Yes Gary using 30/40 styles in 4 hrs.... But... I always mixed it up with custom MP3 backing tracks midi files, singing.. instrumentals, you name it mixing up is the name of the game that's what makes it not repetitive and boring.... listening to Styles all night would drive me crazy...
Just my thoughts...

Donny, I never needed a midi file crutch or an MP3 crutch - I just used my skills and talents - that's all that was necessary to keep those audience members on the dance floor.

Donny, you frequently posted that you never used more than a dozen styles during your performances, not 30 to 40. So be realistic, you wouldn't know if the person on stage was playing a SMF or MP3 file, especially if they were singing with it. In those instances, the person's vocals are the lead instrument - not the keyboard.

Gary

Gary.... I meant 30/40 in my style collection.... sometimes I use them all sometimes I use none it depends why?

because I mix it up.. Lol

I mixed up as well, Donny, but I did so using nothing more than styles. One of the reasons I was the highest paid performer in both my area of Maryland and Marathon Key, Florida was I provided a huge variety of music, something that appealed to everyone. Not only did I play to the older folks, but I also entertained Spring Breakers. Until I played for those college kids I never realized that there were REAL Barbie Dolls, and I managed to put them on the dance floor. All with nothing more than styles.

Hope to see you soon, old friend,

Gary

Really?
My experience is that those who hired us did it because we were us, the songs we played and the way we did it as a 'coverband'.
Picked 'hits', oldies, reworked styles and played songs people wanted to hear and dance to, but never tried to copy and sound like any other.
Just being ourselves, sounding as ourselves and always did as best as we could.
Approx 90% og our jobs during the years was a result of feedback spread from the audience.
Maybe we just got lucky?


Well, now we drifted away and got OT deLuxe. Sorry Bachus.

Gunnar, were you playing all original songs, or songs that were popular to the crowds? For example, when I played the piano intro to Old Time Rock And Roll, everyone instantly knew what was coming and the dance floor was instantly filled. That's what I was referring to in my statement above. Same goes for a host of other songs I performed, such as House of The Rising Sun, etc...

Gary

Gary, I stand corrected for not understand your post correctly. Sorry.
Yes, we did all sort of songs and genres, both dinner music and dance music depending of the venue and type of arrangement.
(Well, not HipHop and Trance and that sort of too heavy stuff)
To play music that kept people at the dancing floor was important, so we started with tunes that we knew would get the people to move the feet.
Main reason why I never use midifiles other than to 'learning and training' objects, is that to me it's far more easy to add verses and bridges to the
songs in style mode when people was in the right mood to carry on to sing along and continue dancing the ongoing songs..

Agree 100-percent, Gunnar.

Gary

Ever hear of smf markers? Just sayin

Donny, have you ever used them? The markers, from the little testing I did with this system, sometimes has a glitch effect, like the song skips a beat or hesitates when triggering back to the marker. This may have something to do with the keyboard's processor speed, though - not sure.

The best use I found for midi files was for learning a song that I didn't know. They were a good tool for that purpose. Same goes for MP3s. The only mid files I used when I was still working were some that you gave me, very long ones that I could put on before the show started, or during short breaks on long jobs.

Gary