About
Moondance is a band for hire in Sydney, NSW.
Moondance have been playing around Sydney and New South Wales since 1998, and everyone in the band does this full time: performing, recording, composing and teaching. The instrumentation is where they get interesting. Voices of both kinds up front, with saxophone, flute, violin and guitar behind them, which lets the band move from classical through folk, jazz and blues into soul, pop and rock without sounding like they're guessing. Jazz sets pull from All Of Me, Autumn Leaves, Fly Me To The Moon, Take The A Train and Satin Doll. The pop and dance side runs Brown Eyed Girl, Valerie, Come On Eileen, Twist And Shout, Can't Take My Eyes Off You and Thinking Out Loud. They've worked festivals, concerts, clubs, pubs, private parties, weddings, corporate and tourism events. Size the band to the room: a three piece needs about 3.5m by 2.5m, a five piece a little more.
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The show
Everyone in Moondance does this for a living. Performing, recording, composing, teaching, all of it, and that background in classical, folk, jazz, rock and blues is why they can move between styles without it sounding like a stretch. They've played festivals and concerts, clubs and pubs, weddings and private parties, corporate nights and tourism events. Before your day they'll talk through what you actually want to hear rather than handing you a fixed programme. Respect for each style is the thread running through the whole thing.
On the day
Flat ground and a power point. Space depends on how many of them you book: a three piece wants about 3.5m wide by 2.5m deep, a four piece 3m by 3.5m, a five piece 4m wide by 3.5m deep, and it scales from there. Worth measuring the corner you have in mind before you settle on a line-up size.
Insurance and paperwork
Public liability insured
Song list
26 songs
A Thousand years
Autumn leaves
Big Yellow Taxi
Blame it on the Boogie
Blue Moon
Brown Eyed Girl
Can't Take my Eyes off You
Come on Eileen
Fly me to the Moon
Get Lucky
Happy
It Had to Be You
My Baby Just Cares for Me
Night and Day
Pop and Dance: At Last
Price Tag
Satin Doll
Saw her Standing
Steal My Kisses
Sway
Take the A Train
Thinking Out Loud
Twist and Shout
Valerie
