Glenn post_id=60623 time=1530167313 user_id=61 said:I chucked them in the bin.
Tom post_id=60621 time=1530153825 user_id=69 said:I just wrote out this song list for an upcoming event....Title, key, first note....
How do you remember your set list?
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JerryPH post_id=60657 time=1530229631 user_id=1475 said:An iPad pro here in Canada is IMHO overpriced. Sure it would be nice but I find there are other things I would want before I go the iPad route... which I must admit, I one day will... but I wont be pleased with how much I need to spend. I normally like to go big or go home, and a 512gb version is like $1500. Just think, for less than what an iPad costs, I got a matched pair of sE4400a large diaphragm condenser mics, 2 cables, 2 mic stands and a Zoom F4 recorder... just crazy!
Already started that a while back. and lots more et to come. I even have a small scanner that is powered via USB and fits in my laptop bag along with the laptop. Right mow my time is so tight, as I work 12 hour days and in the process of getting promoted, so more responsibilities.Keymn post_id=60662 time=1530233215 user_id=2502 said:Why wait! In your spare time, start making PDF prints of music. That is the biggest chore. That is what I did at the beginning, was first using Adobe PDF on my laptop, then bought the Music Reader 4. It took me about 40-80 hours, but would do maybe few songs a day. Took me a long time but first get the most important song files...then add later...
Or if you use the iPad for more things than just use for music, which I would do as well. That 512gb would get filled within a year, and then starts the culling and limiting the usage. Laptops are nice, but my taste in laptops is even more exotic (read even MORE expensive)... lolKeymn post_id=60662 time=1530233215 user_id=2502 said:512 GB not necessary unless you are downloading 10,000+ mp3 files, pictures. PDF hardly take space. Those laptops with 360 screen conversion is another alternative.
The market has a looooooong way to go to replace my 2 arrangers... but I agree with that. One day compter-based arrangers will be the way to go.Keymn post_id=60662 time=1530233215 user_id=2502 said:I think a PC or IPad is going to be the future for arranger replacement too. I am not sure what happened to varranger software? Never tried it but thought it a good idea.
Plug your keyboard or accordion audio into AD interface and away you go!
Stephen Hawkins post_id=60658 time=1530230307 user_id=1440 said:Hi Tom,
No, not brave, just confident that I always have a dozen or so tunes committed to memory. These tunes are the ones I rely on when it is getting late and I am getting tired. My colour-coded books see me through the early part of the evening, but I reach a point at which I chuck them back into the case, and just wing it for the remainder of the evening.
This rather cavalier attitude may seem alien to some, but my professional life has been all about discipline, structure and interminable rules and regulations. When I retired, Brenda and I had a deep and meaningful discussion about how we should conduct our retirement. We came to a mutual conclusion that we should do only what we want to do, and that it should be fun. Success, at least to us, is measured only in how much fun we have managed to squeeze out of a day.
I am not a great accordionist; I am not even a good accordionist, but I am a fun accordionist. My goal is not perfection ..... it is fun.
Kind Regards,
Stephen.
Keymn post_id=60656 time=1530226568 user_id=2502 said:Tom post_id=60621 time=1530153825 user_id=69 said:I just wrote out this song list for an upcoming event....Title, key, first note....
How do you remember your set list?
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Here is my playlist. I Click on the song, PDF file opens. use iPad Pro , Songbook Plus App.
Before I got iPad, I used a laptop with the program called Music Reader 4.
If you look on the bottom right hand corner of the leadsheet, is the next song. Just click, it opens.
On the playlist you can add key, or other info you need to know...
And if you get lazy, use a Bluetooth pedal for next song, page turn, etc...Never have to touch iPad.
It depends on the show. I can sort my songbook playlist by Genre too. Which I sometimes do. 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, polkas, waltzes, rumba, cha cha, etc. are all grouped in order by genre. Dance moods are hard to predict when performing gigs...Tom post_id=60672 time=1530270066 user_id=69 said:Keymn post_id=60656 time=1530226568 user_id=2502 said:Tom post_id=60621 time=1530153825 user_id=69 said:I just wrote out this song list for an upcoming event....Title, key, first note....
How do you remember your set list?
20180627_213528-1.jpg
Here is my playlist. I Click on the song, PDF file opens. use iPad Pro , Songbook Plus App.
Before I got iPad, I used a laptop with the program called Music Reader 4.
If you look on the bottom right hand corner of the leadsheet, is the next song. Just click, it opens.
On the playlist you can add key, or other info you need to know...
And if you get lazy, use a Bluetooth pedal for next song, page turn, etc...Never have to touch iPad.
Cool setlist Keyman! Looks like you like the jazz standards. ☺
Tom post_id=60706 time=1530369845 user_id=69 said:Good idea! Most of my songs are already in pdf because I make (sheet music) arrangements of just about everything I play. Because I generally dont find a single version I like, I combine elements of several that I find in books or online. The arranger you use seems very cool, and sounds good.