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How to Add Music Files to Wedding Player

Wedding Player supports five ways to bring music to your ceremony. Here they are in order of simplicity — start at the top and only go further down if the option above doesn’t cover your needs.

Option 1: Apple Music Subscription (iOS Only)

The easiest route by a long way. Wedding Player connects directly to Apple Music on iOS — search, add, and play any of its 100 million tracks without managing a single file. No transfers, no format conversions, no cables.

A monthly individual subscription costs £10.99 (or $10.99 in the US), and you only need it through to the day itself — sign up a few weeks before the wedding, build your ceremony in Wedding Player, and cancel the day after if you don’t want to keep it. At the time of publication, new subscribers can get three months for £1.99 via the iTunes Store — check the App Store or iTunes Store for the current introductory offer before paying full price.

If your songs are on Apple Music, stop here. This is almost certainly the right route.

Option 2: Wedding Player Originals

If you’d rather not subscribe, Wedding Player Originals costs nothing and requires no account. It’s a curated collection of fully licensed instrumental ceremony tracks built into the app — you can browse and preview the entire selection from within Wedding Player itself, without leaving the app. The collection covers the most-requested moments and is growing all the time.

Not every couple will find everything they need here, but it’s worth a listen before you reach for a file. See how to browse and use Wedding Player Originals →

Option 3: Buy a track from the iTunes Store (Mac or Windows)

This is a surprisingly frictionless way to get specific tracks onto your device — no subscription, no ongoing commitment, just a one-off purchase of exactly the songs you need. iTunes purchases have been DRM-free since 2009, which means they’re standard M4A files you own permanently and can copy anywhere.

On Mac: the iTunes Store is built into the Apple Music app. Look in the sidebar — you’ll see an iTunes Store section where you can search and buy individual tracks or full albums in seconds.

On Windows: download the free iTunes app from Apple, sign in with your Apple ID, and the iTunes Store is right there in the sidebar.

After purchasing, the track is added to your library. On Mac, find it in ~/Music/Music/Media/, or on Windows in %userprofile%\Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\. Drag the file to iCloud Drive (for iPhone/iPad — install iCloud for Windows first if you’re on a PC) or Google Drive (for Android), and it appears in the Files app within seconds. From there, Wedding Player imports it in a single tap.

You can buy every track you need for the ceremony this way, or mix iTunes purchases with Wedding Player Originals — the two work seamlessly together inside the app.

Option 4: Free tracks from royalty-free music sites

If you’re looking for instrumental music and don’t want to pay for individual tracks, several sites offer high-quality royalty-free music as free MP3 downloads — no subscription, no purchase required. These are the same sites recommended inside the Wedding Player Android app:

  • Pixabay Music — large library of free instrumental tracks, filterable by mood and tempo
  • Free Music Archive — curated CC-licensed music across all genres
  • ccMixter — community-created tracks, many CC BY licensed and suitable for weddings
  • Incompetech — Kevin MacLeod’s royalty-free classical and cinematic music, widely used in film and video

Browse on your computer or phone, download the tracks you like, move them to iCloud Drive (or Google Drive), and import into Wedding Player. Always check the specific licence for each track — most are free for personal use, which covers a private wedding ceremony.

Option 5: Add your own audio files

Your own files are the right choice when you have a custom-trimmed processional, a friend’s cover version, or a track ripped from a CD that isn’t available anywhere else. Wedding Player supports MP3, M4A, WAV, and AIFF.

If you already have music files on your device, you can import them directly — just tap the Add Files button in any moment and pick them from the Files app. That’s all there is to it.

If the files aren’t on your device yet, the guide below covers how to convert and transfer them. Full guide →


Wedding Player is a ceremony music app for iPhone and iPad, with the Android version in the final stages of development. It includes Wedding Player Originals — 35 fully licensed instrumental ceremony tracks — alongside Apple Music (iOS) integration and your own audio files. Free to try.

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