Botch Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Saw an outdoor double-bill last night, the Heath Brothers and Soulive. The pianist with the Heath Brothers (I'm sorry I can't remember his name, nor could I find it on Amazon) an excellent bopper, and I'm glad I got to see the Heath Brothers after all these years. Soulive took the stage, and somehow the venue filled up with kids, all standing, and the place was hopping! That's a band that knows how to get a crowd moving, nobody was standing still. The keyboardist played a Hammond B3, some silver rompler on top of that for his left-hand bass, and a real Hohner Clav on top of that. Heard all kinds of great tricks that I will be trying to replicate on my Electro. Best of all, the show was sponsored by the city, and completely free! Salt Lake City is getting a bit more liberal, we could actually buy beer and wine and take it back to our blanket to drink, rather than standing in a cordoned-off "beer garden"; was also a beautiful, warm August night. Good times! Botch In Wine there is Wisdom In Beer there is Freedom In Water there is bacteria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragonSoun Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Double Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive - Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragonSoun Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Sorry for the stupid question, but what type of music/genre does soulive play? Is my age showing? Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive - Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Soulive plays neo-soul Hammond trio jazz with lots of funk and flecks of hip-hop. Absolutely one of my favorite keyboard players! Just his left hand alone is worth the price of admission! If you have flash, you can go to soulive.com and click on Music & Video to get a sampling of what they're all about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Hey Botch - did the Soulive horns make an appearance? Any chance the "silver rompler" was actually a Roland A-37 controlling a module? Every time I've seen them, he had an A-33 controlling one of the Kurz samplers in his rack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Originally posted by Silver Dragon Sound: Sorry for the stupid question, but what type of music/genre does soulive play? Is my age showing? No, but it shows you're not reading Keyboard regularly. Soulive was the cover artist in the March 2006 issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Damn I need to get a subscription. Still haven't seen the Bill Preston issue around here. Anyone know what the chances of me using PayPal to pay for it? The default subscription page doesn't accept it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Originally posted by daBowsa: Any chance the "silver rompler" was actually a Roland A-37 controlling a module? Every time I've seen them, he had an A-33 controlling one of the Kurz samplers in his rack.In the Keyboard article, it shows Neal with an A-37 between the C-3 and the Clavinet. He mentions that he's triggering a Roland XV-5080 for the bass tones, though, not a Kurz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I mentioned Soulive in the Jam Band thread too. As daBowsa said, they are an updated version of the soul jazz combo (hammond, drums, guitar) with other stuff thrown in the mix. When Botch mentioned silver ROMpler, my guess is either Neal Evans (keys) switched his controller or replaced the controller/rack combo with a synth. That would make sense, since he only uses it for bass sounds. daBowsa, you are right. This guy's left/right hand independence is off the hook when it comes to playing funky clav, amazing bass lines and organ parts simultaneously. 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...
daBowsa Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 The best thing about his left/right independance is that it involves his feet too! I saw them once and he only had the hammond and the clav, so he's playing LH bass on the lower hammond manual. But here's the thing - he's got LH bass, RH clav, LF wah, RF organ volume swell. So he's wah'ing with his LEFT foot, to something his playing with his RIGHT hand, and voluming with his RIGHT foot, to something he's playing with his LEFT hand. Diagonally independant as well as LR independant. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 I haven't had a chance to see Soulive yet, but when they come here next time I'll go. But..I've seen the Heath Brothers back in the '70's w/Stanley Cowell. Bad dudes. Masters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanS Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Originally posted by Sven Golly: Originally posted by Silver Dragon Sound: Sorry for the stupid question, but what type of music/genre does soulive play? Is my age showing? No, but it shows you're not reading Keyboard regularly. Soulive was the cover artist in the March 2006 issue. and I bought their CD based on that article. Great vibe, and if you let your mind drift a little, you can pretend you're in 70's porn flic. 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...
meccajay Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 Originally posted by daBowsa: Absolutely one of my favorite keyboard players! Just his left hand alone is worth the price of admission! [/QB]That left hand will be enshrined in the Hall Of Fame one day! Lawdy, when Neal lets that thing cut loose, the whole house shakes! Soulive is the ultimate in head bobbin' fun! TROLL . . . ish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDragonSoun Posted August 11, 2006 Share Posted August 11, 2006 AS I said in another post, still waiting for the first issue of my subscription to arrive It sucks not being in the know. Begin the day with a friendly voice A companion, unobtrusive - Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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