Wanting some insight from you wise ones....

So, I'm fairly new to the lighting scene, but I've done my homework, read a couple of books and read the Hog manual twice now. I feel pretty good about the programming aspect (at least w/ the experience I currently have) but I feel a little challenged when it comes to setting up my console for playback. I have a couple of shows coming up where I won't really know the material (live music) until I get there, so I would like to hear some insight from some of you pros out there.
I've heard it referred to as 'busking', or making looks on the fly, so what are some ways you guys might go about doing this? I've thought about using IPCB faders, or putting perhaps colors on a couple of faders, positions on a couple, so on and so forth, but I've not yet really tested them out in a live situation. Are cue stacks useful in this situation, or should I just make a bunch of generic scenes and cue them from the directory?
Anyway, I'm not looking for any 'trade secrets', just some general insight from you wise ones.
Using an iPC by the way...
Thanks all!
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    Thats the way i do it:

    Having HTP Faders for WASH, SPOT and then 2 cue lists for PAR (like all red all blue, all green, odd red, odd blue, odd green, evem red, evem blue, even green). Setting up a page of scenes with: colors for washs, colors for spots, different strobes for wash & spot, gobos, positions and so on
    Then i do 2 cue list for pan/tilt efx for wash and spots (like pan-saw, tilt-saw, circle, bellywho). If i have strobes a list for the strobes. And last but not least depending if i have a wing or just the console, some htp faders for acl, blinder, smoke, wind and so on
    Takes i while to set up everything, but once it is done you can use it on every show, festival and so one.
    Just duplicate some fixtures, edit the patch,edit the presets an your done.
    And a lot of LDs you meet during a festival are very happy with that kind of "open programming"
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    Thats the way i do it:

    Having HTP Faders for WASH, SPOT and then 2 cue lists for PAR (like all red all blue, all green, odd red, odd blue, odd green, evem red, evem blue, even green). Setting up a page of scenes with: colors for washs, colors for spots, different strobes for wash & spot, gobos, positions and so on
    Then i do 2 cue list for pan/tilt efx for wash and spots (like pan-saw, tilt-saw, circle, bellywho). If i have strobes a list for the strobes. And last but not least depending if i have a wing or just the console, some htp faders for acl, blinder, smoke, wind and so on
    Takes i while to set up everything, but once it is done you can use it on every show, festival and so one.
    Just duplicate some fixtures, edit the patch,edit the presets an your done.
    And a lot of LDs you meet during a festival are very happy with that kind of "open programming"
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