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Rocco and Garibaldi we a force together! When you have a foundation like that to build on just listen the funk they produced! RIP Rocco!

i got to play two shows this past weekend. First show was supposed to be outside but rains from Beta moved us inside. It was fun making music with other musicians. I have done about 6 solo shows since March 12. I wrote a song "I Don't Want to Play by Myself Anymore" although my musical buds think it should be With Myself Anymore!

Can you transpose everything C

Happy BDay Dave!!!

My Deepest Condolences Ron!!!

I am tuning in here because I have a QSC TouchMix 16 and love it. I have not recorded live with it but Im thinking about recording rehearsals. My DAW is PreSonus Studio One and I thought it would be great to us the QSC for on site recording and then mix on Studio One!!

MY philosophy here is everyone is entitled to their own ridiculous opinions! I have several musicians that I work with that are clearly not on my thought/belief path. I like making music with them, but will not discuss certain things with them. They are not going to change their minds nor will I so that is where I disengage. Music is about music, I just agree to disagree on the other stuff and tune it out!!! Music is fun, when it gets to a point it is not fun, adios amigo!

I've had some doozies! Cruise Ships are a pain in the arse to get loaded on and they usually put you in a room on the opposite end of the ship. Played at several Carolina Hurricanes games. you arrive at 3:30 load in through the lobby, into an elevator (several trips). Into a staging room and then you wait! at 7pm you move equipment from storage room to dinning room and play. End of the game you get to pack up about 11-11:30pm LONG DAY! WORST: BALD HEAD Island. ONE you unload the truck onto little trams.Trams take equipment to the dock. TWO load equipment from tram onto carts that fit the ferry boat. Once on the island THREE Load equipment from carts onto Trams again and the take you to the gig location. Unload and set up!!! END OF THE NIGHT REPEAT!!!

I have always enjoyed and appreciated bass players. As a blues/soul player Bass is what holds or drives the music I play. I am blown away by the groove he creates even though he plays so many notes. Very talented!

That was sweet!!!

I don't think I have heard a better sounding sampled or live Rhodes!!! I know my old Mark I was muddy in the lower midrange. It makes me wonder how it would feel playing those samples on a modern controller. Part of the Rhodes experience was the mushy slow keyboard that made me play it differently from a piano. On another subject I seem to remember an interview with Joe Sample where he said most players turned the Rhodes volume wide open, but he prefered half volume on the Rhodes and turning up the amp. I never had an amp powerful enough to do that back in the day!

Eric is the Master of mobile keyboard rigs!!!

Dave, that is my plan as well. My house is only 750sqft so moving to another room is not an option. I sold pianos for a couple years and learned how to use a grand slide. I moved it into this house with the help of several friends. I was just curious how someone else had tackled this delema. I will cut the carpet around the piano and use plywood to roll it into place after I install the hardwood.

I need to move my 6'10 Kawai Grand around so I can remove old carpet and install new Hardwood flooring. Any suggestions? I was thinking about trying to rent a spider dolly like they have in concert halls but I really have no idea what that would cost and need to do this on the cheap since I have no work at this time.

If you don't want to go to the trouble to make an adapter, our own Markeyboard may have a few left. He was selling them for the cost of components if I recall correctly! I have been using one from him for several years!

BEEN there done that Tony!!! Stuck it out for about four years! It opened me up to a new group of musicians that were not aware of my abilities, but it turned into drudgery!!! It helped me but I felt at times I was selling my soul to do it!!! I did eventually land a job with the top band in the local genre and though it only lasted a few years, it put me in a great spot of being the first call for bands in need and a slot with the best Part Time band. I recently turned down another top Full time band on the circuit for other reasons. Until 2020 I averaged 170 show a year.

That was amazing! I was wondering how he would cover that tune! He covered it very well!!!

I see a trend in the comments hear so I will add my 2c worth! I was laid off a corp job in 1994. I bought a flooring store and when 9-11 hit that dried up and I shut it down owing just south of $100,000. Worked in sales freelance for the next 4-5 years, and somehow paid off my debts and was able to buy a small house. I have made my living since mostly playing music. My suggestion to you would be keep your expenses as low as possible. My expenses are a little less that $1000 a month and have been since then. Squirrel away money when you can, in case of lean times (like COVID-19) because they will come. I made it through and now with Social Security I don't worry so much when the music business goes south!

Playing a split seems easier to me, in case I need a left hand chord or two!

I am not sure I could do that to an instrument.

Happy Birthday Carlo!!!

Markey, I am so sorry to hear this! I know it hurts, the last time I tangled with Yellow Jackets mowing grass, I was woosy/sick to my stomach for several hours. Head ache followed and I did not feel right for a day or so!

I have been LOSING bookings for the past several weeks. The NC Governor has decided not to go to phase 3 (not opening Bars, Gyms etc) which also keeps restaurants at 50% capacity. Now Face masks are mandatory state wide for at least another 3 weeks. I have lost 7 shows for he first two weeks of July and several shows in August are cancelled! This is awful for small businesses, Bars particularly. I would guess many will never recover. But the big box nationwide retailers are still racking up the money!!!

Sorry to hear, but it sounds like you have a plan in place! Good luck in your new adventure!!

Hung out with Roger, Mark and Emilio after the Durham show last year. Really nice guys! Found out Roger owns a winery. Bump City Wine Company!