Originally Posted By: Janice & Bud
My problem was how to forget them. smile We played nearly the same set lists for way, way too long.


Ditto, J&B.

We had about 250 songs in our repertoire and we would shuffle the setlist each night (assuming the same venue). We knew our repertoire well enough to open it up to take requests from the audience. That can be thin ice if your band is not prepared for the challenge.

A pet peeve of mine is - musicians that are constantly tuning. Nothing shouts 'amateur' louder than that.

Back on topic: Joe, most songs only have 3-5 chords per key (wait to flame me, Eddie) so try to train your ear to tell you 'when' more than 'where' to change chords. You will begin to think of each key as those 3-5 chords rather than the thousands of possibilities available.

Hit the afterburner, Eddie!