Dueling piano player wanted for local gigs

Kansas City MO

Description

I have a dueling piano show called Big Time Pianos. I also use the name, Big Time Entertainment. My piano show consists of 2 piano players and a drummer. We're mostly booked at restaurant/bars and a few wineries in the KC area. I have a few private parties booked and my goal is to be booking more private parties because the pay is usually much better compared to playing clubs but at this time I'm playing mostly clubs. My piano show FB page is https://www.facebook.com/BIGTIMEPIANOSHOW I currently have 5 dueling piano players on my roster to play gigs most every Friday and Saturday. I hire them based on their availability. I need at least two more piano players so I don't have to cancel gigs. I've been fortunate 99% of the time to have two piano players available to do my gigs but recently I only had one available so I had to cancel a gig that required I have two piano players. I can also hire an acoustic guitar player for some gigs along with one piano player but most of the venues I'm booked at expect to see two piano players. If a piano player plays guitar that's great, that would actually be ideal. I like consistency, it would be ideal for me to have the same 2 piano players for most of my gigs so I don't have to constantly find players who are available for certain dates. It would be more like a band situation. Must have keyboard, keyboard stand, microphone, mic stand, necessary cables and seat. If you have your own monitor that would be good to have also. Must be able to sing lead and some harmonies. The piano players can use a computer, tablet, or I-pad to read song lyrics. We play a wide variety of popular music from the past 50 years. Yes, we play all the overplayed, worn out, cliched, cheesy songs that get requested most every show. I'm looking for a piano player that can entertain an audience by interacting with the audience because audience participation is an important part of a dueling piano show. The show is based around requests that people in the audience bring up to us and this is how we make more money from tips compared to most bands. The pay per member is never less than $100 each and tips usually average $50 each per night. We've made as much as $950 total from tips for one night but usually tips range between 100-300 total per night. Some of my gigs pay each of us $175 from club pay plus tips so it's very possible that each of us can make $250 for one night. Most of my gigs are for 3 hours. If interested please message for more details.