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Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: jamaicanbaan on June 01, 2005, 12:01:17 AM
I was just practicing on my pedal chops and I find that playin with my left shoe off works better.................lol..........

How many of you out there play with shoes on?

Oh by the way I've seen many people use this method of pedal playin'........ Is this wrong???? :lol:
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: ddw4e on June 01, 2005, 12:05:29 AM
I play with my shoes on...mainly Timberland boots :lol:  :lol:
Title: Shoes Off!!!!!
Post by: BigKev on June 01, 2005, 12:21:25 AM
I think playing the pedals with shoes off is better, more comfortable with them off!!! :D
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: SisterT on June 01, 2005, 07:18:15 AM
Quote from: ddw4e
I play with my shoes on...mainly Timberland boots :lol:  :lol:


Timberland boots....You da man!! You trying to be like that John fella.


Anyways, I play with shoes off. THose J. Renee spike heels ain't nothing nice.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: B3Wannabe on June 01, 2005, 07:50:59 AM
Shoes on.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: DbKeysinCT on June 01, 2005, 07:52:58 AM
i play with my shoes off i get better control over the pedals, i ve seen cats play with the 6 inch timb boots like it wasn't nothing. a yo DDW4e if u really play with ur timbs more power to u.

i need yall about my audtion tape i put it in the organ room
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: bustas_rhyme on June 01, 2005, 08:20:31 AM
I definitely do the shoes off.  It's just more comfotable for me.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: B3Wannabe on June 01, 2005, 08:29:16 AM
You shoes-off guys are weird! Everyone I know plays with their shoes on...except a few ladies.

It's easier for me to play with my shoes on. If I try to play without them, I'll be slipping all over the place, and it's just nasty to play barefoot, in my opinion.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: c3hamby on June 01, 2005, 08:35:09 AM
Quote from: B3Wannabe
You shoes-off guys are weird! Everyone I know plays with their shoes on...except a few ladies.

It's easier for me to play with my shoes on. If I try to play without them, I'll be slipping all over the place, and it's just nasty to play barefoot, in my opinion.


you trying to dis us barefoot guys!  all ya gotta do is stick odor eaters on the pedals, and you're on the money!!!

No, I just play in socks.  I have narrow feet, and it works great for me.  Besides, I play a C3 and unless I decide to make a back cover that does go to the floor, nobody knows!! :D  :D  :D  :D

Last night I played chromatic scale on the pedals at 132!!
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: singingangel on June 01, 2005, 09:11:59 AM
I just started and I think that walking bass as much easier with shoes off. So for church service at my home church to eliminate mess ups, I do shoes off and I try to practice with shoes on, to get that professional look when we go visit else where.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: ddw4e on June 01, 2005, 10:20:32 AM
Quote from: Madea's Aunt
Quote from: ddw4e
I play with my shoes on...mainly Timberland boots :lol:  :lol:


Timberland boots....You da man!! You trying to be like that John fella.


John Peters inspired me to play in timberland boots...he does it soo smoothly that I started doing it for about 2 years now...

Quote from: Madea's Aunt
Anyways, I play with shoes off. THose J. Renee spike heels ain't nothing nice.


I remember you telling me that!! :lol:  :lol:  Told you about wearing them 6 in. pumps... :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: SisterT on June 01, 2005, 11:38:58 AM
Quote from: Madea's Aunt


LOL!! :lol: Madea'sAunt!!  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: key-wiz on June 02, 2005, 06:07:21 PM
Shoe's On Charles Barkley Said Any Thing Else Would Be Uncivilized......................
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: Luv2Praise on June 02, 2005, 06:17:39 PM
Stacey Adams man .......  8)
Title: SHOES OFF!!
Post by: MUZACINMYHEART on June 02, 2005, 11:07:52 PM
Hello From Philly:

For all of the musicians that like to use the pedals with no shoes (including myself), just a bit of advice.  NEVER GO BAREFOOT!!  I had a bad experience playing barefoot.  We went to minister at a church out of state -- it was summertime - hot, so i wore sandals (no stockings/socks).  A few weeks later my left foot started itching and the skin began to crack -- I CAUGHT A FOOT FUNGUS!!  I still play without shoes, but if it's in the summertime, i wear footies and/or socks.   :lol:
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: jrd2809 on June 03, 2005, 08:23:22 AM
shoes on, it feels more comfortable to me, and i dont want people to know if i have holes in my socks
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: RMS2003 on June 06, 2005, 09:55:02 AM
I play with shoes off. I'm still a novice with pedals but I've tried with shoes on and I can't because I can't feel my foot hitting the pedal. I don't wanna spend money on special shoes either. We also have a C3 so no one see's my feet anyway. I always wear socks because, it just seems rather inapropriate to be barefoot in church, lol. Everyone that plays the organ at my church plays with their shoes off.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: CATRON on June 06, 2005, 10:17:51 AM
I play with shoes on. I tryed playing without shoes. IF HURTS LIKE  :twisted: . Juss kidinng. But I found that you can slide better with shoes on. No matter what kind or shoe. And I think that you can play higher on the pedals with shoes on. Probably juss me. :wink:
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: on June 06, 2005, 11:27:04 AM
With me it depends.  I usually play shoes on.  But when I go to other churches I seem to play the pedals with my hands (primarily because I'm pulling up stuck pedals =o)
Title: shoes on...
Post by: cakinbro on June 06, 2005, 02:12:32 PM
I play with my shoes on. I mainly play in casual dress shoes, dress shoes with a pointed toe, or timberland boots. I can't play with my shoes off.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: Kizio89 on June 07, 2005, 02:13:58 PM
somethimes I play with shoes off , but just when J play on pipe organ i church :)
on Hammond  J usualy  don't play on  pedal becouse we have bass in band
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: Luv2Praise on June 07, 2005, 02:43:32 PM
Quote from: xljiccfa
With me it depends.  I usually play shoes on.  But when I go to other churches I seem to play the pedals with my hands (primarily because I'm pulling up stuck pedals =o)


LOL.... You are SOOOO wrong for that one!!!   ROTFLMBO
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: bae95 on June 10, 2005, 09:13:03 AM
I play both ways but mainly shoes on
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: roz860 on June 20, 2005, 10:03:32 AM
SHOES ON.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED I PLAYED SHOES OFF BECAUSE I WASNT USED TO PLAYING PEDALS. EVENTUALLY I JUST GOT ON ONE DAY AND FORGOT TO TAKE MY SHOES OFF AND THE REST IS HISTORY. BESIDES, THE CHOIR SAYS THAT MY FEET STINK. WHICH THEY DO. SO I DID THEM ALL A FAVOR BY KEEPING MY SHOES ON.   BE BLESSED!!!!!!!
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: changin3 on June 22, 2005, 09:24:05 PM
Only if my heels are too high.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: trulyblessed on June 25, 2005, 03:11:28 PM
both.. depends on what im playin.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: itoh on June 26, 2005, 06:25:26 PM
I've been trying the toe socks and it's workin'
Title: Shoes on - Portland, Or
Post by: Anand on June 28, 2005, 01:23:16 PM
I play with my shoes on. Just in case I need to get-up and do something or maybe play the keys. I like to be mobile anyway. If you wear loafers then it's cool. But lace-up dress shoes prevent a quick exit or hinder my mobility if their off. So, I'm shoes on.

To each his/her own.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: musician_organist on June 29, 2005, 01:07:52 AM
Sometimes, the other organist at our church plays with her left shoe off but generally, she keeps them on.  I played without my left shoe only once, but the reason happened to be that I was wearing these really big boots and they were hitting more than one pedal at once and it was really annoying, so one sunday, i just could not do it.  I've never done it since then.  I just don't see it as comfortable.  I see it as feeling wierd to my feet.  Even wierder, my church has a B3, so while the church watches you playing the organ without shoes...anyway, if you feel comfortable with no shoes, don't wear shoes.  But people come to church and take their shoes off, so does it matter if you're on the organ?
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: tri-tonest on July 21, 2005, 11:12:25 AM
I play with my shoes on ( more likely boots) i am slow with out my shoes and i cant heel toe right
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: Muziqmann on July 22, 2005, 12:02:51 PM
I play with my shoes on and I luv playin' in Timbs. Heel, toe, heel, toe, heel, toe.
Title: i have to.
Post by: brooklynstyleb3 on July 22, 2005, 09:46:58 PM
my shoes are TOO BIG i wind up hitting two pedals at once.
Especially at my home church in Jamaica Queens NY The
pedals are too small.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: vMac on July 26, 2005, 11:43:25 AM
Shoes off.  When I first started playing, I always took my shoes off because I have big feet and it's easier to feel where the pedals are without looking.  So I kind of stuck with it and I still can barely play them with shoes on.
Title: HOW MANY OF YOU PLAY PEDALS WITH SHOES OFF!!!!
Post by: scoop on July 26, 2005, 01:11:19 PM
Shoes on,

I used to play with them off cause I thought my feet were too big. Then I started experimenting with foot/leg techniques. Hey muzicmann, Tims aren't to heavy for you? Sometimes I can, sometimes I can't.
Title: shoes on
Post by: jake on July 28, 2005, 04:19:14 PM
:wink:

I use to swear by playing with my shoes off when I first started playing pedals.  One day I was talking to a pipe organist who introduced me to www.organmastershoes.com.  This is the best kept secret for us hammond church organist. Buy you a pair of these. Yall be Blessed.