Hi Bill. Some songs in my medley may use the SAME style with tempo variation, and others I transition to a completely different style & tempo completelly. In the case of going from Chicago (Big Band Fast2 156bpm ) to Do YOu Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans (Moonlight Ballad 90bpm), it involves an abrupt shift in both tempo & style, but I find it quite a succesful mood change. That said, I also frequently utilize song transitions (including key change modulation) the way JerryT described above as well. Figuring out how to succesfully string songs together in a medley can be both challenging and fun, but I've found putting together medleys a real feature strength our arrangers provide, and because medleys can often bring together often very different songs (and styles) into a common theme, offering greater audience satsifaction (at least from the feedback I get from my audiences), it's one reason I especially enjoy including several medleys in my concert performance sets.



Jerry . . . Cool! Which specific Spiral Staircase's songs are included in your medley, and in what order do you play them in?

Ok, I'd love to hear from more people here about the themed song medleys they do/recommend. Be sure to include both the 'song titles' and 'song order' played in too.

Scott

[This message has been edited by Scottyee (edited 10-08-2007).]