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#401811 - 04/26/15 08:39 AM
Re: The LIFE of a One Man Band......
[Re: Dnj]
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Registered: 11/12/08
Posts: 2444
Loc: Bluffton/Hilton Head SC USA
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Sorry Donny, thanks for posting this up but I just don't like this guy. Singing Style too over the top, and I don't think he's actually playing anything, jusy hiding behing the piano, and he looks like he from North Jersey or worse Staten Island. LOL ! Only kidding, having that North Jersey look sure worked for the "Jersey Shore" crew. Here's the best entertainer I've heard around here. Lousy clip but he's very versatile and uses the backing tracks and arranger sparingly so you don't notice it too much. This is his traditional closing song. Plays at a CC every Friday and has a devoted audience of adults who love him. Jim Bannach, also has the BLT band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oaLllLYE4
Edited by Bill Lewis (04/26/15 08:46 AM)
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#401821 - 04/26/15 10:44 AM
Re: The LIFE of a One Man Band......
[Re: Dnj]
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Registered: 07/27/05
Posts: 10606
Loc: Cape Breton Island, Canada
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If all you depend on is your one man band gigs, and it's your sole source of income, things change quite a bit.
Unlike what happens with home players, your Arranger Keyboard then becomes an investment, as does the sound system, and the type of vehicle you buy, just to name only a few main items in your total kit.
Then, in my case at least, there was a backup keyboard and, of course, extra pedals, cables, USB (and at one time floppy disks) backups.
The task of booking and staying booked is another aspect home players, and often traditional instrument sidemen, don't have to be as concerned with, or concerned with at all.
I had a long (and quite successful) run at the solo performer type gigs (i.e. using an arranger)...well over 30 years at least, and it was often a learn-as-you-go proposition, as there were very few in my area working at that type of gig, and the early years were pre-Internet so no real help available like we have now with SZ.
Ian
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