From: someone@anywheret.net   
      
   "JimD"  wrote in message news:2017051011243044269-email@nowherecom...   
      
   > your songs sure have a lot of words :-)   
      
   Compared to mindLess Dumbed-Down Zombie DUUUUUUUUUUUUUH, yes, they do,   
   because they've got something to say ; )   
   My tunes tend to take some effort to sing and play, but that's okay, because   
   they're Not written for Zombies!   
      
   > Wonder what kids who like Sam Hunt would think Johhny Cash if they didn't   
   > know who he was first ?   
      
   WHY would they care to know who Sam Hunt is???   
   CRAP!!!   
      
   > They did have some decent banjo now and then.   
      
   That's Bernie Leadon, and he sure can play.   
      
   > By that, I'm talking about the " style " of the playing, not the physical   
   > instrument something is being played on.  JeanLuc-Ponty   .... it's been a   
   > long time ... his violin playing sounded to my ear exactly like some late   
   > 60's rock quitarist who could only play one string at a time.  Cliche   
   > guitar riffs everywhere.  Now, maybe the guy could actually play, but then   
   > how could you tell ???    Ok, in looking up how to spell his name, I see   
   > he's into some odd jazz thing now.  Certainly can handle the instrument.   
   > I still don't care for the music.   
      
   Still an excellent musician though.   
      
   > In the midi guitar world, the easiest thing to do is dial up a piano   
   > patch.  Then, pluck a few notes on the guitar and hear piano out the amp.   
   > Cute.   
      
   That's okay, I can get several kinds of guitar sounds out of my Yamaha DX7   
   synth...sometimes I'll even use guitar effects with them.   
      
   That's nothing, I know a character, and I do mean character, whom my   
   Soulmate introduced me to, who plays guitar and mandolin, and is into guitar   
   synths, and for some crazy reason, he likes to play guitar and get harmonica   
   sounds coming out of the amp. He was doing goofy stuff like that when he   
   played with us once, and I mentioned later that although I heard plenty of   
   other instruments, the one instrument I never heard, was a guitar ;)   
      
   > What shows up pretty quickly is that a guitarist can't really play much "   
   > piano " music.  Guitar is limited in range, and can only play 6 notes at   
   > once ..... pretty crippled as far as guitar music. So even tho technology   
   > cam make a guitar sound like a piano, it can't make it into a piano,   
   > except at a playing level no piano player would begin to accept.   
      
   Perhaps those who use those guitar synths aren't interested in doing more   
   than the synth will let them.   
      
   > There is a line I use, have for years, as a way of describing my keyboard   
   > skills. I say I'm good enough to play in a weekend rock band :-)   By   
   > that, I'm making fun of my abilities by comparing them to a very basic   
   > beginners skill set.  Yep, I can whank out Louie Louie, or Whiter Shade of   
   > Pale, or some jerky sounding 50's boogie ...  dozens of other very basic   
   > piano things. Put me up there with some three chord rockers, and I'm   
   > golden.  That doesn't make me a piano player :-)   
      
   Maybe you look at it that way because you enjoy playing guitar more.   
      
   > Interesting.  My keyboard stand is a simple X thing, cheap, works.  A few   
   > weeks back I built a ledge to attach to the stand, purpose was to have a   
   > place to lay the iPad I keep lyrics in.  That ledge works great. It's made   
   > from 2 clamps normally used to connect led lights to poles, a section of   
   > angled aluminum, some bolts, and thin board about 5 inches by 3 feet.   
   > Bolted and hot glued together. It's great.   
      
   Jim   
      
   I like the idea of modifying keyboard stands to hold more stuff.   
      
   Ouisie   
      
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