Piano Bar/Piano Lounge
A piano bar (also known as a piano lounge) consists of a piano played by a professional musician, located in a cocktail lounge, bar, hotel lobby, or office building lobby. Usually the pianist receives tips in a jar or basket on or near the piano, especially from patrons requesting a song. Some piano bars feature a baby grand or grand piano surrounded by stools for patrons (or, somewhat humorously, an upright piano covered by a counter that makes it appear to be a grand piano). Others have a bar surrounding the piano or keyboard.
There are different types of piano bars:
"instrumental only": the professional piano/keyboard player plays strictly instrumental music, which is usually classical, semi-classical, or "easy listening"; this type of piano bar is often found in hotel lobby lounges or "fine dining" restaurants; "
only the musician sings": the professional pianist sings to his/her accompaniment, usually on microphone, but no other singers are generally allowed; "the musician and waitpersons sing": the professional musician sings and also invites waitpersons to sing solos; "sing-along": patrons surrounding the pianist sing as a group, usually without any microphones, often preferring "standards" and "Jazzy tunes", or very old songs like "Beyond The Sea", "I Love You For Sentimental Reason", etc., but in some cases pop or rock;
"dueling pianos": usually on stage with two grand pianos, each played by a professional player who sings and entertains; humor and audience participation are prevalent; usually these types of piano bars have substantial sound systems, and most of the songs performed are rock and roll, "classic rock", blues, R&B, or country, played at very high volume. Howl at the Moon Piano Bar and Shout House Dueling Pianos are popular chains of this type of piano bar;
"open mic": individual patrons sing (on microphone) to the accompaniment of the professional musician; in some ways, this type of piano bar is like karaoke, except that the music is live and dynamic, and there are usually no lyrics available (although some piano bar players do supply some lyrics); like karaoke, the songs performed may cover a wide, eclectic range ("show tunes", "standards" from the 1920's forward, jazz, country, R&B, rock'n'roll, blues, folk, soul, disco, hip-hop, etc.); the patron singers are usually called to the microphone in a rotating order; often, each singer is allowed 2 or 3 songs each time he/she is called to perform; and "combination": some piano bars include the characteristics of two or more of the above, either on different nights or combined on the same night. For instance, at a "sing along" piano bar, a patron or wait person might sing a solo from time to time. Before becoming famous, Billy Joel sometimes worked as a piano bar performer. His classic hit "Piano Man" is based on his experiences as a piano bar player.
This kind of music is nowdays become a trend in mostly International Wedding worldwide.
For Wedding Ocassion Vicky and Friends also has a package we called:
Music Room/Lounge Piano Package
Contains of:
2 Singers
1 Pianist
1 Saxophonist
1 Bassist/Contra Bassist
1 Unit Sound System
1 Wireless Shure, 10 Cable Mics,Mics Stands,Book Stands, Speakers: BOSE,JBL,PEAVEY,RAMSA, RCF,DB OPERA Mixers: SoundCraft S8000, Yamaha MG3214FX, Yamaha EMX5000,Ramsa WRS4416, Amplifier: Marshall,Laney,Randall
(Usually Five Stars Hotels Like Grand Hyatt, Le Meredien, etc has a Baby Grand Piano that can be used by the wedding or they have include that in Hotel Packages. Though Some Hotel doesnt provide that.
Supposed that thing happened, you can contact me for rent.
Fore More info about this package you can contact Vicky at 0815-1892788 ; 021-68996539 or email at vickynfriends@yahoo.com or victor_walean@yahoo.com
