SteveCoscia

Corey Davidson in Plainview NY is your best bet. He and I go way back. Website is below. https://davidsonelectronics.com/

Gotta love Commodore 64 guy's smile. He may not have been born when the Commodore 64 was street legal. The Montage is amazing, good duct tape utility. Brings back memories.

Amen....

Philadelphia suburb.

I love Royal Farms' fried chicken.

Haven't used a drum machine since 1984. A KORG KPR-77 with horrible drum sounds and a quirky interface, but it was a powerful music composition tool. Looking to re-capture that experience from almost 40 years ago with the help of these two Behringer pieces. Thanks to Sweetwater the TD-3-MO was discounted by $83.70. Lots of the Behringer gear is discounted on Sweetwater with a "While Supplies Last!" tag line.

Bought it today. Yeah baby!

Bob Lefsetz recently interviewed Alan Parsons. It's an interesting dialogue, boatloads of Alan Parsons history. Here is the podcast link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/alan-parsons/id1316200737?i=1000580290841

I've been GASing for the Behringer CAT for a while and today it's discounted by $87.25. Time to pull the trigger.

Back in the day, when I was playing 4-5 nights a week, Hanon were good warm up exercises prior to gigs. There were 5 or 6 finger-stretching exercises I did that made a positive difference, especially in left hand dexterity.

Watched this three nights ago and yes, it's a feel-good film. I purposely didn't let the unrealistic technical issues deter from enjoying the story, especially when Stevie mentioned Jack DeJohnette.

Hey BluMunk, you experienced the biggest downside in today's business interactions - it's called, lack of follow-up. Your client failed to follow-up and share vital information. Your experience encapsulates a psychological manifestation that goes like this: "In the absence of information, people make up their own." You'd think that will all the new ways information can be shared, this issue wouldn't exist.

Big loss. RIP Joey. I remember the day Joey's father brought him to the Ensoniq factory. Joey was a teenager and very talented.

During the summer of 1978, on a Wednesday night, I went to see a local Long Island band called Pellucidar. This band did a live Rocky Horror Picture Show. At that time, I was in a club-date band playing weddings & lounges - but I wanted to play rock - and at the end of Pellucidar's first set, the lead singer announced that their keyboard player was leaving and any keyboard players in the audience were invited to audition. I spoke to the singer and expressed my interest he asked me to learn two albums (Aqualung and Rocky Horror Picture Show) for an audition on Monday. I skipped work on Thursday and Friday to learn songs. That weekend, the lead singer phoned to say that the audition was cancelled. Their agent had booked the band out in the Hamptons on Monday night, then he said that their keyboard player wasn't coming. "So your audition is going to be on stage and you better be good," he said. Wasn't a rehearsal, it was an actual gig. I brought index card lead sheets for reference. Made a few mistakes, but the band could tell I knew the material. We played almost the entire Aqualung album and it was fun. The "My God" piano part gave me the chills and the "Locomotive Breath" intro, was a poor improvisation, but it went over. This was my first rock-n-roll gig and the energy was unmistakable. Rocky Horror was the last set and I got through it well enough. I joined the band that week and climbed to the next tier of Long Island band stature. Funny thing was I made money playing weddings & lounges and went broke playing rock-n-roll.

In the Philadelphia market, Medley Music got the Ensoniq line. Retail distribution was limited, especially the first few years when we started shipping. Both Cintioli and Eighth Street Music wanted the Ensoniq line badly - I remember getting hammered over the phone from both retail stores in 1984 and 1985.

This is 1976. My first keyboard - Univox MultiMan on a homemade stand. Univox 100W amp and homemade speaker cabinet comprised of two, 12" Celestion speakers and two Piezo Tweeters. There's a Mutron Phaser 2 on top of the amp. This early setup served me well for the first year or so.

Almost Famous possessed a quadruple benefit: 1. Terrific, fun autobiographical music-industry story. 2. Frances McDormand. 3. Billy Crudup. 4. Jason Lee. For my money, Jason Lee nailed it as the insecure lead singer in search of fame (subtle and nuanced performace).

The "Bad Gear" YouTube channel is a hoot. I got a kick out of this.

Last year, I found a Stay piano stand on Reverb. Works great.

The answer to this question is.... it depends. When starting out, I could only afford a 61 note keyboard (Univox Multi-Man) and was able to play everything required on 61 keys. Years later, I bought a wooden, weighted action 73 key piano (ARP 4 Voice) and this became a sweet spot for years to come. These days, I play an 88 key piano (Casio PX-560M) and the extra keys are nice but I rarely go outside the 73 key range.

All that analog gear sets a visual aesthetic. When he picked up that soldering iron....

That's quite a statement. Should attract boatloads of folks who remember the ASR-10.

Agreed. Fair and mutually beneficial revenue-sharing results in broader distribution which yields compounding and cumulative future revenue opportunities.

Last October, while driving east on I-40, I crossed the Texas border into western Oklahoma. No long thereafter, I stopped at a Pilot Travel Center for fuel and coffee. I stopped in my tracks after entering the Pilot building because there was an old Leon Russell song on their PA. The tune was Tight Rope - hadn't heard it in decades. I just stood there mesmerized by the lyrics and quirky rhythm. Then it hit me..... LEON RUSSELL IS FROM OKLAHOMA! Filled with new energy and excitement, I created a Leon Russell playlist when I returned to my truck. Leon and coffee kept me going into Arkansas. Driving east, I thought about my first band audition in 1976. The band leader handed me a lead sheet for This Masquerade and that was my audition. Got the gig. Loved playing that tune. Leon Russell - such a unique talent.

My dad's LP collection was excellent - jazz, latin and broadway musicals. Thankfully, having LPs also meant we had a decent stereo. Weekends were often filled with music in our house. Our son also enjoys music - here we are 10 years ago.