Looks like a very nice gig Tony. Thanks for sharing!

John thank you ... It's a classy place ...

Paul ... Thank you ...
I meant to take a pic of the room which had every table full all night, but I got too wrapped up in playing to think about it ...

Lookin' good and I know you were sounding good. Was there dancing or just dinner mujsic? Vocals?
Eddie

Thanks, Eddie ... Dinner music, no dancing - except for the people swaying in their seats ... 95% vocals - ballads, swing, latins ... instrumentals were mostly bossas ...
I knew the room called for low volume, and when I was setting up the manager came by and said "you can play soft, right?" ... I'm proud of the fact that he never had to ask me to turn the volume down, and yet based on birthdays that I announced ( there were at least 12 of them), I know people in the back of the room could hear and understand me ...

PS: I stripped most of the styles down to bass, guitar, and drums, and sometimes eliminated the drums and used percussion pads ... The Pa900 is so easy to adjust on the fly ...

Glad to see you sitting too.

Tony years back when I played that kind of job I was using the Kn7000. The kn7 had an option to set up different instruments for a style. Push the button again and it went back to the original instruments.

I set up the styles with bass, drums, and the rest were piano or guitar. Solo instruments were: Mostly piano. The lite flute, soft guitar – maybe vibes. No vocals.

Tony you brought back memories of a good job. I was there six years.
John C.

Sing much better standing -- Play much better sitting. ????????

John C.

Guess I must be fortunate in that I can sing sitting or standing, equally as bad. Working on a new Jimmy Buffett song this evening, which is very difficult, at least for me, but I love the song and hope to record it sometime later in the week.

All the best,

Gary

Kind of 3/4 stand/sit ... Gives me the option of standing when I want without having to adjust the height of the kb ... Especially on a 4 hour gig, I don't like to be in one position the whole time ...

Glad I brought back some good memories, John ...
This venue has a history of keeping musicians ... the guy who plays the lounge has been there 10 years ... the guy who previously played the main dining room was there 13 years before moving to California ... the current guy is there 2 years ...