Last night got to meet Bill (SemiLiveMusic) we had a very enjoyable evening at one of the local casino with one of my favorite entertainers Billy Ledbetter. After the show I tried to get back home to Bossier city which is just across the river from Shreveport but we had a small amount of drizzle and freezing temperatures about 30 degrees. All the bridges were closed waiting for sand trucks which were not prepared, so I was stranded in the town of Hooter Ville (Shreveport) for hours I hope Bill didn’t suffer the same faith.

Don has been working on the Midjay and hopefully he will be able to help me with some of the technical problems that I will encounter with the setup I plan to use. My style of playing consist of right hand cords and left hand bass I cannot play left hand cords so a 25 note controller will work for me. Sam Ash has a large controller keyboard case (http://www.samash.com/catalog/showitem.asp?ItemID=32119&TempID=5&departmentid=0)
will permit me to keep all my cords hooked to the controller and Midjay and just set the case on an X stand remove the top and be ready to go. I also have a Nord keyboard I use for playing with bands so if needed for lead work I could carry both which by the way is still lighter and easier to setup than most keyboards.

I used the Nord and one Barbetta 31 at a local nightclub with a band Saturday night and could not believe the great comments I had on the sound it was truly amazing. Not only a great sound but I carried everything out at one time less than fifty pounds combined.

Hank,
I told Semi that you would be there. I had really planned to go, but I have BETTER SENSE than to go out in an ice storm.
I was home sitting by the fireplace. When the ice melts, come on out--I'll have the coffee on.
DonM

If I did come out I'd bring my own coffee
Hank

I'm working on my third cup right now, temperature outside is up to 26 degrees--regular darned heat-wave!

Cheers,

Gary

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Travlin' Easy

Hank, I have COMMUNITY coffee. I'll make a pot just for you.

Hank, if I had waited one minute longer to leave, I'd still be there. They were closing roads like crazy as I drove home. I saw several wrecks and it was darn sure dangerous. Freezing drizzle. Yuck.

Very much enjoyed visiting with you.

You can't play chords with left hand? That's about all I can do! You can play bass with left hand? I can't. And Don is a master with those right hand runs. Hey, we could tag team it, a trio on one bench. Do you bathe regularly in Bossier City? That might get rather cozy.

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Bill
Yamaha PSR2000

All coffee drinkers should try Sam's Club's Member's Mark brand coffee. It says Arabica on the can.

Quit yer whining, up here in Michigan we don't let a little ice on the roads bother us, it just goes with the territory. Rather than a hinderence we view it as a challange. It does make it harder to get to the golf course though.

Tom

Tom