Steve Force Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Doesnt really seem that long ago, but thinking about it, I guess Ive made a lot of sounds, drilled a lot of teeth -- and always try to remind myself those are the screams of adoring fans. Manny Steve Force, Durham, North Carolina -------- My Professional Websites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgregg Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 At 25 I was playing in a bar/hotel cover band. My rig; Korg SG-1D Roland JX-8P Yamaha TX-802 Korg M1R Roland MC-500 sequencer EV cabinet, QCS power amp, little rackmount Yamaha mixer Steinway L, 1958 Hammond B3, Kurzweil Forte, Prophet-6, Minimoog Voyager, Kawai VPC-1,Oberheim SEM-Pro, Doepfer Dark Energy, Nord Rack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanS Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Ive made a lot of sounds, drilled a lot of teeth -- and always try to remind myself those are the screams of adoring fans. As long as it wasn't the screams of your not so adoring patients... What we record in life, echoes in eternity. MOXF8, Electro 6D, XK1c, Motif XSr, PEKPER, Voyager, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobadohshe Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I was 25 one year ago. My status then was the same as it is now pretty much. I was and am a manager at a mid sized music store, and I was and am in a handful of bands in L.A. who are all meeting with different degrees of success. I had finished up my Structural Engineering degree at UCSD the year earlier after taking some time off when my dad died. I am coming to the realization that time slips away faster and faster and that any day I'm going to be 50. I know I'm at the point where you can decide how great a player you really want to be by working your butt off and meeting people and studying and cutting your teeth. I'm trying to decide how serious I am about all that, and also trying to decide how a musician is going to make a living in the 2010s, 20s, 30s and 40s. It scares the hell out of me. But I know the harder I practice, the more I educate myself and the more I meet people the better a chance I'll stand. 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...
linwood Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Egads, Linwood! Thanks for the memory jog. And good to see you again. I have a photo somewhere of me shortly after that when I got a haircut. But too late for an antidote. I picked out that Mason & Hamlin for that club, and later I heard (for the insurance) they burned the place down with the Mason & Hamlin in it. I thought you might get a kick out of seein' those. Man, those were the days. I talked to Bassett maybe a year ago and Nat more recently. Nat was working with Pharaoh Sanders when I talked to him. That photo of you, Jim Langlois snapped. We were playing that night , too. I can see my cerwin vega cabs there in the corner. I've got another photo from that night with Audie Stanley and Edgar Justice. I think Audie's in Nashville and Edgar is still with The Rhondels. Cool seein' those old photos. Linda found them in a box not long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I was and am a manager at a mid sized music store, and I was and am in a handful of bands in L.A. who are all meeting with different degrees of success. I had finished up my Structural Engineering degree at UCSD the year earlier after taking some time off when my dad died. I am coming to the realization that time slips away faster and faster and that any day I'm going to be 50. I know I'm at the point where you can decide how great a player you really want to be by working your butt off and meeting people and studying and cutting your teeth. I'm trying to decide how serious I am about all that, and also trying to decide how a musician is going to make a living in the 2010s, 20s, 30s and 40s. It scares the hell out of me. But I know the harder I practice, the more I educate myself and the more I meet people the better a chance I'll stand. Bobby, sorry to hear your dad passed away. You are already laying the groundwork for anything you want to do. Stick to it. Between your education and musical chops, you will be fine well into the future. PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKeys Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I am a testiment that if you stay at it you will get somewhere. At 51 I just don't know where that is at the moment. :grin: Jimmy Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others. Groucho NEW BAND CHECK THEM OUT www.steveowensandsummertime.com www.jimmyweaver.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSynth Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hi Manny (Fernandez, I presume)...I used to have a bunch of DX sounds you made. Glad to see you around here! Good to be seen -- I lurk here regularly to keep tabs on things being semi-retired from the sound design biz. Also, GAS is a virus that can lay dormant for years, so one needs to stay informed for when the next infection erupts. One of the better threads, especially seeing the diversity of the gang that hangs here. And nice to see a number of others are more vintage than me... Manny People assume timbre is a strict progression of input to harmonics, but actually, from a non-linear, non-subjective viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly-wobbly, timbrally-wimbrally... stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d halfnote Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 It was a very good year A very good year for old lame pop songs with forgettable lyrics Such as might be sung by Frank CosaNatra or Mike Douglas or anynumberofretronesiacpopvocalists... d=halfnote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicWorkz Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 25 seems like eons ago. I was about to get married, but by that time, I owned a Roland D-50, R-8, P-330 and a few other doodads. I was playing and sitting under a well respected producer watching and learner the craft of working in the studio. 15 years later, I still have the keyboards and more AND the wife, but am about to get rid of the wife and keep the boards... Yamaha (Motif XS7, Motif 6, TX81Z), Korg (R3, Triton-R), Roland (XP-30, D-50, Juno 6, P-330). Novation A Station, Arturia Analog Experience Factory 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Horne Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 15 years later, I still have the keyboards and more AND the wife, but am about to get rid of the wife and keep the boards... Getting an upgrade? No guitarists were harmed during the making of this message. In general, harmonic complexity is inversely proportional to the ratio between chording and non-chording instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Hmmmm, sounds like it will not be long until we need a "When you were 50" thread. This post edited for speling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markyboard Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 1985 for me. Working day job at Hughes Aircraft. Just quit the top 40 band I was in with my 2 house mates because I hated top 40 and we sucked. Started composing my own demos using a Tascam portastudio and geekishly programming away on my Memorymoog, DX7 and RX11. Played "showcases" doing all originals at Madam Wongs and some other places in LA with above equipment as well as Minimoog and CP-80(ugh). Also freelanced with another top 40 band until they refused to pay me. Took a jazz improv class at Dick Groves and 1 private lesson. One year prior I interviewed with Sequential Circuits for a design engineer position. The T8 was just starting production IIRC and I wanted in, but they had some whacky idea that firmware/software was where the future was at. I tried to tell em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurMan Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 ..., but they had some whacky idea that firmware/software was where the future was at. No wonder they went under. That would never work! Casio PX-5S, Korg Kronos 61, Omnisphere 2, Ableton Live, LaunchKey 25, 2M cables Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Grace Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Q: What were you doing at the age of 25?A: I was touring the Southwest bar scene in a Phoenix, Arizona based band. We were the top draw in our circuit (according to our agent); and our manager had a Top 40 act in his stable -- a band called Oxo with a hit called "Whirly Girl." We were supposed to be next in line for Top 40 success, but we burned out on the road and broke up before we got our break. Q: What kind of music were you playing?A: Funk infused, modern rock. Click here to hear a demo (©1984) of one of our original songs that I wrote when I was 25. I sang background vocals and played keyboards on that one. Q: How many/which boards did you use at that time?A: Oberheim OB-8, Yamaha DX7, Sequential Circuits Six-Trak, Roland SH-101, and Yamaha KX8. Here's me at the time at practice in Denver and performance in Phoenix: http://homepage.mac.com/musicproduction/.Pictures/GeoffAtPJGoodvibes.jpghttp://homepage.mac.com/musicproduction/.Pictures/GeoffAtPorkeys.jpg Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicWorkz Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 15 years later, I still have the keyboards and more AND the wife, but am about to get rid of the wife and keep the boards... Getting an upgrade? Yeah, it's time to get what I've always wanted for a change...lol. Yamaha (Motif XS7, Motif 6, TX81Z), Korg (R3, Triton-R), Roland (XP-30, D-50, Juno 6, P-330). Novation A Station, Arturia Analog Experience Factory 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldLayne Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 http://img157.imagevenue.com/loc1047/th_05832_december3082002m1_122_1047lo.jpg Well, 25 years old I was playing in Destiny (name was there before I was...) among numerous other bands. They had a little cash behind them. They liked my songs so we recorded about 13 of them at a studio in Detroit. I was lucky enough to meet producer Jack Douglas (Aerosmith, John Lennon, etc.) who produced 2 songs I wrote. I thought I was the sh*t. I have opened for Autograph (it was 80's...), Honeymoon Suite (it was the...ok ok you get the idea.), The White (Zep Tribute), The Revival (CCR tribute), Britney Fox, Marillion, Mitch Ryder at Harpo's on New Years Eve (big fun), Bad Finger (great story...). Unfortunately, all these were at clubs, no arena's. Recorded a 45 and had the A side on regular rotation for a summer thanks to Doug Podell (and some smack...I think...just kidding) at WRIF or WLLZ can't remember which. A bunch of showcases for record companies who probably wanted to kill us since we sounded nothing like the recordings... Used Yamaha CP80, Roland D50 & S50, Pro-one, TX-7/KX-76 Yamaha, Hammond CE (chopped and lost somewhere now...sorry for the chop) but I just couldn't make it work. Only two hands and no balance... Now at 44 years old I work my a** off for some manufacturing company for not bad pay. I play with myself in my basement and periodically pi** off message board moderators. I've slept on some of the nastiest couches and floors in the nastiest flop/crack houses in Mi, Oh, In and Canadia. Big fun though...I miss the 80's. Oh...and I got a haircut http://img149.imagevenue.com/loc938/th_06385_cap0155_122_938lo.JPG http://img144.imagevenue.com/loc793/th_06608_Destiny004_122_793lo.JPG http://img191.imagevenue.com/loc128/th_06699_Destiny008_122_128lo.JPG Prophet 6, '38 Hammond BC, HR40, 2 Leslie 760's, Prophet 08 PE, RD700GX, Ensoniq E-Prime, SCI Pro-One, TX-7, CP80, Arturia VI's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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