The lounge soundtrack — played live.

Single-night bookings start at £550 for solo with backing tracks, £750 for acoustic with guitar. Multi-night residencies get a discount — the per-night rate steps down for 3+ nights, with bigger discounts for monthly or weekly recurring slots. Send the brief (how many nights, what venue, what kind of music) and you'll have a real quote within 24 hours.

Yes — regular slots are great for both sides. Weekly jazz nights, monthly featured evenings, or daily lobby music for festive months all work. Flag what kind of pattern you're picturing and I'll quote accordingly. The longer the commitment, the lower the per-night fee.

Genuine residency discount — typically 10–25% off the single-night fee for 3+ nights, increasing with run length. Monthly programmes and long-term weekly slots get bigger discounts. I'll put the rate in writing at quote stage so there's no fuzziness about what each night costs.

Either works. I bring full PA as standard. If your hotel or bar has a decent in-house system, I can plug directly into it — saves space, looks tidier, and a few hotels prefer this for keeping the lobby visually clean. Just tell me what's available when you book.

Jazz standards (Ella Fitzgerald, Norah Jones, Frank Sinatra), soul classics (Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Adele), easy-listening pop (Carole King, James Taylor, contemporary acoustic covers). For late-evening bar slots I can lean more current; for daytime lobbies, more classic. The mix gets agreed before the first booking.

Standard pattern is 3 × 45 minutes with breaks, totalling around 2.5 hours of live music across a 4-hour booking. For lobby/restaurant background music, longer continuous low-key sets can be arranged. For jazz nights and featured slots, the 3 × 45 pattern usually works best.

Yes — that's part of the job. Lobby and lounge need conversation-friendly volume and sophisticated repertoire. Late-evening bars can lift the energy with more upbeat material. Restaurant background needs to sit underneath dinner service. I read the room and adapt set by set.

Single-night bookings: 4–6 weeks is comfortable, last-minute (under 2 weeks) sometimes possible. Weekly residencies and monthly programmes: 2–3 months out is ideal so we can lock in the diary. Festive residencies (November–December lounges): book from June onwards — those run out first.

Yes — for weddings, corporate events, and parties held in your function rooms. I liaise directly with the events team on run sheets, technical setup, and timing. If the booking comes via a couple or corporate client and the hotel is the venue, I'll loop the events team in early to avoid surprises.