Jim Alfredson

Young Buck, How exciting! Nice list of gear. I would only suggest that you look at the MXL Condensor Mic package that many retailers are selling. It includes a MXL2001 large diaphragm condenser and a MXL603S small diaphragm condenser. The MXL2001 is comparable to the Rode NT1000 and the MXL603S is comparable to the Rode NT5. The pack costs around $150 for BOTH mics. That means you could get two packs for around $300 and have two small diaphragm condensors for drum overheads, etc and two large diaphragm condensers, instead of spending almost $500 and getting three mics. I'm sure you can get a matched pair of the MXL603S. You might have to order directly from the manufacturer, though. Or let me know. The engineer who recorded my trio record is a distributor and can get them very inexpensively. MXL Web Site These mics are very highly recommended and sound as good if not better than the Rodes. The aforementioned engineer who recorded our album has every expensive mic you can think of and raves about the MXLs. He did side-by-side comparisons between the 2001 and a Neumann U87 and although the Neumann still beats the MXL, he says that they are very very similair in sound and it's as close as you can get without spending mucho $$$$. Just food for thought.

I'll take the Lazar. Sent you a PM.

I got this one after much searching as well. Since it's out of print I don't feel bad offering a CD-R dub of it. Good stuff. I need to get his latest.

Summary: Jazzhound thinks it sucks, RonF thinks it's good. End of discussion. Enough name calling. Have a nice day!

Shit, $125 is nothing to scoff at. Joe and I got $50 a piece for backing up a singer last Thursday. Actually, he's the same singer that fronts the R&B band I'm in. We were doing simple standards. He's got a great voice, but there were some key issues going on... ie, he started singing some tunes in the wrong key... then couldn't get his bearings... I'm hoping some rehearsals will do some good. I know he can sing this stuff... it's just that awkward first gig. Speaking of singers, I hate it when people think it's kareoke time and try to push themselves up on the bandstand.

I seem to remember reading somewhere that it was indeed Weeden's trio. Nice to know he's still around. It would be interesting to talk to him.

Damn, that is COLD!

Ladies (who am I kidding?) and Gentlemen... Berigan has been officially banned from the Organissimo Forum for treason relating to his disparaging comments re: Wild Bill Davis. Any one else want some?

Dude, that "bassist" is the biggest ass-clown on earth. When I first joined the combo program at State, Andrew put me in a combo with him. Not only was I in a combo with a dude that couldn't play a bass line over a three chord blues in F unless he was reading it off the page (and even then his intonation and time were atrocious) but Andrew made me play piano, too... with a 1966 B3 sitting right there in the corner. It drove me insane. The dude had these business cards that he handed out that said, "Such-and-such... musician, composer, arranger..." I'm thinking, "Yeah right, buddy!! Who the fuck are you trying to fool?" Rosin made a funny comment about him once at Villegas. He said something to the tune of, "That guy should just realize he isn't a musician and go into accounting or something." Ouch!

The first member is "admin", which is the default member setup by the software upon installation. Technically I could delete him, then I would be number one. But who cares?

You're not coming off as an ass at all. I understand completely where you're coming from. Man, last night's gig was weird, but in a good way. My mentor, Doug Decker, came out to the Green Door. I was subbing for a guitarist in this two guitar band... had my B3 at the club since the weekend. So I play the first set. I ask Doug if he wants to sit in... "Nah, maybe later." Second set I play one tune. Then someone in the audience requests a Joe Cocker tune. Doug comes up and says, "Hey, I know a Cocker tune... can I play?" "Sure," I say. He tears it up, sounds great as usual. Then he finishes out the set. Ok... no big deal. I'm still getting paid. Third set he starts and finishes. Fourth set I play one tune and then he finishes the night. So he wound up playing almost the whole gig. It was great for me because I got to hear him play some cool shit and he sounded fantastic. But I felt a little guilty at the end of the night taking the money. I almost offered him some, but I am B-R-O-K-E. And I got the call... Weird situation. But he didn't say anything about money and seemed to have a good time, so it was cool, I hope!

We once had some dude our bass player knew (this is my R&B band) sit in at an outdoor beer tent. This guy was incredible. In the worst way. He filled up absolutely every tiny square micron of space. There was no such thing as a rest in this man's head. I'd never heard anything like it. We played one tune with him and then politely ENDED THE SET even though we weren't supposed to go on break yet. It was horrendous. What's even worse for us organists than playing with a bad drummer is playing with a bad drummer AND bassist. The whole time you're thinking, "Shit, I could waste this guy with my left hand and take his bread... what gives?" Hehe!

Deep is here under the name "Wingy (I Stayed Bombed)"... he hasn't posted yet.

Perhaps we should release the Roboticons Photoshop Builder Kit, ver 1.0. That way members could design their own roboticons and enter them into a contest. Hm.... that would be pretty fun actually!

Too bad I'm not at home with Photoshop or I'd be destroying this thread with the upcoming BN gem, "Marsalis and G... Duets".

Gainin' on ya!

Looks like it expires at the end of the year. I wonder if I could nab that baby!

Yes indeed, it's organissimo.org .com is taken, believe it or not and isn't really used... it's German, though. And .de is some weird German site too, that has something to do with finance I think. So what could I do?

My wife claimed that it wasn't the time or place for that, but then again when is the time and place? It seemed rather silly to have all these actors patting themselves on the back while American and British soldiers and Iraqi people are dying. I think it was a needed shot in the butt... the whole place was trying to pretend nothing is going on in the world.

And what about Booker tearing it up on "The Exciting New Organ of Don Patterson"?

Man, his duo disc with Leon Parker is great! So is the self-titled disc (the one with the greenish-hued cover). If BN dropped him, they are truly stupid.

I'm not concerned if he doesn't solo on it much. He accompanied people very well. And he swings his nuts off!

Aw, he's so cute! I wanna puppy. But I'm afraid my wife won't hear of it.

Hey Nutty... I like your handle! Welcome to the board!

Yes, playing organ is truly a joy. It's so much fun to be kickin' a bass line and comping or soloing with your other hand. Your whole body is involved and it's like playing drums... there's no way to not be moving around and smiling! I've had the opportunity to play my B3 three nights in a row (going for four tonight!) and it's been fantastic! Wednesday the trio had a restaurant gig that went well and we had a lot of fun. Thursday Joe and I got called for a pick-me up gig with an alto player and even though nobody was in the joint, and the drummer showed up only for the last set, we had a blast! And last night, since the organ was already in my van, I used it with my R&B band. Despite having some MAJOR technical problems that I was thankfully able to resolve (Joe, let's not drop the Leslie again... ), there's something about that sound that just fills up the room and is so much more satisfying than any shitty module or simulator. And I love the looks it gets from people. Most don't know what it is. And those that do freak out!