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Amatures starve too, but we deserve it more. Refreshing to see unarmed nuns enjoying a beer.

Way too many. When I find myself watching the game with the rest of them it's admitting defeat. The gig sucks. One memorable night in a dive bar a few years ago we had the Celtics and Bulls game 6 playoffs on one screen with the Red Sox and Yankees on the other. We did not care. We came to play and had way too much fun to be ignored. Beating the Celtics and the Red Sox isn't easy. I'm done with that stuff. I won't play in a place with a TV on again unless they have an awesome answer to kanker's favorite question. TV rots my brain and couches are bad for my back. I wouldn't consider playing keys on a couch. I can't even use a piano bench. The Roc'n'Soc is about the only seat that works for me.

That's how it starts. Be careful. You could get sucked in and get pretty good at it. You're a little late starting at 37, but don't let that scare you off. I know a guy who started playing drums well into his sixties. He can hang at jams where the pros know him and play to his strengths.

I was always delighted to have Lyle play my piano. He played my C3 a few times before I actually bought. He decided to buy a G3 for a few bucks less, so I took the C3. I'm not sure about Lyle, but I know Pat was a big NRBQ fan in those days.

I was always uncomfortable watching Terry play one of my pianos. He's a very percussive guy. Fist smears and whatnot. He's a lot more entertaining on somebody else's piano.

I finally heard one of these last Sunday at a jam. He was running it through a Behringer keyboard amp that doubled as his seat. He had no expression pedal, which made it less fun for me to play organ. I wasn't knocked out by the percussion, C/V, or Leslie sim. I lasted for half a tune before abandoning it for piano on my PX-5s. Hardly a fair evaluation considering how much I'd like to hear what a chainsaw sounds like running through the same amp.

I finally got the first piece of my first stand built. Nothing fancy, just a dolly for the B3 so it's easy to roll around the room. http://B3and88.com/img/B3-dolly-f.jpg http://B3and88.com/img/B3-dolly-r.jpg The next step is the carpeted clamp blocks to secure the organ to the dolly with tee nuts and 3/8" bolts. That'll all serve as the foundation for the case. I don't intend to gig with it, but I do hope to move soon. So far, none of the little nicks are mine and I want to keep it that way. The case is being designed to stay on at all times because I'm old and clumsy. It's so pretty I'm afraid of it. It rolls around nicely on six 2 1/2" wheels. There are two additional lengthwise supports underneath to catch a piano dolly for real moving. It's also got oak skids along the front and rear so it can slide easily over a tailgate or top step. I'm not a big fan of the Roll'n'Kari organ dollies. I'd rather use a piano dolly and 2" cotton straps.

There's a Lexus in the parking lot with the lights on. Does it belong to anybody in the band?

I must have missed this thread. I think mine works for Halloween and Thanksgiving.

You can play the audio track and get the exact same sound. You can play the MIDI track back to the SV1 and get the exact same sound. The software editor will let you edit and store all the settings for the sounds on the SV1, but not the actual sound itself. A software editor is not a software synth.

Harshing you buzz? Sorry. To an old geezer, this is the good stuff in hip hop. [video:youtube]VXlzWMIw4rw

Probably because you can't. You have to link to an image hosted elsewhere. Hit the quote button on a post containing an image to see how to do that. I like your dogs, Tom! I dig John Cleese too. My security level today is don't harsh my buzz.

According to IMDB, Elvis plays Vince Everett in Jailhouse Rock. The lady asks, "What do you think, Mr. Everett?", so there you go.

That made my day. That's about how I feel reading and listening in this thread.

Happy Independence Day! Religion and politics? Perhaps.

Did somebody say keybed? My PC88 war tale is pretty gruesome. Fear not. The PC2x held up much better and the PC3x is quite an improvement over that. Three or four years with no action problems at all. It takes a beating. On top of that, it's much smoother and quieter mechanically than the PC2x, which was a big improvement over the PC88.

I used to. Long ago. Not so much recently. Not composed, not polished, letting loose, and going nuts. Real piano. In tune. That my favorite flavor. Got any more?

What a coincidence! I'm old and dyslexic too!

Belated thanks, Dave! I get a lot of milage out of learning a few essential licks and faking the rest. I'd love to hear some legit recordings too, but I'm still moving a lot slower than I'd like. I could have and should have done a few more gigs this year to prepare for my singer's faculty concert at that upscale music school where she teaches, but I didn't feel up to it. So the concert was my second full rehearsal and another round of auditions. This time I learned a couple of Richard Tee licks and let the band make me look good. http://B3and88.com/audio/12-20-12/12-gone-at-last-12-20-12-2.mp3

That is an awesome rig.

I'm going to take a screen shot of that and make it my wallpaper for a while. Thanks for the kind words! Everybody had great time. Introducing the two drummers is easily the coolest thing I've ever done. None of the boys met any of the girls until game day. Everybody got a tune list and three or four weeks to do their homework. I spent most of that time expanding my keyboard amp into a PA system. One vocal rehearsal. The drummers knew the stuff better than I did and totally nailed it all day long. A couple of months ago I felt up to playing a little and wished for a band with this lineup doing delta flavored material and a few fun gigs. I feel like a kid who wished for a pony. Now I have to feed it and take care of it if I want to keep it. I'll have to come up with a name for it and everything. Your stuff always floors me. You've got the great gear and you sure do know how to use it. That lady can certainly sing. Every time I hear a commercial that doesn't suck I wonder if it was you. If you take requests, I lost the link to that shoe commercial you did ... $9.99? Are you out of your mind? Catchy stuff. I may want to cover that one.

My house music play list for between sets is all rare recordings of folks I (sort of) know. That awesome version of Alfie you did to try out your new harmonica is one of my favorites. That and SK's Girl From Ipanema get a lot of notice. There's some incredibly well played and well recorded music in this thread. For contrast, this is a pickup band I put together doing their first full rehearsal at a private party gig last Saturday in 90+ degree heat with dew points in the mid to upper 70s. Because I'm old, tired, blind, and suffering from a few days of heat stroke, the borrowed handheld recorder was set to mono and way too hot. The compressor was working overtime. It's a rush job meatball recording of a rush job meatball gig, but I still had a blast. I'm pretty rusty after not playing for almost most two years, and I wasn't much to begin with. Suzanne threw this one at me after my gear was packed up for the gig and I just had to give it a try because I wanted to hear her sing it. She said she didn't notice all my clams, probably because she was too busy making me look good. http://B3and88.com/audio/2012/08-04-12/have-a-little-faith.mp3 And a few with the whole crew. http://B3and88.com/audio/2012/08-04-12/space-captain.mp3 http://B3and88.com/audio/2012/08-04-12/sing-it.mp3 http://B3and88.com/audio/2012/08-04-12/why-get-up.mp3 http://B3and88.com/audio/2012/08-04-12/goodnight.mp3 I'm definitely keeping the singers and the drummers.

My Mac likes to eat my homework too.

Piano for hip hop and rap. http://b3and88.com/img/hip-hop-piano.jpg I wonder why it has a music desk. Probably for blunts.

Article? If that's not the cover girl and the centerfold, something is very wrong.