PLay Lists

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:12 am

Your play list in Seattle will probably have very little on it that we have here in the Southeast. There is always a list of tunes that have been popular in your area for the last 20 years or more. You instinctively will know half of them from past experience. I found many more local hits by taking a guitar and sitting down with a group of sailors or bar patrons and asking them what they called a good tune. Many of them were obvious once I heard the titles and was surprised how many I already-at least-partly knew. A list of 40-60 tune titles and some research to find right words and chords is enough to get a group started on enough music to play four hours (with 15 minute breaks).

tubatooter1940 · Post by **tubatooter1940** » Thu Feb 22, 2007 9:30 am

Another technique to get the people in front of you excited is to insert local knowledge, locations,sports teams and celebrities in your lyrics and patter between songs.
Most any street name in a song can be changed to a local-well known street or intersection. I insert Mobile bay into Clapton's "Lovin' with my Baby Down by the San Francisco Bay" . It's easier to say as well.
We do "Saints" with a free rhythm break with all of us chanting, "Who dat say they gonna beat them Saints. Who dat? Who dat?" twice after every verse.
If we keep the humor and focus local, a local crowd appreciates it.