Hi Omar, I personally don't like lap tops on stage. People see a computer and instantly think that the computer is doing all of the work. On all songs, I put 1 bar of drum hits or rhythm for my personal recognition just so I know straight away which song is set up, this way the audience don't suddenly hear a familiar beginning of a recognisable song. Steve W ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 2:47 PM Subject: [ddots-l] some opinions Hello, I'm going to start gigging live soon and wanted to hear some thoughts. I'll be using a Motif ES6 to play midi sequences. My question is: if my band performs around 30 songs a night, would it be more efficient to just use the motif's playback capabilities to run the sequenced files, or would it be more beneficial to use a laptop to handle the operation? Thank you for all input. OMAR BINNO WEBSITE: www.bigoproductions.net AIM: LOD1116 SKYPE: obinno1 __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6485 (20110922) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 6485 (20110922) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com