instead of hijacking another thread, which i sort of did,
I decided to start a new one on the subject:

quote:
Originally posted by to the genesys:
. By playing arrangers, we are intentionally cutting out lots of other persons from working. Why because we want to make more money. Instead of playing in a band with other instrumentalist, we use and arranger that has samples of those instruments, technology that causes those instruments to play by themselves by us pressing a chords (styles)-------------------------------------------
Mo:
We are not cutting out other people from working unless
we are going into a place that has bands and saying: hey
why pay all those guys when I can make the same music
for the price of one. in my experience that is not what is
happening, and if a place hires an omb to replace a band,
that means the band had little impact, because no way
an omb will have the same kind of impact or be as strong
an attraction as a good band would.

It's just that today's economics and musical tastes
increasingly preclude the hiring of bands as a viable
option, so the deejay, the kjay, the omb have filled the
gap. we are able to work as live entertainers because we
are economic for smaller venues and events. what does
amaze me, however, is the number of you that say they work as omb's to 100-250 people. I don't really understand that at all, unless the venue or sponsor finds
the omb, for some reason musically preferable to a band.

But we can hardly blame the practioner of what technology has provided for the fallout that comes from technological advance.
A couple years ago i hired a pianist to work duo with me on a gig..i played sax , sang, and used my kb for vibes etc..solos..
i hit the bossa rhythm bass/drum backing on one tune
and the pianist got up in a huff and said.." i know too many good drummers out of work for me to consent to
play with a machine" I thought he was misguided. Do You?

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Miami Mo




[This message has been edited by keysvocalssax (edited 07-06-2007).]