I adore "Church Bells", so the vid had the perfect start for me. Good to see Guitar Center getting some love. Bashing them seems to be fashionable in some parts of the guitar world.
That could be because some stores like the one by me are terrible. I feel like I need a shower just walking through the door and the on hand stock sucks
For me, In one direction I have a Guitar Center about 45 minutes away. The opposite direction is Sweetwater's main campus, only 10 minutes more. No brainer.
That was awesome! I literally was just watching Francis cycle through Malaysia on his channel and caught this here. The Cade Media / Mary Spender crossover I didn’t know I needed! Beautiful wedding and song!
Glad to hear it worked out. Doubt you will need to do that again for an event in Manhattan Beach, but if you do, there is a much more convenient Guitar Center on Artesia in Lawndale.
6:06 you handled the timing just perfect! Loved the added little tag to make the song end at the perfect time. Reminds me of my wedding days 😊 it’s always an honour to play for somebody’s special day!
I've rented from guitar center a few times and I'm glad that i knew they did rentals because on one occasion, it took three different employees before they even admitted they rented gear. They do have good stuff though. When you can find the right employee to talk to.
A lot of places are like that now. Nothing like arguing with an employee who is certain they don’t do or have what you are looking for and doesn’t want to check.
Ugh. That photographer. I know the days are long past where photographers did everything to stay discreet, but good grief. I worked as a photographer in olden times where I'd have been banned from venues for getting in the way like that. As for Mary, amazing work, great sound, and a fantastic video. They were very wise to ask you to play!
I am a wedding photographer and the bride requires these type of photographs and does care about if the photographer gets in the way. I used to photograph from the back and sides with long lens and would get most of these images. But the brides wants images of them showing the crowds in the background and etc. I hate doing it, but it pays the bills.
@@matejajezdic it is subjective you are right. I just think in Mary we're talking about a major artist. Church Bell is a song written by Mary Spender for Mary Spender and I just wanted to underline her unique talent. I also think narratively the song is sophisticated in a way I wouldn't expect from a Mac song much as I like them.
Nice wedding. Excellent singing and playing by you as usual. Nothing like a Martin acoustic. I had mixed with Guitar Center but my experience has been mostly positive. My only negative experience came from a newbie. I'm a Leo, we don't forget.
Oh Mary what a dear friend you are to the couple. Congratulations to them! So glad you found the rental center and your expertise won the day. It seems you like California very much. I hope some day to see you in concert over here. Safe journey where ever you travel. Cheers!
Five words I’ve never heard consecutively before. Guitar Center saved the day. It just goes to show that if you live long enough you’ll hear everything.
It feels good to be asked to play at a friend's wedding doesn't it. I've been lucky to have played at several friend's weddings and it was always such a great feeling. Most of them were at the Church to sing songs and responses during the ceremony and even some songs I wrote for the couples. Also got to sing a song or two at the reception afterward.
Yay, Guitar Center! We've had so many music stores come and go in our area so I am very thankful for them! I love trying out their used gear and they are very helpful, but they spread their staff out pretty thin to handle all they do to stay in business!
Wait is this the same cyclist Cade that cycled down the length of West Malaysia? I recently found him because of that tour of his, and you're covering his wedding too? Wow, what a coincidence!
Congratz to Francis and his Bride. It's cool that he got married in SoCal, my town, hopefully that means he'll be hanging around here in LA more .... Cool !!
Seriously, Mary…This 'false jeopardy' (that none of us other humans would have to face these kind of difficulties) is ridiculously unbelievable!…But happy you and your friends had a wonderful day. X
My cousin Phil is the one out of the 5 cousins in my generation to get married in Vegas, but they had the chapel’s in house guitar player accompanying the ceremony, which was actually made it so much lovelier. They’ve been married for 15 years or so, with two great kids. It’s funny, we all got married oldest to youngest in order, even though we didn’t plan on it.
Mary, you sound like a traditioal archer. Telling what wood arrows are made from by smell (Port Orford Cedar is fabulous, by the way😂😂😂). I do love Church Bells on of my favourites from the album.
A wonderfully recorded narrative! This reminds me of an idea I had for a TV series, "The Gigging Detective," where a solo singer/musician gets called upon to play at weddings and other events in various exotic locations, and ends up having to solve a mystery while there 🎸🕵. (Copyright 2024 Colin Barley 🤣)
I'm pretty sure they did that already. Wasn't "Viper" or "Street Hawk" about a gigging musician who was a super-car/super-bike driving nocturnal detective? And then there are the countless anime versions of pretty much the same thing. Musicians playing arenas and superheros on their off-days?
This is why I stopped saying "yes" to playing at friends' weddings. Because 90% of the time it's assumed that if you show up with your guitar- miraculously there will be a sound system materialized out of thin air. And everything will sound perfect just like in the movies. 🤷
❤❤️❤️Lovely video❤️❤️❤️Thank you Mary ❤️x
Mary! We are so incredibly lucky you could make the day so perfect and even luckier to have you as a friend! 🤍
Congratulations! Best of luck to the two of you in the future! 🎉🎉🎉🥂🥂
I adore "Church Bells", so the vid had the perfect start for me.
Good to see Guitar Center getting some love. Bashing them seems to be fashionable in some parts of the guitar world.
That could be because some stores like the one by me are terrible. I feel like I need a shower just walking through the door and the on hand stock sucks
I blame the venture capitalists who bought Guitar Center and sucked the life out of the store.
For me, In one direction I have a Guitar Center about 45 minutes away. The opposite direction is Sweetwater's main campus, only 10 minutes more. No brainer.
This is what I love about this channel. Mary can tell a great story that makes you feel something.
Absolutely brilliant. And for what it’s worth, anyone that includes smell in their criteria for guitar evaluation is my kind of person!
That was awesome! I literally was just watching Francis cycle through Malaysia on his channel and caught this here. The Cade Media / Mary Spender crossover I didn’t know I needed! Beautiful wedding and song!
Glad to hear it worked out.
Doubt you will need to do that again for an event in Manhattan Beach, but if you do, there is a much more convenient Guitar Center on Artesia in Lawndale.
6:06 you handled the timing just perfect! Loved the added little tag to make the song end at the perfect time. Reminds me of my wedding days 😊 it’s always an honour to play for somebody’s special day!
Now that was sweet! Nice job, MS. Best to the newlyweds! Church Bell...good pick...know the lyrics well. 😊
They were very fortunate to have you sing at their wedding. Beautiful!
Smoke machine & disco ball on a fishing pole. Your friends are just brilliant! Congrats to the bride & groom! ❤🙏👍
I've rented from guitar center a few times and I'm glad that i knew they did rentals because on one occasion, it took three different employees before they even admitted they rented gear. They do have good stuff though. When you can find the right employee to talk to.
A lot of places are like that now. Nothing like arguing with an employee who is certain they don’t do or have what you are looking for and doesn’t want to check.
What do you expect from minimum wage employees with no benefits?
THATS ME
Ugh. That photographer. I know the days are long past where photographers did everything to stay discreet, but good grief. I worked as a photographer in olden times where I'd have been banned from venues for getting in the way like that. As for Mary, amazing work, great sound, and a fantastic video. They were very wise to ask you to play!
I am a wedding photographer and the bride requires these type of photographs and does care about if the photographer gets in the way. I used to photograph from the back and sides with long lens and would get most of these images. But the brides wants images of them showing the crowds in the background and etc. I hate doing it, but it pays the bills.
So happy for Frances! And of course you smashed it Mary! 🎸 Cheers and Congratulations!🥂
Church Bell could be a Fleetwood Mac song. Love it.
take your point and this isn't having a pop but there's never been a singer in any version of Fleetwood Mac to sing it as well as Mary.
@@alanclayton9277 That is pretty subjective. I love both the FM’s vocal trio and Mary’s voice.
@@matejajezdic it is subjective you are right. I just think in Mary we're talking about a major artist. Church Bell is a song written by Mary Spender for Mary Spender and I just wanted to underline her unique talent. I also think narratively the song is sophisticated in a way I wouldn't expect from a Mac song much as I like them.
@@alanclayton9277 Oh, absolutely. I wasn’t trying to undermine her originality. It just seemed like she took some inspiration as far as production.
@@matejajezdic well yeah in that sense I see.
Beautiful video! Something that we don't see very often
Was such a wonderful wedding and you made it even more special. So good to meet you, hope we can ride bikes some time ❤❤❤
I follow Francis’s channel - how did I miss him getting married?
Awesome to have MS as a wedding singer. ❤
They've only mentioned it a couple of times, and I think it's been mostly on the podcast
That was cool beyond cool.
Bella/Magnifico.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🍾🤣😂🎂
Nice wedding. Excellent singing and playing by you as usual. Nothing like a Martin acoustic. I had mixed with Guitar Center but my experience has been mostly positive. My only negative experience came from a newbie. I'm a Leo, we don't forget.
Mary, well done!!! Your friends are so blessed to have you help make their day extra special! ❤
Beautiful vlog of this sweet wedding, thanks for sharing this with us!!
2:18 I instantly felled in love with this blue Gretsch
Most interesting Romcom I've watched this year. It reveals a perfect platform for your music. Hollywood would be wise to be calling you soon. ❤️🌷❤️
That new Martin is beautiful.
Oh Mary what a dear friend you are to the couple. Congratulations to them! So glad you found the rental center and your expertise won the day. It seems you like California very much. I hope some day to see you in concert over here. Safe journey where ever you travel. Cheers!
That picking @3:20 is just great!
This was wonderful. Congratulations to the lucky couple.
Consummate professional and good friend! What a combo!! Bravo Mary.
Five words I’ve never heard consecutively before. Guitar Center saved the day. It just goes to show that if you live long enough you’ll hear everything.
Can you please do a cover of operator. You have a beautiful voice and I'm sure many people would appreciate it. Thank you 🙏
A private performance. So fortunate to have you as a friend.
It feels good to be asked to play at a friend's wedding doesn't it. I've been lucky to have played at several friend's weddings and it was always such a great feeling. Most of them were at the Church to sing songs and responses during the ceremony and even some songs I wrote for the couples. Also got to sing a song or two at the reception afterward.
Glad you were able to pull off the gig. Nothing like adding to the challenge of a live performance. Well done Mary!!
What fun. Yeah, for the Guitar Center. Our local GC has always done well for me.
Well done Mary..... a perfect blagging scenario, happy days!!!
Fantastic Mary! Gigs of any size can be a challenge.
Safe travels to you.
As we say in Texas; y'all be safe. Everyone
Yay, Guitar Center! We've had so many music stores come and go in our area so I am very thankful for them! I love trying out their used gear and they are very helpful, but they spread their staff out pretty thin to handle all they do to stay in business!
Always so impressed by your cinematography. Congratulations to Francis and Dani!!
Wait is this the same cyclist Cade that cycled down the length of West Malaysia? I recently found him because of that tour of his, and you're covering his wedding too? Wow, what a coincidence!
Beautiful story, love you even more now, Mary. And even love GC a little bit!
Congratulations to you and your friends! ❤❤❤❤👏🏻👏🏻🙋🏼♂️
(Awesome video, btw.)
I knew there must have been a reason Francis kept going to LA. LOL... you are a great friend.
Seems like shopping with your friends could be an expensive proposition!
Congratz to Francis and his Bride. It's cool that he got married in SoCal, my town, hopefully that means he'll be hanging around here in LA more .... Cool !!
Great story Mary!
Love your voice Beautiful Mary
That so cool the way you do such intricate finger picking and sing so lovely on top of that. Very nice.
Wonderful Mary that is so nice. I will say this Live Music is NOT dead.
A video with a lovely narrative.
Seriously, Mary…This 'false jeopardy' (that none of us other humans would have to face these kind of difficulties) is ridiculously unbelievable!…But happy you and your friends had a wonderful day. X
My cousin Phil is the one out of the 5 cousins in my generation to get married in Vegas, but they had the chapel’s in house guitar player accompanying the ceremony, which was actually made it so much lovelier. They’ve been married for 15 years or so, with two great kids. It’s funny, we all got married oldest to youngest in order, even though we didn’t plan on it.
Absolutely wonderful!
your a wondeful talent may God Bless you
Well done you 👏👏👏😀.
Awesome video as always Mary!!!
That's nice 😊 I hope they're very happy
Well played Mary!!
I know that Guitar Center - there's a much closer one to Manhattan Beach (where I got pretty much all my gear). I had my JP6 setup in West LA.
Excellent stuff, Mary. Wouldn't expect anything less :)
Glad GC came through for you. . .[my employer 😊]
Got my edrum kit from GC, the manufacturer left out a cord when packing the boxes. They (GC) gave me one from their shelves free.
Well Done!
Wow, you were in my neighborhood! Good job on the music.
"What does it smell like?" " Wood."
Hilarious.
that's a good smell
Agreed. New acoustic guitar smell is even better than new car smell! @@ThinWhiteAxe
The smell of a commissioned custom built guitar is absolutely unique and wonderful. 🥰🥰🥰
New shoes, cars, and guitars all have to be smelled😂
Just before you cut to the corner shot of the store, in my head I was yelling, "Disco Ball!"
You did them proud well done
Congrats and long love to the happy couple
Got goose bumps hearing you sing “kiss me”. Sixpence None The Richer, if I recall?
Correct
How cool is that! ❤❤❤
Mary, you sound like a traditioal archer. Telling what wood arrows are made from by smell (Port Orford Cedar is fabulous, by the way😂😂😂). I do love Church Bells on of my favourites from the album.
Nice job Mary ❤😊
Asking Mary Spender to sing at your wedding - priceless.
I'm not crying....you're crying.
Sooo...looking forward to you live in Shepherd's Bush!
very nice of u
Beautiful wedding and music... :')
Sweet❤️
OooOOooOoooooO so that's what that phrase "eye popping display" is talking about!! Must say, never witnessed it before....🤔🤷♀️
I love that song you are singing at the end of the video. Yours Mary?
Too cool! 🕊💖🎸
What about the two turntables?
A wonderfully recorded narrative! This reminds me of an idea I had for a TV series, "The Gigging Detective," where a solo singer/musician gets called upon to play at weddings and other events in various exotic locations, and ends up having to solve a mystery while there 🎸🕵. (Copyright 2024 Colin Barley 🤣)
I'm pretty sure they did that already. Wasn't "Viper" or "Street Hawk" about a gigging musician who was a super-car/super-bike driving nocturnal detective? And then there are the countless anime versions of pretty much the same thing. Musicians playing arenas and superheros on their off-days?
@@justaskin8523 I was thinking of something more old school, like “the Partridge Family” meets “Columbo” 🤣
what about that new custom Martin you have? is it based on a particular model? I love the headstock
You would have so loved "West LA Music" (which was put under by Guitar Center).
Did you check out McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica when you were so close by?
Most Awesome
Beautiful, so how many songs did you actually do for the wedding and reception?
Such a cutie and a great addition to my TH-cam channel
You are now known as the wedding singer!
Cool advert
QSC's and a SM58 can't really go wrong, works well for me.
So awesome. So, are Monday weddings a thing now?
This is why I stopped saying "yes" to playing at friends' weddings. Because 90% of the time it's assumed that if you show up with your guitar- miraculously there will be a sound system materialized out of thin air. And everything will sound perfect just like in the movies. 🤷
Your warm up and sound check sounds better than my playing. 😭
Oh I know him|! Is that why a cycling channel popped on my feed one day?
Me I would have gone into the store and never got out !
That’s a pretty hot song.
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