[Vintage Vibe teasing "more affordable" model]

https://www.vintagevibe.com/blogs/news/new-marquis-73

[New Dexibell stage pianos S8, S8M and S4 - some info]

I'm happy with my S3. Solid option for 73 weighted keys, and used ones tend to be good value relative to Yamaha, Korg, etc competitors 

[Anyone tried the Leslie Heritage 122H/142H?]

7 minutes ago, drohm said:

I have a 3300 and it works great. However, I can notice the difference between it and a vintage leslie with a tube power amp stage.

 

This matches my experience and most user reviews I've heard/read -- 3300 is plenty loud and spins the organ around the room just fine... but lacks the familiar tube warmth of favorite vintage Leslie models (122, 147).

[Alto TS408]

+1 -- satisfied TS308 owner

27 minutes ago, AnotherScott said:

I have the predecessor TS308, which I think is identical except for not having bluetooth. I'm very happy with them. Almost as good as the EV ZXa1, not quite as open and airy on top. But perfectly usable, and a bargain for the price.

 

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

5 hours ago, PianoMan51 said:

The mnemonic is that it’s a walk-down from 4 to 1, but with the minor ii being replaced by the major bVII

 

THIS is the hack I sought!

[A guru for a very specific following…]

when you're Herbie playing Rhodes on the beach, only an 88 key will do.

 

9 minutes ago, Docbop said:

Not in my crib, happiness is Funky old Rhodes.   

 

While we're at it happy 83rd Birthday to Herbie Hancock

 

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

4 minutes ago, MAJUSCULE said:

But dominant sevens, while not being a tonic sound in Western theory, are omnipresent as the tonic sound in blues music,

 

Good point.  I'm comfortable calling a Dom 7 a 1 chord (Mustang Sally is first song that comes to mind).  In this case, I'm seduced by convenience of thinking about A section and B section as relative major/minor of each other.

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

4 minutes ago, MathOfInsects said:

So if it helps you, inside your head, make sense of these chords, call it "in A." It's unlikely to hurt anyone except a couple of easily hurt theory nerds, and they probably had it coming. 

 

Ha!

 

For my purposes -- i.e., quickly learning the tune for a one-off gig -- I've decided to stick with my first instinct and think about it as below.  Not suggesting it is a satisfying theoretical explanation but I do like its relative simplicity

 

A section: Key of Em (i - IV)

B section: (Relative Major) Key of G (IV - iii - bVII - I - V#9 - bVIdim) 

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

49 minutes ago, MAJUSCULE said:

Was there a particular reason you wanted to analyze it? Soloing or stretching it out to jam or something, or just curiosity?

 

I was searching for a memorization hack for the B section.  I did enough web research before posting this thread to realize smart musicians reasonably disagree on the theoretical explanations underpinning what's going on in that part of the tune. 

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

3 hours ago, TheophilusCarter said:

Okay, I'll take a stab.  I going by the chord changes I remember playing a long time ago, which might be a little different than some above.

 

I think the Em7 - A section is just in A major.  That's what the vocal melody sounds like to me, anyway.  So then it's just V7 - I, except they thought the minor five chord sounded cool, so they went with v7 - I instead.  Maybe it's better to think of it in A mixolydian instead of major, so you have that G natural for the Em7 chord.

 

Then I think it has a key center change.  The CM7 - Bm7 - FM7 - G sections sounds like it's in C to me: it's just I - IV - V, and the Bm7 chord is like an anticipatory tritone sub for the next chord (the IV) so the bass line and vocal melody can do the cool half-step move.

 

Then it's moving back to A, but via the parallel A minor (considering the vocal line) for a moment: the D7#9 - D#dim is IV7#9 - #ivdim7 leading to the Em7 (v7) of the main Em7 - A part again.  That is, it's a turnaround that suggests A minor (the relative minor for the preceding C major section) before going to the parallel A major again.

 

Whew! 

 

 

I appreciate this analysis.  I tried my hand at it too (see second post, above).  However, my original post is proving to be wishful thinking.  The B section of this song is creatively unusual -- not conducive for my brain to "chunk" into popular music conventions.  Just gonna have to use my brainpower to memorize the entire sequence.  No big deal.  Great tune.  Worth the effort. 

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

1 hour ago, MathOfInsects said:

I can hear it in Em and/or G Major, but I never think of it that way. It's one of those songs where my understanding of it is, "these are the chords that make up that song"--particularly in the B section. 

 

This goes against all my musical instincts but I'm going to take this as a growth opportunity and lean into this advice.   

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

My best shot thus far is thinking in G major:  IV - iii - weird bVII - I - V (resolving to relative minor E chord)

[Pink Floyd "Breathe" - making sense of chord progression]

I'm learning Breathe for an upcoming gig.  The internet has lots of opinions as to what key(s) it's in.  I welcome opinions on that but am primarily interested in advice/tricks to make sense of the chords in the chorus(?) section so I'm not just memorizing a series of unrelated chords.  

 

Basically, verse is  ||: Em9  - A7 :||    and chorus is    CM7 Bm7 FM7 G D7#9 D7b9 (or last chord maybe D#dim) 

 

 

I know we have several fine Pink Floyd players on the forum.  How do you guys think about/remember this progression?

 

    

[Small mixer fits on keyboard with independent pair of stereo outs]

6 minutes ago, AnotherScott said:

I wonder if a Zoom U-24 might do the trick, if you don't need a "mixer" per se (i.e. there are not multiple stereo sources to be routed)... it's quite compact.

 

 

Clever

[Small mixer fits on keyboard with independent pair of stereo outs]

"Stereo Link" mode + Line Out to mixing desk

 

[Small mixer fits on keyboard with independent pair of stereo outs]

Not immediately thinking of a board that small with that set of outputs.

 

Have you considered running your KC300's in master/slave mode?  Then you could feed the stereo inputs from your keyboard into just one of those amps, and send a stereo feed out from that amp to FOH.

[OT: A Guide To Starting Your Own Local Band]

I read most of it right away.  Awesome resource!

 

You are an excellent band leader.  My impression from the Guide (and from your KC posts) is that you have more time and resources to devote to your band than many of your prospective readers.  For that reason, one suggestion is to help readers prioritize how to implement the many best practices you describe.  IEM or lights first?  Website or FB ads?  Etc.   You do a good job explaining priorities within each subtopic but it is tougher to discern your advice about prioritization across the subtopics.  

[Hammond Tease XK-4]

1 hour ago, nadroj said:

-pitch bend/mod wheels

 

I respect the modest real estate of those two wheels.  Plenty of other boards add 9+ inches to the length of the board with the wheels.  Hammond squeezed them.

[3 dog night]

21 hours ago, Docbop said:

Also CNS were songwriters.  

 

This is important.  What was TDN's biggest hit they wrote themselves?

[Selling on Reverb?]

One time I bought a keyboard and the seller met me at the venue as I was setting up before a gig 

41 minutes ago, Stokely said:

I have considered--if I do try to sell locally--to set up keyboards (and use them!) at a gig.  The buyer can come out, see it working (and try it between sets with headphones) and everyone would feel safe.   I'd pick a non-smoky decent spot if I did this.  

 

[I want a modern Kurzweil Micro Piano.]

21 hours ago, pawelsz said:

Nord Piano module. 8GB memory. That would be nice.

 

There was this... but not known for its acoustic pianos

 

[Selling on Reverb?]

3 hours ago, Stokely said:

You can use a car inverter.  I sold my Mofx8 that way, met someone in a parking lot (way too far from my house, I'm not doing that again) and hooked it up in the back of my car.   

 

Sold my Nord Electro this same way

[Springsteen organist Charles Giordano]

The only time I play a real Leslie anymore is when I'm in a room so small it doesn't need to be mic'ed.  If the audience is going to hear it through the PA, the sims do the job just fine... as these highest tier acts have proven.

[Overcoming overchoice]

14 hours ago, CyberGene said:

I feel a sudden choice paralysis, should I use this synth, or maybe that, or no, maybe that other one, no, no, no… and it instantly kills my creativity.

 

A good read on this is Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz.  About 20 years old so the anecdotes may be a bit dated but the concepts still apply... about purposefully limiting choices to increase happiness in an overabundant setting.

[I have a cool opportunity coming up, and it involves a bosendorfer imperial grand]

Awesome, @Doug Robinson!  Enjoy!  I'm glad you've played and enjoyed a Bosendorfer before.  Just this week I listened to Adam Maness at Open Studio discuss some difficulties getting comfortable playing one (14 minute mark):