Thanks to both of you. I sing at my shows 5 nights a week and I would love to work with a band but I can't afford to right now because I gig 5 nights a week and 6 nights during wedding season. That's my fulltime job and if I split the money with a band I would earn a lot less. I get on average $150 per weeknight at nightclubs and $500 for weddings. There is no way that a band would be able to split the money and each person earn that unless you were a national act or a popular regional one.

But I will probably have to get used to that when my CD comes out and I want to promote it, or at least get with one or two others to have more people on stage.

Since I don't yet have a quality arranger, (and when I get one I will be faced with a learning curve) I would love to work with someone who could come up with some creative styles on Elton John and Billy Joel songs and record them so I could do the vocals. It would be a lot of fun to experiment with. I'm planning on a CD of half Elton and half Billy cover songs.

I agree on the effects. I think I have to reduce the effects on both, boost the overall volume, and bring the vocal a bit louder on the miami 2017 song.

Please keep the constructive criticism flowing. It's a great way for me to learn from people better at this than I am!!!