x factor music

hello, my name's jeremey and i play keyboards a little...i currently lead the band x factor, and as the presumptive music director for the band, i program what midi sequences i can and purchase ones that i either can't or don't have time to. i'm more interested in the technical side of keyboards and midi than i am as a player. right now i'm trying to get my entire rig to talk to each other while i am 15 feet away singing at the front of the stage. my REAL job is in sales. i'm 29 and i've been in bands since my first carnival gig at the age of 14, where we scared my grandparents to death by playing anthrax and slayer. since then, i am much more pop oriented. my writing and vocals are heavily influenced by journey and steve perry...with a touch of prince and the sex pistols for good measure. i wrote my first song at 15 and convinced a local dj to play it during his show...i later found that he stole my reel to reel and taped over it in the studio for one of his rap demos. DOH! since then i've put out countless demos of original music, but i'm convinced that playing covers is the only profitable way to make a go of it. my favorite 3 keyboard players are alan griffiths (tears for fears), prince, and jonathan cain. TFF is in my opinion vastly underrated. my equipment so far consists of a JV 1080, D4, and Yamaha MDF-3, plus the Digitech vocalist workstation, which i just got yesterday and am trying to MIDIfy to work with our set lists. at home i keep my alesis qs 6.1 which i use to record sequences with and bang out jingles and background music (my latest endeavor). i record into a gateway 600 mhz P3 by way of a presonus blue tube preamp, cakewalk pro audio 9.03, vegas audio, sound forge 5, and acid music 2.0. i will forever kick myself for selling my mackie 1202 vlz and my roland vs840EX to help pay for my live PA system. my band's website is: http://www.xfactor2001.com drop by and see us sometime or drop me a line - audio samples are online!

Okay, I don't really consider myself a keyboard player, though I occasionally post to this forum, and I think about what keyboards I should be buying next about 7 times every day...but check out my song "holding on to you" at my mp3 site below. I played keyboards on it...along with everything else. You'll be hearing an Alesis QS6.1. I've often thought about rerecording with my 1080 sounds but I'm just too lazy. http://www.mp3.com/jeremey