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Piano Bar and Compering Events

Compering Events

get the names right (isn't this just a prerequisite that so many get wrong)?

make you all at ease with a few musical meanderings.

Keane; the Music Hall version or Satie meets Steptoe and Son down the aisle.

Piano Bar. What is piano bar? Paul Simmons speaks:-

Although it never ever happens it is possible to play the same set five nights in a row.

Inevitably each night would be different. Why?

The essential ingredient and catalyst is the role of the audience.

They are my guide and a part of the participatory process.

I am at the audiences bidding and I go in all directions whether it is 1930's jazz

and popular song, Britpop, 1970's singer songwriters, Reggae, Country or Blues.

I'm armed with up to 1000 songs from the past 100 years, music from the last 500

years and licensed to use them in built up areas between the hours of 9pm and sunrise.

From the Victor Borge/ Bill Bailey/ Les Dawson school of music I'll add stand up,

Improvisation at the piano and when you add the audiences requests,

that creates the ever evolving atmosphere of the evening.

As Billy Joel once said to me " It's reverse Karaoke". You could be dancing

in the aisles or just sitting exploring great songs from great songwriters.

All there is, is one man, one piano and your suggestions.

If you've had a great evening then I've done a good job,

if you haven't then you've chosen the wrong songs..........

For some of the other songs that were recorded live, warts 'n all listen to the mp3's here