Jim Alfredson

Lawrence Welk with Eddie Burke on the Hammond, from 1938 (about 3 minutes into the clip). That would make that organ a model BC. I used to have one, from around that same time. Wow!

Just found these clips on YouTube of the late great Frank Morgan. Local great Claude Black on piano and my man Sean Dobbins from Detroit on drums.

Are you using the "search", located in the top right gray area between "members" and "help" or are you using the "Search Music: Artist" in the white section? Because those are two different things. The search engine uses boolean operators. Check out how to use it here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...mp;CODE=explain

Rick Ashley is dreamy.

Exactly, which is what I said in my post. The suits may have helped dilute the music more and they might have even come up with the term "smooth jazz", but the lineage of the music itself extends straight out of jazz's evolution (or devolution, like Sangry said). That is the part of the original post that I take umbrage with; that smooth jazz has no relation to "real" jazz. Bela Fleck Don't agree with you there, but hey...

Right. You do not want to use your internal soundcard for recording audio. The Alesis will not work with the internal soundcard, it will replace it. And you'll be much better off!

Enough. Your behavior is trollish and I'm getting sick of it. The post about being the most "controversial" poster is as transparent as glass. And by the way, you're NOT the most controversial poster to be a member here, not by a long shot. If that's the whole point of your game, then you've failed. You're on thin ice. Use the search function. Engage in conversation instead of starting threads asking whether people agree with you and then lambasting them when they don't. Read the archives. There is almost five years of incredible dialogue between very heavy people here. If you're too lazy to look it up, then go start your own board, since nobody else will have you. And finally, those with strong opinions need to back them up. Post some of your music, since you've been playing "real" music for 19 years. Put up or shut up about someone like Damon. Your time is limited.

Not much discussion because we haven't been doing much lately in public. We are working on a new record and we will be in Kalamazoo, South Bend, and Allegan this weekend.

I think the first post is extremely ignorant and biased. It is a given that not all smooth jazz is good (the same can be said of any music for that matter). But to deny the lineage that connects it to "real" jazz (whatever that term means) is shortsighted at best. I hear the phrase "instrumental pop" a lot and that is a good description. But if so, what are the covers of Tin Pan Alley tunes done by countless jazz musicians in the 40s, 50s, 60s, etc? Pop tunes done instrumentally, right? I don't think the original author of the first post has ever actually seen a smooth jazz concert. I finally did a few months ago and the experience helped me understand what it's about. It's about playing pop tunes instrumentally, soloing over the form, people dancing, singing along, having a good time, etc. It's a live band playing your favorite tunes instrumentally and taking solos. Sounds familair. Yes, some of it is absolutely wretched, especially the stuff on the radio (again, that can be said for any music... usually the worst examples a genre of music are played on the radio) but I don't think it is pretending to be anything it isn't. And it definitely was not created by suits, it was created by mucisians. Now, the suits may have helped "dilute" it as they often do with anything that becomes remotely popular. But to give them credit for the creation is ludicrous.

The problem with any built-in soundcard on any computer is that it is not in any way optimized for audio recording and especially not for multitracking. You need something that supports ASIO or else you'll be dealing with enormous latency. You also need something that has professional inputs and outputs, including microphone preamplifiers, not 1/8" jacks. The Alesis looks cool.

They needed help with that?

If you don't get Rashaan, then you don't get raw, unfettered expression in it's most pure form.

That was a funny game. I was very happy to be able to finally watch the Pistons in HD, since I do not have digital cable. I only get the network channels in HD on basic cable. The last time the Pistons played on a Sunday on ABC, I was coming back from out of town, so I missed it. So my wife comes in about 6 minutes until halftime and reminds me that we're supposed to go to an informal birthday dinner for her sister at a restaurant. Somehow I convince her to let me stay home and watch the game; probably because she knows I've worked my ass off this weekend (three gigs in three nights... a rarity for this time of year). Besides, the Suns had just cut a 17 point Piston lead to 6. The game was getting close. My wife leaves with Zora and all of a sudden the Pistons go on a 12-0 run to end the half. Then they pick up right where they left off in the third quarter and before I know it, the lead is in the mid-30s! Holy crap! At that point I started researching bass cabinets on the computer, no longer worried about a "close game". I just kept one eye on the TV.

Yes, I would look for an audio interface that comes with software. I use Presonus Firepods, which come with Cubase LE (I have since upgraded to the full version of Cubase, Cubase 4). Cubase LE let's you playback up to 48 tracks at a time, supports MIDI and audio recording, has built-in effects like compression, reverb, etc. and is pretty easy to use. Presonus offers the Firebox, which has two microphone preamps and two line inputs I believe. They retail for $300, but I bet you could fine one for around $200 used on eBay or the like. The preamps on Presonus stuff are quite good for the price point. It is convenient to have audio interfaces with built-in preamps because then you can just plug your mic in channel one, your guitar direct into channel two, and rock out.

Like all Windows OS's, Vista is a resource hog. Your son is correct that you need serious RAM for it to run like it wants to, which is ridiculous, but that's been Microsoft's m.o. forever. I have not upgraded any of my computers to Vista. If I build a new machine, I might install it but it depends on the machine. The next computer I can see upgrading or re-building would be my music machine, which is the one I use to multitrack with Cubase and so far Cubase isn't too happy with Vista.

Is it dumpy mama?

Now get the fuck out. -_-

It's the bank's fault? All of a sudden you have $5 million in your account and you don't stop and think, "Hey, this must be a mistake!" Even if it was just $25,000, I'd know that the money obviously wasn't mine, despite what the bank manager said. How about a little personal responsability? Oh, and thanks for the welcome wagon, Christiern. Why do I sometimes feel like I'm watching over a bunch of teenagers?