Monday, August 15, 2005; 06:40 p.m.
All things considered it was a good experience coming home, but I realize my place is here. Where else can I be stressed into unfathomable productivity? Certainly not where late-night LAN parties abound. Jeremy. Anyway, had lotsa fun, see you all Xmas?
Sunday, July 24, 2005; 06:17 p.m.
Yes! YEEES! I am...genious incarnate. FINALLY figured out how to operate korg's sample functions...now anything I can play can be recorded in realtime and sequenced and looped and sequenced some more...
So yessa, once I have some material in useable form I'll shake things up a bit and put something useful on this page. How would that be?
Wednesday, July 20, 2005; 06:06 p.m.
And so I'm poised, to answer a question no one asked--I just wanted to disappear, why am I so interested in coming home?
Simple. I finally have the oppertunity to live my life on my own terms. I feel indestructable. I am indestructable. I finally figured out...how to get everything I've ever truely wanted.
And it has nothing to do with me.
Thursday, June 9, 2005; 08:40 p.m.
So much to do, I have become a device of perpetual motion. I just wish I knew where I was going...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005; 03:49 p.m.
The time has come...
I have collected all the necessary funds and am prepared to purchase.
Korg Triton Studio is a step above the triton extreme, and is an attempt to compete with other keyboards by improving on its otherwise crappy piano. It's an improvement, but according to reviews, not by much. The key action on the 88 is the best around.
Roland's Phantom X series has the absolute best interface on the market, and is by far the easiest with which to program, but is somewhat limited in over-all capability. It has an astounding piano and guitar...breathtaking...but the action on the keys is said to be a little sub-par.
Then there's Yamaha Motif ES8. Everything in the right place including beutiful piano sounds and excellent key action. It does, however, sport a very complex and convoluted OS that has a very steep learning curve. It's also said by many that the sounds tend to be a little too bright, sticking out in an arrangement rather then blending together. This can be modified, of course, with a great deal of effort and knowledge of the console.
So those are my choices--I suppose it comes down to personal choice, as there is no magic-pill here. I'm a pianist, by all that rules...but probably not for long.
Help?
Friday, May 27, 2005; 01:08 a.m.
'Life is too short to learn German.' -Mark Twain
Monday, May 23, 2005; 07:26 p.m.
So I threw my cell phone into the general direction of the pacific ocean. It was fun. So, yeah, I won't be getting anyone's calls anytime soon.