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17 hours ago, MathOfInsects said:
I really only care about exact form if it's going to be played that way. Otherwise I just want really clear A, B, C sections, etc, and a good sense of how it's LIKELY to go, even if it goes some other way. Most of my cover gigs are in a context that involves extending some section with solos and the like, so you really just need to know what you have to play when someone signals that we're going back to the bridge, etc.
Good point. I know some cats who are so married to their own ink that they become a drag when the form gets more fluid.
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I will see if I can find the PDF online through google search. I will then probably make my own real chart because most of those leadsheets don't have the right form.
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Yes neither of them actually played the parts 100% like the record. But it's more than fine baby.
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13 hours ago, Stokely said:
honestly not having a rock solid place on some stages for a computer is one reason I don't use them. My stages can be quite small to be sure.
I'm still in this boat too.
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They're playing the Africa marimba part on piano but it's a GS1 right? They didn't double it on piano.
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Today I learned they didn't cut that album on a Yamaha C7 which I had always assumed they had. And I had assumed they cut it at Westlake. Wrong again. Now I realized I was conflating Toto's involvement on Thriller (cut at Westlake) with the recording of Toto IV. And here I am considering myself a true fan.
Thanks for sharing this.
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On 1/25/2022 at 3:23 PM, MathOfInsects said:
I do think Superstition is one of those songs you generally have to play wrong to play right, at least if you're sitting in with anyone new. If that drummer kicks off those four bars, and you're not in with the slimline two-groups-of-seven-notes, bare skeleton of a riff--basically, the Stevie Ray Vaughan extraction of that iconic part--most cats are going to wonder what in the world you're playing.
Exactly this IMO. How you kick the tune off is essential. The rest is vibe and will depend on your rhythm section, particular clav sample and band mix. It IS important to play the right chords on the turnaround though.
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I make detailed notated charts in finale and use my iPad. A ton of work up front but I'm fast at it and then I have the song ready to go for life.
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This was Chris Botti's keyboard section in the early 2010s. Imagine having GK on 'aux' keys.
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10 hours ago, cphollis said:
But how many players have bonded with their Yamaha Montage? Apparently, not many.
I love mine but only because it works great for my particular cover band situation.
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That piano always seems to sit perfectly in a mix. It doesn't matter if it's 15 years old.
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I've always loved this for the funky Tim Levebre bass line. I love the line and his overall style.
And I love this for the subject matter. The corn dog bullet sash kills me.
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Didn't know one of the trumpets would switch to bone sometimes. I thought it was always 2 trumpets 2 tenors 1 bari and that was the TOP sound (except in the studio where they'd overdub). Shows what I really know about this great band.
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Damn the band sounds so good here. The pocket somehow seems depeer. I love how high the organ is in the mix. An essential part of the sound IMO. I've played TOP tunes when the keys aren't loud enough (and frankly I'm not funky enough) and it can fall flat. This groove is undeniable.
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I know Genevieve from my time in LA in the late 00s. She was part of the CSUN crew we all had a regular Sunday night Jam at the Sunset House of Blues with. It has been fun to watch her double down on everything quirky and badass and link up with Louis and go on this uncompromosingly creative run. Louis is a ridiculous musician. One of the few drummers Nate Wood trusts to sub for him in Kneebody. It's very inspiring to me.
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Can't wait to listen. His piano solo on 'Sailing' was my ticket into his genius long ago.
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4 hours ago, Dave Ferris said:
I've been to Dave's beautiful pad several times and I always admire it. This is definitely the best part though. (the converted detached garage with the Steinway D in it)
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Appreciate the lookout. San Diego is a series of canyons and mesas, and fortunately I am on a mesa. As of now I'm fine. I can walk to the end of my street and look down into Mission Valley which is the course of the San Diego river, and predictably there's tons of flooding down there.
15 minutes ago we also got the first 'tornado warning' I have ever seen here. The window for it has already passed and it wasn't in my direct path anyway. But times they are a changin.
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I have never done a show and I've always wanted to dip my toe in. I would love the challenge. I'm a decent reader (not the amazing level of so many that I know) and I am used to playing lots of stuff on multiple boards with patch changes. I relish any chance I get to follow a conductor because I only get to do it once or twice a year. It always takes me a few minutes to switch that part of my brain on.
The money is bad though! I just can't afford to do those kinds of gigs at the moment. Maybe one day.
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On 1/30/2024 at 6:16 PM, CyberGene said:
It’s the theme song that I actually started seeking as sheet music. There’s another video on YouTube with a transcription but I didn’t bookmark it and I’m yet mid-sleep to find again but I made screenshots on my iPhone and stitched it into a PDF, so here it is.
It's in my Hal Leonard TV Themes Fake book that I got 20 years ago. I play it at the Padres games anytime the Mariners are in town.
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Sight reading in Gb is a little easier for me and I'd rather see it, but as others said, it really does help to know where the tune is headed. Play enough classical and you don't get as phased by tons of double sharps or double flats. And I'd rather see double sharps than double flats. I know it doesn't make sense.
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By the way, throw this youtube vid on while you sit at the piano and it's a great little reading session.
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God Bless the internet
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Some cool photos of Herbie and band at Disney Hall.
in The Keyboard Corner
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He was in SD last week. I wanted to go but my FIL was in the hospital and I was stuck home with the kids. I am really bummed about it. Haunted by it being the idea that this was my last chance to see him. I had a dream where last night I got to hang with Herbie and he was saying some stuff about my playing and I got to ask him all kind of questions. I hope he comes around again soon.