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rowuk · 03-25-2008, 08:34 AM

Paul,
nice looking site, great playing!

Your excerpts page has everything for geeks and some types of church gigs.

If you want some corporate/restaurant/party jobs, you need to find some "standards". The Penny Lane cut is way too virtuosic for most casual listeners that you find in business! We have had good luck with demos of a fanfare like L'Orfeo from Monteverdi or the MGM fanfare, some moderate jazz like Jive for 5(Nagle) or the Canadian Brass Just a Closer Walk and a march or two. The corporate booker is looking for "entertainment" to augment the event, not an event to augment the quintets performance. The pieces for events should be 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes long.
Advertise music with corporate themes (heat/energy/light with You are the Sunshine of my Life" for instance), Clothing industry with "King Cotton" by Sousa. You all have the chops, the opportunities need to be made.
Great job!

03-25-2008, 08:34 AM	#4 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,153	Re: New Website -- Critiques Wanted Paul, nice looking site, great playing! Your excerpts page has everything for geeks and some types of church gigs. If you want some corporate/restaurant/party jobs, you need to find some "standards". The Penny Lane cut is way too virtuosic for most casual listeners that you find in business! We have had good luck with demos of a fanfare like L'Orfeo from Monteverdi or the MGM fanfare, some moderate jazz like Jive for 5(Nagle) or the Canadian Brass Just a Closer Walk and a march or two. The corporate booker is looking for "entertainment" to augment the event, not an event to augment the quintets performance. The pieces for events should be 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 minutes long. Advertise music with corporate themes (heat/energy/light with You are the Sunshine of my Life" for instance), Clothing industry with "King Cotton" by Sousa. You all have the chops, the opportunities need to be made. Great job! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.