Originally posted by Dnj:
Chas an arranger is a very useful tool for the OMB player who is making a living there's nothing wrong with that in any way shape or form.Your all alone & need to sound like a full band plain & simple all gigs are not, jazz piano or solo intimate cocktail dinner gigs, there's no way around pumping a full dance floor with dance music of any kind alone with having help with the likes of Styles, SMF, Riffs, loops, Mp3/CD backing tracks...times have changed, audience acceptance has really changed, musicians have changed, weather we accept it or not. You have to do what you have to do.....& guess what its gonna get much worse down the road just wait and see.No matter what happens, if your a player your a player, if your a faker so be it because in today's world sadly its ALL accepted right or wrong.
Thank You
[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 12-06-2008).]
The proof is already out there that live bands don;t matter....K A R A O K E....
There are places here paying $45 an hour for Karaoke/Dance music. One person 5-6 hours 7 nights a week in the Spring Summer and Fall (3 nights in Dec Jan Feb) with a notebook computer and Roxbox and WinAmp hooked into the house system. Do the math.
Bands are not the money earners here in Myrtle Beach. There are far more venues for singles,duos and Karaoke DJs paying more per individual then a band member would earn and working in one's own backyard rather then driving hours to gigs,
Still haven't seen an Arranger player in a club or restaurant though. To this day I have never witnessed a single or duo with a Arranger keyboard. Tracks and drum machines, But no Arrangers. I find that strange given many play with tracks and/or drum machines including my wife who has earned her living for 30 years playing. She won't take the T3 to a gig. Always 88 and tracks made with the T3 and RD700.
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