Linda Herman

[LHerman]

Hi Linda welcome to the forum i remember you being active on the Roland forum always helpful !!
You are a true Gigger and performer with a huge amount of experience , great respect.. and very talented ..
The type of work you take on not many can do !! and you embrace new technology and get to gripes with it and use it to enhance your music !!
Ballroom dancing is a particular challenge ...........the strict tempo dancers are very fussy tempos have to be spot on !!! if not they will soon tell you !! I do not believe just an acoustic accordion player on his own without accomps would satisfy and hold the evening .for this type of venue .
I learn't a great deal from the dancers with regard to the exact tempo required ...........for the different TYPE OFdance, plus sequence dancing which is very exact !!! with regard to tempo and length of dance . and also the strange names for different dances !!!
I did most of these gigs with my Elkavox 83 and the technics smac 1200 plus I had a singer who I worked with for 30 plus years .
I always wanted a Cordovox but in the UK in the early70's they cost as much as an average house .......
I'm unable to do gigs at the moment because I have terrible Sciatica .....it came on in early January out of the blue with no warning !!
I changed my set up around 2010 to a piermaria acoustic midi accordion with the music tech wireless system ,I note you used the yamaha
PSR3000 keyboard .......I had an engineer make mine into a sort of module ,shortened by cutting and removing the speakers and also the keyboard .keys .!!! for me my present set up is a joy and I'm able to do all types of gigs (when Fit )I've tried most module and owned too many
..ha ha ..........not tried the Ketron but I'm sure it is good!! so much of my styles have been tweaked over the years all my styles are saved to USB sticks with backup usb's . ......At the age of 77 yrs in May my Styles tweaking days are over ............I just can not spare the time or have the interest in tweaking the styles ...............As we tweakers know styles that can sound good at home do not always sound so good in real live situations . aLL MY STYLES SAVED TO USB ARE GOOD TO GO ........THE ONLY PROBLEM IS I DONT KNOW IF MY NEXT GIG IS IN HEAVEN OR HELL Well thats enough about me more I'm sure will follow if the topics NEED my rambling input .
Linda .......thanks for joining you know you are most welcome .................
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING ALERTING US TO THE KORG PROBLEM ........THEY ARE A GOOD HONEST AND LARGE COMPANY WITH A GREAT REPUTATION.............

Playing for dancers is what I like to do best. I keep saying it is dying and it is I have it figured out. The dancers and the musicians will die out at the same time. There’s a couple of us who alternate. We are in our 70’s. That can’t be possible. Getting tougher to handle the equipment. I can feel it. But I’m stubborn. Always fun to make a song danceable.
I enjoy octoberfest. Not a lover of polkas but it’s such a fun atmosphere. I have a duo or trio I go out with sometimes. Love my guys.
It’s been a fun ride.
I really was enjoying the Korg. Maybe soon I’ll have it back. I like the challenge of programming. I’m 73 by the way. But only
18 1/4 as I’m a leap year birthday.
I took on a new challenge. A board director where I live. 1 year in. 9600 people. 6608 units. I’m running for president of the board in June. It will interfere with my music but I have to do this. I’ll still play. Just cut back a little
Thanks for your story

 

[noelekal]

Playing for dancers is what I like to do best. I keep saying it is dying and it is I have it figured out. The dancers and the musicians will die out at the same time. There’s a couple of us who alternate. We are in our 70’s. That can’t be possible. Getting tougher to handle the equipment. I can feel it. But I’m stubborn. Always fun to make a song danceable.
I enjoy octoberfest. Not a lover of polkas but it’s such a fun atmosphere. I have a duo or trio I go out with sometimes. Love my guys.
It’s been a fun ride.
I really was enjoying the Korg. Maybe soon I’ll have it back. I like the challenge of programming. I’m 73 by the way. But only
18 1/4 as I’m a leap year birthday.
I took on a new challenge. A board director where I live. 1 year in. 9600 people. 6608 units. I’m running for president of the board in June. It will interfere with my music but I have to do this. I’ll still play. Just cut back a little
Thanks for your story

I have a huntin'/fishin' cousin born same day and year as you were.

 

[Tom]

Playing for dancers is what I like to do best. I keep saying it is dying and it is I have it figured out. The dancers and the musicians will die out at the same time. There’s a couple of us who alternate. We are in our 70’s. That can’t be possible. Getting tougher to handle the equipment. I can feel it. But I’m stubborn. Always fun to make a song danceable.
I enjoy octoberfest. Not a lover of polkas but it’s such a fun atmosphere. I have a duo or trio I go out with sometimes. Love my guys.
It’s been a fun ride.
I really was enjoying the Korg. Maybe soon I’ll have it back. I like the challenge of programming. I’m 73 by the way. But only
18 1/4 as I’m a leap year birthday.
I took on a new challenge. A board director where I live. 1 year in. 9600 people. 6608 units. I’m running for president of the board in June. It will interfere with my music but I have to do this. I’ll still play. Just cut back a little
Thanks for your story

I wish you the best of luck! Seems as we get older our accordions get smaller. I’ve gone to a 34 treble, 72 bass “stroller”. I don’t play for dancing but it seems like it would be a lot of fun. However, at your age, you could be bringing the average down on this forum. Just sayin’

 

[Giovanni]

I wish you the best of luck! Seems as we get older our accordions get smaller. I’ve gone to a 34 treble, 72 bass “stroller”. I don’t play for dancing but it seems like it would be a lot of fun. However, at your age, you could be bringing the average down on this forum. Just sayin’

Hi Linda and Tom ......you Linda are doing your best to bring the average age down .........I'm doing my best by hanging on trying to push the average up !!! you are right about the Ballroom dancers .............I think I liked doing the gig because I was one of the youngest there !! ha ha ha .
But I'll say one thing those dancers were all very lovely folks ......they seemed to have the energy to dance with elegance stamina and energy all evening most were well passed retirement age .................some had dance partners some came alone but the friendship was amazing and everyone danced no one was left out on their ownsome ................these folks learnt in their youth to dance (that was one way of meeting girls and boys) and are from a different era .....not constantly looking at mobile phones ,sociable ....the dancing skills they learn't in their youth .......has kept them fit and active in later life ......all the folks are smartly dressed for the evening of dance .......plus I think a few found romance .....good luck to them .
In later years when I was playing in care homes often people came up and said they remembered me and my singer at the Canary dancing club and the great time we all had ..................and some remember when we played there for the Queens Jubilee celebrations .My singer and I ended the evening not playing dance music ! but with a good old fashioned Pub sing a long medley including a tribute with patriotic songs as per the "last night of the Proms !! we received many standing Ovations at the end ...............the manager said in all his years at the club he had never seen anything like it .
Neither had we !! ha ha ha !!.........well it's not every year you can celebrate a Royal Jubilee.
Regarding weight of equipment I started to notice every thing seems heavier after the long lay off of Covid .and it is getting heavier !!!!!even more now !! I can not do anything at the moment because of this dreadful .....Sciatica ......................
Well folks have a great Easter full of joy and Happiness.

 

[Tom]

Hi Linda and Tom ......you Linda are doing your best to bring the average age down .........I'm doing my best by hanging on trying to push the average up !!! you are right about the Ballroom dancers .............I think I liked doing the gig because I was one of the youngest there !! ha ha ha .
But I'll say one thing those dancers were all very lovely folks ......they seemed to have the energy to dance with elegance stamina and energy all evening most were well passed retirement age .................some had dance partners some came alone but the friendship was amazing and everyone danced no one was left out on their ownsome ................these folks learnt in their youth to dance (that was one way of meeting girls and boys) and are from a different era .....not constantly looking at mobile phones ,sociable ....the dancing skills they learn't in their youth .......has kept them fit and active in later life ......all the folks are smartly dressed for the evening of dance .......plus I think a few found romance .....good luck to them .
In later years when I was playing in care homes often people came up and said they remembered me and my singer at the Canary dancing club and the great time we all had ..................and some remember when we played there for the Queens Jubilee celebrations .My singer and I ended the evening not playing dance music ! but with a good old fashioned Pub sing a long medley including a tribute with patriotic songs as per the "last night of the Proms !! we received many standing Ovations at the end ...............the manager said in all his years at the club he had never seen anything like it .
Neither had we !! ha ha ha !!.........well it's not every year you can celebrate a Royal Jubilee.
Regarding weight of equipment I started to notice every thing seems heavier after the long lay off of Covid .and it is getting heavier !!!!!even more now !! I can not do anything at the moment because of this dreadful .....Sciatica ......................
Well folks have a great Easter full of joy and Happiness.

Happy Easter Giovanni!

 

[Giovanni]

Happy Easter Giovanni!

Buona Pasqua tutti

 

[LHerman]

Hi Linda and Tom ......you Linda are doing your best to bring the average age down .........I'm doing my best by hanging on trying to push the average up !!! you are right about the Ballroom dancers .............I think I liked doing the gig because I was one of the youngest there !! ha ha ha .
But I'll say one thing those dancers were all very lovely folks ......they seemed to have the energy to dance with elegance stamina and energy all evening most were well passed retirement age .................some had dance partners some came alone but the friendship was amazing and everyone danced no one was left out on their ownsome ................these folks learnt in their youth to dance (that was one way of meeting girls and boys) and are from a different era .....not constantly looking at mobile phones ,sociable ....the dancing skills they learn't in their youth .......has kept them fit and active in later life ......all the folks are smartly dressed for the evening of dance .......plus I think a few found romance .....good luck to them .
In later years when I was playing in care homes often people came up and said they remembered me and my singer at the Canary dancing club and the great time we all had ..................and some remember when we played there for the Queens Jubilee celebrations .My singer and I ended the evening not playing dance music ! but with a good old fashioned Pub sing a long medley including a tribute with patriotic songs as per the "last night of the Proms !! we received many standing Ovations at the end ...............the manager said in all his years at the club he had never seen anything like it .
Neither had we !! ha ha ha !!.........well it's not every year you can celebrate a Royal Jubilee.
Regarding weight of equipment I started to notice every thing seems heavier after the long lay off of Covid .and it is getting heavier !!!!!even more now !! I can not do anything at the moment because of this dreadful .....Sciatica ......................
Well folks have a great Easter full of joy and Happiness.

Sounds very familiar. Great fun doing something you love

 

[OuijaBoard]

A 26/60 or 26/72 LMM or even MM can deliver a lot of galvanizing dance music and a lot of back relief as well . . . Just sayin'. Sounds like you have had and are still having a wonderful time and giving a wonderful time to others, Linda!