I just wanted to own a minimoog, because I happen to love synthesizers. It's not a matter of musical inspriation, but just fact that I want one. If I was looking for musical inspration, why on earth did I buy the juno?

The real reason for buying the juno was one, I thought it was a cool looking synth, two this one was at a good price $280.00. (Could not pass it up) Three, I thought it would get me playing keyboards, but saddly it did not. I'm funny when it comes to this sort of thing. It's like someone who buys a valuable piece of art only for the monetary value and not becuse they like art. I got it more for it asthetics then for it's playability. Which BTW is not the wisest descion on my part. This would porbabaly hold true for the minimoog, though I don't know.

The only peice of electronic music hardware that I ever really enjoyed aside form the Minimoog, was Roland's MC-303 groovebox. I remember playing one once in a music store in Baltimore Maryland. All I did was press a button and listen to what was coming out, then I pressed a few more until I got something I liked. Without too much thinking or effort, but just letting the music flow out of whatever was in my head. But instead of buying a groovebox I bought a keyabord instead. I bought a JX-305 groovesynth, thinking it would be better then the groovebox. HA! Boy was I ever wrong. I bet if I bought the groovebox instead of the groovesynth I would playing it. Instead I sold the groove synth to find another replacement.

I think I should get away from keyboards in general, becuse obviously they are not helping me to be inspired musically.

I bet if I had been around in the late 60's and early 70's I porabbly would have bought a Buchla synth instead of a moog. Becuse the buchla system used touch pads instead of a tradtional style keyboard. I think it maybe the keyoard that is giving me so much of a problem that I force myeslf to play tradtionaly instead of just letting the music flow.

Granted the Minimoog has a piano keyboard, but I was to own on keyboard synth that would be it.

[This message has been edited by Paul-61 (edited 02-18-2004).]