What does a singer and guitarist play?

Covers people know the words to: the singer-songwriter book, pop and soul from the last sixty years, and the acoustic end of classic rock. It's the one-musician version of the songs a cover band plays, sung at a level guests can talk across, and the set is built around the flow of your evening. The whole covers list is on the repertoire page.

Is one singer with a guitar enough for a cocktail hour?

For most cocktail hours and patios, yes. One voice and a guitar read as live music from across a terrace and stay under the conversation, which is what the hour needs. Above about a hundred guests spread across a ballroom, the acoustic duo adds a second musician to carry the space.

Can a singer and guitarist play a wedding ceremony and the cocktail hour?

Yes, and that's a common booking: an instrumental prelude and processional, then the same musician sings the cocktail hour on the terrace. The small system carries the officiant's microphone too, so the ceremony and the hour are one load-in and one contract.

How is this different from the solo guitarist page?

The voice. The solo guitarist page is instrumental guitar, jazz standards and Spanish-tinged sets that hold a dinner without asking for attention. This page is a singer with a guitar, songs sung out front, for the hours where guests want to hear a voice and know the words.

Can we book a named singer instead of the format?

Yes. Tony Medina plays solo voice and acoustic guitar under his own name, blues and classic rock, and Tejas Singh fronts a duo that grows to a quartet. The format is the booking when you want the sound and don't need a name attached; the named acts are the booking when you want to hear exactly who is playing first.

Does it play outdoors?

Yes, and patios and lawns are its regular work. It needs a covered, level and dry spot with power run to it, and we agree a move-indoors plan with you ahead of time. Colorado evenings cool fast, and a guitar and a voice both slow down in the cold.

Singer and guitarist

A singer and guitarist for hire, for cocktail hours, patios and small weddings.

One voice and a guitar, singing the songs your guests know the words to, at a volume they can keep talking across. It’s the smallest sung booking on the roster and one of the most booked sizes in this city, because it reads as live music from across a terrace and fits in a corner on one circuit.

Think welcome drinks before a rehearsal dinner, a cocktail hour on a patio, a dinner party at home, a company picnic, or a small wedding where one musician plays the ceremony and then sings the hour after it. It books for a single hour or for arrival through dinner.

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The set

The songs people sing along to under their breath.

The singer-songwriter book, pop and soul from the last sixty years, and the acoustic side of classic rock. Tom Petty, Bill Withers, the Beatles ballads, the songs a wedding guest and a company picnic both know. Sung out front, with the guitar carrying the rest of the record on its own.

One musician has a volume ceiling built in, and that’s the point. A cocktail set runs at 65 to 72 dBA at the nearest table, the level two guests who’ve just met can talk across, and a voice and a guitar can’t drift above it by accident. Sets run 45 to 60 minutes with music through the breaks, and a set is built around the flow of your evening: ballads through dinner, the songs with a pulse in them once people are standing.

The whole covers list is searchable on the repertoire page, and the first learned song you ask for is included in every booking, which for a wedding is usually the first dance or the processional.

Who plays it

The format, or one of the named singers who play at this size.

The singer and guitarist, as a format: Booked as an instrumentation, a repertoire and a volume, and the musician we send delivers all three. It’s the booking when you want the sound and the date matters more than the name.
Tony Medina: A smoky voice and a guitar played with a funk player’s right hand, blues and classic rock, solo for welcome drinks and dinner and up to a four piece when the night wants a floor. Booked under his own name, with his own footage on his page.
Tejas Singh: A singer-songwriter who builds familiar songs from the ground up with live looping, fronting a duo that grows to a quartet on one contract. The booking when the hour should be one voice and the night should end on a dance floor.

Instrumental guitar, jazz standards and Spanish-tinged sets with no voice, is the solo guitarist. The same voice and guitar with a second musician is the acoustic duo, which is the size for a crowd past a hundred.

Occasions

Common occasions for a singer and guitarist.

Wedding cocktail hours and welcome drinks: The hour after the ceremony, or the night before it. One voice sings the songs the two families both know, and the same musician can play the ceremony first on the ceremony plan.
Dinner parties, patios and milestone birthdays: A table of twelve at home, a backyard in July, a sixtieth that wants the songs of one particular decade sung well. The private parties page covers the configurations by size.
Company picnics and client appreciation evenings: The one-musician booking for a lawn or a rooftop, and the size that lets a client evening feel hosted without feeling produced. The corporate page covers the corporate details.
Retreat evenings in the mountains: A deck or a fire after a day of sessions, with the acoustic end of the book. The retreats page covers the resort towns and their logistics.

What one musician costs for a cocktail hour across this market, sourced, is in the cost guide.

Singer and guitarist questions

The operational questions, from substitutions to decibel caps, are on the full question list.

What does a singer and guitarist play?: Covers people know the words to: the singer-songwriter book, pop and soul from the last sixty years, and the acoustic end of classic rock. It's the one-musician version of the songs a cover band plays, sung at a level guests can talk across, and the set is built around the flow of your evening. The whole covers list is on the repertoire page.
Is one singer with a guitar enough for a cocktail hour?: For most cocktail hours and patios, yes. One voice and a guitar read as live music from across a terrace and stay under the conversation, which is what the hour needs. Above about a hundred guests spread across a ballroom, the acoustic duo adds a second musician to carry the space.
Can a singer and guitarist play a wedding ceremony and the cocktail hour?: Yes, and that's a common booking: an instrumental prelude and processional, then the same musician sings the cocktail hour on the terrace. The small system carries the officiant's microphone too, so the ceremony and the hour are one load-in and one contract.
How is this different from the solo guitarist page?: The voice. The solo guitarist page is instrumental guitar, jazz standards and Spanish-tinged sets that hold a dinner without asking for attention. This page is a singer with a guitar, songs sung out front, for the hours where guests want to hear a voice and know the words.
Can we book a named singer instead of the format?: Yes. Tony Medina plays solo voice and acoustic guitar under his own name, blues and classic rock, and Tejas Singh fronts a duo that grows to a quartet. The format is the booking when you want the sound and don't need a name attached; the named acts are the booking when you want to hear exactly who is playing first.
Does it play outdoors?: Yes, and patios and lawns are its regular work. It needs a covered, level and dry spot with power run to it, and we agree a move-indoors plan with you ahead of time. Colorado evenings cool fast, and a guitar and a voice both slow down in the cold.

Book one voice and a guitar for the hour, or the whole evening.

Live music for your event, from a solo musician to a full band, with sound support that’s the right size for the venue and a personal contact for the night.

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Send us the date and the venue, and we’ll come back with a recommendation and a price for your night. What live music costs in this market is on the pricing page.