Good Evening!
Just when I was getting comfortable with the show...
"Hmm... There's a note sticking. Is it my keyboard? Is it Key 1? Is it Key 4? Is it Key 3?... OK - here comes my solo section... Oh, @$%#^@%#! it is my keyboard... Oh, no... messed that entrance up... What do I do?!?!.... I'll just keep playing... OK... Push the Panic button.. #$!%&#$! it's still stuck!..."
Then Chris who sits in front of me turns to me and says, "Turn the keyboard off." -But what about the solo string line I have coming up?
Then the conductor gets on his mic, "Turn off the keyboard."
So, I turn it off.
I turn it back on.
I raise my volume pedal...
"!@$!@#@#! it's still stuck!!!!!!!"
So, I turn it off again. Say at little prayer. Turn it back on.
-By this time, the Musical Director/Conductor who was sitting out in the house tonight comes running into the pit wondering what's wrong. He dons a pair of headphones to see if anything it still wrong.
The next song starts....
Whew!
Well, that woke me up!
I truly had no idea what to do since I play the solo string lead line before the refrain starts up again. Was it better to cut out? Or just to keep playing? And since there are four keyboards in the pit, all of us were wondering if it was our keyboard that was malfunctioning. Thankfully, no real harm done, and there was no post-show "discussion" about the incident. Technology happens - or doesn't happen.
But I'm guessing the "stress" of the situation brought my heart rate up to the proper zone for aerobic activity.
