[Ti] Pet Shop Boys + Powerbook

[Yuta Hsu]

The beauty of technology is that it can be used for so many different 
things, even in one particular area.  For music (especially 
keyboardists), laptops can be used for something as simple as 
displaying the set list (a list of songs to be performed) to something 
as complicated as sequencing multiple instruments for the songs (the 
TiBook plays the drums , bass, and various other instruments while the 
keyboardist looks cool or plays something else).

I've a MIDI capable keyboard and sometimes hook up my TiBook to it 
using a USB-MIDI adapter so I can use it as a sequencer to control 
various aspects of my keyboard, and to also use samples stored on it 
(lots more storage in my TiBook for samples of instruments & sounds).  
The TiBook is also great for recording stuff I play, so I can lay down 
the various tracks of a song one by one (first get the drums, then play 
the bass over the drums, then add another instrument over the drums & 
bass, etc. etc.).  And with the advent of GarageBand, making music is 
even cheaper and easier now since it can do a lot of things other more 
expensive software did, albeit not as well, but well enough for 
consumer consumption.

Hope this helps!
Cheers,
Yuta


On Jul 11, 2004, at 2:07 AM, Dr. Trevor J. Hutley wrote:

>
> I happened to see The Pet Shop Boys playing on a show on BBC 
> television last night, and saw that the keyboard player had a 
> (Titanium?) Powerbook open right up there in front of him, where you 
> might have sheet music positioned, if you were playing from written 
> music.  The 'Book and Apple logo were very visible.
>
> I have never seen this before.
> WHAT exactly would he be using a Powerbook for ?
> (Question to the musician component of this List)
>
> regards,  Trevor
>
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