{"id":77,"date":"2017-08-29T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/axelin.com\/vindormusic\/?p=77"},"modified":"2017-08-29T16:04:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T16:04:16","slug":"2017-8-29-playing-for-bostons-tall-ships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/2017\/08\/29\/2017-8-29-playing-for-bostons-tall-ships\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing for Boston&#8217;s Tall Ships"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:66.68000030517578%;\n                \n                \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022448935-B93TFEQ5JGZSSSLQAK8D\/USS+Constitution+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" alt=\"USS Constitution FULL SIZE.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022448935-B93TFEQ5JGZSSSLQAK8D\/USS+Constitution+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022448935-B93TFEQ5JGZSSSLQAK8D\/USS+Constitution+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"USS Constitution FULL SIZE.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59a58faf914e6be49374bab4\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>This year, a cover band that I play in was offered a gig playing for Sail Boston 2017, a large festival in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, celebrating the Tall Ships\u2019 return to Boston. Thousands of people came to see the ships and eat at various food vendors. Since security was bit tight, the band actually had to lay out all of our instruments so a security team could search them for anything nefarious. As much as my horn can be a deadly musical weapon, we appreciated the intention of keeping all of the spectators safe.<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:66.68000030517578%;\n                \n                \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022503449-HACKUT8VQYM7OU5QD5S9\/Libertad+during+Sail+Boston+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" alt=\"Libertad during Sail Boston FULL SIZE.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022503449-HACKUT8VQYM7OU5QD5S9\/Libertad+during+Sail+Boston+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022503449-HACKUT8VQYM7OU5QD5S9\/Libertad+during+Sail+Boston+FULL+SIZE.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x1667\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Libertad during Sail Boston FULL SIZE.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59a58fe5ff7c50210a31062a\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>Anyway, I like to keep things interesting and exciting with the band, so in addition to my saxophone, I brought the Vindor ES1. I specifically brought it for one song. We decided to play \u201cI Keep Forgettin&#8217;\u201d by Michael McDonald and to then go into one verse of \u201cRegulate\u201d by Warren G. because they sample the Michael McDonald groove for that song. In the beginning of \u201cRegulate,\u201d there&#8217;s an iconic synth line. Though we originally had the horns play that line, the ES1 gave it a much more authentic feel by using one of its on-board synth sounds.&nbsp; It was a blast and the rest of the band really enjoyed hearing that line come from the Vindor ES1. The audience loved hearing the mashup, and the Vindor got some great reactions. I made sure to play it for a few other songs as well just to have some fun lead synth solos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div\n        class=\"\n          image-block-outer-wrapper\n          layout-caption-below\n          design-layout-inline\n          \n          \n          \n        \"\n        data-test=\"image-block-inline-outer-wrapper\"\n    ><\/p>\n<figure\n            class=\"\n              sqs-block-image-figure\n              intrinsic\n            \"\n            style=\"max-width:2500px;\"\n        ><\/p>\n<div\n              \n              \n              class=\"image-block-wrapper\"\n              data-animation-role=\"image\"\n              \n  data-animation-override\n\n          ><\/p>\n<div class=\"sqs-image-shape-container-element\n              \n          \n        \n              has-aspect-ratio\n            \" style=\"\n                position: relative;\n                \n                  padding-bottom:37.79999923706055%;\n                \n                \n  overflow: hidden;\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n  \n\n              \"\n              ><br \/>\n              <noscript><img src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022578842-GCZX4O55V93TENI9DKU9\/Vindor+ES1+Electronic+Saxophone+-+top.jpg\" alt=\"Vindor ES1 Electronic Saxophone - top.jpg\" \/><\/noscript><img class=\"thumb-image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022578842-GCZX4O55V93TENI9DKU9\/Vindor+ES1+Electronic+Saxophone+-+top.jpg\" data-image=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/55562dcfe4b02f3bc9fcabc9\/1504022578842-GCZX4O55V93TENI9DKU9\/Vindor+ES1+Electronic+Saxophone+-+top.jpg\" data-image-dimensions=\"2500x945\" data-image-focal-point=\"0.5,0.5\" alt=\"Vindor ES1 Electronic Saxophone - top.jpg\" data-load=\"false\" data-image-id=\"59a59032e9bfdff4442fd11b\" data-type=\"image\" \/>\n            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s exciting being able to play hip hop lines and bring in a new dimension to a cover band. At Vindor, we hope that the ES1 inspires both new and experienced musicians to explore new tones and styles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, a cover band that I play in was offered a gig playing for Sail Boston 2017, a large festival in the Seaport District of Boston, MA, celebrating the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/localhost:8008\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}