Scorpions – Send me an Angel, No one like you
Sebastian Ingrosso – Reload
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson
Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss me
SINATRA - Fly me to the moon, Stardust, Strangers in the night, Unforgettable, If had to be you, Moonriver, *My Way
*New York New York(video), Have yourself a Merry little Christmas, Love and Marriage, Blue Moon(video), Girl from Ipanema(video), Somewhere Beyond the Sea
Skillet - Awake and Alive
Shania Twain - From this moment on
Shawn Mendes - *Stitches
Snow Patrol - Chasing Cars
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Spice Girls – 2 Become 1
Starship - Nothing gonna stop us now
STING - Every breath you take, Englishman in New York , Fields of Gold
Switchfoot - Dare You to Move
SZA - Broken Clocks
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Take That - Rule the World , Greatest Day
Taylor Swift - All Too Well, Love Story, Shake it Off, *Blank Space
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
The Beatles - In My Life, All You Need Is Love, Here Comes The Sun, Penny Lane, Hey Jude, Something, Yesterday , Get back, Eleanor Rigby , Good day sunshine, World without love, Michelle,Girl, If I feel,I wanna hold your hand, Octopus's Garden,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, She's Leaving Home, Day Tripper, When I'm 64, Oh! Darling, Because, Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight, Blackbird, A day in the life, Here There and Everywhere, You Never Give Me Your Money
The All-American Rejects - Gives You Hell
The Chainsmokers ft. Daya – *Don’t Let me Down , *Roses, *Closer
The Carpenters – You, Close to You
The Cranberries – Dreams
The Neighbourhood - Sweater Weather
The Delfonics - La La Means I Love You
THE KILLERS – When you were young
The Lumineers - *Ho Hey, *Stubborn Love,
The Hunger Games - Hanging Tree
The Monkeys - Im a believer
The Offspring – You're Gonna go far, Kid
The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
The Pretenders - I'll stand by you
The Proclaimers - 500 miles
The Rolling Stones – Wild Horses
The Script - Hall of Fame
The Smashing Pumpkins - Tonight, Tonight
The Temptations - *My Girl
The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
The Weeknd – *Earned it , *Can’t feel my face
The Walkmen - *Heaven
The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Tove Lo - Habits
Train - *Hey Soul Sisters, Marry me
Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out *, *Ride, Heathens
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U2 - All I Want Is You, With or without you, Beautiful Day,
Usher – Without you
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Van Morrison - Moondance, *Brown Eyed Girl, *Crazy Love
Village People – YMCA
Victor Young - When I fall in Love
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Wanting 曲婉婷 - *Drenched
Walk The Moon - *Shut Up and Dance
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
Westlife - *Beautiful in White
Wonder Stevie - Signed Sealed Delivered
Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You, I Have Nothing
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Yiruma - River flows in you. Kiss the Rain
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