Disc ID question

[bryant]

Originally Posted by mindonstrike

I'm a "custom scheme(r)". I have a legend at the front of the books for those who want to know what brand a song is. 01-xx thru 99-xx are reserved for VCD for when the time comes they can be imported but they are titled that way on my hard drive now. 100-xx thru 299-xx =PHM, 300-xx thru 499-xx =CB, etc. I use Soundchoices own numbers 2000-xx thru 9908-xx. Most of the number blocks I have memorized so when I do get a question on a song I can usually tell them the brand without looking it up, and most of my singers who are concerned about the brand are looking for SC which is even easier to tell.

I will usually accomodate a song slip that is missing the bookid but I have found that most folks who give me a slip like this often times didn't even look in the book to see if I have the song or they confuse a line from the chorus as being the song title. , they just wrote it up, handed it in and went on their merry way so then I have to hunt them down and let them know I don't have it ask whose rendition etc.

If I were paperless I'd have to deal with 50-60 people, many of whom after making their requests want to stay and chat forcing me to blow them off to get to other requests or collect microphones, call up the next singer, etc.

madjim I am glad the paperless thing works for you, but for me it would be more work than I would care for.

my 2 cents
Sam

Neat, my show is very, very similar to yours and Jim's.
Usually, my first announcement is "Those who know me here can walk up, give me their song title and name, and don't HAVE to write anything down, how simple is that, folks!" Others, the songbooks ae to my left, blah, blah, blah, and you may fill out a slip if need be. That's because some singers have never done it another way and can't imagine it done paperless, then they are impressed when they find out that it CAN be done that way, puts your show a notch above others, and makes them feel special when they finally become a regular who does not have to fill out slips. Some others have envelopes with their names (makes them feel really special) on it and past slips in them. They never have to rewrite.
Now, if Hoster ever gets to a "name search" stage, which might happen in ver 4, paperless goes one more step ahead. Type in name, "what song(s) would you like to sing tonight, sir"?

Sam and Jim, is this about how your shows run for the most part as well?