I finaly got a chance to travel to Donny Pesce's Dance Party, . As I walked thru the door Donny greeted me and waved the modest $7 cover charge[buffet and 4 hrs. of entertainment]. I was with my wife, and had the opportunity to meet Donny's wife[it was her birthday, 29th I think],and their 2 daughters and son..Let me tell you about this "old" boy, he knows how to put on a show. He has his 200 member audience up and dancing all night long..And his performance is as good as it gets,even though he plays a Yamaha..Donny hand picked a table for us and seated us with longtime friends of Donny[from boyhood days]. I found out that half of his audience was from his old hometown[S.I. and Manhattan].. To my delight, their was a gorgeous blond seated with us,she was with a friend of Donny[I think Donny's pals are ex Mafia]. Any way bact to the show, Donny keeps the action moving , non stop, he mixes the dances with a good selection, big band,latin and just enough ballads to keep the lovers happy. Donny has a good sound system in place and the keyboard sounded good. As my wife mentioned "Donny is realy good" and I agree, Donny you were strong, Vocals and playing[those ex accordion style players with passing tones and good comping]...Kudos to you Donny, We'll see you tonight at Uncle Dave's gig....Fran

Oh CRAP! Now I have to follow a glowing review like that????????????

See you tonite boys - it will be one of the farewell performances on my PSR9000. It's leaving home this weekend. sigh........
what to do, what to do.........

Hey Uncle Dave is the PSR9000 leaving for good or just a little vacation ?
Denny

Fran,

It was my pleasure to have you at my Dance Club last night. I hope you and your wife enjoyed yourself.
Making people dance all night is my forte. I like to give everyone a chance to dance by mixing it up really good. The Psr9000 does the job well for me musicaly and vocaly. Lets do it again Fran.

Donny NJ

PS: Dave, next time.. "Your table is Ready Buddy" :>)

Denny,
The PSR is history. It will never do exactly what I need it to, so.......out it goes. I can live with limitations, but I won't compromise features PLUS carry the heaviest board in town. That's just nuts. I will keep the PRO at home, because in a studio setting, it can't be beat, but I can't overcome the drawbacks of the PSR on the road. THe harmonizer issue is vital to my sanity, and a BIG part of my show. It's more important than quality of sounds or styles, so I'm back in the hunt.....again.
If the PSR2k is a letdown, I'll play my Korg till someting else comes out. Looks like the laptop is going back "on line" in my setup.
(The i5s sucks as a sequence playback unit)

Hi Uncle Dave
Changing keyboards like the seasons, again, huh? Are you looking for a buyer for your 9000? If so, email me to discuss.
Tom
Hope your show is a knockout for Fran & Donny!

The 9000 already has a home, thanx. I traded it to my friend for a bunch of studio gear and a few Roland keyboards. I liquidated his 32 track studio this week, and I took what I wanted before I resold the recording gear! Now I have some new toys to play with, and he won't get shot by his wife for spending too much time in his studio! It's a "win/win" situation!

Uncle Dave, you better be carefull now, with all this new gear. You might be spending too much time in the studio now!

Just Kidding, but I wish I had an opportunity to visit one of y'alls shows. It sounds like a lot fun.

I was very lucky to fall into the studio deal when I did. I found a buyer for the recording part of the studio, and I traded the 9000 for some of the performance gear. I now have a fully loaded XP80, an EP9, and thre of the most amazing signal processors on the market - the Lexicon PCM-91, the Drawmer Studio Finalizer & the TC Electronics G-Force (guitar fx)- plus a few more sets of head phones, a fender bass, a Peavey guitar and a bunch of small odds & ends. Now I'm really set to make some dynamite recordings of my 9kpro - drop them down to MD and take them on the road with me! No more back aches!