Kevin Sage

I recently had the pleasure of seeing TOTO for the first time and, thanks to my wife, scored front row seats and a meet and greet opportunity with the band. It's always such a humbling experience to witness a group of people playing together who communicate musically with such precision. I streamed a bit of the concert. the venue is my favorite here in Phoenix. It's the Celebrity Theater, an "in-the-round" stage that rotates. If any of you have the interest, here's a link to the live video.----> https://www.facebook.com/kevin.sage.77/videos/10219696572902840/

Having recently seen TOTO for the first time and having the pleasure of meeting Steve Pocaro and the rest of the band, I'm in a complete TOTO groove these days...dissecting and learning as much of that material as possible. Some of it is simply brilliant. https://www.facebook.com/kevin.sage.77/videos/10219696572902840/

Best way to forget a bad gig is to focus on and play the next one. Move on and let it go.

Have him listen to a Toto concert, or Journey, or Styx, or Rush, Kansas, Genesis, or Dream Theater. Prominent guitar, but keys are absolutely equal. Time for a new sound engineer.

We use a few simple platforms for our band that have worked fairly well thusfar. 1. We use Google for calendar and drive. If a date shows open on the calendar, it's open for a booking. We ask everyone in the band to be diligent about keeping the calendar updated and we all have access to it. Drive is nice for file sharing, etc. Most shows are booked through our agent and they are also linked to our calendar. They also communicate that a gig has been added and this creates the ugency of each band member to keep the calendar current. 2. Whatsapp for our "chats". This is an informal platform and any official things are put on the calendar. For rehearsals we plan ahead and get everyone to buy off before committments are made so as not to create a situation like you encountered.

Primarily a guitarist but have been playing keys for about 10 years now. Here are a few tracks. https://soundcloud.com/you/tracks

Saw Snarky Puppy last Friday at the Rialto in Tucson. Unfortunately, Cory wasn't with the band that night but they were simply epic regardless. Has anyone seen this amazing video of Cory during a clinic in Brazil? Some fantastic musical moments here.

Hello, I'm brand new to this forum and this is my first post. I checked out your album and watched a few videos on YouTube. Awesome work. I'm also hearing shades of John Scofield in the music, albeit not on the guitar, but rather in the groove. I bought your latest album on iTunes. Nice job! -Kevin