Hi Dave, nice to hear from you.
So...What's your set list like; and how long is your set?. Tough question(s) in a way because while the tunes themselves may 'be the same', the 'content/arrangements' can change due to circumstance of having a crowd, or not having a crowd, or as also often has it, my mood.
Celestial tinklings e.g. 'Breezin' by George Benson can be five minutes or less, or it could be ten minutes or even more. For example last week started slow and there really weren't very many people there so I was just killing some time and 'playing around'. 'Fifteen' minutes later it ends having used different synth voices to 'break it up' and the employees/management and the few people there loved it! An example of something that has been known to happen.
(One of my strengths is improv and I have to be careful to 'not' play too long.) Anyway, add a verse/chorus/bridge or not, all crowd dependent determines the song/set length.
To continue to answer your question, my YouTube videos capture the 'essence' of what I do pretty well.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Vincent by Don McClean, 'Something', 'Across the Universe', 'Here, There, Everywhere', 'Do you want to know a Secret' by the Beatles, 'Little Wing' Stevie Ray version and 'Classical Gas' Mason Williams make up most of my 'stand alone' material with just bass.
With the looper and synth, 'Got Blues?' is a crowd pleaser especially with the synth saxophone, trumpet and organ voices, not to mention the 'lead bass'. 'Can't Hold Out' by Clapton, a fast 'Kimberly' swing, a 'Kimberly' boogie woogie, 'Low Rider' War, 'American Woman' Guess Who, 'Voodoo Child' Hendrix, a Phil Keaggy 'Salvation Army Band' groove, a 'Kimberly' funk groove, a fast 'Kimberly' country 2/4 (Bass Boogie), a 'Sweet Georgia Brown' shuffle, She's a Woman, Beck/Kimberly version, slow blues, fast blues, medium blues, 'Kimberly' rock grooves, 'Kimberly' latin grooves etc...
Length of the set can and will also vary based on crowd, or lack of. Last Saturday I played an hour and 25 minutes before taking a ten minute break. A couple of weeks ago I played an hour and a half set. All dependent upon whether the crowd is 'hot or not'. About a 35 minute set is probably the least amount of time I've ever played. The gigs I'm booking are usually based on two hours with the first set at an hour followed by a 10-15 minute break. But, if the crowd is 'live' I'll play 'em for all I can.
And I hope this answers your questions.
Pauses for breath and bids adieu.
Regards,
Kimberly
