Right on Tony.
My experience pretty much mirrors yours. I am very thankful I got to play in a variety of bands for decades. But now,....
In order to pick up NEW clients, I have had to the "DNJ Thing" and incorporate some DJ material. In fact, I have two clients
that have never seen me play a keyboard because they hired me for pool parties and wanted balls to the wall, original RnR
hits and line dancing. Those same clients have also hired me to play in their ballrooms for some upcoming dates. I expect
those jobs will be much more of the typical ballroom type featuring a wide variety of ballroom type music from some big band
standards to Waltz, Polka, Bossa etc as well as RnR and come country favorites. I'll be singing and playing arranger
most of the night and will go to MP3s for the stuff I don't do live. Outdoor Pool Parties vs Indoor Dinner Dances...two very
distinctly different expectations by the audiences.
Eddie