36 Reviews for Phyllis & Friends Trio/Duo/Quartet/Band
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Review by Sheridan H.
Wedding•Reviewed on February 23, 2009•From Pendleton, IN
Review by Elizabeth Q.
Wedding•Reviewed on February 23, 2009•From Ladoga, IN
Review by Lindsay S.
Wedding Reception•Reviewed on August 17, 2015•From Indianapolis, IN
Phyllis was absolutely amazing! I would absolutely hire her again. She is extremely talented and very professional. She was very organized, arrived on time, communicated with me ahead of time to discuss my expectations, and just was overall very easy to work with. Would strongly recommend Phyllis. I just needed her to play the piano but given my experience with her, I am certain the same level of talent and professionalism would apply to all of her musicians.
Review by Linda H.
Wedding Ceremony•Reviewed on August 17, 2014•From Indianapolis, IN
The groom really wanted the recessional to be a specific piece of music that was written for piano. The trio adapted it for violin, viola, and piano at no extra charge. They were there on time and played beautifully. They came and went discreetly. Very professional!
Review by Joseph S.
Wedding Cocktail Hour•Reviewed on September 23, 2012•From Indianapolis, IN
Had the piano/violin duo to play at our daughters wedding cocktail hour and they were awesome! Especially on such short notice. Would definitely recommend!
Review by Jamie S.
Wedding Cocktail Hour•Reviewed on September 14, 2014•From Avon, IN
They bid for outdoor venues but are not very accommodating. ONE week before the wedding they asked us to move our ceremony to the alternate location because there was a 20% chance of rain! They played at this venue before and acted like they didn't know where it was or how it is set-up. We told them we would provide an easy-up tent and a few days before the wedding were told it HAD to be a 13x13 tent. The day of the wedding they showed up early (ok) and came directly to me (bride) as soon as I arrived and demanded why the tent wasn't set-up yet. Celloist only plays classical music and will not attempt to learn anything else. Would only book for indoor venues.
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Our contract CLEARLY states we do NOT play in rain or direct sunlight. Our instruments are too expensive. We have a canopy that we will rent to clients but client said they would provide it for both the ceremony & cocktail hour. They did NOT provide one for cc hour & we had to leave when it started to rain. Our contract says we will arrive early to set up. We needed their canopy set up BEFORE we could set up and get organized. They wanted music which has NO published arrangements for our Trio (only Duo). They said OK if cello didn't play all requested. BUT we arranged them at NO COST to client & cello played on ALL songs. She is an untruthful person.
Review by Danielle L.
Wedding•Reviewed on February 23, 2009•From Indianapolis, IN
Review by Hannah C.
Sorority Function•Reviewed on April 5, 2008•From Indianapolis, IN
The band that played at my event, Mel Chance and the Notables, I found to be very unprofessional and I would strongly suggest not hiring them. The band was decent and he seemed accomodating at first but after two hours, he refused to play our CD that we made to play during intermission. When I asked him to leave he refused. He was very rude to me, to our sorority president and to the event staff at our venue. We eventually had to ask security to get him to leave and he still refused. I disappointed but I don’t think this should directly reflect on Phyllis and Friends as a booking agency. I found Phyllis pleasant and easy to work with.
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We coordinated with the person in charge on the style of music they wanted so we could match them with the right band. They wanted a Dance Band and they were given a Song List (which contained Big Band, Swing, and Jazz Standards primarily). Their commitee chair person changed during this planning period and she evidently wanted disco and contemporary dance music. This was not communicated to us. We had no way of knowing that this would be a mismatch and no opportunity to make a change. Most of the other attendees expressed great satisfaction with what they were playing, but the new committee head took charge and demanded disco which we were not prepared to play.
Review by Alicia B.
Wedding•Reviewed on February 23, 2009•From Indianapolis, IN
Review by Valerie W.
Wedding Ceremony•Reviewed on October 1, 2013•From Connersville, IN
The music was good but her attitude left us feeling a bit stressed on our special day.We informed her that our event was outdoors, we put up a canopy as she requested. I was running taking care of things the bride needed. She called an hour prior to our event and couldnt find the location.The call dropped while i was on the phone with her so we didnt know for sure if we would be having music at the ceremony. We dont feel it was our responsibility to make sure she had a map to find the location.She didnt like where the canopy was located because it was on a bit of a slope so my husband had to move it while dressed in his tux because of her complaints.
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I was not familiar with area of the wedding, which is 2-hours one-way from my house. My info sheet asks that the client gives directions. Client left that empty. GPS showed as Uncharted Territory so I called client for help. She said her call dropped. I tracked down two different Sheriffs to get me there. So remote & backwoods that it had only an outhouse for a John. When I arrived, they had me seated on a slope, a very bad position to hold & play a "classical" guitar. My husband (thank God he was with me) had to hold up the music stand for the duration in order to keep it from falling over. It fell over once, so he couldn't let go at all for the duration.
Review by Kaitlyn W.
Wedding Ceremony•Reviewed on November 3, 2010•From Edinburgh, IN
The string quartet that played our wedding was fantastic. It was Phyllis we had issue with. In my meeting with her, I felt she was unwilling to comply with my requests. It was overpriced and to play what I would like they would have charged even more. The set list was very general wedding material. I was looking for something a little different, but I grew tired of going around with her. I also contacted her initially from her website, forgetting that I even had the gigmasters account. She still insisted that I owed the finder's fee even though I had never accepted the bid on here. During the whole experience she was very rude and I would not recommend her to anyone.
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Kaitlyn and her finance had put in three bid requests; they accepted two (all identical) and since had called me after the requests were accepted, she did want to pay the Gigmaster fee. She also wanted Rock music by string quartet(e.g.Beatles)but specific songs. I search all over but could not find her specific requests availabe for string quartet. I sent her our playlist, but I spent hours trying to locate her requests. I bought all the "rock" arrangements for string quartet that I could find. After all this, her finance said he was handling the music and he wanted classical. Since my contract says that the client must pay for new music not on our playlist, our prof
