Songs vs styles when gigging out

[Jamesbergeron]

Are songs better than styles when gigging out?
I want to create a Setlist but I'm unsure if I should create styles in style creator and have them in my registrations or create songs. Can some of you experienced giggers out there post the way you gig out?🙂🎹

[keyboardmaestro]

I'm not a experienced gigger, i've had "a few" And i always performed with styles instead of songs.
Feels more natural to play with styles than it is to play with songs for some reason.

[EileenL]

Styles for me to and then just sit and play.

[Toril S]

Same here!

[Jamesbergeron]

Thanks guys! This makes sense. Styles is the way to go.

[keyboardmaestro]

Nothing wrong with midifiles, but then what are you gonna do? Only play some melody lines from time to time? Or participate in some karaoke? I don't think that the audience wants that actually, they want to hear and see you play

[travlin-easy]

The big problem with midi files, even if you are playing over them, they end at a specific time, which can be very inconvenient, especially when you have a dance floor filled with people. During a one hour performance, it was quite rare for me to use any midi files at all, and if I did, it was usually a song that I had difficulty performing live. There is no flexibility with midi files - most pro entertainers avoid them like the plague.

Good luck,

Gary

[Pino]

It depends on your musical ability

I think that an arranger keyboard is about playing chords
If I was to gig with midi files then I would probably have a different set-up

You have an option to go to Song Creator and 'step record' the chords and style parts
I think that would be better than buying midi files

To me, that would be a little bit like cheating
Better take your time to learn all the chords

It's all about the time you put in and practice every day,
There are plenty of 3 chord and 4 chord songs around

Good luck

Pino