Dave Bryce Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 Who'd you get to sing lead on Police dB? That's not an easy task! The band is the brainchild of the lead singer...the guy's name is Tedi Sarafian, and he totally kills the Sting stuff. That's pretty much the main reason he put the band together - he loves singing Police tunes, and he's really good at it...and he's an excellent guitar player to boot. His main gig is screenwriter - he wrote the screenplay for T3 and 80's cult film classic Tank Girl, among other things. Oh yeah... I'd put I Want You To Want Me last in your encores. Surrender's a great song but not as well known. Really? Funny - I tend to thing Surrender is the better known tune...go figure... Tedi's the one who'll be calling out which ones we do - the encore list is really just a guideline. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted April 23, 2009 Author Share Posted April 23, 2009 You guys should also add Gary Numan's song "Cars" to your setlist as that would fit the name just fine. We'd need more synths, though... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Man I'd go see anyone sing if he wrote Tank Girl! If he can actually pull Sting off that would be a bonus in my book. I Want You To Want Me is more well known if the age group is diversified. For those of us who were around back then they're both kickin' tunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe P Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Have a good set, Dave. I chuckle every time I see your band name. And I'm jealous over the set list, I unfortunately haven't seen one of them in years. Regards, Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 23, 2009 Share Posted April 23, 2009 Oh yeah... I'd put I Want You To Want Me last in your encores. Surrender's a great song but not as well known. Really? Funny - I tend to thing Surrender is the better known tune...go figure... I think Surrender was probably originally more well known, but for whatever reason, the live version of "I Want You to Want Me" from the 80's really took off, and I think has had more staying power. I think I would have to agree with it being a better finale. Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmonizer Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I love the set list! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 So, Dave, how did it go? When will we get to see video? I wish I could have been there! Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 When was the last time you as a keyboard player and sideman got the most love from the audience by far than any of the other band members? When was the last time that young, beautiful, sexy, perfect Hollywood ladies who you've never met before were dancing madly and screaming for you? There are many great bands in L.A., and many lame ones, and many good ones for whom the audience doesn't get a Rip. Los Angeles audiences can be infamously indifferent (because many of them go see a show because it's the cool thing to do, not because they actually dig the music). But dB's band last night was utterly SLAMMING, and the audience couldn't get enough. I rolled in unfortunately 3/4 through the set; fashionably way late. When I did, I saw dB working the stage and the audience like a true rockstar. The sound at the Viper room was expertly dialed in. Everything was nice and loud but not ear blisteringly loud, and you could feel John Ferraro's kick drum through the subs in the floor. Everyone's gear was way sexy too, not the least of which was dB's Poly Evolver on top of a Kurzweil PC3, which he was working like the moderator of a keyboard forum should! Again though, the drummer was beyond slamming. Bissonette killed it on bass. The lead singer was a good looking dude who looked like he could pull any chick in any situation. But all the love was going to dB who was owning it! Between tunes, the crowd started heckling loudly, shouting 'KEYBOARD SOLO, KEYBOARD SOLO!' and not just for a minute like 'oh that's cute, they must know him', but on and on to the point where it may have been embarrassing for dB. But it wasn't embarrassing for dB, because he's dB and he looked at the group and then dialed up some gnarly amazing synth patch on his Evolver and satisfied their demand with an amazing riff which ended up leading into the next song. At the end of the night when they were out of songs to play but the audience was demanding MORE MORE MORE, they had to pull out the emergency reserves and so kicked into an unrehearsed 'Every Breath You Take', which sounded phenomenal. Then, after the curtain dropped, and dB made an appearance 4 minutes later, the same rabble of fans that had been cheering for dB shouted 'KEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, YEAH', and were thronging around the man like some celeb. When I made my way to the front of the line, I said, 'dB, who are these people? Your homies?'. And he responded, 'I haven't seen any of the people before in my life'. Freaking great. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 First of all - thanks to Bobby for coming out - always great to see you, brother! The gig was fabulous. The Viper Room is an excellent venue, and the sound guys had their total shit together - the room sounded killer, onstage mix was superb, etc. it wasn't embarrassing for dB, because he's dB and he looked at the group and then dialed up some gnarly amazing synth patch on his Evolver and satisfied their demand with an amazing riff which ended up leading into the next song. Heh...that was just the beginning of Synchronicity II - it's supposed to do that. The thing with the guys screaming keyboard solo and jumping on me after the set was hysterical. My wife came down with a bunch of her friends, and I had some other MI types there - all of them thought the people screaming for me were KC members. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 You must have been putting on quite a show dB. And judging from the crowd's response at least you weren't buried in the mix! Sorry - common occurrence with keyboards in a one-shot show. Would have loved to have been there. Sometimes it sucks living in the PNW. What did you use for keyboard monitors? Just IEM or anything on stage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 What did you use for keyboard monitors? Just IEM or anything on stage? Motion Sound KP200S behind me, also bled a touch into my monitor mix on my right side. dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Really bummed I couldn't go. When is the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I love the name "Cheap Police Cars"!! Sorry, couldn't alter my plans!! Please lettuce know when you are playing again. You are welcome to email me if you have a list going. Sounds like a blast, and I regret not being able to go!!!! Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve LeBlanc Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 damn...i really tried to make it but ran late...next time for sure. glad you had a great show http://www.youtube.com/notesleb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I tried to get out of my plans, but it's difficult since they were made a couple of weeks ago...and involved me being paid!!! Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I tried to get out of my plans, but it's difficult since they were made a couple of weeks ago...and involved me being paid!!! The funny thing is where I was standing, there was this tall asian dude who looked A LOT like KenElevenShadows in front of me. He was part of the crew shouting 'keyboard solo'. I kept glancing at the dude without trying to be creepy. It was like 80% Ken but I knew it wasn't the guy. Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stepay Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 You could add some other bands: Cheap Police Cars Clash Cheap Police Cars Doors Clash Cheap Deep Purple Police Cars Doors Clash Cheap Deep Purple Kansas Police Cars Doors Clash Cheap Deep Purple Orleans Kansas Police Cars Doors Clash Cheap Deep Purple Orleans Kansas Police Cars Doors Clash on a Green Day Journey Steve (Stevie Ray) "Do the chickens have large talons?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Kansas Foreigner Chicago - KFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gismo Recording Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Dire Straits and Aerosmith - Strait Aero (or Strait as an Aero) System of a Down and Counting Crows - Down for the Count Dire Straits and Chris Rea - No, probably not Ken Denny Gismo Recording So Cliché Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 System of a Down and Counting Crows - Down for the Count There's two entirely compatible styles and setlists !! Kawai C-60 Grand Piano : Hammond A-100 : Hammond SK2 : Yamaha CP4 : Yamaha Montage 7 : Moog Sub 37 My latest album: Funky organ, huge horn section https://bobbycressey.bandcamp.com/album/cali-native Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I'll play: Def Leppard, Kingdom Come, and Blind Melon: Def, Dom, and Blind. A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Dan Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Nine Inch Nails and the Buzzcocks? Dan Acoustic/Electric stringed instruments ranging from 4 to 230 strings, hammered, picked, fingered, slapped, and plucked. Analog and Digital Electronic instruments, reeds, and throat/mouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffinator Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Nine Inch Nails and the Buzzcocks? Well, I was trying to keep it clean... A bunch of loud, obnoxious music I USED to make with friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Linkin Park and Pussycat Dolls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I tried to get out of my plans, but it's difficult since they were made a couple of weeks ago...and involved me being paid!!! The funny thing is where I was standing, there was this tall asian dude who looked A LOT like KenElevenShadows in front of me. He was part of the crew shouting 'keyboard solo'. I kept glancing at the dude without trying to be creepy. It was like 80% Ken but I knew it wasn't the guy. We all pretty much look alike! Naw, I *wish* I were there!!!!! Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Styx and Stones. Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steadyb Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 KISS & Asbury Jukes - Kissass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 We all pretty much look alike! Keyboard Corner forum members? We are a pretty good looking bunch! Congratulations on what sounds like a great performance, Dave! Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenElevenShadows Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 We all pretty much look alike! Keyboard Corner forum members? We are a pretty good looking bunch! A lot of us seem to be fairly tall. And yes, insanely good looking. Ken Lee Photography - photos and books Eleven Shadows ambient music The Mercury Seven-cool spacey music Linktree to various sites Instagram Nightaxians Video Podcast Eleven Shadows website Ken Lee Photography Pinterest Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bryce Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Styx and Stones. Great name...but then you'd have to play Styx songs... Come sail away, came sail away, come sail away with meeeeeeeeeeee... dB ==> David Bryce Music • Funky Young Monks <== Professional Affiliations: Royer Labs • Music Player Network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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