My first keyboard arranger was a G 800. Before that, I played left hand bass and used a drum machine. If you want to go way back, in the early 70's I played B 3 with a Rhythm Ace. There's an interesting story behind how I got started with that. The year was 1971, I was attending Florida State and was in a 4 piece band that played around. One of the gigs we had was a Wednesday night party for the local single's club. Well one Wednesday we showed up to play only to learn we had been replaced by a guy with a cordovox and drum machine. The other guys got mad and left. I stayed behind and watched what he did. He did a really good OMB. I said to myself, I can do that and went out and did just that. And I've been doing some form of it ever since. I presently play the G 1000. I really like the way the Roland keyboard feel. Here's to many more years of OMB.

Joe

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Joe Ayala