Don't know about the years.
  • Switching from drums to saxophone
  • My first gig playing sax in a rock band - (This is what I want to do for the rest of my life)
  • Berg Larsen 100/0 stainless steel sax mouthpiece (can you say Rock & Roll or R&B sax?)
  • Wollensak reel-to-reel recorder (later Teac 4 track)
  • MIDI and my Atari/ST computer
  • Master Tracks Pro - the ability to sequence music and make my own backing tracks without the Teac and the degradation of bouncing tracks
  • Band-in-a-Box and the ability to write styles.
  • Peter Gannon calling to help me with my fledgling aftermarket business offering to convert my Atari styles to IBM format (Microsoft DOS).
  • Yamaha WX7 Wind MIDI controller and TX81z
  • Physical modeling synthesis and the Yamaha VL70-m which makes me feel like I am playing an instrument with my Wind Midi Controller (now a Yamaha WX5) instead of triggering a synth.
  • Digitech RP355 amp-modeling/FX/Direct-box pedal for gigging with my guitar
  • My custom built Parker DF522NN guitar(NN for Notes Norton)
  • EV-ZXL15A powered speakers - so much better than anything I've ever used before


I've probably left something out smile

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