Great vid, Danny. This is a standard type of gig that I've done a couple dozen of in the last several years. What's happening is the bass, drums and some harmony vocals are prerecorded and the keys player is handling most of the horns and other parts. I can see he's exactly like me, he doesn't want everything prerecorded he wants to be busy on stage so he recorded what he feels is necessary and is playing the rest live. I could plug right in with Steve no problem at all I've done all that stuff for years. I've been doing the exact same thing except with my Korg Pa1XPro arranger keyboard and some midi files. It's the old model that doesn't have audio playback capability otherwise I would use some Biab RT's with it but it's midi sounds are very good anyway.

Note how they're running the show exactly like a DJ would. No breaks, no noodling between songs, none of that. They're going from one to the other. Perfect. It is funny seeing Steve with the big belly working his diaphragm but I work with a 300 pound sax player and it's the same thing with him. This is SOP for parties out here and it also shows how a couple of good live players can compete with a DJ.

The bad news is, no full band to interact with you're stuck with the recorded arrangement. Oh well...They're probably making $400-500 for this gig and they didn't want to split that with the bass, drums and guitar.

As for how to get signed, how to further your career in the music biz, I got nothin. It's all been said a million times over, consider it on the same level as winning the Lotto and that's pretty much it. The real sad problem is you're either playing gigs like these a few times a month or you're a superstar making millions. There's not much in the middle any more.

Bob

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