Thanks Jerry! Probably go with Vista Print where my lovely wife gets hers. Get the poster laminated, some business cards, and wrapping materials for the pottery all at once. Gotta look into it today!!!!
Good job, those were some brutal conditions!
Good idea Jerry! I took my Piatanesi “stroller.” Which is even more limited because only 3 treble voices. I think I will load up the batteries and see how the Roland does. I can always throw the Piatanesi in the car just in case. Plus I could change batteries at the break if I have to. Not much difference in weight or volume. This is a “chill, laid back” venue so big volume is not needed. I’m plenty happy with the Mathis sounds so no problem there. I will need to experiment and get comfortable with the register changes. Don’t know if I have the motivation to figure out and make sets and upgs.. Or backing tracks…..Good job, those were some brutal conditions!
Which accordion did you use?
The reason I ask is that one of the beauties of a digital accordion is the vast array of different sounds that it comes with. Where with an acoustic you repeat a song 2 times, you are done... but if you go from accordion to organ to sax to orchestral modes, you've just played it 4 times and doubled the length of time without negative impact... and there was NOTHING more to learn other than what registers/sounds to select.
I think you’re right Jerry, just a metter of getting familiar with where the sounds are, and getting to them. I have some other nice sounds too, just a matter of (re) organizing them since my memory (in the fr4Backing tracks are not needed, no programming either, just doing a little homework with what sounds work nicely in what combinations and a little practice and you should be good. At least for me, it is 1/10th the effort to document some settings and how to get to them over learning a new piece from scratch... though obviously both should be done in the end, right?
The Mathis sets are usually organized in some kind of logical order so in theory one could alternate between 2 sounds twice and get those 4 reps in there without much effort. Two hours is way under what a good set of batteries can do on a single charge (cold conditions aside, cold can lower battery life but in theory still well within the 4-5 hours per set that the 4X should be capable of.)
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I think 33 songs are enough for 2 hours if you make enough repeat. I guess you cut the songs early. If you are not in a concert which you are not, you can make a lot of repeats. Good songs always welcome another repeat. Expanding repertoire is always a good thing though. Most of buskers have 5-10 songs (in total) !!
Wind chill affects the player but not the instrument, so the reeds may well refrain from seizing up. As opposed to the fingers…
It’s true, but I don’t like to repeat songs if I can help it. Playing some songs 4 or 5 times through and I’m ready to move on. Improvised choruses help, as do different registers. I just got some tips from Ventura and Jerry to work on. I’ll probably pick back up a few songs I played last year and have pretty memorized while working on some new ones.I think 33 songs are enough for 2 hours if you make enough repeat. I guess you cut the songs early. If you are not in a concert which you are not, you can make a lot of repeats. Good songs always welcome another repeat. Expanding repertoire is always a good thing though. Most of buskers have 5-10 songs (in total) !!
45 pieces is a nice challenge and you should take breaks too. I always enjoy a 45min play - 15 min break... that way you need a few less songs, people know you are there and with that 45 songs, you can actually go for a longer period of time. Also don't forget to switch registrations more and instead of just playing a song 2 times make it 3 repetitions, that too gets them from 2.7in to over 3 min.
