Originally Posted By travlin'easy
Bill, it all depends upon the audiences. A good entertainer can look at the crowd and immediately determine what they want to hear. The technique I always adhered to is to determine their age, which at my age is becoming more and more difficult, then play the songs that were popular when they were 15 to 35 years of age - always worked very well for me. smile
Gary cool


Gary, the difference is that on these ships, the guy (and I have to say I've only seen guys working this gig) does not pick the play list ... the audience around the piano bar make the requests ... if the guy plays the request,he gets a tip ... if not, no tip ...
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t. cool