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#139774 - 11/02/07 08:28 AM Music on the Cruise
cassp Offline
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Just returned from 5 days on the Caribbean. On ship there were a few arranger musicians. One group called 'From Russia With Love' was a family trio of wife, husband and daughter. The woman played a G1000 and an E-36. She used the E mostly for piano intros and endings, but I was surprised just how well this older lower end keyboard sounded. She was very accomplished and seemed to be the musical leader. The husband was a sax/flute player and filled in with a PSR1500. He did some organ, strings and trumpet on it and it too sounded very good. The daughter sang and had a voice I would characterize as very much like Karen Carpenter with a slight Russian accent.

Their arrangements were right on and very polished. I asked how much of the arrangements were styles and how many were midi. She said they made their own styles, but a lot of stuff had very specific fills and background, so I think it may have been midi from a style or vice versa.

There was also a solo pianist in the lounge who played a grand along with SMF off a laptop with VanBasco midi player. He was much looser and I didn't care for his vocal style at all.

There was a modern band in another lounge, but the girl keyboardist played Roland RD700 & 300 and a Triton - heck of a player.

Lastly, there was a reggae band on the pool deck. They would play all afternoon. I guess that unless you're totally buzzed, constant reggae get too monotonous. The keyboardist played an XP50 and an M3.

There was a violin-guitar duo, but I only heard them for a minute.

The stage orchestra was very good (big Triton) and so were the 4 singers, but the 8 dancers were so-so at best.

We had a great time avoiding tropical storm Noel for 5 days. I got to meet Tony Rome in Cozumel and I heard a great piano player at Sloppy Joe's in Key West. Yeah, mon!
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#139775 - 11/02/07 08:37 AM Re: Music on the Cruise
Dnj Offline
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What! NO S900 or Tyros 2's

hahahahah.....
glad you had a great time ....brings back good memories when my 9pc group played on board the cruise lines years ago lots of fun.

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#139776 - 11/02/07 12:19 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
tony mads usa Offline
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Cass ... did you get to perform?
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#139777 - 11/02/07 12:38 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
cassp Offline
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I reluctantly sang one karaoke song and got more nervous than I've ever been in front of an audience. I need my keyboard in front of me. I didn't ask to perform; the musicians were doing fine without my meddling
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#139778 - 11/02/07 02:53 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
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NEAT!

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#139779 - 11/02/07 02:55 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
GlennT Offline
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Registered: 12/01/02
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Loc: Medina, OH, USA
Sounds like a fun trip, Cass. "Very much like Karen Carpenter" has gotta be good.

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#139780 - 11/02/07 04:00 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
Stephenm52 Offline
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Registered: 04/13/05
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Loc: USA
Cass, thanks for the review sounds like it was a nice time

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#139781 - 11/02/07 04:52 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
tony mads usa Offline
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Quote:
Originally posted by cassp:
I reluctantly sang one karaoke song and got more nervous than I've ever been in front of an audience. I need my keyboard in front of me. I didn't ask to perform; the musicians were doing fine without my meddling


Cass ... that's funny, because I can never imagine myself singing karaoke, but I've "sat in" with bands from time to time with no problem ... but I'm always most comfortable with the kb in front of me ...
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#139782 - 11/02/07 07:51 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
Mark79100 Offline
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Registered: 10/23/06
Posts: 1661
Loc: USA
Cass,

Thanks for writing all that out.

To anyone, I've been considering the cruise ship circuit. Can any of you tell me the pro's and con's of working on the ships? Someone already told me you get the worst rooms, and they milk as much work out of you as they could. Also, I believe the pay is not as good as it was years ago.

Comments?

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#139783 - 11/02/07 09:20 PM Re: Music on the Cruise
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Loc: Syracuse NY
http://www.proship.com/LifeBoard/LifeBRule.html

Follow all the links read all the info it's not that glamorous.
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