Just a little fun, originally provided to our Patreon supporters and now for your viewing pleasure. We fire ten questions at each other, as we do to our guests on the podcast.
Enjoy!
Gigging, Gear and Great Music
Just a little fun, originally provided to our Patreon supporters and now for your viewing pleasure. We fire ten questions at each other, as we do to our guests on the podcast.
Enjoy!
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Samuel B. Lupowitz is a founding member and keys player with Ithaca NY based ‘prog-soul’ band Noon Fifteen. We talk about his love of vintage keyboards, doing a podcast about an album, lessons learnt and of course a great train-wreck story involving nothing other than an X-stand!
Links to content mentioned during the show:
Samuel B. Lupowitz and The Ego Band
Samuel’s gear: Wurlitzer 200, Clavinet D6, Nord Electro 4D, Crumar Mojo, Roli Seaboard, MainStage, Motion Sound amplifier
Desert Island Discs: Rubber Soul – The Beatles, 11 17 70 – Elton John, Original Concept Album – Jesus Christ Superstar, What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye, Thrill of the Arts – Vulfpeck
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Finally, check out our podcast guest playlist on Spotify to get a taste of each guest’s creations.
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Episode 11 features Mark Baron, musical director (and keyboard player) for Gloria Gaynor and also with The Duprees. Mark’s passion for what he does shines through in this interview and he provides some great insights into working across different genres and eras of music as both a keyboard player and musical director.
Links to content mentioned during the show:
Gloria Gaynor with the Metropole Orchestra
Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge
Kenny Vance and The Planotones
Desert Island Discs: Pictures at an Exhibition – Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Tarkus – Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin, The Grand Illusion – Styx
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Episode 10 sees us spending some time with Andy Burton, the go-to keys player for Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul and Cyndi Lauper to name just two. Andy provides some comprehensive insights into gigging, working within band dynamics and the disciplines required to be a successful player and band member.
Links to content mentioned during the show:
Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
Little Steve and the Disciples of Soul do The Ramones (and here’s the movie appearance!)
The Youngbloods (and their song ‘On Francis Drake’)
Rob Schwimmer on the Continuum
Desert Island Discs: Everyone Digs Bill Evans- Bill Evans, Mono Box Set – The Beatles, The Planets – Holst, Dr John Plays Mac Rebennack (The Legendary Sessions) – Dr John, The Power and the Glory – Gentle Giant
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Episode 4 sees us move north to Canada, where we speak with Eric Doucet, who is keyboard player with Carter and the Capitals, amongst a range of other projects. We talk on everything from defining jazz-metal to balancing multiple gigs and some interesting desert island discs.
Links to content mentioned during the show:
Jim Alfredson Keyboard Rig – Echoes of Pink Floyd
Gently Disturbed – Avishai Cohen Trio
La vallée des réputations by Jean Leloup
Jon Cleary & The Absolute Monster Gentlemen – Mo Hippa
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We’re always keen to hear from you: drop us a line via the website, Facebook, or Twitter if you have any feedback or would like to suggest a guest (it can even be yourself!)