Re: Rule #1

Oh man, I sing in a barbershop chorus and 2 full time quartet's. And
being that I can sing Tenor, Lead and Bass I am a first call guy for fill
in's (That darn Bari part still baffles me LOL). The chorus is relatively
solid in terms of "how it's gonna be". But with the quartet's you never know
what kind of things come up. Members having voice problems "day of" and
having to rearrange chords voicing's (I can't hit that note) on the spot or
sometimes on the fly when they start to "lose it" mid song and two parts
have to switch. Or maybe a certain member can't sing in his range at all so
we switch keys or even whole voice parts during warm ups etc. It makes for
some interesting times lol. Plus with the fill in quartet's you never know
who you might be singing with. You have to ring chords with guys you
have never met. I know one thing, it has sure made me a much better
musician.
Though I don't relish the idea, I'm usually ok with using an unfamiliar
instrument and or amp on short notice because I've been performing for
nearly 40 years and have done that countless times.
And this is not a slight against the OP but an experienced player should
be able to look at a rig and have pretty good idea of what will work.
And with the net there is no reason for us not to do research and see what
is out there and how it is laid out and typical settings so when you
encounter a situation you have an overview. Though I certainly have
not played them all, there are few amps "I'm" likely to encounter that
I'd be clueless about just because I spend a lot of time reading
specs and user reviews.


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