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I played in a disco band when it was actually a thing, from '76 to about '80. My fondest memory was folks coming up to the stage and bitching about us not having just the right tempo for a particular song. I guess they would practice with the record player in their living room or basement all week, and woe be unto the band that played their favorites a hair too fast or too slow. You were definitely ruining their bid to be the King or Queen of the dancefloor at the local Moose Lodge. Good times.....

I finally got around to listening after reading this thread. It is a GREAT solo! (Well, it IS Corey Henry, so.....) Greatest solo of all time? Nah, probably not, simply because there is SO MUCH greatness out there, and the odds are long.....beautiful solo though.....

I've done a few gigs, indoor and out. I'm going back to my 18 year long piano bar gig in August, but they've cut it down to 3 nights a week, so it'll probably only pan out to 4-5 nights a month. They've been reopened since last July 4 (there was no way it was safe so I opted out)....felt pretty good though that in that whole year they didn't find anyone who filled the bill the way they wanted, so me and the other guy who split it before are coming back. My 50's and 60's band has their first gig on July 3, and the calender is starting to gradually look more like something pre COVID, but it's still gonna take a while.....

I guess it's a case of "Horses for courses"....I bought a QS 7 and owned it for quite a few years before selling it to a friend. Only used it on a couple of gigs, I got tired of the piano sound REALLY fast, and live there just weren't enough sounds in the thing that did anything for me. I used it in the studio as a controller though, a lot of times with B4 and I dug the feel of the keyboard....

Tell you what, I really can't remember the last time I played a piano sample, even solo, even on small studio speakers, and didn't have to roll out at least a moderate amount of low end, sometimes even more than moderate, to get it to balance and sound more like what I hear when playing the real deal.....

Played a retirement party.....for a show horse. In the horse's barn in Lousiville, KY. I was picking straw out of my cord bag for weeks afterwards....

When I got my first synth, a Korg Polysix (to me it was like a poor man's Prophet 5) I really got into sitting at home with it and twisting the knobs. When I came up with something really cool I just hit the save button, and just like that I had a new sound to take to the gig that night. Eventually I had to unload it (something went screwball with the chips and even after repair after repair it wouldn't stay in tune) and my subsequent keyboards have all had menu diving capabilities only.....I really miss those days.....I dig having some tactile control of my Electro 3, but it's not the same thing, obviously....

I never care who gets in, or who gets snubbed.....it's just nice to see who (in conjuction with the Grammies of course) wins music every year......

Between EVERYTHING being a 3 point shot in the NBA, and baseball adopting a "Either it's a home run or a strikeout" mentality offensively, I'm starting to really lose interest...maybe I need to pay more attention to the Pro Bowler's Tour......

Don't have any suggestions, but I WOULD like to know how much it would cost for you to take me with you......

I have to confess, I've never dug The Doors, and the cheesy organ is, for me, a huge reason why. The other was that I never was into the Lizard King's unique pastiche of drug infused imagery laced with a vaudville vocal delivery. I would have definitely enjoyed them more with a B3 in the equation, but still not enough to move me, I don't think....

Sorry, we need a do-over As it said in the first post, "The only ground rule for this question is NO mentioning people! I know a lot of you will say the best or worst thing is your spouse or kid :)" Nonetheless...glad to hear it's working out for you!! Sorry......not sorry, but, you know.......hey, I've been a maverick my whole life......not gonna stop now, I'm too old.......

Best thing: That's easy. My beautiful wife, we've been married 3+ years now and I love her more everyday..... Worst thing: Haven't played a gig in over a year, but that's changing later this month......

I was in High school at that same time. If you could find 4 gigs at that time that would have totalled $600, you were definitely playing in a different league than I was......

My long standing keytar joke.....used one on a gig one night and come our set break, the chicks were LINED UP to chat with me.....they all wanted to know if the guitar player was single.....

This video left me with so many questions.....Does the blond woman find love? Spiritual fulfillment? What about the dude in the beginning? Does he find his true life's purpose? Oh yeah, I guess the piano is......ok......

I've lived in SW Indiana since 1990....I know EXACTLY what you mean....

If this were some middle aged fat bald guy playing just as well it wouldn't cause a ripple......

If I'm in a "no sound guy" situation, I like to have all the vocals and my keys in the monitor. As well I want the relative balance of both elements to accurately reflect what's going on in the house. In this way I can balance my keys to where they should be relative to the vocals, so at least I know I'm locked in there. Guitar(s), bass, and drums, well, that's a whole other can of worms....

I'm going with that one too..... ;-)

I'm still waiting for someone to tell me how to activate the damn thing ... It's my understanding that the first shot is the implant, the second one is the activation, as well as a firmware update.....

Back when I actually HAD gigs I would go from the sublime to the stoopid on drummers.... The one main band I play in is a 50's and 60's show band. I initially joined them as the sax player, but after a couple of years the girl that was playing piano quit. We were having a hard time finding a replacement, so eventually I offered to move over and cover keys as well, with one caveat.....I told them that there were things going on in the rhythm section that, although they didn't bother me much as the sax player, were going to drive me CRAZY as the piano guy, and should be addressed. Really it was all about the drummer. The guy doesn't have much of a feel (shuffles are TOTALLY off the set list) He starts off the gig rushing like a bat out of hell, and as the gig wears on and he gets tired he starts to wind down like a dying clock. Add to that, he wants to be part of the "show" up front so badly he can taste it. He spends the whole night doing stuff like twirling his sticks, etc, and every time he does the time goes to Mars....well, we've spent several years rubbing back and forth about this stuff and we've finally come to a place where, even though the feel of the tunes is wonky, at least it doesn't overtly suck.... Contrast that with my other gig, a jazz trio. The drummer in THAT group is a local legend, unbelievable touch and groove, swings his ass off, and is one of the nicest guys I've ever gigged with. To go from playing with guy #1 on a Saturday night to guy #2 on a Sunday is an incredible palate cleanser. Besides, I don't have a ton of musical investment in songs like Charlie Brown and Get a Job anyway..... Oh.....I bet you can't guess which gig pays more? Like a TON more?......

I've sold several items on Reverb. Worked really well for me, no issues at all....

Only spoons? dB To be fair, for some unknown reason it was all I tried.....guess I was really out of it.....I think I was really just fixated on that Matrix scene......

The wife and I got our second Pfizer shot Sat morning. I immediately turned off the GPS on my phone (with the tracking chip fully installed and now operational, the GPS is redundant)....only side effect was that for 6 or 7 hours I had aquired the ability to bend spoons with the power of my mind, but by Sunday morning it was gone.....