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Title: Shoes Off
Post by: churchyreal on December 02, 2005, 10:23:36 AM: How many of you all take your shoes off when playing the organ or at least one shoe off? Just wondering.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: ApostolicFemale on December 02, 2005, 10:47:46 AM: I confess. I didn't want to do it, but when I came to my new church organist had hers off and like a week after that I got caught off guard and I didn't have my "organ shoes". So I took my heals off like her..one at first, then one thing lead to another and both were off. I dont play like that all the time though depends what kinda shoes I have on. :wink:
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: SisterT on December 02, 2005, 10:53:05 AM: Left shoe is off. I wear heels....and the heel-toe thing don't work for me with pointed heels.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: DbKeysinCT on December 02, 2005, 11:52:01 AM: i take off the left shoe every time i play the organ
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: nessalynn77 on December 02, 2005, 01:15:53 PM: I take off the left shoe when I'm on the organ, but I usually end up with both shoes off because I take them off on the drums (that's hard to play in heels, too) so if I start on the drums, i'm shoeless throughout.

My first lady's pretty good, she plays in heels (organ that is) and never takes them off.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: thedrummerschoice on December 02, 2005, 08:00:47 PM: shoes off same thing bout the drums i get off the drums and im too lazy to put my shoe back on so i leave it off lol whoa make sure you aint got a hole i usually pput the hole one on my left foot cuz drums my right shoe is off lol but sometimes they call me up lol i bes like :oops: lol
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: bigjon on December 02, 2005, 09:47:31 PM: I have to play with my left shoe off, I wear size 16, if I play with shoes I push two pedals at a time, and besides that I'm 6'5" so the shoe off also ensures that I don't bump my knees on the bottom of the console when I'm really getting into the basslines
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Post by: TwinkieClarkFan on December 03, 2005, 01:33:36 PM: I always play with my shoes on, Im used to it so it doesnt feel right with them off. I wear size 13 so it was kinda hard when i first learned.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: B3Wannabe on December 03, 2005, 05:42:03 PM: Same here. I wear shoes, but my feet are a measure smaller than those paddles you're walking with! LOL Size 9 1/2.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: Deunte on December 05, 2005, 01:41:06 PM: Hey I say just get COMFORTABLE, cuz I'm COGIC, & I been in some churches where it was out of order to sit on the organ with your shoes off. Hey if Sis. So & So, can shout out her shoes surely i can play with ny shoes off,,, :P
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: BimmerFan99 on December 06, 2005, 01:23:32 PM: Shoes on. It feels better that way. Socks are far to slippery when you start running those fast bass lines.
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Post by: mt_spiffy on December 07, 2005, 06:57:06 PM: Shoes off. When I first learned I had big tennis shoes, didnt own a pair of dress shoes!, and couldnt help hitting more than one pedal at the same time. So now that's more comfortable to me. I think you can run faster with shoes though.

My Godmother can kill an organ with 6" heels and run bassline faster than you'd believe. My friend will have some huge Tims on and tear the bass both ways without missing a note or hitting one wrong one. I dont know how they do it.
Title: Shoes Off
Post by: trulyblessed on December 07, 2005, 10:32:14 PM: i am getting use to playing with shoes it is kinda hard playing with a size 13 square toe lol