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Deej [4]
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Registered: January 2007
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cun 'n pasted from another forum......
"My wife and I heard you at our friend's wedding reception recently, and
look
forward to you providing music at our daughter's upcoming wedding. We have a
list of songs we would like you to play. Don't worry if you don't know all
of them. Any Chick Corea composition would be great, but we would especially
like you to play "The Three Quartets, No.1" as the guests walk in.
For the bride's mother, please go right into the piano intro to "Quartet No.
2." Keep playing it till she gets up to the altar. Also, have it arranged
for the full ensemble. Don't play any of the "Electric Band" songs. Make
sure the drummer uses "Evans" drum heads so his drums sound like Steve Gadd,
our favorite drummer. Now, when I walk in, please play "Birdland" (but the
version from "Live"). My wife and I were at that show, and we particularly
like it. If you find it too difficult, you can play "Sister Cheryl" from
"Tony Williams Live in Tokyo "
Now, for the song in the middle of the Mass during the communion, we want
the singer to sing Alan Holdsworth's "Against the Clock" from his
"Wardenclyffe Tower " CD. We love this song and especially the drum solo by
Vinnie Colaiuta. We think that it's his greatest solo, although some will
argue against this. Keep repeating the drum solo till the priest tells you
to stop. Any of John Coltrane's duets w/Pharaoh Sanders would be grand.
I understand that their use of atonality is not everyone's cup of tea, but
all of our guests LOVE high register tenor saxes. We thought a little
Stravinsky right after the toast would be nice. We particularly like the
"Infernal Dance", or whatever it's called, from the Rite of Spring (second
version c. 1932). If you want to use the sheet music, that's OK. We like a
tempo of about 93. (Ozawa). Faster would be cool, too, but don't play it too
slow. That would ruin it.
Next, for the "life candle" lighting ceremony, please play Frank Zappa's
"The Black Page." If you want to play it in the original key of Bb minor,
that would be fine, but my cousin Janeen would like to sing it, so you may
have to play that part in another key (she majored in voice at UCLA).
During the cocktail hour, we want some nice Keith Jarrett tunes from his
"Standard Vol. 1 and 2" And, feel free to take things out as far as you
like. When my daughter throws the garter, could you play just a little of
Varese 's "Ionization"? It's such a cool piece. We think it would go over
really well: it's much better than "The Stripper."
Now, for the bride and groom's first dance, please slow things down a bit by
doing Barber's "Adagio for Strings." It's so much better than "We've Only
just Begun" or "The Anniversary Waltz." When my wife and I join in the first
dance, could you please segue to Thelonius Monk's "Ruby, My Dear"? That's in
honor of my wife's grandmother, whose name was Ruby. It would mean so much
to the family. Then, we would like to hear some nice Mexican music while we
eat dinner. We love the sound of Los Ponchos, so any of their hits would be
great.
Thanks very much for all your help. We'll certainly be happy to recommend
your band to all of our friends. We thought that $50.00 per man for 4 hours
would be sufficient. So that's $350.00 for the entire group. If you get our
guests dancing, I will throw in an extra $50.00. So, get 'em dancing. We
want you to be set up TWO HOURS before your start time @ 5:00 pm., and do
not be late.
We don't want to see any cases, bags, coats, boxes, cables, wires, or any
unnecessary clutter on the stage or within view of the guests. Play 1 hour
and then take a break of no more than 10 minutes, but don't forget, to leave
the guitar player or the piano player playing while the rest of the band
breaks. Absolutely no drinking! In fact, we don't even want to see the
musicians near the bar or food tables. Also, NO TALKING ON STAGE!! Go
outside quietly where no one can see you.
Of course, no smoking anywhere. Someone will be watching you on your breaks
to make sure you don't consume any alcohol. Before you leave, please feel
free to ask the caterer for a sandwich (or, a "bandwich" as you people call
them). And, perhaps a soda to take with you.
Oh, and one more thing... and this is very important. In between songs, we
don't want to hear any musicians practicing "licks," or running up and down
high speed scales. Nothing sounds worse than hearing musicians all "fooling
around" at the same time. I believe you people like to call it "noodling,"
or something like that. But, it is a terrible habit. It's very
unprofessional. You don't hear the members of the Berlin Philharmonic
"noodling around" between movements, right?
We look forward to hearing you play."
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