Wish i could do better.

[happyrat1]

Music is magic. Don't give up on it...I'm 56, I'm a total amateur, but sometimes I just hit few chords on my Kurzweil - Digital piano, some Rhodes sound and the world is different. It becomes a nicer place. That is our privileges, for us "musicians", no matter how good or bad we are

You may not know it,

But you sir, are a poet

(Remember, it's always 4:20 SOMEWHERE )

Gary

 

[MarchHare]

Take a break.
I had to. Through lethargy and prescribed meds about a year and a half ago... but I'm back.
Halved my medication and I find that I can actually understand inversions.
or...Listen to Gary.
or...Throw everybody out, and get a house on wheels. (for you and the cat.)
You kids!
Only 65. Wait till you get to be my age.

 

[RedEyeC]

Take a break.
I had to. Through lethargy and prescribed meds about a year and a half ago... but I'm back.
Halved my medication and I find that I can actually understand inversions.
or...Listen to Gary.
or...Throw everybody out, and get a house on wheels. (for you and the cat.)
You kids!
Only 65. Wait till you get to be my age.

That's next year for me

 

[MarchHare]

Gary is right 100%.
Didn't have a fat one on hand, since I broke up with her some time ago.
But finished off a bottle of red with dinner. (me and the cat)
So, I personally took his advice, {Gary, not the cat} and fired up the keyboard.
Got a few tunes that I figured I might eventually learn, and slapped them on the keyboard.
Well...I need to tell you.
I still sounded like sh*t. But I didn't really care.
I was having fun.
So...listen to Gary.
Or, get a cat.
Got to go...Buffy is on.

 

[RedEyeC]

My first synthesizer was a Cat Octave

 

[happyrat1]

 

[CyberClown]

We all have those moments when we wish we could do better, whether in art, work, or life in general. But honestly, don't be too hard on yourself. Improvement is a journey, and every step, even the small ones, counts.

 

[CyberClown]

We all have those moments when we wish we could do better, whether in art, work, or life in general. But honestly, don't be too hard on yourself. Improvement is a journey, and every step, even the small ones, counts.

And one thing that might help is checking out some resources or communities that can give you that extra push. For example, artmaster.com has great things that inspire or help you refine your skills. Just remember, progress is progress, no matter how slow it seems.

 

[amwilburn]

Joner, it sounds to me like you've only been finding piano teachers, and what you actually needed was a keyboard teacher (yes there's a difference. A big difference). So instead of looking for piano teachers, see if you have a Yamaha school near you that teaches adults. (I learned for 4 years in Yamaha method; it's no longer unique, from what I know, the Suzuki piano method more or less copies it, and event the Piano Guy, Scott Houston is basically following the same idea: think in terms of chords, and scales from those chords, and everything flows from there. Instead of literally trying to mindlessly follow sheet music, note by note (which doesn't teach you anything in terms of understanding music)

There are also a bunch of youtube videos on basic improvising that literally take 60 seconds, I think you may find some joy in those. Here's one as an example so you know what to search.

These are fun, especially if you turn on the accompaniment (AI Full keyboard or AI Fingered, depends on whether you chose an ensemble voice or a solo voice on the right)

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[Biggles]

Joner has not been on the forum since March 2023.

Posts directly to them is not likely to elicit a response.

 

[happyrat1]

Joner has not been on the forum since March 2023.

Posts directly to them is not likely to elicit a response.

It's a a forgivable sin.

With the current torrent of Yamaha refugees, there's a whole new crew of people who've never read all the archived posts.

This thread, like every other oldie is answering the same old questions for a brand new audience.

There's more than a decade's worth of valuable information archived in old threads and I for one, encourage our newcomers to explore and discuss recurring themes in keyboarding.

 

[happyrat1]

The only item that ruffles my feathers a bit is that @amwilburn assumed that the OP owned or wanted to own a Yamaha.

Even if your focus is only arrangers the universe is bigger than Yamaha here and now and has been for decades.

 

[Biggles]

It's a a forgivable sin.

With the current torrent of Yamaha refugees, there's a whole new crew of people who've never read all the archived posts.

This thread, like every other oldie is answering the same old questions for a brand new audience.

There's more than a decade's worth of valuable information archived in old threads and I for one, encourage our newcomers to explore and discuss recurring themes in keyboarding.

Very true.

The Newbies are very welcome and hopefully they will respond with appropriate up to date content after they check when the original thread poster was last online.

Click on the Ops name to get a pop up showing when they were last online and comment as appropriate

 

[Biggles]

The only item that ruffles my feathers a bit is that @amwilburn assumed that the OP owned or wanted to own a Yamaha.

Even if your focus is only arrangers the universe is bigger than Yamaha here and now and has been for decades.

Who in their right mind wants to own a Yamahahaha?

Alas in the Arranger market there is effectively only Yamaha and Korg.

 

[happyrat1]

Some folks tinker with Casios their entire life but since the OP was struggling with left handed chord patterns I doubt he was playing an arranger.

More likely he spent the last 40 years hacking away at EP's and organs. And if he's been playing since 1985 it's possible he may no longer playing for sheer medical reasons.

 

[Rayblewit]

Who in their right mind wants to own a Yamahahaha?

Me!

 

[Biggles]

Me!

I rest my case !

 

[amwilburn]

The only item that ruffles my feathers a bit is that @amwilburn assumed that the OP owned or wanted to own a Yamaha.

Even if your focus is only arrangers the universe is bigger than Yamaha here and now and has been for decades.

I didn't assume anything; he *stated* he had a *Genos* (Yamaha arranger) that would be going up for sale because he couldn't play well enough.

I was simply responding to him as if he still owned that Genos

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[happyrat1]

I didn't assume anything; he *stated* he had a *Genos* (Yamaha arranger) that would be going up for sale because he couldn't play well enough.

I was simply responding to him as if he still owned that Genos

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My bad, I failed to notice a single line which was barely relevant to the actual topic.

Then again you failed to notice the topic was over a year old.

Let's not start our relationship as adversaries.

We're all here to help one another.

 

[amwilburn]

Yeah I also failed to ntoice the date, also my bad

I've been nothing but positive since I got here, I've even liked your compositions! We're not adversaries.
Except when it comes to hockey... grrr....



Mark