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kpl1228

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  1. for bar gigs, 6 feet or so behind me, cabinet off of the floor (I use a 4 space rack doubling as a speaker stand for that purpose). Keep the bass players happy (I swear they can feel subsonic vibrations with their feet).
  2. sample the intro, or use any wood flute sound to pull it off. There should be tons available.
  3. Roland : Go 61 key version looks perfect. Where was this when I needed an all-in-one in my hotel room hundreds of years ago?
  4. It is quite possibly the most "deceptively difficult" keyboard part in pop music. The melody is simple but all the rhythmic stuff too.....I never got it right and I used to cover that up by suggesting the Stevie Ray Vaughn version to the rest of the band. "Hey guys, I'll cover the horn parts on my synth!" haha You know how they say piano players are not organ players? It's a smaller niche, but I'd also say the same thing about clavinet players.
  5. I predict great, great things for Wilson in Pittsburgh. That system and staff is perfect for him. The opposite of that consistent, well-oiled football franchise would be my Browns. Now we have Jameis Winston backing up Deshaun Watson and as a good, decent human being, it just gets harder and harder for me to justify rooting for a team that's (how do I say this kindly) full of psychologically and legally broken people. And beloved local boy Mike Vrabel in as a consultant/coach (how did he not land a HC gig?). Due to this, the fans are already second guessing Stefanski and it's only March. Sometimes I wish I was a Steeler fan: life would be so much easier.
  6. Music Go Round isn't bad for used. I've gotten stuff from there and it's good prices and good shipping. But yeah, the ones you listed in your post initially are the go-to's.
  7. I am sure I'll end up with the Rev2 at some point, because I really want the OB-X8 but my budget says nope, not until the used ones fall in price some more. The Rev2 has the Curtis filters, which meant that back when it first came out (pre-OB-X8) it was seen as a reliable classic Oberheim replacement due to the gritty similar Curtis sound. The Rev 2 and the Prophet '08 were said to sound more like an OB-8 than a Prophet 5, despite the inventor and nameplate. But still....what's my one analog? The OB-X8. I lust after that thing like car people lust for a Ferrari. And like a Ferrari, it ain't the most multifacted thing, but what it does it does so well that nothing else matters!
  8. THIS is beyond accurate! It's like all the people that ask me why I haven't seen Breaking Bad, a show about a balding aging middle aged public high school teacher in New Mexico, when I, a balding aging middle aged public high school teacher in New Mexico, lives it every day. Well, maybe not the cooking meth part. (Maybe I should just so I can finally get an OB-X8.) Sometimes you want a break from the tools you work with at your job and in your life all day. "But I can have all the sounds I want from my iPhone!" My God........can't we ever just walk away from VSTs and software and iPhones and tablets and just plug in cool hardware keyboard stuff and twist real knobs and rock out!??!!! It's like this forum: it's a break from the everyday for a lot of us. Separation of tools of daily life from the tools we use for music is refreshing and healing.
  9. Saw the Thriller one w Phillinganes. Terrific!
  10. Some one posted Duke Ellington. Here's my favorite and it immediately took me back. I remember the Larry King radio show in the late 80's-early 90's used this version of "Duke's Place" as his sign-off, where he would talk about going to Duke Zeibert's fancy restaurant in D.C....and say what was on the menu for tonight (always some great filet mignon or oysters Rockefeller or something like that). Great memories of me driving home from 6-night-a-week hotel gigs at 2 a.m., listening to Larry King interviewing celebrities and politicians on the car radio in the dark, pre-internet and pre-satellite radio, with nothing but faraway stations cutting through the black star-filled Ohio night in the static, smelling the bar smoke and sweat on my sportcoat airing out on the passenger seat next to me. Ah, to be a young 20-something full-time gigging musician again, thinking I was the king of the world for playing music full-time, and that my little hotel gig was like a residency at Carnegie Hall! I miss that top-of-the-world feeling with every fiber of my being as I've recently turned sixty. Thanks for the memory.
  11. I was today years old when I found out there was a clav part in this song. Thought it was all guitar
  12. Greg Phillinganes is an absolute monster. He's the touring keyboardist for Toto this tour. Him and Lukather together? I'll be seeing him next month and first time for either one for me. Very excited. He's also hilarious when in pitch mode.
  13. OP here....old habits die hard. I know I should get some M-Audio wall wart 61 key plastic controller and a tablet or laptop and run direct, but I just can't. However, that avenue is always open for me. I could have also asked how many of you drag your expensive laptop or tablet, or cabinet/amp, etc. Always some risk when playing live, no matter what the gear. One of the posts said that life is short, bring the fun expensive gear you know and love if it brings you maximum joy playing music. Very true. But if I'm behind chicken wire, I may limit what I schlep in. Know your audience and environment, I guess!
  14. I ended up getting a square drawstring canvas duffel bag from an Army Navy store...very durable and once you get the routine down (which involves your knees and one of your feet), it's a lightning-quick set-up. Once a month or so you'll see them on Reverb or Ebay or Craigslist/Onecraigs. Pounce when you do!
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