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Hello. My name is Alex, and I am a keyboard player from Arkansas. I am 78 and learned to play the keyboard as a hobby after I retired. To my surprise, I actually learned well enough to play in public and played for a small church and with a group. I am still trying/seeking to improve my playing skill and enjoying every minute of it. I am not even close in skill as a musician as most of the posters in this forum, but I really enjoy reading the posts. They are very informative, sometimes amusing, and on occasion, unusual. As a hobbyist and due to early on thinking that a better keyboard would make me a better player, I have owned many keyboards. Currently, I have a Roland BK9 and a Casio WK 7600. I would say that the Yamaha Motif XS 76 that I had for 7 years was probably my best overall keyboard.

It's simple. When you send King Kong in against Tarzan's chimp, somebody's gonna get a break-away A whipping. Many cover bands just don't have the equipment, knowledge, skills and abilities that the major well heeled bands do, so the same applies. Still, with that knowledge in mind, I enjoy them in settings where you know you're not getting the real thing. Of course, some just bomb.