From tonysounds@yahoo.com Fri Oct 14 07:56:18 2011
Subject:Re: Nord C1 Version - Re: Hammond SK1 video of Green Onions

 It sucks that anyone retires for any reason they can’t control (tinnitus especially).  But a great many musicians stop because of non-playing issues, gear schlepping a huge reason.  But honestly, nobody cares what the gear looks like, unless you’re a guitarist.  When it comes to keyboardists, NOBODY in the audience cares what you’re playing except other keyboardists, and that is a fact.  Do I think a B3 or a C3 looks cooler than a clone? HELL YES.  Do I think I look stupid because I play an SK1? NO.  (I look stupid for all kinds of other more valid reasons!  But if there was only one keyboard onstage, I admit, I’d be very reluctant to make the SK1 it for that very reason; same for an SH01, or a GAIA, or a Micron.)  Does Seth Justman look stupid, or his performance diminished, because he plays a Nord C1 without a leslie? NO. 

"The meek shall inherit nothing."  -FZ 
"Hitting 'play' does not constitute live performance." -T
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