I tried the iPad and it is too small for me to read. But, I have to read the dots, not just lyrics and chord symbols . . . Gave the iPad to one of my sons and am still using the Music Pad Pro.

So Diki, you can remember over 500 songs (all the correct changes, ALL the correct lyrics?) to pick from at any one time? Wow I am impressed!!!!

Of course if one ONLY plays the same 55 songs over and over, well one does not need charts...

Bob,


So am I, there are a lot of goodies coming out on the market for reading music, the Ipad for me is not one, dropping down from a MPP to and Ipad is too much, we are in the lead now 3 to 2, might make more gold medals than you lot over here.. 4 to 2 with Diki on our side, well sort of???

I'll stick with my 9-inch display Acer Aspire Netbook - it does everything, weighs less than 2 pounds, I can read it from any angle, access the internet if need be, play MP3s, play midi files, anything a PC can do the netbook can do as well. There's no limitations that I can personally think of. It even has a built-in camera, and all for $249.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary,

You can take a photo or a video of you playing, cool!!! and the punters..I thought you were the resident musician not the photographer... the Acer runs windows thats best, I have the Icona..

Tony,

Do you mean something like these:

I put trigger lyrics into my arranger, and read them from there. Remembering the music, well that's never been an issue. Lyrics... well, I've usually been a secondary singer until the last few years, so that was never an issue, but as I sung more and more lead, I sometimes need the trigger phrases to get through it the first few times.

I simply feel that, look at the pros... the REAL stars, that is. Where are their laptops? You ever see Sinatra with a crib sheet? How many tunes do you think HE knew?

Actually, I've heard and seen the REAL stars screw up many of their most popular songs. Gotta' give them credit, though. They could really cover their mistakes quite well, and of course, they were working with live bands that also was able to cover those minor mishaps extremely well.

Most entertainers that I know have several hundred songs memorized quite well. Beyond that, we need some help, especially when it's a requested song that we rarely perform. And, there some instances where a brain-fart fires up. That happened with me one night while performing Margarettaville - couldn't remember the first line to save my life. My wife looked at me and mouthed "Nibblin' on sponge cake." and the rest of the words just popped into my head. I don't recall using the laptop at all that night and it was a 4-hour job. Those things just happen - even if you're sober.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary,

I walk in a room and forgot what I came in for, is that the same, I thought it was... Gary what was that song your wife nibblin prompted you???

Yep! Same thing, Tony.

Gary