Originally posted by The Leans:


Your question appears to be on the basis, that players who have 'the freedom' to musically express themselves when playing 'live', can be 'restricted in this freedom, by the use of the sequencer. Not so, in my view.

REPLY
Wow, let me explain what I mean by freedom. If I am playing a song and for any reason there is an intruption, possibly a customer question, or to address something that's happening on the dance floor or to add to what's is happening in the room, I have the freedom to do so. I am not restricted to any part of the song, in fact I can play something else that is needed at that moment. I can do this before anyone takes one step to leave the dance floor. Press one panel memory and I'm off and running.

When playing along with a sequence, I am limited to the feel of that sequence, I must follow it, I do not have the freedom to play that same song with a different feel.

Now having said all that --- I am not -- am not against working with sequences. I use sequence for a few songs like God Bless the USA. I use recorded music for songs I could do no justice to -- Electric slide, Shout, ect. I could never play God Bless the USA without sequencing with multi tracks. Mine sequence sounds great IMHO

Now the purpose of my post is to learn not attack. All of this stuff is good, I just want some positives on sequencing --- I already know the positives of playing live. I am looking for opinions about sequencing or playing live.-- Please.
I do get enough opinions about me at home---

I feel better, John C.