I think Greg may be out of town, so I'll just mention a couple things.

The gig was planned some time ago, but they had to scale it back because of COVID. Yes, everyone in the photo was vaccinated, and masks went back on afterwards. laugh

There was a guy in the front seat live streaming it, but I think he was a friend of the sax player's, and since I can't remember his name, my Google-Fu is worthless. cry

The set consisted of Greg on vocals, a local player on tenor sax, and backing tracks from BiaB. Greg sounded pitch-perfect and effortless, despite warning us that some of the songs were at the top of his range.

The set was heavily leaning towards Greg's more jazzy ballad, and the sax was a great choice. He only had an hour rehearsal and he had to figure out where to fit in on songs not envisioned for sax solos, so kudos to him.

Edit: Ooops. It's a jazz album. Of course it was envisioned with sax solos. blush

I know, you gig professionals are saying "He had a whole hour to rehearse?".

There were a couple points where all of us - Greg included - were in suspense as to what the next song the CD player was going to be, but it all went pretty smoothly. It was a bit sad to see a grand piano on the stage with no one playing it, but the guy with an iPad in the back of the room was certainly happy to have a smaller group to mix.

The CD is "Sleepy Sunday", and the track listing is:

  • Sleepy Sunday
  • What Ya Done To Me
  • Your Smile Looks Like Sunshine
  • Winter Leaves
  • When Smokey Plays
  • The Moon Just Seems to Know
  • Lonely Again
  • I Like the night
  • The Right Lane of Life
  • Me and the Moon

I also had a chance to pick up a CD done by Earl C Webb, who's collaborated with Greg, and I believe has been featured on this forum.

I talked a bit with the sax player, who uses BiaB primarily as a tool for practicing. He was definitely interested in joining the forum, as well as picking up an EWI5000.

Greg's manager explained how running a small record company was more a not-for-profit sort of venture, and suggested that I look at lo-fi if I was interested in actually making any money. We also spent time talking about how amazingly prolific and effortlessly musical Greg was.

Finally... that photo convinced me to finally schedule a haircut. grin

Last edited by dcuny; 09/11/21 05:48 PM. Reason: Listened to the CD. Heard lots of sax solos.
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Vocal control, you say. Never heard of it. Is that some kind of ProTools thing?