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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