Experience Keyboard Player Looking to Gig
After performing for 45 years in duos and bands on Long Island, I recently relocated to Rehoboth Beach. I am now looking to connect with local musicians interested in expanding their live performance by adding split and multiple layered keyboard sounds. These typically include, but not limited to, bass (with my left hand), and layered piano, organ, strings, brass and synth tones (with my right). My split bass, iconic keyboard sounds, and backing vocals, will give your performance a new dimension of sound, while expanding your repertoire and performing opportunities..
The Early Years
I began formal music training on the accordion at the age of 4, and later transitioned to lessons on piano. I picked up guitar and bass during the mid-1960s which seemed to be a much cooler fit for rock ‘n roll at the time. In the late 1970s, piano & organ gained traction with the growing popularity of music by The Doors, Allman Brothers, Elton John, and my hometown hero, Billy Joel (both of us from Hicksville, Long Island). Returing back to my piano roots, I bought my first Wurlitzer electric piano, which is still considered by musicians to be the classic keyboard sound of the 1960s and ’70s. My performing keyboards are also capable of producing those iconic Wurlitzer sounds.
In the early 1970s I joined my first performing band, and after the bass player quit, bought a Korg synthesizer, stacked on top of the Wurlitzer and would simultaneously play bass on the Korg and piano with the Wurlitzer. From that point, and the 45+ years that followed, adding both bass and a variety of keyboard sounds in duos and bands became my forté.
Over the years, as technology progressed, the dual keyboard setup was eventually replaced with a single synthesizer capable of producing both split and layered sounds. Today my performing keyboards are a Korg PS-60 Synthesizer and a Roland Juno DS88.
