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"I totally &amp;amp;#8220;get&amp;amp;#8221; the idea of using an iPod at your wedding reception instead of a band or DJ. But I&amp;amp;#8217;ve also seen the iPod thing go really wrong. I think making a four-hour playlist seems like fun at first, but before you know it you&amp;amp;#8217;re filling time with extra-long songs, like &amp;amp;#8220;Rapper&amp;amp;#8217;s Delight&amp;amp;#8221; and &amp;amp;#8220;November Rain.&amp;amp;#8221; And when those pop up during your reception, that&amp;amp;#8217;s when things get ugly. (Meaning, that&amp;amp;#8217;s when guests stare at each other confused and walk off the dance floor. Bad scene.) To avoid the aforementioned &amp;amp;#8220;bad scene,&amp;amp;#8221; I recommend either making friends with a DJ and begging him to make the mix for you. Or hiring a company called AudioStiles. Here&amp;amp;#8217;s how it works: You fill out a form explaining exactly what you want&amp;amp;#8212;what songs and artists you love and hate, the mood you&amp;amp;#8217;re trying to create, etc., etc.&amp;amp;#8212;and mail them your iPod. They ship it back to you with a kick-ass mix loaded on. And you own the music, so you can share the mix with, I think, three other people. They&amp;amp;#8217;ll charge you $50 per hour of music, which includes the cost of the songs. So for a four-hour reception, that&amp;amp;#8217;s $200. Or $50 for a one-hour cocktail hour. Or approximately a million times cheaper than a DJ, band, or mariachi quintet. Rory actually got my step-mother, Jennifer, a four-hour mix for Christmas. She owns a chocolate shop and was in desperate need of some mood-setting music. Suffice to say, Jen was thrilled with the results. Or else, um, I wouldn&amp;amp;#8217;t be waxing poetic about the company right now. Have you been to an iPod-run reception before? How did it go? Is anyone hoping to use an iPod for their own reception? More on music: * Joanna&amp;amp;#8217;s Last Song * If You Could Have Any Musician Perform at Your Wedding, Who Would You Choose? * Will You Do a Father-Daughter Dance? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Thinkstock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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