Staggering on Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 First outing for our seven piece swing band Sunday afternoon.Most of the two swing sets were charts by the arranger and composer Dave Wolpe and I would recommend them-good arrangements and a good challenge with lots of key changes and interesting timings.All but two of us have music degrees and everyone reads well with me as the weakest link but I managed to get through with only a few minor problems.I was using my Yamaha SLB 200 EUB and went straight into our Bose PA along with the piano.I had a busy time as I am also the frontman and did the between song chatter. The third set was a Dixieland/Trad set and I switched to tenor banjo and one of the horn players switched to tuba. All in all a good afternoon with a sold out hall(OK,it was small but packed with close to 100 people)and we got a standing O at the end of the gig and are being booked back in June. Trying to keep live music alive here in Canada... Bob 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWH Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Hi, excellent stuff, my dad used to run a dance band, wish I'd managed to play with him before he retired and emigrated, keep it up ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Jack Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Outstanding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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alyctes Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 Cool - keep up the good work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Staggering on Posted March 6, 2018 Author Share Posted March 6, 2018 And here we are... p 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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