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kbrkr

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  • Birthday 01/19/2022
  1. Joined a wedding band...after two weddings, we had a band meeting and guitarist and bass player complain I got paid more for the two gigs. Um, I played the ceremony and the cocktail hour, arranged the new songs for the reception; damn straight I get paid more. Too much animosity; on to the next band.
  2. Cheez, Billy...Lay off the donuts, will ya?
  3. What kind of engineer are you Mike? My company is hiring 500 Tech Employees this year (before Covid) in the Tampa, FL Area.
  4. Not to go off topic (but I will), Is it just me or do ALL Roland keyboards sound "THIN" to me? Notwithstanding the Jupiter 80 Synth, but most of the Supernatural and Piano's really sound thin to my ear.
  5. Ok, now that we established the Sit / Stand Issue, we can talk about the Face the audience or the band issue!!! If you face the band, the audience can see your side and you can see the audience; ala Elton John.
  6. I'll stand when I play whenever the drummer does also.
  7. I suppose he also puts the Lead Guitar in the balanced MIX similar to the keys? Does he turn down the keys during solos too? I've had this happen to me as well; then the bastards turn up my monitor so it sounds like I'm hot, then turn me down in the mains so I disappear. Then I have the band tell me I'm too hot in the Mix!! WTF? You can't win.
  8. I thought this review / Demo was pretty interesting in terms of feature set and sound quality. Also a nice demonstration of song makeup possibilities.
  9. The concept of a sequencer in this day in age is an interesting one and I like where Roland is going with this. I have always felt the evolution of the sequencer needed to be powerful, sophisticated, and easy enough to make up an entire song. Karma on the Korg was cool at cadences and rhythmic passages, but could you make up a song with it and do it easily? No. The simple sequencers in the drum machines don't go far enough to allow sophisticated breaks, intros, endings, build ups, etc. So the concept Roland has taken is very much an organic evolution of a Song Makeup combined with the traditional approaches sequencers were used for. I could imagine Roland releasing a "Style Pack" with pre made song templates to load into the sequencer to get your creative juices flowing. Combine that with the ability to interface with external equipment and DAWS and you've got yourself a pretty dynamic composing tool.
  10. What is with the super cheap On/Off switches for each section? I used to buy these at Radio Shack in the 80's?
  11. I would NEVER use UPS to ship a keyboard. They have lost 2 keyboards and I had to fight each time to get compensated for the insurance value. It took 3 months each time. FedEx is the way to go and yes it is very expensive and yes, you better pack i really well and have it over insured.
  12. I know its a kludge, but in the past when I've played other players rigs where their keyboard stand interfered with the pedals like the Keytree, I've always had success putting the pedals parallel to the feet and using them that way. It actually works well as it stops pedal creep! lol
  13. I can't get this ear worm out of my head. All star band, killer groove, killer rhythm guitar, killer vocals.
  14. I do this quite often. Unless you are a piano bar type player, I suggest mixing it up between tracks, arranger keyboard, and solo accompaniment. If you can pull off 3-4 hours solo on piano, then you are good to go; just add vocals and your all set. To keep the audience engaged and not fade into the background; I use a Korg Pa4x arranger keyboard with really nice Trio sounds Bass, Drums, Piano/rhodes, etc. and play some jazz, pop, rock. If I'm around a dancing crowd, I will pull out karaoke mp3's and play along with the vocalist. If it's a quiet tune or a slow dance, I will solo accompany the vocalist for something like "Somewhere over the Rainbow", "At Last", etc. I play on and off with both female and male vocalists and can go from Bruno Mars to Sade from Taylor Swift to James Brown. The gigs I play span Yacht clubs, American Legions, beach bars, restaurants, small weddings, home parties, Community parties, etc. With two people, it's low stress and fun. Good luck.
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