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Many gospel cats have absurd fingering and are slaying the hell out of what they play. With fingering, I just do what works for me!
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On 10/16/2022 at 10:46 AM, Grave Bryce said:
…and DEEP congrats to brother Bobadoshe, who got to see his team explode to victory right after he played the 7th inning stretch!!!
Can’t even imagine what a rush that must have been. 😎🥳👊🏻
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Thanks everybody. It's been fuckin awesome. Nobody expected to be here once Tatis got popped for PEDs. Team hasn't put together this hot a stretch all season. But the pieces were always there. We'll see what happens now that they are in Philadelphia. If they win at least one, there will be a game 6 on Monday back at Petco. More 'work' for me.
Very gratifying - I'm in my 13th season with the team, and they haven't sniffed this kind of success (except for the fanless/organless shortened 2020 season). I'm finally getting to play for some big games like this. And what an atmosphere it has been. Easily the best in Petco Park history.-
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On 9/7/2022 at 7:21 AM, Julius D Majestic Studios said:
I was the keyboard tech for PRINCE for the last 3.5 years or so before he passed away. I have files for all the sounds they used. On these tours they were using Yamaha Motif XF boards... But if I can get the files open, (I don't have an XF anymore and I just sold my MODX7 last week) I could maybe at least semi guide you through recreating what was used. If it was good enough for PRINCE to use when he sang it, I'm sure it would well cover the needs of a cover band.
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In a pinch you can use the '1984' patch. It's a swiss army knife 80s poly on the Motif/Montage that works for tons of stuff. While it doesn't nail every nuance of the particular sound on Prince's tune, it gets the job done.
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Dodgers are freaky unreal.
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On 8/12/2022 at 11:03 AM, TommyRude said:
Weighing pros and cons is a good thing to do. You've laid out some great details, but have you actually done some "weighing"? Make a list of all the pros and cons, and assign a value to each? You should be able to define a much more accurate value of all the bits and pieces, both individually and in aggregate.
Therapist actually had me to this yesterday. Did 1-10 for each. Tricky to assign numerical values to all this stuff. But it was kind of illuminating.
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Where to begin....
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41 minutes ago, MathOfInsects said:
Bobby, would something like a finite sabbatical or hiatus from TMU let you test the burnout issue without have to commit to leaving forever? Three months or something, with a sub that you get up to speed, with the idea being that you’d return at the end, and if it turned out you didn’t want to, not only would you have your answer, but the band would have a replacement in place?
It's not a burn out issue. While I did say it can get old - what job doesn't? It's more what spending my time doing all those gigs takes me away from otherwise, and the potential long term effects of being married to this lifestyle missing every Saturday as my kids grow older.
Anyway, no I don't think the sabbatical approach would be very useful. I just had a year and a half long sabbatical in 2020-21, I know what it's like to not do those gigs and have more time for other stuff. -
2 hours ago, cassdad said:
Don’t be afraid of “stagnation”….. the ability to successfully handle it is what separates the boys from the men, what separates a true professional. IMHO.
Would love to hear more of what you mean.
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Just spent 30 minutes reading all the posts on this thread. I'm so grateful for this likeminded group of folks that understand how we keyboard players make our living.
This thread is very relevant to me in this very moment. Lately I have been thinking about what it would mean for me to leave the cover band world behind. I've been weighing pros and cons for both near term and short term.
My biggest issue to paraphrase Fleetwood Mac, is that I'm afraid of changing because I've built my life around it.
I am a member one of the best Top 40 bands in So Cal. The musicianship is high, the professionalism is first rate. Everybody is super versatile; we can do almost anything. I play around 90 gigs a year with them and it's probably 40% corporate events, 45% weddings, 15% parties or concerts in the park. Occasionally there are opportunities to do things like backing an artist (Jon Elefante from Kansas 2 years ago, Skip Martin from the Gap Band earlier this year). Once in awhile, we travel (Hawaii last Winter, Colorado next weekend). I like the music. I don't have a hatred of playing covers when the band is slamming and I am playing the greatest parts conceived of by the greatest players from the greatest bands in musical history. When I'm in my best place mentally, it's a thrill to play the piano part on 'September', it's a thrill to play the simple parts on 'Footloose' while I watch our bass player shred Nathan East's incredible bass lines. I relish the challenge of programming parts and conceptualizing how I will cover it all with 2 hands, and take great pride and satisfaction when I pull it off well. Not only that, but as someone else mentioned in this thread, I am energized by playing with other people. I used to think playing solo piano would be my main fulfillment and bread source, but I actually get really dark doing too much of that. It's more fun to share energy with good musicians and have something be more than the sum of its parts.
But DAMN, it sure keeps me from doing lots of other things. And as much as I like the people in the band, there are personal and musical itches that don't get scratched. There is very little wiggle room for creative fulfillment. Nor should there be - this is a product, not a creative endeavor (our few arranged cover youtube videos as the rare exception). Moreover, everyone in the band is getting older and I feel the general energy the band gives off from the stage shifting that way. I don't see any feasible 10 year plan for the business and how it will work when most of the band is in their 60s/70s. And I also observe an insidious lack of connection to the youngest audiences at weddings. We might as well be a DJ playing at some of these weddings. But the boomer parents love us. I don't know if that is a function of the band being older and giving off old vibes or of younger people not valuing live performance in the same way. Will that grow worse and worse every year? And the job DOES get old. The schlep, the routine, missing weekends with my family. But doesn't every job at times?
But I'm also pretty happy with my life. I think. I have 2 kids and I can spend a lot of time with them. I have a portion of my life that is taken up with the sports organist thing (maybe 35 gigs a year), a bigger portion taken up by the Top 40 gigs (90 gigs a year), a steady church gig, and then in the cracks I stick in session work, (very fulfilling stuff for me) and misc jazz hits / duos / one offs with singers in places where people can drink and have fun. I live in San Diego and get to breeze around town (most gigs are 20 minutes away, many are 10 min away, some are 40 min away) going to high paying gigs. And with this recipe I can actually make a living and pay a mortgage in this town and have a family. I'm scared to death of jeopardizing that. But I'm also scared of STAGNATION. And missing out on other things I have always wanted to do. More original stuff. More jazz. Playing classical music. Scoring/producing/writing. Maybe giving presentations to young people about a career in music. A Youtube channel about being a performing keyboardist or navigating a career in music. And practicing and becoming a better musician.
So in short, while it sounds like a bold and energizing move, I think leaving behind the cover band thing might mean giving up much more than I bargained for, both monetarily and musically.
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Very lame on the part of your bandleader IMO. We all have to play gigs on generator power from time to time. And yeah they might make your guitar tone suffer. But you do the gig.
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2 hours ago, zephonic said:
Alternatively, I've found on flyaways that just about everybody and their momma have a Motif XS/XF. I remember you had one of those? If you still do, you could take an image of your instrument and load that into the rental.
That's what I might end up doing though I'd still have loads of programming to do.
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14 minutes ago, Dave Ferris said:
Part of the new generation.
Yeah like I said, I'd heard it had gone up to 4 bills. I'm still driving out to Ventura from Glendale and doing $100 jazz gigs. But hey I'm happy.
Hey I do those too. Not for a private party though, unless it's a true 'big band' hit and I'm using it as an excuse to do some fun reading and see some old friends. But for something I'm hustling myself for a private party in an affluent area, I'd go more for my $400 suggestion especially if I'm including sound. dB is a hustler and I think that whatever he's trying to hustle he'll be able to get this pretty reasonable rate.
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On 8/7/2022 at 5:17 PM, David Bryce said:
In my neck of the woods, I’m feeling like $250-300 per man may be about right. Big house… 😏
OTOH, there are bars around me that wanna give a band $300 total for three sets. There’s one that wants you to play two consecutive nights for that - I’d rather practice at that point.
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My man, I think it should be a little more. $400 per dude at least.
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Sorry for this obnoxious and incredibly specific ask. I'll be there for a corporate gig and they can't find one. Yes I KNOW I should have the whole set done on Mainstage, especially for a travel gig. The time is probably here for that TBH. But we don't travel too much and I've been able to backline a Montage 7 everywhere else we've gone.
Anyway, let me know if there is any hope.
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On 8/2/2022 at 8:16 PM, Geoff Grace said:
The Dodgers were beneficiaries last year, getting Max Scherzer and Trea Turner; and Turner is still making a great contribution to LA this year. (Scherzer, of course, is helping the Mets, now.)
Now, it's the Padres' turn. Bobby must be very happy.
I'm sorry, Dave and ProfD. I hope the rebuild returns the Nats to their recent glory in short order.
Best,
Geoff
It's incredible around here. I didn't go to the game tonight (absolutely wanted to but had to raise my family etc). But I'm playing tomorrow for Juan Soto's 2nd game. We are pinching ourselves. Strongest team we've seen.........ever? Once Tatis gets back in a week or so. Also we are heading up the 5 to Dodger Stadium this weekend. Should be a great contest. The Dodgers are just unbelievably stacked. But the Padres just gained some ground with an incredible trade deadline.
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Vin was a living legend and link to the past. RIP.
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I first discovered Einaudi about 3 years ago when a student brought a book of his in. Then some of the libraries I write for started to call for Einaudi style music. The compositions are simple and yes, kind of boring. But as I took it upon myself to imitate the style, I found there is an art to getting even that mundane recipe right.
That said, I find his piano stuff makes me yawn. And I had almost written everything about him off as simple and obnoxious. But then I heard some of his stuff orchestrated, and I have to say liked it much more. The dimension and texture of an orchestra playing the simple stuff adds a timbral interest that I actually dig a lot.
Kudos to him for his success, even if it's because he comes pretty much from Italian nobility.
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I chart everything out and use Finale to do it. Tons of tunes in a short amount of time? No problem. And even though it seems like a little more work up front, it ALWAYS pays dividends down the road. Want to do a tune we haven't done in seven years? No problem. Pull it up on the iPad and we're good. Quick dirty leadsheets with just chords and forms? Still use Finale. It's just so useful and easy. Probably faster than doing it by hand and far neater and transpoable and rearrangable.
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Thank you Steve, you are an invaluable resource. I have wondered about all the stuff written in this thread for the longest time myself. It's great to hear a definitive answer.
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I never knew about this. Totally fascinating. That has to have pissed off Miles.
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On 6/29/2022 at 7:23 AM, Stokely said:
I feel pretty ashamed that I didn't even know what the "scenes" did until very recently. That's a powerful feature and I was doing a lot more work to accomplish the same thing, say when you go from a verse to a chorus--I was manually adjusting faders and/or even switching performances when all I really needed was to hit a scene button.
Scenes are a game changer for sure!
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On 6/1/2022 at 4:00 PM, Shamanzarek said:
The organ solo on "Carry On Wayward Son" is pretty short but packs in a lot of notes.
great call
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