The video summarizes the musician's experience with hiring the Brecker Brothers, the unlimited budget for the album, the logistics of live performances with horns and strings, the challenges of a large band, and the evolution of keyboard technology.

[100:52-101:05]

Speaker asks if they hired a horn band like Tower of Power, the speaker reveals they had the Brecker Brothers on the first album, and the interviewer reacts with surprise, comparing the musician to Steely Dan.

Right, right. Did you hire a, like a tower of power, uh, horn band? We had the Brecker Brothers, uh, on the first album. Wow. Yeah. Holy shit. No wonder people were comparing you to Steely Dan. There you go.

[101:05-101:17]

The speaker explains that they had an unlimited budget for the album, allowing them to spare no expense and do whatever they wanted.

This is- Yeah. No, they Yeah. We, we had the Brecker Brothers. They're, they were- Now- For this album, they spared no expense. They, they said, "What do you Whatever you want, go ahead and do it." Wow. Yeah.

[101:17-101:36]

Speaker discusses the logistics of live performances, mentioning they sometimes bring horns and strings depending on the venue, despite the challenges.

All right. Are now, uh, do you Or when, when you perform live do you do it like bring horns or do you bring horns? Yeah, once in a while. Uh, it depends on if it's a, a venue that will really support it. But we've done, we've done with horns and strings a couple of shows. Uh, it was really, really a lot of fun doing that. Pain in the ass, but it was a lot of fun.

[101:36-101:52]

Speaker recalls having a 13-piece band with horns and strings, highlighting the logistical difficulties of setting up for gigs.

Yeah. I would imagine. Holy crap, man. Yeah. Strings and horns. I had a 13 piece band at 1 point, and with, with- Ooh. with the horn section, and it was just like It was in It was just so much, uh, logistics in get- any kind of gig setting up for all that stuff.

[101:52-102:13]

Speaker discusses the evolution of keyboard technology, contrasting the days of moving heavy instruments with modern setups using computers and advanced keyboards.

And going back to the We were talking about this the other day where keyboard players actually had to, like, move pianos and, and, and B3 organs and stuff, right? I was like, "Wow." So then- And that keyboard player, Bill, he's got like a, uh, a, uh, what, Nord one. Yeah. Yeah, everything. And everything else goes through his computer and it's amazing the sounds he gets.

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