OT: Went to hear SZ member Tony Mads USA

I had the oppotrtunity to hear Tony Mads play a gig last night as a duo. Tony was playing with a well know local multi instrumentalist (sax,flute,guitar,harmonica and vocals). The duo did a nice job. I've heard Tony play briefly in the past but this time around I was able to stay a couple of hours........very entertaining. Tony sounded great, good job with the vocals and his Technics board. As a fringe benefit I got to see his lovely wife again as well as meeting his daughter and 2 grand children. Very enjoyable.

Tony - what keyboard are you playing. Are you doing the backup band/arranger along with your partner?

Any pics?

Sorry I missed this post ... My wife and I left for a short vacation early the morning following the gig ... when I came back, for some reason I did not see this post ...

zuki - I am playing a technics kn6000 ... for the gig I used mainly the on board styles... depending on the style, song, etc. I sometimes muted some of the accomp parts ... I used midi files stored on the kb for a few tunes ...

This is a really good, fun gig to play ... the hours are from 5PM to 9PM on Thursday, 4PM to 8PM on Friday ... the crowd is primarily seniors, looking to dance and have a good time ... if they are not dancing, they are usually looking at the stage watching us perform ... they are very appreciative and applaud after every tune ...
unfortunately I was only filling in for the regular kb player who was on vacation, but I got a lot of good feedback from the audience (and my playing partner, which is ALWAYS good to hear ) ... one of the wait staff was disappointed when I told her I didn't know when I would be back ...

Donny ... only one pic which I will post... my wife had the camera and she was more interested in trying to take pix of our granddaughter and her friend dancing ...
t.

Tony sounds like a fun gig for sure.....love to see the pics....hope your trying to land a few more of the same type.

good luck

The pic of me and Phil is located here....
http://www.yousendit.com/download/OGhkVWRpVnNtNEkwTVE9PQ

Donny ... these are the type of gigs I am trying to get ... a good audience, playing good music, early hours, ....

t.

Great Pic Tony.....thanx

Judging by the pic...I also think you would be a great canadate for one of these
http://www.freehandsystems.com/

Good Luck

Steve... Phil and I really appreciate your being there .... thnx for the support ... AND the S-Z post...
t.

Donny... I KNEW I wanted to get rid of the music stand before the pic was taken ...
I've actually been thinking about converting ...

t.

Tony, great photo, your welcome it was good to be there hearing live music the way it should be. BTW the Calamari at Shamrocks ain't too bad either

[This message has been edited by Stephenm52 (edited 07-12-2007).]

You'll be sooooo GLAD you did Tony for sure now that your retired......& have time for more gigs ....you need anything and everything to make your musical world easier for you to perform....if Im not mistaken these units are way down in price now also....check em out. I was affraid to also suggest "laptop" also



[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 07-12-2007).]

Tony, the MPP is down in price $899 from $1100 when I bought mine in 2005. You may even be able to find a closeout for less money at an internet retail site.