#231689 - 04/09/0811:07 AMRe: Who gigs with their Arranger?
cassp
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Registered: 03/21/03
Posts: 3748
Loc: Motown
For the last two years I've always had my arranger with me; it eliminates the need for the laptop. Even though most of my music is SMF based, the arranger serves as storage, player and keyboard. I'll usually use another keyboard, my XK-1, but the arranger is numero uno unless I take my LT.
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Registered: 03/27/08
Posts: 32
Loc: Huntington, Indiana USA
I average at least 20 nursing home gigs a month with the S900, and several dance gigs each month as part of a duo with a trumpet player. I do have other keyboards I use for various other gigs here and there, mostly jazz....Hammond XK3, Roland A37, Korg SGProX,, and my new favorite piano module, the GEM RP-X.
Registered: 01/02/04
Posts: 7306
Loc: Lexington, Ky, USA
Use arrangers for about 15-20% of my gigs. Try to use it (them, actually) only when necessary. Booking my trio with my son and grandson now. What a blast!
Really don't like to do singles. Enjoy singles with just a nylon string doing instrumentals more than using arrangers. Good tools when needed, though.
R.
[This message has been edited by captain Russ (edited 04-09-2008).]
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