And for more close up non-Zydeco detail.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_q8YY2_At0&feature=related

BUT..Johnny Ace & Sidewalk Zydeco are the only 'tubes really worth watching..they're bloody great ....!!..next visit to the USA I make, I'm gonna catch these guys gigging, somehow, somewhere !

Video of how to key change an FR-18..

..hey, even I could do that..and as JA says, you can do key changes mid-song as well .I think you'd get so good at it after a while you'd probably not need to look..just feel for the key change button and drop over to the selected button...then hit it and start playing...hardly miss a beat if your smart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEIrTi0yaVk&feature=related

That key change feature is a real winner...it would be SO good for a band set up...would expand your band's playlist sound and variety.


As long as we don't get swamped with that annoying Conjunto and Eastern European style stuff, we may just get some good FR-18 Zydeco/ZydeCajun material on Youtube from now on now that the Fr-18 is getting more distribution..

Thanks for all the kind sords. I think David Sousa is playing this weekend at a big festival in Cali on the same bill as Andre Thierry. Maybe David can show Andre his box. I'll bet Roland would give Andre one if he asked for it!!!

Great idea! Leroy Thomas is going to be in Seattle
next Thursday, I'll try to catch up with him and
mention that. Know anyone at Roland?

Daryl, when you get over here again you have a standing invitation to take over the band for a few tunes so I can get out in the audience and dance!!!!!

Ha...now that sounds like the same sorta pressure my wife's been giving me...was a time when we used to dance a lot together but when you're front man for a band it's near impossible.

I have 2 or 3 songs where I can leave the stage and dance but it's like rationing out my time to my wife who's a REAL good dancer....a few times I've had the band play while I do a dance demo with my wife and while I wear a Garth Brooks type head mic...

Stopped doing that lately though..I'm too puffed out when I get back to stage...might have something to do with age???

And yeah..thanx for the Band invite..you're ON !!as they say .
Aussie dollar sitting at $1.10 to the 1.00 greenback...if this keeps up I'll be able to afford the trip...