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stillearning

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  • Birthday 09/22/1954

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    Teach keys at School of Rock in retirement, very part time.
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  1. I’m another one. I can use the transpose button for a half step, sometimes a whole step. Never more than that. Transposing a 4th or 5th is asking for trouble. Ain’t gonna happen.
  2. I have some experience with the Kawai ES 120. We visit my wife’s sister on the west coast often enough that we bought one to keep there to play when we visit. Great action, and great value for the price. Internal speakers sound decent enough, but I’ve never gigged with one running into external speakers, so I can’t speak to that. I also have several Nords that I gig with back at home. I prefer the sound of the Nords myself. Only caveat I’ll mention, is that I’ve never had good luck getting Nord pianos mixed down to mono. I’ve found listening to both left and right channels in stereo, even if it’s two speakers on top of each other, sounds better to me. Certainly subjective, but I don’t think it’s a gain to switch to the Kawai. But its action is nice for the price. I think a good speaker (or two) will help a lot more with the sound of your current keyboard. Best value in a portable speaker is (imo) the Alto TX series that Reezekeys mentioned. I bought two TX 310s and for the price, I don’t think you can go wrong. For small to medium gigs, without a loud drummer or guitarist, they hold their own. Very easy to schlep two of em at the same time as they’re incredibly light and have built in handles. I’m almost 70 with bad knees, and they’re no problem for me.
  3. I take em just to challenge myself and for fun. You never know what will happen, and who you might meet. I do insist on an emailed and printable set list, with song keys shown. If it’s a song I’m unsure of/never played before, I chart it on plain paper, then scan it into forScore on my iPad. Otherwise, I wing it and have fun. Typically take minimal gear: Nord Stage 3 88, stand, pedalboard, and either powered speakers or my in-ear setup depending on their PA. If it’s not mounted and prewired on the pedal board, it stays home. I can set up in about 10 mins. Do this once in a while, and your name gets passed around and you meet some great musos in the process! More fun than being a full time member in a band for me. Been there, done that at my age (70 later this year).
  4. Those three are my own personal favorites from the late 60’s into the 70’s also. ELP’s first tour was my first ever concert in the early 70’s, and I feel lucky to have seen every Genesis tour while Gabriel was still in the band. But to me Emerson was the GOAT on rock keyboards.
  5. Same. We did a few of those ‘Good Morning’ shows. Sometimes they covered, sometimes not.
  6. I gig with two Nord Stage 3’s. An 88 with a compact on top. I bought em to play em. And as has been mentioned, life’s too short. Besides, they’re insured.
  7. He does an occasional nice cover too.
  8. I’ve been using a QuikLok M91 Monolith with various keyboards for several decades. It’s easy to adjust the height and angle of a second tier, or even to add a third tier if you buy another second tier and are handy with a welder.
  9. For me, what makes a performance great, is when it resonates inside, in a way that’s hard to describe. Her performance did that. Didn’t care that it wasn’t musically perfect. Made me enjoy it that much more.
  10. DVR’d it and skipped through a lot of unwanted noise as usual. Until Joni Mitchell. Sat through every minute of that. What a legend. Her life story is pretty cool too.
  11. Another vote for the Alto TX series. I went with two TX-310s for stereo. The 10’s have a little more bottom end than the 8’s, but either would work. Good bang for the buck. They’re small, lightweight, inexpensive, and have built in grab handles. I’m pushing 70, and easily carry both at once. As others said above, stereo samples sound better in stereo.
  12. Same here. I was asked to fill in last minute on the string parts for a Christmas program, when the actual string players became unavailable. (Never did know why.) I put the chord names on the score and faked my way through, doing my best to sound like the strings as I followed the actual score. I can read music, but it’s not my forte. Better at charts anymore. No one complained. I felt I got better for the experience.
  13. Interesting to say the least. I remain hopeful something can be done for mine. Unfortunately, just reading that article, brought the ringing in my brain to the forefront of my conscientious. I have to go do something else for a while to get my mind off it.
  14. A sustain pedal is typically a simple on/off switch, so they only use TS. Volume and control pedals are continuous so they use TRS. I’ve seen rotor pedals either way but on most keyboards I’ve seen they’re just on/off or momentary, so TS. They make right angle adapters in both TS and TRS. Usually a TRS can be used in place of a TS, but not the other way around.
  15. Missed 2. And 1, I didn’t make a guess in time. Wanted to hear another few seconds on that one. Never owned either, but played my share of both over about a half century of gigging. Prefer Wurly.
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