Got word yesterday, my first official gig has been cancelled. It was supposed to be happening on the 22nd of August. They already had a live band, but were going to use me as filler while the band was resting between sets. Apparently, the bride’s mother didn’t like that idea very much, and now I have no gig.
Oh well. Maybe another gig will come up :)
As promised, here’s the playlist. I’d like to give a special “Thanks” to iTunes, for not giving me an easy way to output this list. I won’t be using iTunes in the future, but had to given short notice.
Through The Years 6/27/2009 18:07 Kenny Rogers 4:45 Pop move ya body 6/27/2009 18:11 nina sky 3:53 Pop Walk This Way 6/27/2009 18:16 Aerosmith 4:11 Rock She's A Bad Mama Jama (She's Built, She's Stacked) 6/27/2009 18:21 Carl Carlton 5:49 R&B Super Freak 6/27/2009 18:25 Rick James 3:24 R&B Look At Us 6/27/2009 18:29 Vince Gill 4:00 Country Because Of You 6/27/2009 18:32 Tony Bennett 2:59 Pop Escapade 6/27/2009 18:44 Janet Jackson 4:44 Pop Have I Told You Lately 6/27/2009 18:48 Rod Stewart 4:02 Rock Atomic Dog 6/27/2009 18:53 George S. Clinton 4:43 Soundtracks Casper Cha-Cha Slide 6/27/2009 18:59 Casper 6:28 Pop Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) 6/27/2009 19:02 Beyonce 3:13 Pop Chicken Dance 6/27/2009 19:06 Bobby Morganstein Productions 3:12 Miscellaneous Baby Got Back 6/27/2009 19:10 Sir Mix A Lot 4:24 Pop Play That Funky Music White Boy 6/27/2009 19:13 The Hit Co. 3:17 Pop You Are 6/27/2009 19:17 Jimmy Wayne 4:16 Country The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss) 6/27/2009 19:20 Cher 2:50 Pop Electric Slide 6/27/2009 19:25 The Hit Crew 4:21 Pop Dancing Queen 6/27/2009 19:28 Abba 3:53 Pop LP Version 6/27/2009 19:33 69 Boyz 4:19 Rap & Hip-Hop Boom Boom Pow 6/27/2009 19:37 Black Eyed Peas 4:12 Pop Rock With You (Single Version) 6/27/2009 19:41 Michael Jackson 3:41 Pop Bootylicious 6/27/2009 19:44 Destiny's Child 3:27 Soul and R&B Da Butt 6/27/2009 19:50 E.U. 6:23 Rap & Hip-Hop We Built This City 6/27/2009 19:55 Starship 4:57 Rock I'm So Excited 6/27/2009 20:05 The Pointer Sisters 4:53 Pop Built To Last 6/27/2009 20:10 The Heartland 4:14 Country Tonight, Tonight, Tonight 6/27/2009 20:19 Genesis 3:36 Rock Wings of a Butterfly 6/27/2009 20:22 H.I.M. (His Infernal Majesty) 3:31 Alternative I Wanna Dance With Somebody 6/27/2009 20:27 Whitney Houston 4:53 Pop Addicted To Love 6/27/2009 20:33 Robert Palmer 6:04 Pop We Are Family 6/27/2009 20:37 Sister Sledge 3:35 Pop All I Want To Do 6/27/2009 20:40 Sugarland 3:33 Country The Way I Are 6/27/2009 20:43 Timbaland 2:59 Hip Hop
My first gig happened this past Saturday, at my mother-in-law’s 25th wedding anniversary. I played music for about 4 hours, and was told I did a very nice job. While there, I got an unofficial request to play at a wedding in August. This was then confirmed afterwards.
For this first gig, I purchased all of the songs, because I didn’t yet own anything that was requested. It cost me $64 to have this show. It also took almost 6 hours, including set up and tear down. At my normal rate of $25/hour, this job cost me $214. Not a good start, but the fact that it lead in to a second job was worth it. Plus, I had a good time :)
The equipment I used was all mine. The speakers, a set of Polk Audio Monitor 50s; the receiver, a harman/kardon AVR-146; a generic computer with iTunes (which will be replaced ASAP).
I’m looking to replace the computer with a Linux box, and the sound card with one that has Optical audio out. Right now, it’s either a Turtle Beach, or a Sound Blaster.
I’ll get the song list updated in the coming days.
