When in a Communist country like Vietnam, your internet can do strange things. For instance, Facebook and Youtube are blocked in Red China.

I got in contact with the administrators.. thanks to Bill
Seems indeed i used an ISP here in our hotsl that is banned for sending spam..

So when i am back in Holland, i will try to log in there again..

By the way, while vietnamm in name is a comunistic country..
With a communistic set of rules..

The people here are increibly friendly, cherish their freedom, and don’t seem to be hindred by the communism in their kapilistpic way of thinking..


I think after two days, i allready have a soft spot in my heart for this country and its people..

I think you will find good people all over the world. It is the regimes governing them that is the problem.

This, this, and this.

There are good dogs and there are bad dogs --- and there are good people and there are bad people who are greedy, they live with no rules accept what is good for me.

The few that are all about me, give the greater majority names they do not deserve.

I love people, I don't know what I would do without them, John C.

Indeed

I think you find more good people then bad people no matter where you go..

Sadly its often the weong ones that leave a lasting expression..

I have to share a wonderfull experience today..

Played a Vietnamese One string instrument
Just a single string with a kind of pitchbend at the end
Surprisingly where you picked a string with a small stick mattered as you got different tones on different parts of the string.
Somehow worked very different from playing guitarstrings with a plectrum
Because before playing the next note you first needed to kill the previous note by touching the snare with a dinger

Pitchstick could not only be used for changing pitch but also for adding modulation/vibrato

Its allways nice traveling and discovering things.

I still have to see the first keyboard here, even after a week, no piano eithers

We are back home again..
All i need to say is vietnamm was incrdible
Learned so much on my travels..
Incredible food and lovely people ..


All my travels made me realise something..
I will never be a good piano player..
But that doesn’t matter as long as i am having fun..
I decided to continue my musical travels witouth hammer action keyboard..
After realising that even after years of piano lessons, i still play better on semi weighted keys..


Put up the modx 8 for sale tonight...

Considering how and if to replace it...

- with a new synth/workstation 61-76 keys (Kronos 61, modx7, fa07, jupiter 80, stage3 compact, Roland vr-730)
- with an organ style setup v-console and a lower key (dexibell s1, numa compact x2, piagerro n-32)
- with a software based setup (novation sl mk2, arturia mk2) and ipad or a new mac mini


Offcourse the Genos will be the central piece of my setup...
And maybe, i will even decide to stick to just the Genos as the keyboard..


If vietnamm made me realise one thing..
Its that you don’t need much to be happy..

Welcome back Bachus!

I had a similar realization when I visited Nashville for the first time. When you compare yourself to the best in the world, it is sobering. But as you say, enjoy what you can do and appreciate it for what it is.

Hi Bachus ,
If you ever need to find somewhere weird and wonderful to go on vacation, check out my son’s travel blog, he just got back from an 8 month holiday.

He’s literally been all over the world and to some very obscure places. He did his first overseas trip at 20 yrs old and hasn’t stopped travelling since.

Comes home , works, saves up, goes on holidays..


https://endlessroaming.com/