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I use ThinkPad notebooks. They are built like tanks, black, and have no lit up logo that screams "COMPUTER ON STAGE" to the audience. Not that there is anything wrong with a computer on stage, but it takes away from a bit of the magic.

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Before the ThinkPad I used small MIDI file players, similar to today's iPod/Archos devices, but for MIDI instead of audio. When one died (I always keep a spare - just in case) and I couldn't get a replacement (obsolete) I bought the laptop and converted everything to 192kbps mp3 files. What a difference! I should have done that much sooner. It made running the backing tracks on stage much quicker and much easier. It felt like a 50 pound weight had been taken off my back (slight exaggeration). I never want to go back to one of those little push-push-push-push-push-button devices ever again.

Insights and incites by Notes




Thanks Notes.. I always learn from your little tips. Maybe you can develop a little remote to run from a battery powered wireless to run and switch tunes on the pc? Just kidding.

Stan


Cornet Curmudgeon