All right, I'm finally coming out of the closet and joining this forum. I am freely admitting that I have been following this forum (and the PSR Tutorial forum) with great interest for a couple years now. I hadn't joined in before now because I was just too busy with my job and am a bit intimidated by those of you who play (and sing!) for a living.

Well, I have now quit that job and am letting my wife support me and the kids (like squeak_D). I've commuted 100 miles round-trip daily to jobs for over 20 years and finally reached my limit. I live in southeast MN.

A quick background on me and then I'll submit more stuff later. I'm strictly a low-end keyboard player, although I have migrated from a CZ101/Korg DW8000 environment in the '80's (even experimenting with MIDI back then) to a progression of PSRs: 530, 2000, and now Tyros. When I discovered the 530 I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Obviously, I hadn't followed keyboard trends for many years!

I jam with a guitar player friend. Our band is called Jammage. We don't sing, but have invented a bunch of songs and even cut a couple CDs. We play for peanuts locally once in awhile.

Hey, remember the guy in Spain who was selling a Tyros on ebay for really cheap and it was a scam? Well, I fell for it! Luckily, I escaped in one piece. I'll be glad to give you the full story if anyone is interested.

You folks at this forum have been a tremendous addition to my life! I love this stuff and hope to now have more time to devote to this (my wife says I have to do the cleaning and cooking).

More later!

Welcome aboard - As I'm sure you have realised throughout your two years of lurking, everyone here is most helpful.

KFingers

Yeah, I'm sure a bunch of us are interested. If nothing else, the story will be a good reminder to the rest of us to be careful on eBay! So what happened?

Juneau, welcome to the Synthzone. When I first read this thread I assumed you lived way up in Alaska, but I suppose since MN in the Winter can get as chilly as Alaska, it might qualify




Juneau, thanks for finally coming out and joining in the disccusion. Hope this encourages the MANY other arranger keyboard closet members to finally come out as well. I believe no matter what arranger kb interest/skill level we're currently at, we all have a valuable contribution to make here in promoting the advancement of arranger style keyboard technology & playing.

Juneau, hope you're able to find time to check in here regularly between the washing, ironing, and cooking.

Scott

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Juneau,

Welcome to the asylum. We're all a little crazy here, but I've always said a little insanity goes a long way!

Gary