[Dixielandjazz] FW: Does Keyboard & Amp Sound DissappointAnyoneElse?

[Robert Ringwald]

I wrote:
 
>> A wind instrument playercan waltz into a gig 30 seconds before the
> downbeat and be ready to go.  
(snip)

Jim Kash answered:

> Wrong! A good brass man will arrive in plenty of time to be able to warm up,
> tune up, and get mentally prepared for a gig. 
(snip)

And that brings me to a complaint about horn players.  I hate it when they get up on the stand and warm up, annoying the audience and other musicians who are trying to get set up and trying to talk not too loudly so the audience can hear them.  

Why can't a horn player go into the restroom, outside, green room, or somewhere else to warm up?  And why can't they warm up with a mute in the horn?  

I have been at functions as a guest, not playing, and been in the audience eating dinner or talking when a horn man or two or 3 start warming up on stage and sometimes, due to his ignorance or the ignorance of a sound man, while standing near an open mic.  

Jim continues:

> In the case of a pianist, all of this is lost to you when you play a real
> piano. You are not in control of levels, eq, or monitoring.  Someone else
> is.  
(snip)

As far as monitors go, when using an acoustic piano, bring a mic and use a little amp so at least the rest of the band can hear the piano.  

--Bob Ringwald
  

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