Again Gary sorry but lets just agree to disagree..

I'm with Gary on this one ... I intend to be the last man standing! (sitting, kneeling, crawling .... but SINGING!)

I have noticed live entertainment venues have become more numerous around here again. A number of places now have bands on the weekends, and some on week nights as well. This is in addition to the six casinos, who have live music mostly seven days a week. None of them have DJs.
A number of small joints have Karaoke, but it's no longer the factor it was a couple of years ago.
I can think of maybe a dozen places I could book if I wanted to do so.
It's all good!

Guess that means I'm correct in MY assumptions.

Gary

All this reminds me of a sign I saw at a local watering hole:
"If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong"

Eddie

Hi Mel: Your point is well made. Technology and acronyms seem to constantly change and confuse those of us who cope with having a normal life, working with our keyboards and arrangers... and being constantly "dumbed-down" by the agenda driven media.

Eight track recording is fine for those who need it and want to do it... but the arranger makes all of that needless... at least for our purposes.

Hang in there and ignore "techno-snobs." You are not alone.

All the best, ----Dave Rice

I'm not against the new things at all. In fact i even have some karaoke tracks for those songs that are inpossable for a live player to do by himself but i play along with it and i could perform it live by myself but it would not sound like what they want to hear. Thank goodness by pa900 will play mp3+g (Karoake files) and still allow me to play along.
It's just If you look hard enough you can find a very close rhythem on almost any of the popular arrangers. Thats good enough for my needs. I play nearly all nursing homes and condos but every once in a while I have to have some younger stuff handy when the younger set comes in or I get miss booked as a DJ. When will agents and party planners ever learn the differance between the two.
MEL

Smile, set up recurring bookings and cash the check.

Ditto!