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Singing pianist

Warrington

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Craig is a highly In demand pianist and vocalist from cheshire. He regularly tours with Grammy winning artists. Band options available.

Thankyou for taking the time to read a little more about me. My name is Craig and I'm a full-time professional musician, specialising in the piano. After spending four years studying at the Paul McCartney fame school, I left with my degree and went straight into performing at weddings and events. Since then I have literally played at thousands of events and have been fortunate enough to be asked to tour annually with The Four Tops, The Temptations, The Three Degrees, Tavares, Freda Payne and The platters to name but a few. If you have seen any of these acts at the O2 arena or any of the other large stadiums in the country, then you have already met me (although from a distance). I have many different options for your wedding or event which cover everything from solo piano, right up to a full band with DJ service. A few regularly chosen options are outlined here: Solo Piano Piano with Vocals Piano Duo with your choice of Upright Bass, Saxophone, Jazz guitar, Drums, Female vocals, Percussion Various band options from 3 piece upwards (including Jazz/Swing, Pop/Classics, RnB/Soul/Motown, Dance/House, Retro/Vintage) I specialise in tailoring my options exactly to your requirements and theme. This comes from a vast experience in weddings and events. I am also the musical director for the large Christmas events at Tatton Park, Aintree Racecourse and the ICC Birmingham so you may have experienced my work at these venues already. If you have any questions, please ask. Whatever ideas you have I promise to come up with a musical solution to create your perfect day/evening. For those looking to book me as a musician or MD for a project then my main instruments are Piano/Keyboards, Drums, Bass, Vocals (Composition and recording services are also available).

Performance details

I can perform outdoors

I have a car I can use to travel to gigs

I have my own portable piano/keyboard

I can perform with backing tracks

I can perform while walking around a venue

My equipment is PAT tested

I own a PA system

Musicianship

Genres:

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Instruments:

Singing pianist, Piano, Drums, Bass Guitar, Composer, Singer, Arranger, Bass synthesiser, Bass guitar, Drum kit, Cajon, Box, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes, Musical director, Congas, Percussion

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Event types:

Wedding, Wedding proposal, Funeral / Memorial service, Church service, Hotel / Restaurant event, Bar / Club / Venue event, Private event, Corporate event, Charity event, Concert, Recording session, Theatre / Show, Cruise, Burns night, Birthday party, Christmas party, New Year's Eve

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Other skills:

Arranger, Audio engineer, Composer, Lyricist, Orchestrator, Producer, Songwriter, Sound technician, Drum technician, Transcription, Fluent improviser, MC

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Song list

500 miles

ain't no sunshine

Ain't not mountain high enough

a little less conversation

achy breaky heart

All of me

All my life

Always and forever

Always on my mind

American boy

Amazed

a nightingale sang in Berkeley square

A thousand years

At last

Autumn leaves

Babylon

Baker Street

bad moon rising

be my baby

Better together

beyond the sea

bittersweet symphony

Black and Gold

black magic woman

blueberry hill

Blue Christmas

blue moon

blue suede shoes

broken stones

Brown eyed Girl

Budapest

Cant buy me love

Canon in D (Pachelbels)

cant get you out of my head

cant stop the feeling

Can you feel the love tonight

cant take my eyes off you

cant take that away

Can't help falling in love with you

The christmas song

cooler than me

Chasing cars

Come fly with me

Crazy

Crazy little thing called love

Cupid

Dance the night away

dont fence me in

dont stop

Dont worry be happy

Don't know why

Easy

Endless love

Empire State of mind

End of the road

Everything

Everything I do (I do it for you)

Everybody's free (to feel good)

driftwood

Faith

Fly me to the moon

frontin

frosty the snowman

galway girl (steve Earle)

Georgia on my mind

Get lucky

Glasgow love theme

girl from ipanema

goodnight sweetheart goodnight

Gravepine

Hallelujah I love her so

happy

Hard Days night

hard tohandle

have i told you lately

I just havent met you yet

Have you met miss jones

have yourself a merry little xmas

Heatwave

Heaven

hey laura

Hey ya

Higher and Higher

Home

Ho hey

Hound Dog

How long will I love you

How deep is your love

how sweet it is

I love you baby

It must be love

I'm kissing you

I don't want to miss a thing

I'm yours

If I ain't got you

I say a little prayer

I want it that way

I want you back

i wanna b like you

Isn't she lovely

I wish i knew how it would feel to be free

i've got you under my skin

it aint over

it had to be you

it wasnt me

jailhouse rock

jingle bell rock

Just the way you are

king of my castle

Kiss

lady hear me tonight

lady is a tramp

last nite

Last request

let her go

Let It Snow

lets stay together

let there be love

lifted

little ole wine drinker

long tall sally

long train running

l.o.v.e

Love is all around

Love on top

Your Love gets sweeter every day

lovely day

love never felt so good

Make you feel my love

Marry you

Marry me

Misty

Million love songs

moondance

Moon river

Moving on up

mr bojangles

Mustang sally

my girl

mysterious girl

Nothing's gonna stop us now

neon

night and day

New York New York

New York State of mind

No diggity

no woman no cry

one for my baby

One day like this

on the street where you live

ordinary people

pencil full of lead

Perfect

pretty green eyes

Proud mary

Puttin on the ritz

Rappers delight

reet petite

regulators

Return of the mack

return to sender

ride wit me

rockin around the xmas tree

route 66

Rule the world

Santa claus is comin to town

Say my name

September

seven days

seven nation army

She said

show me love

Signed sealed delivered

sing it back

Sit down

somewhere over the rainbow

Songbird

stand by me

straighten up and fly right

Stuck in the middle

suit and tie

Sunshine of my life

summertime

sunny

Sunday morning

sway

Sweet caroline

Sweet home alabama

sweet home chicago

thats amore

these are the days

The snake

The way you look tonight

The way you make me feel

The wonder of you

Thinking out loud

this is how we do it

thong song

three little birds

tocas miracle

twistin the night away

U dont know me

Until you come back to me

umbrella

uptown funk

Use somebody

Valerie

waterfall

waves

what a difference

what'd i say

what is love

white christmas

When you say nothing at all

Winter wonderland

Wonderwall

Wonderful world

Wonderful tonight

You do something to me

You make me feel so young

You are the best thing

Your song

Youve got the love

youre still the one

Reviews

Booked 22 times through Encore!

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Alison I, 17 days ago

exceptional - we had a brilliant evening and The Modern Swing Band made it happen! Really flexible and went with the flow - thank you Craig and your team.

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Patricia D, 1 month ago

It was a pleasure to do business with Craig. He was so attentive to detail . Nothing was too much trouble. Communication was first class. Our phone calls and text messages were answered immediately . This made for a wonderful evening's reception for our wedding celebrations. Everyone remarked how good the band were. We would recommend the Modern Vintage Swing Band to everyone without hesitation. We would definitely book them again should the occasion arise.

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Jessica W, 1 month ago

Fantastic music!! Exactly what we wanted. Friendly and communicative throughout the process! Made the day for me!

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Sarah M, 1 month ago

Craig was our chosen musician for our wedding on Friday. He was polite and excellent with the children, ad-libbing the requested songs (mainly Disney or children's songs). Craig was courteous and professional. Numerous guests commented on how relaxed his music made them feel. Craig also used his intuition to keep playing whilst there was a delay with the legalities.

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Ellen S, 1 year ago

We saw a video of Craig performing a set online and knew we had to have him at our wedding... we got in touch with him and straight away he replied - he was so down to Earth, responsive, welcoming, professional, and understood everything we wanted at our Big Day. Because of how good Craig was we decided we wanted him playing at the most important point - the ceremony. We chose 6 songs and Craig offered us professional advice on where to place the songs and in which order - this made our ceremony one to remember as his professional advice was correct and the positioning of the songs had the perfect impact when it was needed. I requested that I wanted to walk down the isle to an original piece of music and Craig kindly offered to play this through his system which was another thing we didn’t need to worry about. All of this was communicated by email - again Craig was very good at replying. Craig contacted us and set in Stone the plans for our wedding a few days before telling us exactly what he would be doing and asked us if we would like anything done differently to what his plan was... it was the perfect plan. Craig arrived in ample amount of time before the ceremony allowing his set up to be smooth and introducing himself to my husband and family. In person Craig was professional, friendly and easy to talk to. The ceremony was amazing, the comments from the guests were outstanding and we knew we had made the best decision booking Craig and not only for the ceremony but for another 1 hour and 30 minutes for the celebration drinks afterwards! After the ceremony Craig moved his set to another location where our guests were having celebration drinks - for this set Craig played a mixture of songs which we sent to him prior to the wedding. Again this set was outstanding and the guests couldn’t believe the amount of different genres Craig played throughout. All of the comments we had received about Craig made our day extra special and one to remember. If you want to make a special occasion extra overwhelming then Craig is the man for it - amazing. Thank you so much for everything you did for us Craig. It was the best day ever and you are responsible for helping that happen. Ellen & Dale xxx

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Laura D, 1 year ago

Craig, we loved every time we met with you, you are such a warm fun person. From meeting you at Arley Hall when we knew straight away you were going to perfect for our wedding breakfast. Your jazzy romantic style is so modern yet classic and right up our and a lot of our friends and families street! We enjoyed meeting with you just before our wedding and on the day it was such a pleasure - you were a true highlight of our day. We hope to come and see you perform at The Grill on the Square sometime and enjoy your music all over again. Thank you for all your hard work and wonderful music - including all the dedications and requests we gave you. James & Laura x