The other day while at Guitar Center checking out synths, two things of note happened. The first (and far less interesting) thing was that I tried out a Roland V-Piano, a REALLY expensive piano emulator that was easily the most realistic piano emulation I've ever played. Sure, it costs $6000, but god it sounded good!
More interestingly, while I was looking around the store, a black guy roughly my age approached me asking me if I played keyboards, how good I was, and if I would be willing to demonstrate for him. I didn't mind, so I sat down playing some Philip Glass and some rock stuff...to which he responded positively. In fact, he told me that he was getting into producing hip-hop tracks and that I should play for his collaborative partner (who calls himself Capone), who was elsewhere in the store. So, after doing that, they were both convinced that they needed to get me to come to their home studio and lay down some tracks for them. They asked how much I charge per hour and whether or not I would be willing to drive to their studio (to use their equipment, not my own), so after saying I would be interested in checking it out, we exchanged phone numbers.
So now I have some dude named Capone's number in my address book, but I have yet to hear from the him (this only happened on Friday though). Now, although I wouldn't be surprised if this never came to anything, it's kinda neat thinking I might become a sort of local session player for all sorts of aspiring hip-hop artists...not exactly what I had in mind, but if it's fun and pays, why not...?
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