[Dixielandjazz] 2nd Short Question - actually 2 shortquestions...

[ballen]

I don't know about Billy Joel or Frank, but Elton John does some shows in
smaller venues with canned back-up band. He pretty much just plays piano,
and everything else is sequenced.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <BillSargentDrums at aol.com>
To: "Mr. Bill" <ballen at deltapathology.com>
Cc: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] 2nd Short Question - actually 2
shortquestions...


> <<Just TRY and imagine somebody like Frank  Sinatra, or even Billy Joel,
> sitting at a piano, with a laptop open and at the  ready - it just takes
away from
> a professional appearance and mood...   Everything just suffers...
>
> The one that might be really good is the  portable DVD player, at least I
> could put that mostly out of sight - maybe a  small stand next to me,
below sight
> lines...  >>
>
> First of all,  if it were me, ANY device I'd use would be abound piano
bench
> height right by my  side well below the visual aesthetics of the piano.
>
> Second, Frank  wouldn't be using sweetened tracks, nor Bill Joel. Just by
> virtue of the fact  that you're using an MP3 player in the first place
blows that.
>
> Therefore,  you might just as well as come into this century in a
tech-wise
> sense,  appearance wise. No sense hiding it, so you may just as well use
it to
> your  advantage.
>
> Maybe the average age of the chicks gathering around your  piano might
drop.
> :-)
>
> In any case, anything you do that prevents you from  having to don
> coke-bottle glasses to see the music (screen) will improve your  image.
>
> Glad you liked the DVD player  thought.
>
>
>
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