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Tom Williams

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About Tom Williams

  • Birthday 05/20/1959

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    Public School IT
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    Music, photography, theology, cooking
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    West Virginia

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  1. I have had very good luck selling to, and buying from, Guitar Center despite the fact that the closet=st one to me is about 100 miles away. They'll ship from any GC to my house, and they don't use shipping as a stealth profit center. I've also traded in thousands of dollars' worth of stuff with them at several of their stores, and gotten a good deal on my stuff plus a discount when I applied it to purchasing stuff in that store. I've bought three used Kurzweils from them, one of which was defective on arrival -- and GC paid to have it shipped and fixed.
  2. How should we categorize 1-5 no third power chords that those funny guitar folk seem to like so much?
  3. Yup! That's why (just to be pedantic and annoying) when people ask me what music I like that I am no good at playing, I answer "Romantic Piano," which is technically accurate but functionally miscommunicates. But damn, those Romantic guys could write and play.
  4. That would be so cool -- my group would think I never make mistakes. Of course, my keyboard might go silent for minutes at a time.
  5. That's because I respect the truth more than I respect people. The alternative is to rewrite the historical record to suit current cultural fashion. IMO, that's profoundly dangerous, and outweighs whatever offense results from "disrespect".
  6. As it turns out, Ted Cassidy was a pretty talented keyboardist and singer. (He grew in the town where I live)
  7. I got dinged by humans here last year for referring to Wendy Carlos by the name on the original SOB album and birth certificate. I didn't even know there was such a thing as "dead naming," which is apparently more heinous than dropping an F-bomb.
  8. Wow -- Piano technology has finally arrived in the 21st 20th century! Quick Svengle to augment my memory: Reproducing pianos (including velocity and presumably pedals) have been around for a long time. Edvard Grieg "recorded" some of his own playing in 1906. Oh, and someone's selling a Steinway reproducing piano that was made in 1925.
  9. But wait, there's more! Corporations avoid moving their HQ to West Virginia because of our B&O tax. I heard that phrase for decades before I finally found out that it referred to "Business and Operation tax."
  10. What a wonderful phrase! I'll be stealing that one.
  11. I would recommend two songs to give an idea of Omartian's keyboard chops: "Jeremiah" and "Mainstream."
  12. Do I understand properly that due to the exciter also being the damper, the pianet, like a harpsichord, could not have a sustain pedal? If I have that right, on that basis alone I would prefer DW's damper-pedal-enabled patch to the real thing. Let the pitchforks and torches commence. I can take it.
  13. I have two two-tier onstage Z-stands for that very reason -- it's the only height- and tilt-adjustable second tier I could find. My PC4-7 sits maybe 3 inches (if that) above my 88-key Nektar controller. Unlike the Ultimate Support Apex (height adjustable, I admit), the On-Stage also leaves plenty of space for my numerous pedals. It's also solid as a proverbial rock. The only negative is that it takes time to set up and knock down, especially if you take it down to carrying-bag size..
  14. Big fan of Michael Omartian here. Bought a couple of his albums in the 80s. Omartian Odyssey in particular was quite mind blowing. Y'all probably know he did most of the arranging for Billy Joel's Piano Man album.
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