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Title: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: RichardNixon on May 14, 2006, 08:57:39 PM
This is not a criticism, but why the need for two keyboard players? Is that really necessary? I'm not a musician or anything, so I don't know. Does one play keyboard and the other play another type of keyboard type instrument?


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: Walapino on May 14, 2006, 08:59:30 PM
I think pittman does the special effects and the samples,etc while Dizzy plays the keys, however im not sure. Pink Floyd had 2 keyboards on tour aswell for those reasons I believe.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: dave-gnfnr2k on May 14, 2006, 09:02:38 PM
I think pittman does the special effects and the samples,etc while Dizzy plays the keys, however im not sure. Pink Floyd had 2 keyboards on tour aswell for those reasons I believe.

That is correct. Dizzy is piano/keyboards while Pittman is the sampling, synth, and all that jazz. Pittman will be very busy when they play more new songs.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: TheGun on May 14, 2006, 09:04:31 PM
Right - I think it will become more apparent when the new songs start rolling out.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: Crowebar on May 14, 2006, 09:19:42 PM
Pitts the effects guy and when Dizzys playing the piano shit he's doing the synth shit. :nervous: :confused: :rant: :smoking:


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: gnrforever666 on May 14, 2006, 09:51:44 PM
dizzy does some synthesizer work. It is mostly Chris that does that and the sampling and creating the new avant garde sounds of Guns N Roses.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: mega_music on May 14, 2006, 09:53:35 PM
Lets hope Pitmans keyboard are plugged in this tour.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: Neemo on May 14, 2006, 10:12:17 PM
Cuz they need 2 keyboards and a piano to play NR live....so i imagine that the new songs have parts enough for 2 keyboards as well :peace:

my info comes from the Making Fucking Videos, part ii November Rain....it Either Dizzy or Axl that says it : ok:


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: lul on May 14, 2006, 10:29:26 PM
why is pittman called mother goose?  ???


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: snooze72 on May 15, 2006, 04:05:39 AM
Lets hope Pitmans keyboard are plugged in this tour.
Doing the digital stuff isn't like playing a keyboard... you don't press a key and get a note, you get loops and segments, etc.? So one hand movement unleashes a lot of sounds and effects that may not appear to be coming from him. 


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: Slashead on May 15, 2006, 04:16:46 AM
Pitman rocks!


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: Voodoochild on May 15, 2006, 05:02:25 AM
Never saw anybody complaing because of Ted Zig-Zag's keyboards. Why for Pittman now, when the new songs clearly have a lot of sound fx that Dizzy wouldn't be able to do live?


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: [mango] on May 15, 2006, 05:04:12 AM
Chris Pitman = GNR


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: shaun on May 15, 2006, 05:50:51 AM
Pitts the effects guy and when Dizzys playing the piano shit he's doing the synth shit. :nervous: :confused: :rant: :smoking:

...and the 3rd keyboardist Axl plays November Rain  :hihi: i am sure if Axl was up to it he could ditch Dizzy and play all the piano parts himself, i guess he chooses not to, he does after all have trouble remembering the lyrics from time to time  ;D


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: estrangedpaul on May 15, 2006, 07:42:54 AM
Never saw anybody complaing because of Ted Zig-Zag's keyboards. Why for Pittman now, when the new songs clearly have a lot of sound fx that Dizzy wouldn't be able to do live?

I suppose his role as an actual member of the band rather than as a touring musician confuses people. Green Day had a keyboardist and an additional guitar player but only on tour but they weren't considered actual members of the band. Pittman seems to have done some amount of work in the studio so presumably that's why he's considered a full member of the band, which many fans consider a joke. Zig-Zag and Roberta and the rest were never considered anything more than touring musicians.

Pittman must surely be pretty bored during all the appetite stuff however, but like people said he's useful for the new stuff like Madagascar, Oh My God, There Was A Time, etc. He would also do the Paul Buckmeister stuff if those songs ever get played live! Also, I'm almost certain I read somewhere Axl said that he and Pittman co-wrote Madagascar.


Title: Re: Dizzy and Pitman- Why two keyboard players?
Post by: slashisvr on May 18, 2006, 03:49:18 PM
i question the fact if we need one at all