About

Casablanca Sounds is a musical duo for hire in Gold Coast, QLD.

A Foggy Day, As Time Goes By, Besame Mucho, Caravan: the songbook here runs deep into jazz standards and continental tunes, played on violin and accordion among other instruments. Casablanca Sounds are two career musicians, Melbourne originally and now on the Gold Coast, with recording credits across TV, film and radio. They keep the volume at a level where guests can still hold a conversation, which is exactly what cocktail hours, weddings, restaurant floors and vineyard afternoons need. All gear is their own, they're fully insured, and they take funerals as well as celebrations.

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The show

Two career musicians, and it's audible within about a minute. Between them there are years of work locally and internationally, plus recording credits across television, film and radio, so the playing is precise without being showy. Violin and accordion carry most of it, through jazz standards and continental tunes such as A Foggy Day, As Time Goes By, Besame Mucho and Caravan. And the volume stays where conversation is still possible, which is the whole point at a cocktail hour or over dinner.

On the day

They bring every piece of gear themselves, so the requirements are genuinely minimal. Access to power somewhere close by is the main one. They carry extension leads, though the shorter the run the better. They're acoustic and prefer to sit at conversational volume, but a touch of amplification helps in rooms where sound disappears, and outdoors it almost always does. Speaking of outdoors: shelter is not optional. Violins and accordions don't take kindly to sun or rain, and neither do the people playing them.

Insurance and paperwork

Public liability insured

Song list

A A Foggy Day A Lotus On Irish Streams Affirmation After You’ve Gone Afternoon In Paris Ain’t Misbehavin’ All Of Me A la Luz de los faroles Anniversary Song Andante Cantabile – Haydn Anouman Appel Indirect Are You In The Mood As Time Goes By Autumn Leaves B Baby Elephant Walk Bags Groove Bei Mir Bist du Schon (That you’re grand) Belleville Rendezvous Beyond The Sea (La Mer) Besame Mucho Billie’s Bounce Bistro Fada Black Orpheus Blue Drag Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me Blue Moon Blue Skies Bulgar (traditional) Body & Soul Bossa Dorado Brazil Brise Napolitaine C Caravan Catamurca C’est Si Bon (It’s so Good) Cantina (Star Wars) Imperial March (Caravana) China Boy Chiquilin de Bachin Confessin’ That I Love You Clair De Lune Coquette Crazy D Dark Eyes (traditional) Daphne The Day’s Of Wine & Roses Don’t Know Why Djangology Douce Ambience E Embracable You Eel’s Nephew Everytime We Say Goodbye El Chchorrito El Choclo F Favela Fly Me To The Moon G Georgia Girl From Ipanema Godfather Gypsy Fire H Hang On Little Tomato Honeysuckle Rose Hungarian Dance 4 & 5 Brahms I I Can’t Give You Anything But Love I Get A Kick Out Of You I’ll See You In My Dreams I Left My Heart In San Fransisco I’m Beginning To See The Light I’ve Grown Accustomed To Her Face Indifference Imperial March – Cantina Band (Star War’s) Inchworm Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby It Don’t Mean A Thing (if it ain’t got no swing) It Had To Be You It’s Oh So Quiet It’s Only A Paper Moon J Jeepers Creepers J’attandrai Joseph Joseph K Kalamatianos (traditional) Kentucky Mae (Pokey LaFarge) L La Cumparsita La Mer (Beyond the Sea) La Vie En Rose Lady Be Good Lady Is A Tramp La Payanca La Punalada Le bicyclettes de belsize< Limehouse Blues Live And Let Die

Casablanca Sounds