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Originally Posted by jg2977
Cool, Tuckanarra is a real Australian town. I didn't know that until now!
I visited Australia in 2004 with the Danbury CT Brass Band. Went to Sydney, Darwin and Cairns, then came back to the Sydney area at the end of the trip and stayed in a city called Gosford. Spent about a week in each place. A couple of highlights of the trip were seeing the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House and visiting the Great Barrier Reef, and performing various concerts for the citizens of Australia.
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My, My, My... what a nice trip... it must be great to be a musician... it would be great to be able to sit at a piano and play great songs for people and get them to sing along like the Billy Joel's Piano Man... I was a DJ For 32 years and really loved playing music for the audience.. I found the key to pleasing an audience is to play songs they KNOW and LOVE... not my favorite songs and artists, but THEIR FAVORITE SONGS AND ARTISTS... never learned to play an instrument... never even tried... after retirement I bought me a Peavey PA System and began playing for 12 nursing homes in the Baton Rouge area free of charge... twice a week I would go to a nursing home and play for one and a half to two hours... I would play nothing but the greatest hits of all-time... I have over 7500 songs in my laptop computer that I use to play the music... not only did the residents love it, it was even a greater pleasure for me... I found out how an entertainer feels when they please an audience... words can not describe the feelings and euphoria I have when I look out and see the residents having a great time singing, clapping and tapping their toes to the music... I am not a dancer in any sense of the word and have poor rhythm, but I still go out into the audience, almost all of them in wheelchairs, and take their hands and dance with them... I get a great 2-hour workout... this music ministry is a gift of God to me... it is one of the biggest highlights of my life... you need to get a few of your musician buddies to go to nursing homes and play music for the residents... I guarantee it will be one of the greatest audiences and most appreciative audiences you will ever play for.
Just be sure you play the great songs that they KNOW and LOVE... don't just play songs that you like.