First IMHO

The music scene has changed so much for the older muscian. There are preformers that play records, and CD's,there are some that play with recorded backgrounds, and some that play live. I have lost jobs to some of these pros. I attended a dance at my wife's plave of work, it was a one-man-band. He had a guitar, a tenor sax, a mini disk player, a CD player, a Technics Kn2000, and two large speakers.

He played a CD and sang along with the singer on the CD. He would stop singing whenever he wished. He stroked the KN2000 without actually palying it. He played the guitar, my instrument, once, just strummed a few chords. I thought I would die when he played the sax, he was terrible, like a beginner.
The people who hired him knew I was a muscian, they asked me what I thought of the one-man-band. Without hesitation I asked them what they thought. They answered, I loved his sax playing and his voice, and we can't wait until we have him back next year.

This is what I have decided to do:

1-I will not, better still I should not play any song that I do poorly. I'm 72 and singing songs like the Electric Slide and hot hot hot is not what I wish to do. Soooo, I have them recorded on my SD card in the KN7, ready to play when needed.

2-I will be using sequences, I can sing better when I'm not playing full keyboard. This will also give me the opportunity to play my guitar, which I earned my living with for many years.

In short, I am going to use it all, it's a new day. The people we play for now accept all of it, they don't care, they just want to have a good time. So I feel orig. recordings, sequences, and live playing does it all. Scoot, don't play anything you do not do well, play the recording. And, keep the excitement and quality of your music at a high standard. Amen!!

IMHO----John C.

[This message has been edited by bruno123 (edited 10-22-2003).]