Singing guitarist
Courtney Visser
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Courtney Visser - Performance Reel 2019
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About Courtney
Leeds-based solo guitar/vocalist with an extensive repertoire and the experience to cater for both virtual and in-person event needs.
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Singing guitarist
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Courtney
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Lightning fast responses
Average response time under 2 hours
5 gigs
Experienced: 5 bookings through Encore
Saved the day!
Booked for an Encore gig with less than 24 hours’ notice
8th Anniversary
This act has been working with Encore for over 8 years
Courtney's Song list
50s and earlier:
Slim Dusty Waltzing Matilda
Judy Garland Somewhere Over the Rainbow
George Gershwin Summertime
Bing Crosby White Christmas
Christmas Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Christmas White Christmas
Bing Crosby Mele Kalikimaka
Frank Sinatra Fly Me to the Moon
Gayla Peevey I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas
Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash I Walk the Line
Peggy Lee Fever
Patti Page Tennessee Waltz
Sam Cooke You Send Me
60s:
Aretha Franklin Natural Woman
Beatles, The Come Together
Beatles, The Here Comes the Sun
Beatles, The Hey Jude
Beatles, The I Want To Hold Your Hand
Beatles, The While My Guitar Gently Weeps
Beatles, The With A Little Help From My Friends
Beatles, The Yesterday
Ben E King Stand By Me
BJ Thomas Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head
Doors, The Light My Fire
Dusty Springfield Son Of A Preacher Man
Elvis Presley Can't Help Falling In Love
Elvis Presley Suspicious Minds
Foundations, The Build Me Up Buttercup
Janis Joplin Me and Bobby McGee
Jefferson Airplane White Rabbit
John Denver Leaving on a Jet Plane
Johnny Cash Ring of Fire
Joni Mitchell Both Sides Now
Kyu Sakamoto Sukiyaki
Mary Hopkin Those Were the Days
Monkees, The I'm A Believer
Neil Diamond Sweet Caroline
Nina Simone Feeling Good
Otis Redding Sitting on the Dock of the Bay
Patsy Cline Crazy
Peter, Paul, and Mary Leaving On A Jet Plane
Petula Clark Downtown
Righteous Brothers, The Unchained Melody
Rolling Stones, The Ruby Tuesday
Roy Orbison Pretty Woman
Simon and Garfunkel Scarborough Fair
Simon and Garfunkel Kathy’s Song
Simon and Garfunkel Sound of Silence, The
Stevie Nicks Landslide
Tokens, The Lion Sleeps Tonight, The
Van Morrison Brown Eyed Girl
70s:
ABBA Dancing Queen
ABBA Fernando
ABBA Mamma Mia
America Horse With No Name
Animals, The House Of the Rising Sun
Aristocats Everybody Wants to Be A Cat
Beatles, The Let It Be
Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love
Bette Midler The Rose
Bill Withers Ain't No Sunshine
Bill Withers Lean On Me
Billy Joel Vienna
Bob Dylan Knocking On Heaven's Door
Bob Dylan You Ain’t Going Nowhere
Bonnie Raitt Angel From Montgomery
Carole King (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
Carole King You've Got A Friend
Carpenters Top of the World
Cat Stevens Moonshadow
Creedence Clearwater Revival Cotton Fields
Creedence Clearwater Revival Have You Ever Seen the Rain
Creedence Clearwater Revival Bad Moon Rising
Creedence Clearwater Revival Proud Mary
David Bowie Life On Mars
Don McLean American Pie
Don McLean Vincent
Eagles Hotel California
Eagles Take It Easy
Elton John Your Song
Eric Clapton Wonderful Tonight
Eva Cassidy Songbird
Fleetwood Mac Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac Landslide
Fleetwood Mac Songbird
Fleetwood Mac Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac Dreams
Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive
James Taylor Fire and Rain
James Taylor You've Got A Friend
Joan Baez Diamonds and Rust
John Denver Country Roads
John Lennon Imagine
Joni Mitchell River
King Harvest Dancing In the Moonlight
Led Zeppelin Stairway To Heaven
Linda Ronstadt Blue Bayou
Lionel Ritchie Easy
Lynyrd Skynyrd Sweet Home Alabama
Melanie Alexander Beetle
Neil Young Heart of Gold
Pink Floyd Comfortably Numb
Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here
Queen Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Stealers Wheel Stuck In the Middle With You
Van Morrison Moondance
Who, The Behind Blue Eyes
80s:
Adam Lambert Mad World
Alannah Myles Black Velvet
Bon Jovi Living On A Prayer
Bonnie Tyler Holding Out For A Hero
Bruce Springsteen I'm On Fire
Bryan Adams Heaven
Bryan Adams Summer of 69
Cher If I Could Turn Back Time
Chris Isaak Wicked Game
Cyndi Lauper I Drove All Night
Cyndi Lauper Time After Time
Cyndi Lauper True Colors
Cyndi Lauper I Drove All Night
Eurythmics Sweet Dreams
George Michael Careless Whisper
George Strait Amarillo By Morning
Guns n' Roses Sweet Child of Mine
Jeff Buckley Hallelujah
Jimmy Barnes Working Class Man
John Farnham You’re the Voice
John Mayer Free Falling
John Williams Home Among the Gumtrees
Journey Don't Stop Believing
Journey Faithfully
Kenny Roger Through the Years
Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
Les Miserables I Dreamed A Dream
Lionel Ritchie Hello
Men At Work Land Down Under
Michael Jackson Billie Jean
Michael Jackson The Way You Make Me Feel
Peter Allen I Still Call Australia Home
Poison Every Rose Has its Thorn
Police, The Every Breath You Take
Police, The Every Breath You Take
Proclaimers, The 500 Miles
Sting Englishman In New York
Tears For Fears Mad World
Tom Petty Free Falling
Tracy Chapman Fast Car
Tracy Chapman Talking Bout A Revolution
U2 With Or Without You
Yazoo Only You
90s:
4 Non Blondes What's Up
Aerosmith I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing
Aladdin A Whole New World
Alanis Morissette Head Over Feet
Alanis Morissette Ironic
Alanis Morissette Simple Together
Alanis Morissette Thank U
Alanis Morissette You Oughtta Know
Alanis Morissette Your House
Alison Krauss When You Say Nothing At All
America Sandman
Andrew Lloyd Webber Close Every Door
Beauty and the Beast Tale As Old As Time
Blackstreet No Diggity
Bob Carlisle Butterfly Kisses
Bob Dylan Make You Feel My Love
Bon Jovi Bed of Roses
Britney Spears Baby One More Time
Celine Dion My Heart Will Go On
Cher Believe
Corrs, The Only When I Sleep
Counting Crows Accidentally In Love
Counting Crows Mr Jones
Cranberries, The Joe
Cranberries, The Linger
Cranberries, The Zombie
Crowded House Weather With You
Daryl Braithwaite Horses, The
Eagle Eye Cherry Save Tonight
Enya Orinoco Flow
Eric Clapton Tears In Heaven
Eva Cassidy Fields of Gold
Extreme More Than Words
Faith Hill Breathe
Garth Brooks Friends In Low Places
Goo Goo Dolls Iris
Hootie and the Blowfish Let Her Cry
Hootie and the Blowfish Only Wanna Be With You
Jewel Foolish Games
Jewel Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
Jewel Hands
Jewel I'm Sensitive
Jewel You Were Meant For Me
Jungle Book I Wanna Be Like You
Jungle Book Bare Necessities
Leann Rimes How Do I Live
Limp Bizkit Behind Blue Eyes
Lonestar Amazed
Meredith Brooks Bitch
Muse Unintended
Natalie Imbruglia Torn
Oasis Don't Look Back in Anger
Oasis Wonderwall
Pocahontas Colours of the Wind
Pogues, The Love You Till the End
Radiohead Creep
Randy Newman You've Got A Friend In Me
REM Everybody Hurts
REM Losing My Religion
REM The Great Beyond
REM Man On the Moon
Robbie Williams Angels
Sarah McLachlan Angel
Savage Garden Truly Madly Deeply
Shania Twain From This Moment
Shania Twain You're Still the One
Sheryl Crow If It Makes You Happy
Sheryl Crow Strong Enough
Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me
Sixpence None the Richer Kiss Me (Japanese)
Sting Fields of Gold
Toy Story You've Got A Friend In Me
Tracy Chapman Give Me One Reason
Wille Nelson On the Road Again
2000s:
3 Doors Down Here Without You
3 Doors Down Kryptonite
3 Doors Down Let Me Be Myself
3 Doors Down Your Arms Feel Like Home
30 Seconds to Mars Kill, The
aKing Safe As Houses
Alanis Morissette Not As We
Alanis Morissette Precious Illusions
Alicia Keys If I Ain't Got You
Amy MacDonald This is the Life
Amy Winehouse Back to Black
Amy Winehouse Valerie
Annie Lennox Into the West
Augustana Boston
Avril Lavigne Complicated
Avril Lavigne Fall to Pieces
Avril Lavigne My Happy Ending
Avril Lavigne Sk8er Boi
Avril Lavigne Things I'll Never Say
Avril Lavigne When You're Gone
Biffy Clyro God and Satan
Biffy Clyro Machines
Biffy Clyro Many of Horror
Biffy Clyro Mountains
Bon Iver Skinny Love
Bon Jovi Always
Boys Like Girls ft Taylor Swift Two is Better Than One
Brandi Carlile The Story
Calling, The Wherever You Will Go
Christina Aguilera Beautiful
Colbie Caillat Bubbly
Colbie Caillat Falling For You
Colbie Caillat I Never Told You
Colbie Caillat Realize
Coldplay Fix You
Coldplay Green Eyes
Coldplay Viva la Vida
Coldplay Yellow
Damien Rice 9 Crimes
Damien Rice Amie
Damien Rice Cannonball
Daughtry Home
Daughtry What About Now
Daughtry Life After You
Dido Thank You
Dido White Flag
Die Heuwels Fantasties Klein Tambotieboom
Die Heuwels Fantasties Leja
Elton John Can You Feel the Love Tonight
Evanescence My Immortal
Five For Fighting It's Not Easy
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Falling Slowly
Green Day Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Hinder Lips of an Angel
Hinder The Best is Yet To Come
Hinder Without You
Howie Day Collide
Ingrid Michaelson Be OK
Ingrid Michaelson Everybody
Ingrid Michaelson Breakable
Ingrid Michaelson Giving Up
Ingrid Michaelson Keep Breathing
Ingrid Michaelson Lady in Spain
Ingrid Michaelson Maybe
Ingrid Michaelson The Chain
Ingrid Michaelson The Way I Am
Ingrid Michaelson When the Leaves
Ingrid Michaelson You and I
Iron & Wine Flightless Bird American Mouth
James Blunt Carry You Home
James Blunt High
James Blunt Same Mistake
James Blunt You're Beautiful
Jason Mraz I'm Yours
Jason Mraz Lucky
Jimmy Eat World Hear You Me
John Mayer Dreaming With A Broken Heart
John Mayer Half of My Heart
Johnny Cash Hurt
Josh Groban You Raise Me Up
Joshua Radin I'd Rather Be With You
Joshua Radin Paperweight
Joshua Radin Sky
Joshua Radin They Bring Me To You
Katie Melua Closest Thing to Crazy
Keith Urban You'll Think Of Me
Kelly Clarkson Because of You
Kelly Clarkson Beautiful Disaster
KT Tunstall Black Horse and the Cherry Tree
KT Tunstall Other Side of the World
KT Tunstall Suddenly I See
Leann Rimes Can't Fight the Moonlight
Lee Ann Womack I Hope You Dance
Leona Lewis Run
Lifehouse You Belong to Me
Lifehouse Falling In
Lifehouse You and Me
Linkin Park Iridescent
Linkin Park Numb
Linkin Park New Divide
Linkin Park Shadow Of the Day
Little Big Town Girl Crush
Marketa Irglova The Hill
Maroon 5 She Will Be Loved
Maroon 5 Sunday Morning
Matchbox 20 Unwell
Michael Buble Home
Miley Cyrus The Climb
Nickleback Far Away
Nickleback If Everyone Cared
Norah Jones Come Away With Me
Norah Jones Don't Know Why
Obadiah Parker Hey Ya
Old Crow Medicine Show Wagon Wheel
One Republic Secrets
Outkast Hey Ya
Owl City Fireflies
Owl City If My Heart Was A House
Owl City Vanilla Twilight
P!nk I Don't Believe You
P!nk Try
Paramore The Only Exception
Parlotones, The Baby Be Mine
Parlotones, The Stardust Galaxies
Plain White Ts Hey There Delilah
Prime Circle Breathing
Prime Circle She Always Gets What She Wants
Prime Circle Consider Me
Rascal Flatts Bless the Broken Road
Regina Spektor Blue Lips
Regina Spektor Firewood
Regina Spektor How
Regina Spektor Laughing With
Regina Spektor Older and Taller
Regina Spektor One More Time With Feeling
Regina Spektor Samson
Regina Spektor Call, The
Regina Spektor Wallet, The
Rise Against Hero of War
Rise Against Swing Life Away
Script, The Breakeven
Seether Broken
Shaggy Angel
Sister Hazel This Kind of Love
Snow Patrol Chasing Cars
Snow Patrol Run
Staind It's Been A While
Stereophonics Have A Nice Day
Taylor Swift Love Story
Taylor Swift Teardrops On My Guitar
Taylor Swift You Belong With Me
Tim Minchin Not Perfect
Tim Minchin White Wine In the Sun
Train Drops Of Jupiter
Train Hey Soul Sister
Uncle Kracker Follow Me
Used, The Smother Me
Vanessa Carlton A Thousand Miles
Zac Brown Band Toes
Zac Brown Band Chicken Fried
2010s:
A Great Big World Say Something
Adele All I Ask
Adele Hello
Adele Make You Feel My Love
Adele One and Only
Adele Rolling In The Deep
Adele Skyfall
Adele Someone Like You
Adele Turning Tables
Amanda Seyfried Little House
Angus & Julia Stone Big Jet Plane
Anna Kendrick When I'm Gone
Avicii Wake Me Up
Avril Lavigne Remember When
Band Perry, The If I Die Young
Bastille Pompeii
Ben Howard Keep Your Head Up
Biffy Clyro Opposite
Billie Eilish Idontwannabeyouanymore
Bruno Mars Grenade
Bruno Mars Just the Way You Are
Bruno Mars Locked Out of Heaven
Bruno Mars Marry You
Bruno Mars Treasure
Bruno Mars Billionaire
Cee Lo Green Forget You
Chris Stapleton Tennessee Whiskey
Christina Aguilera Bound to You
Christina Perri A Thousand Years
Christina Perri Human
Christina Perri Jar of Hearts
Christina Perri The Lonely
Colbie Caillat Try
Daniel Caesar ft. HER Best Part
David Guetta ft Sia Titanium
Disney short Lava
Ed Sheeran All of the Stars
Ed Sheeran I See Fire
Ed Sheeran Lego House
Ed Sheeran Perfect
Ed Sheeran Photograph
Ed Sheeran Shape of You
Ed Sheeran The A Team
Ed Sheeran Thinking Out Loud
Elle King Exs and Ohs
Ellie Goulding Love Me Like You Do
Flyleaf Believe in Dreams
Frozen Let It Go
fun. We Are Young
Gabrielle Aplin Salvation
George Ezra Budapest
Gotye Somebody That I Used to Know
Greatest Showman A Million Dreams
Greatest Showman This is Me
Greatest Showman Never Enough
Greatest Showman This Is Me
Ice Project Commercial Love
James Arthur Say You Won't Let Go
James Blunt Bonfire Heart
James Blunt If Time is All I Have
James Blunt Miss America
Jason Mraz 93 Million Miles
Jason Mraz I Won't Give Up
Jess Glynne Hold My Hand
Jess Glynne One Touch
Joe Brooks Superman
Joe Brooks These Broken Hands of Mine
John Legend All of Me
JonPaul Palombo People
Justin Bieber Love Yourself
Kacey Musgraves Follow Your Arrow
Lady Antebellum Need You Now
Lady Gaga Million Reasons
Lady Gaga You and I
Lady Gaga Shallow
League of Legends ft. Against the Current Legends Never Die
Leela James Fall For You
Lorde Royals
Lumineers, The Ho Hey
Magic! Rude
Mark Ronson ft Bruno Mars Uptown Funk
Meghan Trainor All About That Bass
Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball
Moana How Far I'll Go
Mumford and Sons I Will Wait
Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
Mumford and Sons White Blank Page
Of Monsters and Men Dirty Paws
Of Monsters and Men Little Talks
One Direction Story of my Life
One Republic Counting Stars
P!nk Beam Me Up
P!nk Perfect
P!nk Try
Passenger Let Her Go
Passenger ft Ed Sheeran Hearts On Fire
Pharrell Williams Happy
Plain White Ts Rhythm Of Love
Regina Spektor Sellers of Flowers
Sam Smith I'm Not the Only One
Sam Smith Stay With Me
Sara Bareilles Brave
Shawn Mendes Stitches
Skylar Grey Love the Way You Lie
Taylor Swift Back to December
Tenth Avenue North Oh My Dear
Tom Odell Another Love
Tristan Prettyman Say Anything
Vance Joy Riptide
Vance Joy Fire and the Flood
Walk the Moon Shut Up and Dance
Courtney's Prices
Note: prices may vary based on travel distance. For an exact quote, click “Check availability”.
Standard Prices
Performance duration | Price | |
Short performance (up to 15 min) | £100 | |
Up to 1 hour | £190 | |
Up to 2 hours | £380 | |
Up to 3 hours | £500 |
Add-ons
Playlist service
+£125
Customer questions
What do your clients love most about your performances?
My shows are always tailored to what a client needs. From easy-listening background music to up-tempo crowd pleasers to get people dancing and singing along, I know how to read a room and best serve the guests. I have a friendly, authentic, engaging presence on stage, without being overbearing, and am assured, but not egotistical.
Which venues have you performed at in the past?
Which artists have you been most influenced by?
A very wide range. Norah Jones, Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, The Unthanks, The Swell Season, Evanescence, Peter Gabriel, Gregory Porter, among others.
What is the most high profile gig you've performed?
I was flown from the UK to Reno, Nevada, to play at a wedding there in 2017.
What if my timings change after I've booked you?
I will always try to accommodate you within reason. Please just let me know as soon as possible of any changes - they can usually be catered to.
Can you provide an iPod/DJ service before and between your sets?
I can absolutely do this. I’m not a DJ per say but if you’d like me to control a playlist and take requests I’m happy to put together some music for you. Between sets is no extra charge, whereas after the final set will incur an additional fee dependent on time.
How much time do you need to set up?
I like to arrive 45 minutes early. Set up itself generally only takes 15 minutes.
Can I pick the songs you play from the set list?
I have a large repertoire of music and cater to many different tastes. For some events I may only play pop music from the 2010s, while for others I might only play tunes from the 70s. I can work with you to get a solid idea of what you’d like, and/or put together a set that is bound to be perfect for your event based on past experience.
Do you bring all the equipment you need to perform?
Yes. I specialise in events that require a simply, no-fuss setup. My PA is powerful but compact. For most events it is perfectly suitable. In the event that you’d like to hire me for an event that exceeds my system’s capabilities, I would require equipment to be arranged, but we can work together to make this happen. My equipment has not been an issue so far
Can you learn song requests before the event?
Special song requests can certainly be fulfilled if requested in advance - I may already know the song but if not I am happy to learn up to two songs free of charge.
Musicianship
Genres:
Covers, Christmas, Musical theatre, 1950s era music, 1960s era music, 1970s era music, 1980s era music, 1990s era music, Folk, Country, Folk rock, Easy listening, Light music, Originals, Pop, Acoustic, Disco, Top 40, Rock, Classic rock, Indie, Pop rock, Australian music, Film / TV music
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Event types:
Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve, Virtual event, Church service
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Other skills:
Songwriter, Lyricist, Actor, Singing teaching, Theory teaching, Instrumental teaching, Live looping
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