From simon@alphabeck.co.uk Fri Sep 07 08:53:07 2012
Subject:Re: Hammond or keyboard player

When I was in an electric blues band back in the mid '90s, I described myself as playing "piano" (I was using a Studiologic/FATAR SL-880 88-note MIDID controller and an Alesis NanoPiano module), because acoustic piano was the only sound I used, apart from a Fender Rhodes-type sound on a couple of songs. At the time "keyboards" would have implied several types of sound, and since we were quite a rootsy, authentic band with a horn section, we preferred traditional names for our role. Our bass player/musical director even insisted that his instrument be described 1960s-style as "Fender Bass" on our CDs etc.

Simon

----- Original Message -----
From: mark k
To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 3:35 PM
Subject: Re: [CWSG] Re: Hammond or keyboard player


>> "Craig MacDonald - Keyboards".. but that's just me.. Wondering what the other folks on the list think about this.. ?? Is using "Hammond Organ" when you're playing a clone committing fraud? ;-)

I always refer to myself as keyboard player, no matter how good the emulation a Hammond A, B, C, M etc.is the genuine article (and a Concorde or HS examples which have now own the name and have Hammond in large letters on them). I guess if there was a perfect sax patch available I would not refer to myself as the 'sax' player. But then all the audience sees in my case is a midi controller and laptop so little chance they are going to wonder if I am playing a real Hammond, even if VB3 sounds identical.

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