hey all
so my blues band is having a bit of an internal crisis. four of us are experienced musicians, our keyboardist (who is fantastic) was a living room player till he joined us 3yrs ago. so, he is not experienced and struggling with the volume of gigs (we are not loud by most bar standards, we are all middle aged).
he has a nice kybrd and we have a decent p.a. but, he and the frontman/singer are at serious odds with each other. kybrd will turn up a little for solos (not enough for the crowd to hear him well). the singer will then go over to his kybrd and turn him up more. it has reached the boiling point for our kybrdist.
i am talking with him about reasonable expectations. he wants our stage volume to be lower (it could be) and he wants us to play quieter during his solos. our gtr suggested that he play at one level all nite (of his choosing thru his kybrd amp, which is just his monitor) and then singer can turn him up and down on the p.a. for solos at his own discretion. i am not sure that is feasible, but personalities are battling now.
i am looking for some sense of standard procedure for bands w/ kybrds. i know they are often pretty quiet in the mix. and our kybrd player is a very meek player. his playing kicks butt, but he is afraid of coming out too clearly above everybody.
should he learn to adjust his volume at the keyboard? should we just let him play quietly regardless of anyone's thoughts? is there another plan that we are not thinking of?
thanks
so my blues band is having a bit of an internal crisis. four of us are experienced musicians, our keyboardist (who is fantastic) was a living room player till he joined us 3yrs ago. so, he is not experienced and struggling with the volume of gigs (we are not loud by most bar standards, we are all middle aged).
he has a nice kybrd and we have a decent p.a. but, he and the frontman/singer are at serious odds with each other. kybrd will turn up a little for solos (not enough for the crowd to hear him well). the singer will then go over to his kybrd and turn him up more. it has reached the boiling point for our kybrdist.
i am talking with him about reasonable expectations. he wants our stage volume to be lower (it could be) and he wants us to play quieter during his solos. our gtr suggested that he play at one level all nite (of his choosing thru his kybrd amp, which is just his monitor) and then singer can turn him up and down on the p.a. for solos at his own discretion. i am not sure that is feasible, but personalities are battling now.
i am looking for some sense of standard procedure for bands w/ kybrds. i know they are often pretty quiet in the mix. and our kybrd player is a very meek player. his playing kicks butt, but he is afraid of coming out too clearly above everybody.
should he learn to adjust his volume at the keyboard? should we just let him play quietly regardless of anyone's thoughts? is there another plan that we are not thinking of?
thanks
