Life’s best moments deserve a soundtrack.

We know there’s a lot of noise to wade through out there, so let us help.

We’ve played together for nearly 20 years now. Listen to the live vides, we think you’ll feel it too. Our music has been featured by Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Paste, Spin, Billboard and NPR.


You can expect lots of 80s, New Wave, AM country, modern Indie and 60’s R&B. We’d make Brooklyn Vegan and the Grande Ol Opry equally proud.


Available as a 4 to 6 piece (but trust us, you’ll want those horns!)

Cocktail hour?

Make it fancy with our jazz ensemble.

Specializing in the golden era of the 60’s/70’s, we’ll bring a playful mix of modal jazz and fusion.

From Herbie Hancock to Weather Report, Miles Davis to Sonny Rollins, we’ve got you covered. Let us curate a setlist just for your special night.

 FAQs

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  • Midnight Mixtape is a 6 piece band with 4 vocalists (3 male and 1 female), keys, bass, guitar, drums, saxophone, flute, and various fun niche instruments (melodica, anyone?) 

    In the rare circumstance a main band member cannot make it, we can call on friends from our sister bands to cover.

  • You’ll get the full band, emcee services, sound system, lighting, and we’ll cover our transportation. There may be an additional fee to cover travel outside the central Texas region.

    In addition to the standard 3 hour reception, we provide add on services like cocktail hour, ceremony music, send-offs, first dances, etc.

  • The standard wedding reception is three hours total: one hour instrumental dinner set and two x one hour dance sets with a brief break in between (perfect time to cut the cake!) 

  • Our goal is to curate a play list made just for you—much like a mixtape from your crush. Once we’re signed, we’ll share our song book and ask you to pick your top ten must-play songs as well as ten songs you do not want to hear. We’ll throw in some jams we know to be bangers and definitely share our proposed setlist with you. This is a collaborative process because it’s your big night!

  • We can learn new songs for $200/song. Our band has collective decades of experience, so if we find that we know a song that isn’t in our song book, we’ll happily play it again at no additional cost.

    We ask that guests refrain from making requests at the bandstand.

  • For the full ensemble, we’ll need at least a 12’x16’ performance area, and staging is preferred but totally optional.  

    We’ve spent years on the road touring, so we’ve performed in our fair share of living rooms, backyards, basements, barns—even an abandoned hospital! All of that to say, we’re more than happy to get creative should your dream venue call for it. 

  • Pricing varies by event location, duration, date, etc. Tell us more about your event and we’ll send you a custom quote.

Playlist includes

  • Islands in the Stream | Dolly Parton

  • Stand By Me | Ben E. King

  • Harvest Moon | Neil Young

  • Seven Wonders | Fleetwood Mac

  • Dreams | Fleetwood Mac

  • Red Eyes | The War on Drugs

  • Mystery of Love | Sufjan Stevens

  • Chicago | Sufjan Stevens

  • Here Comes My Girl | Tom Petty

  • Where is my Mind | The PIxies

  • Glad Girls | Guided By Voices

  • Only Love Can Break Your Heart | Neil Young

  • In the Aeroplane Over the Sea | Neutral Milk Hotel

  • Here Comes Your Man | The Pixies

  • Ooh La La | The Faces

  • Surrender | Cheap Trick

  • I Want You To Want Me | Cheap Trick

  • Here Comes My Baby | Cat Stevens

  • First Day of My Life | Bright Eyes

  • Poison Cup | M. Ward

  • I'll Be Your Bird | M. Ward

  • This Will Be Our Year | The Zombies

  • I Was Made to Love Her | Stevie Wonder

  • I'm the Man Who Loves You | Wilco

  • Forever and Ever, Amen | Randy Travis

  • I Must be in a Good Place Now | Bobby Charles

  • Handle With Care | Traveling Wilbury's

  • Burning Down the House | Talking Heads

  • Wild Wild Life | Talking Heads

  • Her Mystery Not of High Heels and Eyeshadow | Jonathan Richman

  • Right Down the Line | Gerry Rafferty

  • Every Little Thing She Does is Magic | The Police

  • Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes | Paul Simon

  • Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon

  • Graceland | Paul Simon

  • Book of Love | Magnetic Fields

  • Time After Time | Cyndi Lauper

  • This Time Tomorrow | The Kinks

  • That's the way Love Goes | Merle Haggard

  • I'm Hooked On You | Al Green

  • Two Weeks | Grizzly Bear

  • The Knife | Grizzly Bear

  • No Reply at All | Genesis

  • Follow You, Follow Me | Genesis

  • In Your Eyes | Peter Gabriel

  • Race for the Prize | The Flaming Lips

  • Do You Realize | The Flaming Lips

  • Real Love | Father John Misty

  • Chateau Lobby #4 | Father John Misty

  • Just Like Heaven | The Cure

  • Lovesong | The Cure

  • Close to Me | The Cure

  • American Girl | Tom Petty

  • Wildflowers | Tom Petty

  • Radio, Radio | Elvis Costello

  • Peace, Love, and Understanding | Elvis Costello

  • Allison | Elvis Costello

  • Rebel Rebel | David Bowie

  • Let's Dance | David Bowie

  • Soul Love | David Bowie

  • Born for Loving You | Big Thief

  • Road to Nowhere | Talking Heads

  • Blackbird | The Beatles

  • Two of Us | The Beatles

Jazz Setlist 

All the Things You Are- Dizzy Gillespie
Footprints- Wayne Shorter
Little Sunflower- Freddie Hubbard
Someday My Prince Will Come- Miles Davis 
So What- Miles Davis
Take Five- Dave Brubeck
Autumn Leaves- Cannonball Adderley
Bye Bye Blackbird- Miles Davis 
Watermelon Man- Herbie Hancock 
Chameleon- Herbie Hancock  
Take the A Train- Count Basie 
Red Clay- Freddie Hubbard
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy- Cannonball Adderley
Bright Size Life- Path Metheny 
Out Of Nowhere- Django Reinhardt, Coleman Hawkins
There Will Never Be Another You- Lester Young
I Fall In Love Too Easily- Chet Baker
Song For My Father- Horace Silver
The Chicken- Jaco Pastorius
Mr. Magic- Grover Washington Jr.
And tonnns of other 60’s modal jazz and fusion tunes!

Drop us a line.

If you’d like to book the band, fill out this form and we’ll be in touch!

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