From gabru@comsec.net Sat Nov 24 10:27:47 2012
Subject:RE: CHEAT SHEETS, Music STands and BIG TIME ROCK STARS !
Hey Simon,
I like the Nerd with a Nord shot...very cool!
....and why do horn players use music on songs where they only pop a few accent notes in a tune?
Their charts have more rests than anything. I have worked with some big name horn based groups
and was always baffled by that. I have to admit that I sometimes had a set list on the floor or vocal
parts (that I couldn't remember). In later years I moved them to the top of racks or keyboards near
me for reference but music on a stand??...never. Session players or hired guns who sit in for a night
might want that but there really are no music stands in rock. As I said on the XK-s group "rock comes
from the heart not the page". It's especially true with blues. With blues someone just shouts out the
key if you are sitting in and not familiar with the tune and by a few bars you know the tune (in most cases).
Gary
From: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com [mailto:CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Simon Beck
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 10:02 AM
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CWSG] CHEAT SHEETS, Music STands and BIG TIME ROCK STARS !
Rock star image? Moi? May I refer you to
http://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/377943_10150477801779311_401128721_n.jpg?
I don't think I look much like yer average rock star, though you might have
other opinions. And it's not just a matter of age - here I am in 1979 at the
tender age of 18 (far right, playing a Selmer-Armon cheap Italian electronic
piano, or CIEP) -
http://xa.yimg.com/kq/groups/12338205/sn/2092250329/name/school+keyboard.jpg
Not exactly rock-star material, even then.
It's not a question of image - it's about what you need on stage.
Why exactly are you so bitter?
Simon Beck
London, UK
> And WHOOPIE DOO for you players that play weekly or more often ....Having
> your ROCK STAR images of your self
> not needing any music stands .
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