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.
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.
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.
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.
Last edited by dcuny; 09/11/2105:48 PM. Reason: Listened to the CD. Heard lots of sax solos.
Nothing do you don't already know. Lo-fi is getting a lot of plays, and making money is a numbers game. Pick a popular genre, get on the right playlists, and if you get millions of plays you can make a couple thousand a month.
I haven't really listened to the genre much. My daughter describes it as music that sounds like it's a bad remix, but when you search for the original song it was a remix of, you find out that was it.
Makes me wonder if there'll be a market for updated versions of lo-fi hits in a couple years without all the scratches and noise.
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There also seems to be a big trend in plugins that degrade the pristine sounds that sound designers have spent thousands of hours creating. Personally, I cannot see that it adds anything other than gunk to the mix.
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