We’ll also be careful not to recommend anyone that would be a bad fit or was unrelable or inappropriate because it could reflect badly on us and jeopardize our relationship with the venue. Invoices and Overdue Payments – I offer a $25.00 discount to senior facilities if they pay within 30 days or less. Learn the fundamentals of guitar in the motivating step-by-step comprehensive course for beginners from New York City Guitar School. This program cover all the basics of guitar playing, However should I declare any monies received if I only charge a nominal fee of £20 or £30 and/or only play occasionally? Thank you for your useful advice. ), Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy (with key change), Coast Guard Marching Song (Semper Paratus), Cockles and Mussels (Allan Sherman Parody), In the Midnight Hour/Come and Get Your Love, Could I Have This Dance (For the Rest of My Life), Crooked Highway (Tomorrow Is a Long Time), Cuando Calienta El Sol (and Love Me With All of Your Heart), Daisy Bell Medley (Bicycle Built For Two), Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor On the Bedpost Overnight, Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful-Gm, Don't Eat the Liverwurst (with McDonald's), Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know), Down At the Twist and Shout-Bill Fischer on sax, Make Your Own Kind of Music/Downtown medley, Do You Know the Way To San Jose-no key change, Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans, A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes-with key change, Elvis Medley (Love Me/Hound Dog/Love Me Tender/Don't Be Cruel), video provided by Lien and Lan, the Kratzke sisters, Everybody Eats When They Come To My House, Everybody's Talkin'/I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City, The Fishin' Hole (Andy Griffith Show Theme Song), The French Song (When the Sun Says Good-Day To the Mountains), Get Together-F (C'mon People Now Smile On Your Brother), Get Together-D (C'mon People Now Smile On Your Brother), Gimme Little Sign (Give Me a Little Sign, Girl), The Goodbye Girl (Goodbye Doesn't Mean Forever), Good Golly, Miss Molly (Little Richard Medley), The Greatest American Hero Theme (Believe It Or Not), Guten Abend, Gut' Nacht/Lullaby and Goodnight, Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen-no key change, Take Good Care of My Baby/Happy Birthday Sweet 16 medley, Heave Ho, My Lads, Heave Ho (Merchant Marine Anthem), (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher, Hush-a-Bye (All the Pretty Little Horses), I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever), I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me, I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch), (Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All, I Gave My Love a Cherry (The Riddle Song), I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)-with key change, I Guess That's Why They Call It the Blues, I Guess the Lord Must Be In New York City/Everybody's Talkin', I Hate To Lose You (I'm So Used To You Now), I Love the Flower Girl (The Rain, the Park, and Other Things), I Ran All the Way Home/My Heart Is An Open Book, I Remember You-F (jazzy-like Diana Krall), I Remember You-G (country-like Glen Campbell), I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-C, I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For-F, I Wanna Go Where You Go (Then I'll Be Happy), Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand (I Want To Hold Your Hand-in German), I Was a Little Too Lonely (And You Were a Little Too Late), I Was Born In the Sign of Water (Cool Change), I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free, I Wish I Were In Love Again-with key change, I Wonder Why Nobody Don't Like Me (Mama Look A Boo Boo), (You're Gonna Lose That Girl)/I'll Follow the Sun medley, I'm Confessin' That I Love You-slow, easier chords, I'm Gonna Knock On Your Door (Until You Come Back To Me), I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover/It's a Sin To Tell a Lie, I'm Telling You Now (with Poetry In Motion), If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd Have Baked a Cake, (If You Want It, Here It Is) Come and Get It, If You Want the Rainbow (You Must Have the Rain), If You Were the Only Girl In the World-3/4 waltz, If You Were the Only Girl In the World-4/4 swing, In the Middle of the Night (River of Dreams), In The Still Of The Night (The Five Satins), It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas, It's Beginning To Look a Lot Like Christmas-easier version, It's the Same Old Song/Baby, I Need Your Lovin', Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini, Joy To the World/One (Is the Loneliest Number), Le Jour Ou La Pluie Viendra (The Day That the Rains Came Down), Let the Good Times Roll (Blueberry Hill Medley), Let the Rest of the World Go By-with verses, Little Richard Medley (Keep A-Knockin'/Long Tall Sally/Tutti Fruity), Looking At the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses-C, Looking At the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses-D, Look, Look, My Heart Is An Open Book/Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home), Look Over There (from "La Cage Aux Folles"), Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)-no key change, Love Me With All of Your Heart (and Cuando Calienta El Sol), (You Picked a Fine Time To Leave Me) Lucille, Lullaby and Goodnight/Guten Abend, Gut' Nacht, Mama Look A Boo Boo (I Wonder Why Nobody Don't Like Me), Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys, Manha de Carnaval (A Day In the Life of a Fool), (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance-with key change, Merchant Marine Anthem (Heave Ho, My Lads, Heave Ho), Moscow Nights (English version)-no key change, My Heart Is An Open Book/Sorry (I Ran All the Way Home), My Love (Is Warmer Than the Sunshine)-with key change, When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (with verse)/My Wild Irish Rose, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes-with key change, Nobody Cares About the Railroads Anymore-G, Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out, Our Love Affair (from "Strike Up the Band"), Over the Rainbow-C-with verse (slower jazz waltz than the following version), Over the Rainbow-Iz-C (original lyrics by E. Y. Harburg), Over the Rainbow-Iz-F (original lyrics by E. Y. Harburg), (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding, Please Help Me, I'm Fallin'/Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On, Pretty Little Angel Eyes/Bristol Stomp medley, Put Your Head On My Shoulder/You Are My Destiny medley, The Rain, the Park, and Other Things (I Love the Flower Girl), Reaching For Someone and Not Finding Anyone There, The Riddle Song (I Gave My Love a Cherry), Roll Out the Barrel (Beer Barrel Polka)-G, Roll Out the Barrel (Beer Barrel Polka)-F, (Looking At the World Through) Rose-Colored Glasses-D, (Looking At the World Through) Rose-Colored Glasses-C, San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair), Saturday Night Is the Loneliest Night of the Week. Songwriters I know, who also do seniors’ work, usually don’t do original material for these gigs. In many cases, they don’t remember, from one visit to the next, what was played the last time. I’m a singer/songwriter & blesses granddaughter I’ve very recently decided to do a special birthday show at my grandfather’s seniors condo. Beautifully designed and presented in a deluxe hardcover edition ... uke can't go wrong with this book! This is outrageous to me. My son is in middle school and plays piano and cello – more advanced on piano. I figure that someone who lives close by could pay his expenses with what I could afford to pay. Other than that, we Love performing for the elderly. The flip-side is, of course, that a problem with a single performance can also reverberate through the network; it’s happened, though not, thankfully, to me. they conk out after 12:30pm and can’t stay awake. Learn how to sell and discuss money. Many years ago I was the keyboardist with 2 guitarists and 2 sax players – what fun that was!!!! And I try to vary my repertoire seasonally, going from Let It Snow and Winter Wonderland, to April Showers, Summertime, Autumn Leaves, and so forth. A beginners guide to the ukulele "dealing with everything, from ukulele sizes, prices and strings to how to grow your nails. Over half the seniors’ performances I give every year are for a half-dozen places that book me multiple times: sometimes monthly –– I’ve played a particular residence the first Tuesday of each month, for 12 years –– sometimes more frequently –– as of April, I’ve already performed at one nursing home ten times this year –– sometimes three or four times over 12 months. Some, are active and healthy. Someone made a similar observation recently on the Delcamp classical guitar forum. Contact Dr. Uke. Well, I charge a rate that works for me, and for the venues that book me. Abi Gezunt (Yiddish for "So Long as You're Healthy"), After You Get What You Want (You Don't Want It), (Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young, All In the Family Theme (Those Were The Days), All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth, All the Pretty Little Horses (Hush-a-Bye), The Alphabet Song/Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Andy Griffith Show Theme Song (The Fishin' Hole), (Hey, Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song, Are You Sleeping/Frere Jacques/Bruder Jakob, Arthur's Theme (The Best That You Can Do), At the Hop/Palisades Park/Do You Wanna Dance, Autumn Leaves-Sung by my daughter Jacqueline, avec les paroles françaises, Baby, I Need Your Lovin'/It's the Same Old Song, Basin Street Blues/Birth of the Blues medley, The Best That You Can Do (Arthur's Theme) -Bill Fischer on sax, The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing, Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair (San Francisco), Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell Medley), Change Partners/Blame It On the Bossa Nova medley, Blame It On the Sun/Lately (Stevie Wonder medley), Can't Help Falling In Love/I Want You, I Need You, I Love You, "C'est La Vie," Say the Old Folks (You Never Can Tell), Blame It On the Bossa Nova/Change Partners medley, Changes In Latitudes, Changes In Attitudes, Charlie Brown/Yakety Yak (Don't Talk Back! 9x12 inches. About The Author. I have only just begun researching this and so far have not found anyone in TN who is doing this. Paying $250 for an entertainer is nothing to them. I would expect, rather, that they would book fewer “outside” entertainment programs, and rely more on their paid recreation staff, who provide the bulk of programming now; we are the exceptions. and I do a lot of senior places using recorded music ( that they know) and they love it . Honestly that reputation and that kind of confidence in my work is priceless. In regards to ethical perspective on performing for free vs performing for pay, my opinion is that since most of these facilities are owned and run by VERY PROFITABLE companies that charge the seniors and or their families VERY HIGH fees, I have no reservations about charging for professional quality entertainment. I have been very successful with playing a set of mostly originals at several of my paid senior gigs. would it be worth trying if only available for evening performances? The American Federation of Musicians, the musicians’ union, offers insurance to its members, and has formed Local 1000, specifically for folk and traveling musicians. Anyone reading would be wise to heed your advice. Listen to me carefully. He can play the classics from his piano training, quite a few holiday songs, and lots of Star Wars music :)! Good luck! We are hosting in March of 2020 our 3rd, banjo bash, a collection of musicians of 4,5,6 string banjo players, mandolins, etc. I had two more contributors lined up, but one of them has not gotten back to me with answers to the questions I sent, so I don’t quite have enough for another article yet. Whether a nursing home or a seniors’ residence is properly licensed, is between that facility and ASCAP etc. My name is Roy Ritchey. My average gig for a nursing home in NY was always $150. Most everyone in my area plays senior facilities for free, so asking for pay is generally met with a look of “Why should we? This is excellent! But, people need to talk and if my songs get them talking, thinking, remembering, reliving, I’ve done my job. Enjoyed every word. I’ve wondered if someone doesn’t siphon these payments off. We also happen to live in a free market economy. Generally, I can fill most weekend evenings with bookings, but the weekday work at senior communities is crucial to my survival. THOUGHTS ANYONE? The other side of that is that you can claim your expenses, such as mileage to and from jobs, equipment you may need, and related supplies as business expenses. I am still performing at 90 years old (as of Jan. 24). Generally I do a powerpoint presentation and narration about some aspect of American history. Sentimental Journey* Seniors and kids, Tom! When Irish Eyes Are Smiling* And lots of subscribers have been asking me for advice on this topic. Often I’ll be told that one, or more, of my lyrics brought back a memory, of course of which they share the story of after the show. Considering use of a sound system, remember that many seniors have some loss of hearing, and so amplification may be appropriate in situations where it normally wouldn’t be used. #2 in '70. Over half of seniors’ jobs, however, have sufficiently large performance spaces, or audience size, to make some amplification beneficial. Yes, i’m just planning for the future when all this is over. Margaritaville … Moon dance … and I’ll bet someone will yell out, “Play Free Bird!!!”. My shows are designed for independent living communities and assisted living communities only. Some feel, strongly, that volunteering services for seniors’ facilities is a mitzvah*, and that charging their limited budgets, when “I/we don’t need the money,” is exploitive. 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