Don, Sounds great ya got me drooling over a Pa4x, although no matter what I know I won't sound like you do redface Maybe time to sell the T5-76 and Pa3x -61 and maybe upgrade............. maybe not.............Good thing I won't be home for a few months the GAS may subside.






Originally Posted By: tony mads usa
Originally Posted By: Dnj
Originally Posted By: tony mads usa
Donny ... maybe if I were as busy as some of you guys - or maybe even HALF as busy wink ... but I am really enjoying the Pa900 ...


Why aint you busy Tony?..your calendar should be full where you live and your a great player also.. confused1


Thanks, Donny ... a few reasons ... I'm not pushing for the work as much - I don't NEED it, and I play enough to keep me happy; a lot of 'young bloods', performing for less, singing to tracks with a wireless mic, 'schmoozing' with all the elderly ladies (let's face it- they would rather have a 30 or 40 something schmooze to them than a 74 year old laugh2 ; and a number of gigs with the female vocalist where even I sing to tracks, and I don't even need a KB ...

I am still trying to get a gig at a nice restaurant ... it seems that in the past year more upscale places are having live entertainment on 'off' nights - Wednesday or Thursday - but even there, there's a LOT of really good young talent around here ... guys doing Buble and Sinatra tributes, with all the mannerisms, etc. ... of course, singing to tracks ...


Donny, I'll vouch for Tony about the young players players doing Buble and Sinatra tributes, you know we live within 20 minutes of eachother. For a small state or should I say a state the size of a county there is lots of talent per square mile RI=1212 square miles, my wife and I are spending the winter in Marion County Florida 1663 square miles and population density is not nearly as high here as it is in Rhode Island.

I've seen the same with 30-40 year old males singing to backing tracks. Sometime ago I was at an entertainer's showcase. A 30 something year old guy never sang a gig in his life was talked into going and singing by his friend who was a busy entertainer. This 30 year old had a nice voice but had never played a gig in his life. I guess when the lady ADs took a look and heard him sing a few hired him. Not sure the guy was giving a BS story or not but also claimed he never had a music of voice lesson in his life.