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yannis D

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  • Birthday 11/15/1968

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  1. BTW I am still trying to assign my Nord Electro's 5 volume pedal (Roland EX5) to Camelot and I can't find my way around... Anyone knows the step-by-step procedure?
  2. I was listening to Devil's Advocate yesterday and this exact Rhodes solo. I believe though, he was as good an all around keys player/sound designer as he was a soloist in a purely jazz way. That's why he was so busy playing with many greats on the jazz and pop world.
  3. Some years ago a brave guy posted the full transcription of a Charlie Parker solo by Brad and his trio. He was playing somewhere in a hotel, many years ago, and the story said that he attacked the piece right after having breakfast πŸ₯žπŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜„πŸ˜‚ In each of the many choruses, a different jazz piano era pases by his solo, all with perfect accuracy, crazy speed and taste. The guy simply knew since his early 20s the full jazz piano literature in and out but he also commands newer music hipsters like AND classical idioms. His sense of polyphony and voice leading comes straight from Bach. I can't think of a better Keith Jarrett successor in our era
  4. I use it for Ipad and it works flawlessly. I had some minor issues in the beggining but Camelot people are very fast and friendly to help me on line or through their Facebook page. Camelot, just like any other DAW, has its own logic and it's pretty simple when you get it, but you have to invest some tine to do so... I am an old Mainstage user on my Macs, but as long as Mainstage is not there for ipads, Camelot will be my choice and, so far, it works without any issues live.
  5. Brad Mehldau has certainly shaped the way for myriad jazz musicians under 40-45. Of course it's not a horse course here. We all adore and worship Herbie, Chick Corea, Jarrett and countless others. But still Mehldau is younger of all these guys, so generation under 50 can easily identify with. And he has picked to record many staple non jazz songs of our times, so younger listeners from different genres can relate easier to (something Hancock did at his day) my two euros
  6. "If a bomb drops in this studio, John Denver will have a new record career" πŸ˜‚
  7. Ξ€hese two cheap Korg bluetooth mini keys are my latest purchase. Very lightweight and combined to my ipad 9th gen, almost zero latency. Less than perfect for any jazz or "serious" playing, but excellent for my 90s/pop/nu disco gig that needs a variety of sounds and minimal playing. The whole thing is no more than 5 kg and the pack-unpack time is near nothing-ideal for a crowded city. I'll even go to the venue with my Vespa Let's see how this is gonna work live
  8. This is a dead end discussion, we both know it πŸ˜‰ I was primarily talking about Nord offering new sounds, which is a good customers service. The rest takes us off topic
  9. I use Nords since 1999 and never had a problem with their service, both locally here in Athens and in Sweden, when I had to send an old Electro for repair. They have high prices, but this is Sweden I always had my instrument repaired on time. But here we're mostly talking about how they are renewing their arsenal constantly. I like the fact that they're not sitting in their laurels (they sell products one way or another...) but trying instead to give more new and fresh sounds to their customers.
  10. I want to invest more time to learning properly the accordion (mostly left a hand voicings) and, eventually, buy a new and better one if I become a better player. I want test my two bluetooth controllers/ipad rig for my pop band. No heavy keys, no cables, just nice sounds and zero weigh to move around. Especially for this project, I mainly need the sounds and nothing too fancy on the playing side, so small keys is not a problem. Next week I will know if this is just a dream or a new reality (Korg micro key 61+37+ipad 9th gen) Being healthy is not a resolution, but it helps for the rest πŸ˜‰ Merry Xmas to all
  11. Why? This is the right after sales service many companies don't provide
  12. With a good alcoholic beverage No kidding A bad gig will be forgotten by everyone included, in days. The next good gig will erase it from the collective memory of your band. Music is a trial and error situation, you can't really escape bad gigs, no matter how well prepared you are.
  13. I am in a 200 euros gig right now, with my NE5 as a sole keyboard, so I guess I would do the exact same thing under any similar "multi band" situation regardless of the fee - I would set, soundcheck, and unset my keyboard. I carry one key nowdays, so I can move it easily. These situations ask for simplicity and nobody can guarantee your keys safety.
  14. Nice for the gig If I were you I would not worry too much about the "sounds" as long as they are not too far from the original ones. Nobody really cares but us.. Enjoy
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