![]() Real nice dude and I didn't realise who he was until we were tearing down and he mentioned his day job. Monster jazz player at one point we just let him and the upright player go for it for about 20 minutes and I stopped playing to sit in the audience and listen. I've actually played with Taz from Submotion for a hot minute, he stood in on a gig I was doing when our regular guy couldn't make it. However I'm just not sure how to find any!Īnyone know good forums for keyboard players? Or better yet, know anyone who might fit this bill?ĮDIT: think stuff like Submotion Orchestra or BadBadNotGood I'd be really keen to get involved with a jazzy/hip-hop enthusiastic keyboard player (or pianist). So as I've mentioned elsewhere, I really want to get playing again. I'm quite lucky, in my current project I get quite a large say on the whole soundscape so I fundamentally avoid that Like, keyboards somehow aren't an integral part of a bands sound and apparently anyone can pick up in a few minutes. It's constant! No-one is ever happy with how the keyboard player sounds because everyone has different ideas of how the keys should sound in a band context and I think we genuinely get less respect than other band members. ![]() "Maybe try some long stabs in that part", "can you kind of play less but we want loads of pads UNDERNEATH everything else", "don't you have any Skrillex sounds?", "could you sound more Elton John-y but not boogie woogie and more jazzy?" and people always mime to illustrate how they think a certain part should be played. ![]() When being directed, people always use terms that no keyboard player would ever understand. Even if you're just using a grand piano sound, it'll be too tinny or too bassy or too much reverb or too jaunty or too bright or just generally wrong. No-one is ever happy with the sounds that you select. Having been to a few auditions and worked for a couple of bands as a keyboardist, I actually think that a lot of the ire that keyboard players get is quite unfounded! I play keyboards and bass and I'm better at bass but can definitely work my way around a tune on a keyboard.
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