Philip,
Congratulations on booking a solo gig for yourself.
Is your wife going to accompany you? If not, are you playing theremin
only or will you bring accompaniament tracks with you?
For a thirty minute set, your setup and takedown time will take longer
than the set. Rehearse your setup and takedown as well as the music
itself. If your theremin has less than a thirty minute warmup time
prior to your set, check your tuning between each tune (after thirty
minutes the theremin is pretty stable).
I would suggest that you write down a list of your music and then
actually play through it just the way you will at the set. People
tend to underestimate the gaps between songs. They add up. If your
"gap" between songs is, say, 45 seconds then for ten songs your would
have almost seven minutes of "gap time". If each song lasted three
minutes, you would not be able to play all of them in thirty minutes.
You can reduce the gap time if everything is cued up in order and you
simply play the tunes one after the other.
My guess is that you will need around eight tunes - maybe only six or
seven if you plan to spend time talking to the listeners about the
theremin -- if you select a volunteer to try out the theremin, that
takes time, too.
This sounds pretty informal -- people may want to talk with you
between numbers. The time will go quickly. Enjoy!
-- Kevin
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> I have my first solo gig coming up soon. On December 3rd, I have a half
> hour of time to provide music for one of the large radio clubs in this
> area. The event is their yearly Christmas banquet. I am to provide
> "atmosphere" prior to the start of the meeting. After dinner, a quartet
> of kids of one of the members will sing. Probable attendance is around
> 50. I figure I should plan for one piece every 5 minutes. Is this too
> ambitious? How many pieces does the assembled multitude think I should
> plan for in a 30 minute period? I realize there will probably be LOTS of
> interruptions as people wander in to the meeting and say "GEE WHIZ",
> stumble into my playing field, etc.
>
> I know a lot of these people, so this is kinda a friendly crowd, with
> no rotten veggies anticipated. Any ideas on dress? Everyone will
> probably be in their street or after work clothes, so its not a formal
> atmosphere in the least.
>
> Philip
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