John: here on the east side of the SF Bay, we root for the Oakland Raiders, though there's been rumor that they may be eventually leaving
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the Bay area. In that case, the 49er's are the Bay Area's football team favorite.
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John, do let us know when you're in Northern Califoria. It will be a great excuse to have another California synthzone member arranger get toether & jam. Maybe you could use your influence to get Ketron to sell & support the SD1/XD9 in the San Francisco Bay area, as currently (as far as I know), there aren't any retail music stores here carrying them.
TonyW: Yep, I still occasionally take my cut out musicians with me, but I do charge more to include them, and since the client insisted on hiring a DJ too
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, the backup musicians had to go.
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Leave it to UD to offer his ever 'provacative' comments.
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I REFUSE to host a karaoke show. My part of the deal was to provide live dinner show music entertainment. The revolving green lights, karaoke monitor
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, and DJ dance was (as customarily) reserved for much later on, after the guests get themselves drunk and crazy . . . thankfully long after I'm gone. At least it's nice feeling to be paid well, and not have to deal with the drunks, and get home at a decent hour too. So far, live musicians and karaoke continue to co-exisit here.
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- Scott