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Another lovely outdoor gig yesterday. Out on a friend's porch. Maybe
fifty people there. Lots of food. Kids. Right on the river with a big
field. Managed to play original tunes for a whole hour. Since I wrote
all the lyrics, I was stuck with lead vocal duty. Stevie Wonder makes
it look easy, but since I can barely play keys and barely sing,
joining the two is an experience. Although I primarily just used a
Wurlitzer patch on the EMU Vintage Keys (Wurlitzer, Farfisa, and
Melotron flute--the holy triumvirate of garage band rock) I did do
some extended jamming with the AN1x--that's the nice thing about
playing for free and playing at parties, you can be a little weird.
Low watt guitar tube amp really helps the leads, makes them sound
more like an instrument. Just to make things more interesting I set
the pitch bend all the way so I was getting octaves and doing dive
bomb whanmmies.

I set the effects so my leads have a slap back echo. Kind of like Sci
Fi rockabilly.

All the local musicians were there. Living in a rural area, you know
everybody that plays and that's nice. There was everything from
crazed Berkley graduates playing in 7/8 to mountain man biker guys in
top hats channeling Guns n Roses. No one else had a keyboard player.
No one else played any funk. Man, I have to work on my singing.

Synths sound better outdoors.

ERainbow Jimmy