September 29, 2007
Music On Cruise Ships Podcast – Episode 2
In this second episode of our podcast, we’ll talk about some myths & misconceptions that may keep some musicians from embarking on a new career on cruise ships.
September 28, 2007
This week’s Quick Tip is:
Quick Tip #4: Put Your Ego Aside more info
September 27, 2007
Paid vacation in Monte Carlo.
By Ivaylo – bassist from Montreal, Canada. www.ivaylo.ca
Hey y’all!
This is a sweet bit about my first ever contract as a cruise ship show band bassist.
Summer of 2005, and I was playing bass in the all purpose 4 piece band of the Seabourn Legend. She’s a small ship with only 208 passenger capacity. We played everything from written out Broadway-style shows, to jazz sets, to rock n’ roll. We sailed the Western Mediterranean, the French, Italian and Spanish coast, and anchored at Capri, Corsica, Menorca, Palma de Mallorca and Malta. The scenery was fairy tale like.
So get this: half way through my contract we get chartered by the company Phillip Morris to stay docked in Monte Carlo for a week, and serve as their hotel during the Grand Prix. They didn’t want us to play.
So, we got a paid week off! We had crew bikes on board, so I went biking many times to Nice, Villefranche, some medieval villages up in the mountains, and I even took a long bike ride to Italy. We all had a great time.
The only down side of hanging out in Monte Carlo during the Grand Prix was the deafening roar of the F1′s. But again, that’s just me, some people get an adrenaline rush from just hearing that!
Cheers, mates!
Ivaylo
On the 20th of September we reported that RCI’s Independence of the Seas was taken out of dry dock and into wet dock. Cruise News Daily, the excellent news city for everything cruise ships, made available this picture of the brand new ship. The real exciting part about this is that the very dock that Independence just left will be used to build the first of the Genesis class ships of 220,000 tons beginning within a couple of days.
I love music with folk influences. Here’s an original, influenced by Bulgarian music.
Artist: Balkan Baklava Band
Song: Darvo Bez Koren
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(You can find the band site at: www.myspace.com/balkanbaklavaband)
September 23, 2007
Podcast – Episode 1
In this first episode we’re outlining the various jobs a musician or entertainer can get on a cruise ship.
September 20, 2007
Disney Cruise Line has two more ships on order at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The two new ships of 124,000 tons and 1,250 staterooms will join the company’s already existing Disney Magic and Disney Wonder.
The new ships are expected to be delivered in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
Cunard’s Queen Victoria has completed sea trials (see photo below) and work is now being completed on her interior. The ship is scheduled to be inaugurated December 10th, 2007.
On September 14th, RCI’s Independence of the Seas, the third and last of three Freedom-Class ships has been floated out to wet dock from dry dock, indicating that work on its hull is completed.
The Independence along with its two sister ships Freedom and Liberty of the Seas is the biggest ship on the high seas.
September 17, 2007
Welcome back for another quick tip.
Quick Tip #3: Listen to what’s going on around you more info
