You mean the type of player that prefers a decent action over a toy...?

You may finally be right, Ian...



[This message has been edited by Diki (edited 08-26-2007).]

I have to give you points for your doggedness, Diki...and, it is far exceeding your cleverness at this point.

"Toy" isn't too bad...we all have our toys...you must try and do better...

Ian

PS...you DO know what bubbles are full of, don't you?

Alright now, children ..... fight nice!
( puttin' my teacher hat back on ! )

Awww golly geee, Dave...and I always thought you were a child at heart.

I hope you don't think for one minute that this is serious...I know I don't take it that way...it's just a bit of fun...and it gives Diki some much needed practice...nothing wrong with that, is there?

Ian

Give me plastic, cheap toy keys that allow me to make thousands of dollars a month..........and I make a lot of people happy in the process

Serious? ME?
Naw ..... check out the smilies !

I'm on the same page as you Beaky - sounds like we have much in common I spend countless hours on each song and registering the settings respectively. I might have to stay with Yamaha forever because of that reason.

zuki

Oh Boy, Bragginb' again Zuki?

Maybe show us a 30 second demo song of those countless hours? ....Whooops sorry asking is not allowed ...I forget....
My bad !

Years ago, Fran and I decided that we didn't need to have hundreds of styles to get through a job. It's NICE to have variations, but all we really NEEDED was a thing that Roland called the "Easy 8".

This was a plug-in card for their RA50, the only real arranger module of it's time, except for the Wersi, but that was not marketed as well, and WAY more expensive.

The EZ 8 had the 8 basic styles needed to play most any generic song style with. Over the years, I've come to reinforce the need for these styles, and even with new additions ...... if i have these 8 staples, I can entertain ANY room for hours and hours.

1) 8bt - slow for ballads, fast for pop
2) 16bt - slow for R&B, fast for funk
3) Rock - nuff said
4) Disco - Motown, Rock and Disco
5) Latin - generic for chacha, rhumba etc
6) Shuffle - slow for 6/8 feel ballads
7) Jazz - softer, hipper swing version
8) 2bt - Polka and Bluegrass

Now, the only blatant omission is the 3/4 for waltzs, but they were usually done at a tempo that did not require a strong drum beat. A good, solid bass and chord pattern could handle most pop and country waltzs.

Now, sure "serious" ballroom dancers crave more specific beats, but the good ones will adapt.

In today's market ..... ad another 10-15 beats and you'll be hard pressed to find a song that won;t fit into one of those catagories!