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Piktor

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  1. I’ve done that for exactly the same reason. The amount of time it took to make charts was the same as the amount of time it would take to memorize the songs for that one performance. I wonder, though, if some of the non-reading players get a weird impression of the guy with the charts. Of course, the approach does depend on the complexity of the material and, if I was playing cover tunes frequently, I’d eventually have more songs stored in my head. If this was my bread and butter, I’d put more effort into expanding my repertoire. I almost never spend my limited time learning music that I don’t love or expect to perform.
  2. Sorry to take this just a little sideways: I use wheels and a ribbon (Multimoog), but I suppose that, with enough time spent on an instrument, I could adapt to anything, except the Oberheim paddles. (I have a Roland A50 that has wheels and the Roland stick - I don’t use the stick.) What is becoming more important to me is the consistency in the way that the synth responds to the pitch bend in the travel between zero and full extension. I much prefer setting bend range to four semitones up and down so I can bend as much as a minor third with wiggle room to execute a vibrato on either side of the target, just as I would do on a guitar. That works fine for me on everything but one synth. I have an Access Virus Snow that I can’t seem to get to play nicely with that approach. Even though I can program a patch to have either a linear or exponential taper for the pitch bend, it never seems to track in the same way that any other synth does.That makes it harder to hit those intervals in-between zero and four semitones. BTW, does anyone know if most synths’ response to pitch bend is linear or exponential?
  3. What is the cliche? Great songs aren’t written; they’re REwritten. I heard some good advice that one should try to flesh out a new idea as much as they can while the feeling of the music is strong, but I most certainly have found that editing is essential.
  4. Very sad news. He was a great artist and I really liked his writing. Beard recounted that in his time as a student of George Shearing, his teacher shared his enthusiasm for Weather Report.
  5. I have been here for many years and comment infrequently, but I'm proud of the rare thumbs down that the anti-Asian racist awarded me. I'd rather not be in agreement with racists. Is that observation political? Sorry if my comment is political, but not sorry for noting the dickishness of the mail order bride comment.
  6. Matt seems like a nice enough guy and he can play. He has nice gear. I appreciate anyone who makes that much effort to share information. I imagine that some folks do find his videos are helpful, but I cannot think of one time where I watched one of his videos and thought that I had learned something new or that he had introduced a concept that I had not considered before. On the other hand, there have been a number of Beato’s interviews where artists have shared approaches or ideas about playing or writing that I find new and interesting. Fortunately, it’s a big internet where we can all find flavours that we prefer and hit the “don’t recommend this channel” button for flavours that we wish to avoid. This forum seems to be an odd place to spew vitriol about YouTube video creators, especially when most of their videos provide the means to make such commentary right there on YouTube…where the creators can read them. I have to say that I found the mail order bride comment to be offensive and completely unwarranted. WTH?
  7. Sorry Paul, I noted that you said that you knew of such a student, not that you knew such a student. Is that one of those “my cousin knows a guy” sort of things? Certainly cos play is not the same thing as “identifying as a cat”. I was a public school junior high teacher for 33 years and I never saw any such thing, though my school did have and supported a gay straight alliance group. I taught the high level/gifted kids (not that I’m gifted myself 😁). Many of those kids joined this group in support of the minority. I don’t wish to make a political statement here, but in the interests of honest reporting, I would hope that by now we would all know that the “identifying as a cat” thing that was going around was just a political anti-trans meme. Could it be that you heard of this case from someone else who heard it from someone else?
  8. Yay for stop. I wired an guitar amp switch that I had laying around to that multi pinned plug, so that I can switch a 147 in and out of stop mode. I like stop best when the organ is overdriven to some degree (sometimes a lot). I usually would use C3 chorus as I would use Leslie tremolo. I marked the active upper horn with a piece of tape so that I can manually turn it to whatever direction I want it to be. I agree with Moe. The organ and Leslie (or sims) allow a number of colours that I like to use, depending on the musical context. Both 2nd and 3rd percussion suit me fine, but not both at he same time (as both my M101 and SK2 allow me to engage). I can run the Ventilator in its “stop” setting, but I prefer the sound of the actual cabinet for that.
  9. I happen to love the Links’ wobbly circus organ. Cliche-free. True artistry. It made me laugh my butt off. And then there is the really original vocal delivery. This might have been the cover band equal to The Shaggs. 😄
  10. Eric, that is pretty much what my 147 looks like too, considering that I giggled it from 1975 to 2013 and often had to move it up and down stairs by myself. I had it serviced a couple years ago and it sounds great. If I had to buy anew one, I’d finally get a cover made. 😁
  11. “Let’s See Your ‘70s Rig” - I don’t remember taking too many pictures of my rigs back in the day, so since this thread started I have been thinking that maybe I should go down to my basement and reassemble it and take a picture. 😄 Then maybe I would do my ‘80s and ‘90s rigs too. This thread is just a reminder to me that I haven’t been too good about trading in or selling off old gear. There might have to be a fire sale when I finally decide to move into a home that is going to be more practical for me when I am 75-105 years old.
  12. I’m a little befuddled, but I do like Monkey Junk.
  13. Licks A’Plenty indeed! I heartily agree. Strangely, I have a green double album with these two without this (hilarious) cover photo.
  14. In world where Joey Defrancesco set the bar impossibly high, I appreciate artists who have been able to carve their own strong musical identity. Strong compositional skills certainly help when they set out to do that. Of course, the aforementioned Larry Goldings is one such artist. I see that a couple of my other favourite organist/composers have not been mentioned yet and deserve some wider recognition: Brian Charette and composer/keyboardist Florian Ross from Germany. While Ross is primarily a pianist, he has some Hammond trio recordings that I really enjoy. While I still love the greasy, rockin’, funky, and soulful Hammond playing that first drew me to the instrument as a teenager, I appreciate when artists offer us some new approaches to playing and writing for the organ.
  15. Allan, I am sorry to hear of your health issues and hope that you have as full and quick recovery as possible. I want to thank you for reminding us to look after our own health. This is timely advice for me and I suspect a number of others.
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