About
Sunday With The Parkes is a musical duo for hire in Melbourne, VIC.
Zac and Tiarne Parkes play guitar and vocals as Sunday with the Parkes, an acoustic duo working across Melbourne weddings, corporate nights, birthdays and anything in between. The repertoire moves through genres rather than sitting in one, and the song choices can be built around your theme instead of handed to you. Straightforward to host: a working power point half an hour before the start, and half an hour either side of the set for gear in and gear out.
The show
Zac and Tiarne Parkes perform together as a two-piece, with guitar underneath and vocals on top. Nothing more elaborate than that. And the plainness is the point, because an acoustic duo slots into a ceremony, a long dinner or a cocktail hour without swallowing the room or forcing anyone to raise their voice across a table. Two people, two parts, and a sound that sits at whatever level the moment needs.
On the day
A working power point needs to be available half an hour before they're due to start, so the sound gear can be plugged in and checked. Allow thirty minutes either side of the performance itself: half an hour beforehand to get set up, and another half hour afterwards to pack the equipment down. Factor those windows into your timings and the rest looks after itself.
Performance options
Bookings come in three lengths: an hour of live music, three hours, or five. Which one suits depends on whether you want them across the whole evening or just through a particular part of it, drinks and canapes say, or the sit-down portion of a reception. None of the three quite right? Have a word with Zac and Tiarne, who will build a length around what your day actually needs.
