Hi! I didn't notice this thread until just now. This forum is incredibly informative and entertaining. It's so nice to be able to connect with fellow keyboardists- there aren't too many of us in Vermont.
My name is Andric. I'm 36, and a full-time musician. By day I teach piano lessons in my studio. By night I play with a few different bands and freelance gigs. My main band, the Pulse Prophets, plays original reggae, funk, and RnB. I play in a 10-piece cover band called The Real Deal. I also have a Latin jazz Xtet that I compose and arrange for. Sadly the Xtet plays less than it used to because I'm tired of booking gigs and being a bandleader.
I put in a few years in New York City, and I had a great time getting schooled on a daily basis. I played acoustic pianos exclusively-- that was nice. But the city doesn't really suit me, and I moved home to VT at the end of 2003, just as my good friend and song-writing hero was putting together his new band (the Pulse Prophets). Faced with a scarcity of pianos, I decided I needed to become a modern keyboard player with synths, and samplers, and computers and stuff.
I've got way too much gear. Somehow my gig rig has grown to Electro3 + PEK + Fantom s + Microkorg. I'm trying and trying to reduce it, but its natural tendency is to grow. Because wouldn't it be awesome to have a Kaoss pad with all that? And wow those Voce drawbars would be sweet with the Nord, and...
Anyway, it's nice to meetcha!
Andric