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    Why is Pink Floyd more popular and appealing than Rush?

    Geddy's singing on Power Windows is especially good, in my opinion. Emotion Detector and Middletown Dreams are really great performances and...
    Post by: morgansterne, Aug 5, 2022 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Why is Pink Floyd more popular and appealing than Rush?

    Why is Celine Dion more popular than Pink Floyd? [ATTACH]
    Post by: morgansterne, Aug 4, 2022 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Hx stomp to Foh. Monitor?

    Can't you use the Stomp's left/mono out to FOH, and the right side output to your amp (using the fx return like others have suggested)? That's...
    Post by: morgansterne, Jul 17, 2022 in forum: Live Sound [BG]
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    Humbling

    Two weeks ago we had a "School of Rock" program open for us at a festival. They get together for a week and prepare a set of music. My...
    Post by: morgansterne, Jul 16, 2022 in forum: Miscellaneous [BG]
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    Yacht Rock?! Who has experience.

    We're doing "How Long" tomorrow. As these tunes go, it's on the easy side. "So into you" by Atlanta Rhythm Section is a really strange one to...
    Post by: morgansterne, Jun 25, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    What's the strangest music related thing you've seen at a gig?

    2nd post, we're playing a private backyard party. Pretty dull as we're mostly background music. There's an old lady, near 80 perhaps, and...
    Post by: morgansterne, Jun 12, 2022 in forum: Bass Humor & Gig Stories [BG]
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    What's the strangest music related thing you've seen at a gig?

    Some local band we shared a bill with used a bullet mic for a distortion effect. I guess they forgot the mic stand for it. The lead singer also...
    Post by: morgansterne, Jun 12, 2022 in forum: Bass Humor & Gig Stories [BG]
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    Vocal Harmonisers Question

    My tc helicon -- think it was model gxt -- worked very well with keyboard input. I used it for a couple years. I was the harmony vocalist and so...
    Post by: morgansterne, May 28, 2022 in forum: Live Sound [BG]
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    What are your "We Won't Play That" songs?

    Ha, we just played Weezer (island in the Sun) and Jimmy Eat World (Sweetness) yesterday. Sweetness is such a great song, as is Jimmy Eat World's...
    Post by: morgansterne, May 15, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    When is a commitment not a commitment?

    The only time I backed out of a band gig commitment was for a marriage counseling weekend. Our marriage was at a breaking point. It was take...
    Post by: morgansterne, May 7, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Yacht Rock band goes from theoretical to first gig in 10 weeks?

    Our lead singer compromised it down to 12-15 new songs supplemented with the rock band's 70s tunes we already play. Plus one of the two rock band...
    Post by: morgansterne, Apr 8, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Yacht Rock band goes from theoretical to first gig in 10 weeks?

    Backing tracks. Our guitarist absolutely despises bands that use backing tracks, so that's a tough sell. The nice thing about backing tracks is...
    Post by: morgansterne, Apr 6, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Yacht Rock band goes from theoretical to first gig in 10 weeks?

    Guilty as charged. I don't go out and get gigs. Im the only one in the band with kids at home (also true of literally every band ive been in...
    Post by: morgansterne, Apr 6, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Yacht Rock band goes from theoretical to first gig in 10 weeks?

    One keyboard sound per song? Not even close. For Lido Shuffle im trying to do the bari sax in the verses, the horns in the chorus, and the big...
    Post by: morgansterne, Apr 6, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]
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    Yacht Rock band goes from theoretical to first gig in 10 weeks?

    I don't really think its impossible, but it'll be painful. And after careful consideration, it's not worth it to me. After 12 years straight,...
    Post by: morgansterne, Apr 6, 2022 in forum: Band Management [BG]