Our expierences sound familiar Donny. Love / hate that night. We went off track so to answer the original question if I'm playing live I play and sing it in a slow tempo. If I'm DJ ing I use the Maria Carey uptempo countdown. Have to cut out the first 50 seconds or so of the corny slow stuff and get to the countdown.

NYEs has changed over the years form lets party till 2 or 3 AM to lets get this over with (Ball Drop ) so we can go home.
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Bill in SC --- Roland BK9 (2) Roland BK7M, Roland PK5 Pedals, Roland FP90, Roland CM30 (2), JBL Eon Ones (2) JBL 610 Monitor, Behringer Sub, EV mics, Apple iPad (2) Behringer DJ mixer