hello all
im new to this site and to keyboards in general
my name is mike, im 18 (19 in a month) and live in canada
im currently enrolled in two audio engineering programs
(full-time at O.U.C. and part at O.A.M.) ive been playing bass for 7 years, and guitars for 6
my current aspirations are to learn keyboard & drums & violin
and to continue my two musical projects, my band "Cafe insomnia" and my solo act "spectrum".
musical influences... reside in The tea party, TooL, NIN, Radiohead, Stabbing westward, soundgarden, days of the new, perfect circle, rage against the machine, leonard cohen etc etc; although i perfer to influence myself with my own mind and ideals.
my current rig is
bass:
-jackson 5 string
-ibanez 4 string fretless
-probe 4 string (piece of crap, when i have money im gonna redo it though, fun project )
amps:
-yorkville 50w
-trace elliot 300watt with 12 band eq & compressor
-1x15" 2x10" and a horn (nice sound)
guitars:
-B.C. rich elctric humbucking (cant belive i dont remember the model...)
-fender strat
-cort earth 100 acoustic with mic in soundhole and piezo pickups on the bridge
-framis acoustic
-silvertone 12 string acoustic
pedals (boss bass flange, boss bass distortion, pro co rat 2, crybaby bass wah, ibanez de7 delay)
and varius programs (protools, cubase, soundforge, cakewalk, cooledit pro, reason, fruity loops, acid)
gear wanted: keyboard, drumkit, electonic drum pad, violin
I look forward to asking you guys questions as i grow in keyboarding
well ive taken enough space, thanks for a neat forum and chance to express