Hi I don’t know if this was covered in a previous post but I was just curious to hear how do forum members recall vital information for a live performance.
Information like what styles go with what songs, the tempo of a style for a song, and even the sounds to use. I guess most of these settings can be preset on the arranger keyboard. But what about key signature and words to a song if you are singing. I know some people write some of that information or have it on a laptop and others memorize the information.
Is any way better? Especially if you have a song list that is over 100 songs.


Thanks

All of the above!
I have lyrics with chord changes and tempo settings on laptop. I have songs in the Music Finder on the PSR2100. I have setups in Registration memory, and countless songs in "my" memory.
I have retired all the fakebooks and paper.
DonM

Don what program do you use on your laptop to read lyrics?

One of the things that bug me is to Scroll if it is on 2 pages. Any coments about this.

Tony

You need to memorize lyrics and music to a minimum when performing live...head down, looking at words, charts, is a big distraction to the audience and bad stage presence, besides a big LAG delay in keepng the flow of your peformance moving along to just a "few seconds" inbetween songs to keep their interest, especially when they are dancing. Use the laptop for smf, mp3's, & lyrics when needed. A good excercise is to Blindfold your self and play and sing songs to train youself to look at the audience & not at your fingers...you should be laying effortlessly.This all comes with years & years of experience.

Ziggy....MS Word does a grat job for lyrics...
use 12-14-16 pt Ariel/Times New Roman bold fonts..



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 01-06-2004).]

I use MS Word. You can keep all the lyrics on one page by adjusting the type size. I generally use Arial Bold from 12 to 16 point.
If the song is reeeeally long you can use 10 point and wear glasses.
I got "A Boy Named Sue" on one page using 12 point.
DonM

Its also easy to just hit the "PAGE DOWN" key on long lyrics songs.

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