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JohnH

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  1. That is really the only way. If the former owner doesn't do this, then there's no ESP software. It is not available for used owners.
  2. The Queen isolated piano tracks I found were immensely helpful. There are parts that are completely buried in the mix and impossible to hear. Such as the middle uptempo part of Bohemian ("so you think you can- can you listen to me baby section". There is a rhythm piano there that you cannot hear on the full version. And piano arpeggios on We are the Champions during "No time for losing" that are completely buried. Huge help and wish I had these when I started subbing in a tribute in 2021. This gig was very hard to get down, mainly due to so many parts and the tempos are so laid back and slow and behind the beat. Worked with a metronome and started pulling it back while practicing. And I also moved to the back, so the drummer is just at my left.
  3. Yeah Roseanna doesn't sound quite right to me. Doesn't it go up to B C and down again? (Off the top of my head).
  4. Yes you do. I've been using this one for a long time. On my second one. The ground lift is really helpful, but I don't need it often. https://www.artproaudio.com/product/dpdb-dual-passive-direct-box/
  5. https://guitar.com/news/industry-news/sam-ash-set-to-close-18-stores-across-us/
  6. I used to gig in Venice a lot, where the TDI was the car to have. I remembered before the scandal broke, the one time a TDI wagon went through an intersection and I smelled the exhaust. That sure was no clean diesel and after the scandal, I realized why I was smelling more exhaust than I should have. The cars were designed to cheat!
  7. They could have easily had Greg, JR, Steve P and Paich giving a few words about the recording and added on to the doc 3-5 mins. It was a shame they weren't interviewed. It was a very bad omission, and I noticed that right away. Ridiculous. The guys I mentioned are great story tellers, so they would have been great to hear from them.
  8. Yes and Kiss didn't sue Bruce, it would just be one half billionaire suing another. Gene said they wouldn't sue. I remember at the time Bob Lefsetz's column saying "how could the producer (or anyone else) not tell Bruce how blatant a rip off that part is?
  9. Not even close, and I always notice when something rips something else. Now if you want to talk about Outlaw Pete - Bruce Springsteen and Kiss I was Made For Lovin You, then we have a total rip off, that is impossible not to notice how similar they are.
  10. JohnH

    NAMM 2024

    Yeah I just don't take any chances at places like NAMM. I had one on for airline trips, had a fly out gig this weekend and at NAMM Thursday. One guy was giving me a look in the airport and I noticed almost nobody at NAMM had one. I don't have any health risks, I just don't feel like getting sick if I don't have to. Went to Oppenheimer in December and got a cold because I didn't wear one. One of my guitar players got the flu on his flight back from NYC last week, of course was maskless on the flight. Since the day after NAMM I was doing a fly out gig, why risk waking up Friday sick or getting sick just before the show Friday night? Not worth it.
  11. Keybass and bass guitar and left hand key bass for 35 years. Did synth bass recording before that in 87/88. When I started, my timing was terrible, rusher, overplaying, etc. As I got more experience I have gotten better at all of that with metronomes and I just learned to not overplay and play for the song. The over playing was really only my first year or so on bass guitar because of being immature. I learned not to. Like that drum break on Born to Be Wild, I would play over it. Not good.
  12. Yes I use as much as I can in my practice area, and my shop GPS has told me to use them. All my stuff is downstairs in a garage, away from my cat, so thankfully that is not an issue.
  13. Scholz has this bizarre obsession with thinking people think his guitars sound like violins. Only he thinks that. He put that notice on several albums. Tom Scholz guitars sound like layered guitars. I've never listened to his music or any other that made me think " Gee who is the violinist? " Same as Kansas, you would have to be on your first day in music to think that the violin parts of Robby Steinhardt or David Ragsdale were playing guitars on the Kansas albums. NO.
  14. Gigging every weekend, i had Music pro for awhile and going to re add it in 2024. It is also a tax write off.
  15. Yes played a casino gig , flights and rental gear covered Motif XF and ES7. Glad for the work and great pay. Variety of dance hits , 80's and classic rock .
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