Originally posted by Uncle Dave:
My days of playing afternoons on NYE are WAY over. I used to do 2 or 3 then head to the eveing bash, but no more. Good luck to you young bucks that still want the rat race!
Rat Race?!
Uncle Dave, are you kidding? Not to me! I made sure my 3 NY's Eve gigs last night were all situated conveniently CLOSE to one another
within a 10-15 minute drive. My first gig begining at 4:30pm was for an assisted living nursing home located 2 miles from my house of which I've been playing at for over 5 years. I provided dinner hour background music followed by a short after dinner vocal show & midnight hour (albeit 5 hours early) countdown at 6pm. My second gig (7-9:30pm) was less than a 5 minute drive away, at a small upscale idependent living residential community. I gave them a 45 minute NY Eve vocal keyboard show followed by a midnight countdown at 9pm. Both of these gigs required only having to use my Motion Sound Amp so setup/breakdown was quick (less than 10 minutes max). My final gig was at a private party in a huge mansion overlooking the entire SF Bay area. The party was already packed with guests (150+) when I arrived (10pm). My EV SxA100 PA system was already in setup (as I had set it up earlier in the day there) so I was ready to go at 10:30pm, my scheduled performance time. The catered food & champagne flowed, and the host & guests (ages: 25-80) were in great spirits enjoying & dancing/groovin to my music. Everyone was high in spirit, and believe it or not, not a single obnoxious drunk. It's nights like these that I feel extra appreciative for being able to do what I love: bringing joy to people singing & playing. I arrived home at 2pm tired, but content, especially after discovering the GENEROUS tips in the envelopes I received. I've decided to DONATE all my NY Eve 2004 gig tips to the Tsunami relief fund.
Happy New Year 2005 to: Bebop, TonyW, Uncle Dave, and everyone on the Synthzone Forum.
- Scott
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