Brettymike Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 All of the above ideas fail. You've got to put your keyboard stand on wheels , and roll it around on stage a bit . Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 ....or on a hydraulic hoist . Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 The guy in Gravity Kills had the greatest keyboard stand ever devised: [video:youtube] ...too bad it weighed 300 pounds. http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManInTheBox Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Saw a pro band in south Florida and the keyboard player was using a single 61 key Motif. Everyone else had tons of gear and he looked so bare there with a tiny keyboard. And most of the parts he was playing were piano. Sounded great, but looked kind of silly. My question for all you pros: Is looking cool just as important as sounding cool? I know it's a silly question, but I don't believe I've ever seen a pro touring band's keyboardist using only a single 61 note board. I'm actully thinking of doing the same for the simple reason of weight and stage realestate. Am I crazy? & y'all wonder why guitar players get all the chicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 The guy in Gravity Kills had the greatest keyboard stand ever devised: [video:youtube] ...too bad it weighed 300 pounds. ^^^ Ha! Ha!. The nicest looking stand I have ever seen was a big chromed beast used by Toya's keyboardist years ago , I cant find a picture or vid of it anywhere. Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brettymike Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 You would think they could have used a flasher looking keyboard stand for this song at least on X Factor USA final , I just watched it last night > Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Weiser Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Saw a pro band in south Florida and the keyboard player was using a single 61 key Motif. Everyone else had tons of gear and he looked so bare there with a tiny keyboard. And most of the parts he was playing were piano. Sounded great, but looked kind of silly. My question for all you pros: Is looking cool just as important as sounding cool? I know it's a silly question, but I don't believe I've ever seen a pro touring band's keyboardist using only a single 61 note board. I'm actully thinking of doing the same for the simple reason of weight and stage realestate. Am I crazy? The understated visual impact of a single small keyboard can be offset and augmented by the player's rock-power and moxy. Or by simply wearing a Devo hat to the gig. I'd go with the hat just to be safe. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo https://www.theboywhowantedtorock.com http://www.weisersound.com https://www.facebook.com/weisersound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doerfler Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Saw a pro band in south Florida and the keyboard player was using a single 61 key Motif. Everyone else had tons of gear and he looked so bare there with a tiny keyboard. And most of the parts he was playing were piano. Sounded great, but looked kind of silly. My question for all you pros: Is looking cool just as important as sounding cool? I know it's a silly question, but I don't believe I've ever seen a pro touring band's keyboardist using only a single 61 note board. I'm actully thinking of doing the same for the simple reason of weight and stage realestate. Am I crazy? The understated visual impact of a single small keyboard can be offset and augmented by the player's rock-power and moxy. Or by simply wearing a Devo hat to the gig. I'd go with the hat just to be safe. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIEVqFB4WUo funny, as many times as I have heard that song I have never seen the video sorry to veer off topic again. carry on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane hugo Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 http://blip.fm/invite/WorkRelease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogholic Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 But I do remember reading in Keyboard magazine this year I think, that the keyboard player in Steve Smith's Vital Information, tours with just a single 61-key board for his rig because of the realistic economics and logistics, mainly the economics, of touring in a jazz-fusion band today. It made me sad. Tom Coster doesn´t like weighted actions. Saw him in the nineties on tour with V I. He used a pair of Korg 61´s. Think it was 01/W and Wavestation. No wonder he can tour with a single Kronos 61 then... All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogholic Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 The guy in Gravity Kills had the greatest keyboard stand ever devised: [video:youtube] ...too bad it weighed 300 pounds. Wow...the guy is "rocking" a freaking Oberheim Matrix 12 All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. Arthur Schopenhauer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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