Friday night:
Dueling piano show - hi energy, power chord, pop-fest, sing-a-long style
(NOT my favorite, but hey ... $$$$$)
I only used 4 sounds last night: Piano,Rhodes, Guitar and strings ... much like many of my go-to sounds for my right hand in a normal show, but the emphasis was on acoustic piano most of the night. (WAIT! I played a harmonica solo on "Isn't she lovely" - that was fun) When my dueling partner took the lead, I'd embellish with strings or melodic tidbits in between his chording. When I took the reins, it was usually piano, sometimes with a string pad.
Tone-wise, everything was as it should have been Both of us matched our basic volume and tone so we could intertwine all night. The big difference was the vocals. We're both very strong singers (I'm 20 years older than this young pup), and both used TC voice processors (he bought a TC Harmony Singer, on my recommendation, after hearing what I did with my PA900), but the big difference is that I have the controls for mine right at my fingertips. This is huge for me, because I constantly adjust and vary the harmonies in real time. There's never a "set and forget" vox preset for me, because too many things change with little, or no warning during a performance.
I had to give him a harmonizer lesson. He was like many new users - so excited to hear himself in triplicate, that he used it too loud, and too often, and most times, forgot to turn it off when he spoke to the crowd, which, in THIS art form, is a LOT. We've all done that, right? lol

All in all, it was a great show - crowd was happy, bartender (not a redhead, but a real cutie-pie) was thrilled when we each gave her $5, and the night went by without a glitch. (hitch? which is the common expression? ... hmmmm)

So, A+ for tonight, but that was as expected - it was 90% vocals and 10% piano. That's the way of my world. More tweaks, more edits and more reviews to follow ...