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   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2018101401233442826-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > I tell myself that playing it out at gigs is important to getting better.   
   > Playing under pressure like that helps me improve fast.   
      
   What kind of horrible motivation is that?   
      
   > Still, it's alot of gear that I really don't NEED at most jobs.  Like the   
   > one we have coming tommorrow. I may just not take the keyboard.  We did   
   > the first trio / square dance today and I'm already tired of carrying   
   > gear.  Ha.  If things hold, we'll be doing these jobs well into next   
   > spring.  That sounds like a lot of carrying to me :-)   
      
   Sounds like you need a regular keyboard player ;)   
      
   > Ok, so at a typical gig, 3 hours, I probably play the keys 1/3 to 1/4 the   
   > time. So, maybe an hour ?    How about if I just set aside an hour a week   
   > and rehearse solely on the keyboard.  I'd get the same time learning and   
   > not have to carry nearly as much gear.   
      
   Too bad we're such a distance apart :(   
      
   > If I did go this route, I could maybe take the Roland midi guitar to the   
   > gigs for if I need those sorts of sounds.  Or, maybe just prune my   
   > backings to minimalist and lose all the weird keyboard sounds outright.   
      
   I'll bet the sound of a nice concert grand piano and a Hammond B3 would work   
   wonders! ;)   
      
   > There is something eating at me about this.  I'll figure it out.   
      
   Seems to me that you prefer strings, namely guitar and fiddle, to keys, and   
   that's just fine because I know how I Totally prefer keys!   
      
   > Oh, and the SD gig went fine. A bit low on attendance, but it's the first   
   > one of the year, and we're a new band so they weren't unhappy.   
      
   I've found that the bigger the audience at a gig, the happier I am!   
      
   > Next few jobs there will sort it all out. Either pick up and go, or decide   
   > this isn't for us, and let it pass.  I think we'll be happy doing them.   
   > Soundwise, band girl was happy as could be. Said we sounded great.  Huh.   
   > No surprise to me. Let me alone to run the pa and it'll work.  We didn't   
   > use the in ears. Did use one of her EON's as a floor monitor. That was the   
   > only speaker onstage, and she ran the levels from her iphone linked to the   
   > XR18.  Sounded fine to me, so I didn't go in ear either. Maybe I will   
   > tomm, as we have our 4th person coming along, and the loud drummer is   
   > doing tomm's gig.   
      
   > off to sleep, it's late,   
      
      
   JimD   
      
   Sounds like a major improvement in sound appreciation...hope it stays that   
   way ;)   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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