My duo, The Shueys, played last night for a Valentine's Day dinner. It was a 45 minute show and the first gig (besides church) on the Korg Pa4X.

https://www.facebook.com/theshueys/photo...e=3&theater

Everything went well and I learned a few things...

1.) Don't hit transpose in the middle of a song playing from the MP3 player!
--- There must be a way to unlink the transposer and the MP3s.
2.) Stereo is always better for me!!
--- Two Yamaha DXR10 speakers5 feet behind you sounds WONDERFUL!!
3.) My wife is a great singer!! I am fighting off a cough and lost the top of my range. She didn't skip a beat and covered for me beautifully!!

It is great doing gigs with your Valentine!

Next gig at 1PM on Tuesday... 85 seniors for a Valentine's Day lunch! Solo gig... so, hope my voice gets better!!

J - hold "shift" & "transpose" and you'll see a screen that lets you transpose the keys, the player, or both.

Thank you so much!! I knew you could do it but this short cut is great!!! Thanks for saving me some time, Uncle Dave!!!

Regular country club gig. 9 years now. Most requested song? How Do You Keep The Music Playing?.

Just listen to John Mathis (he does not like to be called Johnny)
do it live and wanted to quit playing. Best live vocal I've ever heard.


R.

Getting my setlist together for a 1 PM show for 85 seniors at a Valentine's Day lunch.

Here's my schedule...
~ Pre School Drop off and Valentines for my 4 year old
~ Setlist... Load Van
~ Pre School Pick up
~ Lunch on the run
~ Drop off son at the sitter
~ Drive 17 minutes to the gig
~ Set up while they eat
~ Sing and play from 1PM to 1:45PM
~ Teardown and load van
~ Drive 35 minutes to a high school musical rehearsal
~ Rehearse musical to 7PM
~ Drive 30 minutes home
~ Unload van
~ See my Valentine an hour before bedtime

What a day!!

Same old thing. I'll be at Ernest's, playing for "amateur night", starting about six p.m. It's sort of like all the people that only go to church at Christmas and Easter. Oh well, at least most of them haven't heard all my "stuff". I can do everything from memory if I want. It actually started Saturday night--wall-to-wall people for five hours.
The place is WAY overbooked, so people will be waiting for tables and for their food. My job is to distract them enough so that they don't get mad!
This will be approximately 20 Valentine nights there, over 29 years. I'm very grateful to have one of the few remaining full-time music jobs in the area, even though I have cut back to three nights most weeks. Looks as if it will go on for a while, as business is great this year--way up from the past few years. The healthy stock market and economy is very important to high-end venues. Lots of celebrations, and that's what drives this particular restaurant.
Feeling blessed--good job, great wife, health o.k., nice weather for golf and fishing. Kids have good lives and have never been to jail.

Valentines Day and Thanksgiving rolled into one

Yes!

Three 'amateur nights' each year - Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and New Year's Eve ...



Lots to be thankful for ...

Busy Valentine's weekend ... had to cancel out of Friday afternoon gig with female vocalist (she was very understanding) due to a bad cold and a big dance gig on Friday night with a sax/guitar player ... amazing how a cold can leave you for a few hours when performing ... laid low on Saturday, then drove to New Jersey on Sunday for a gig with my guitar playing friend down there ... tough trip in snow, then freezing rain ... 3 1/2 hour trip took 4 1/2 hours ... gig went well despite his having a problem with his wireless mic - more on that in another thread - ... easy drive home on Monday ... two gigs yesterday (Valentines Day) ... both went very well ...
PS: Sang a number of Dean Martin songs at the afternoon gig and when it was over a woman came up and said "I really enjoyed the Dean Martin songs, and your voice is better than his" ... when I just smiled and said "OK, thank you", she said "really, I've been a music director for many years, and your voice is better" ... too bad I never made his kind of money, but it's nice to be liked ...

Got a call from a local restaurant. Their Valentines show cancelled. So I filled in for three hours. Nice place..maybe 150 folks.

Thing is, since I play mostly for seniors, my music was somewhat dated for this younger crowd.

Fun thing was, some younger families with kids sat up close so their kids could dance.

The kids had a blast and I could tell the parents had a blast watching them.

Dean Martin (well know for his heavy drinking) once said he knew he'd cut himself shaving 'cause his eyes cleared up. Funny....and makes a great visual.

chas

I purchased a small box of chocolates for Carol in a heart shaped box, made a card for her, and gave her a big kiss. This is the first Valentine Day that I have been home in more than 30 years, and it felt very different. I was asked to do Valentines Parties at three different locations, but had to turn them down.

Happy Valentine's Day ladies,

Gary

My evening gig was with the female vocalist, and both her husband and my wife came to the gig ... afterwards, Lydia and I went out for a cocktail and dessert ...