RobP2

Great, but not everyone is playing piano on stage. And even some that do stand. If it's a classical or jazz quartet, fine. If not, stand if you like. The Piano Police won't arrest you.

Did you ever see Keith Emerson?

1. Wear a big cape 2. Use your elbow for Hammond glisses 3. Tilt the Hammond 4. Own your space https://youtube.com/watch?v=DK0B5uCpmxQ&si=EnSIkaIECMiOmarE <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DK0B5uCpmxQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>

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That's classical players out the window then

I gigged a split T200 through the 80s, it was carried all sorts of ways without problems

I played some goth / alternative / fetish clubs such as Torture Garden a few years back, with the Texas Chainsaw Orchestra. All sorts going on around the place but without fail all very polite and safe environments, where the artists were treated with respect. I'll take that any day over the boozed up coked up random pub crowd

The other end of the spectrum [video:youtube]

All very true. There's a lot more open mic nights and karaoke in pubs here now. I have to say I struggle to think of many pub gigs in the last fifteen years where you come away thinking "that was a great night!" A couple, perhaps. Half the problem is when you play a club/venue or theatre, people are actively coming to see the band. Pub crowds tend to be a lot more random. People drift in and out, no one listens to the first set, by then end of the gig they want three encores because "you're the best band I've ever heard." So now the focus will be on small/mid size venues with my originals band and theatres for the tribute work. It's interesting how some bands try and appeal to your ego to get you to play with them. The first thing I want to know for those type of gigs is "what's the pay, how far is it, what's load in like?". I had a Purple tribute asked me to dep a short while back, a backstreet pub gig in Coventry. Part of the sales pitch was "they have their own security staff on the door!" Wow...thanks but no thanks!

After getting home at 2am following a 60 mile round trip for £70 pay I've decided "no more pub gigs". Lugging gear in and out through inebriated (or otherwise altered) customers. Moving tables and chairs out the way to set up. Having to keep a space clear so people can walk through to the toilets (which I could smell from where I was). Having to wait almost an hour post-gig to get paid - largely because of the big drug-fuelled fight that kicked off as we were packing away.Playing at silly volume - my amp was fully cranked up just so I could hear myself above the guitar. No monitors, cramped floor space, and worst of all - no lock on the toilet door! At 55 I've decided I'm done with all that (and that was all from one gig!). From now own it's decent venues only, there's nothing to be gained round here from playing the pub circuit.

Have just released an album of space/psychedelic rock. This track is a tribute to Syd Barrett. [video:youtube]

Absolutely. I use a few of the SK2 EV's but there's plenty on there I wish I could swap out for something more useful - like that awful "jet noise" synth. And unless I'm mistaken you have to delete the whole EV group, you can't switch out individual ones?

Not during a gig, but post-gig this last Saturday. Driving through Coventry town centre at 1am, very slow as there are drunk pedestrians all over the place. There's a tap on the window and a young lady says "If I give you £20 can I get in the back of your van and you drop me off at the curry place?"

Don't buy the Behringer! Had one a couple of years back. wouldn't recommend tehm at all. For rock groups when I'm not using a rotary I use a Peavey KB5

This may help SK2 sound problem