Hi, my name is Kevin, age 24 and I live in surburban rat's ass Pennsylvania. I've only started tinkering when time permits about 2 years ago. It was then that I decided to start taking piano lessons and wish I had started earlier. Who knows where I'd be now if I did. Anyway, at the time all I could think about was buying a keyboard with the weighted keys and a piano sound, so I bought the Alesis QS8. At this point I had no idea what sequencers, samplers, vocoders or anything of that stuff was. After starting piano lessons with this new monster, which at the time I was still living with the parents and when I walked through the front door with it, they nearly shit there pants. I had to lie about the price I paid for it in order to keep them calm.
Ever since then I started collecting more and more keybaords and recording equipment, some of which I still don't know the full capabilities. Here's what I have managed to put together so far:
Alesis QS8
Roland JP-8000
Korg MS2000
Nova II
Yamaha RM1X sequencer
Roland MC-303
Korg Electribe-R
Roland JV-1010
Roland AX-1B
Dr. Sampler SP-202
Alesis SR-16, which I managed to fry
1 patchbay
Mackie CFX12 mixer
Alesis 3630 compressor
Tascam 564 portastudio
and this Break Out Box thing that lets me plug 1/4" jacks into my computer for recording.
I still label myself a beginner, because compared to the rest of you guys I have probably another 20 plus years to catch up to where some of you are skillwise. Currently I have no album, and no tracks for you guys to listen to. For the most part this has been mostly an experimental stage. So if there is anything you guys think I might need to add at this point, feel free to point it out (except skill). Well that's my story. Special thanks to Chalmers & Kubeck for funding my "studio" so far. you guys DO like me, you really like me.
