I work with a fellow that had lists printed for tables like little drink menus.
What
ever
lol
Well one thing I DON'T do is give the audience my songlist ...... ever.
I'm not karaoke and even with bands people nowadays have that mentality so I force them to interact with me just like the old days ..... they can come up .... make a request .... if I do it I'll do it. If I don't I'll do something else by that artist or if I don't know anything by that artist I'll do something similar.
I have a freakin' huge and varied list so it's rare I don't know
something that they'd like.
But I make them interact with me so we can talk ..... I can make them laugh .... the more we interact the more they really listen and possibly stay and drink and then we have a party going. And they become more likely to come back.
It's all a business decision ...... I want them to have a good time and make the club a little money so I want them in a particular frame of mind.
And though I sing 550 songs ( and play thousands) it's also about who all I'm gigging with.
If it's a solo gig I do have that 550 available ...... with some groups of players we can still manage to do most of those ..... other guys aren't as versatile.
But then they might have songs of their own that I don't do.
But you want to be able to play as many requests as possible ...... people love it when you do regardless of whatever musical niche your music is in.