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That whole piano run is so full of every Cuban music cliche imaginable, but it's still great.

When I look at Cynthia Rhodes in that Room to Move video, all I can say is Richard Marx was an idiot.

Wading through it now. It's really good. And I was today years old when I found out he played the Morning Has Broken intro. The Sting one was not so great I didn't think, but not Beato's fault. Sting can be very Sting sometimes. The Steve Lukather one was also good, but a totally different vibe from the Wakeman one. All enjoyable!

You're welcome!!!!

I also would have liked to see a worthy Oberheim sequel to the Matrix 6/12/1000 series (Can you imagine a newer and better sequel to the keyboard version of the Matrix 12, knobs and all!!!!). But the business model for Oberheim went wacko at that point, and that was that. I liked (not loved) my Matrix 6, I bought it shipped to me on the road sight unseen when it first came out (very buggy btw, Oberheim had updated the OS and sent me a chip asap, but still buggy), and when I opened the box and saw absolutely no knobs my heart sank. Thanks DX7 no-knobs game-changing template! grrrrr

I never realized how polarizing this guy is among musicians

My Browns finally got it together. And man do I miss football in the snow: fun to watch. If the Browns indeed get their dome I shall miss this from a visual perspective. But in 2024, and at 60 years old, I really am done with sitting in 10 degree weather during a snowstorm. Bring on the roof.

Don't laugh: Yamaha KX5 portable controller. It was a GREAT portable controller (I refuse to say keytar) for live use, dependable and functional, but then Yamaha got out of the portable controller game and then you were left with nothing but a bunch of Roland and Casio controllers that looked like Flash Gordon weapons. Though the occasional Lync could be spotted.

Living in a very rural area out West (hours from anything really) as I do makes mail order a necessity nowadays. Loss of brick-and-mortar keyboard centers really enforces this. I hate it too and will instead drive hours and spend the night to try out and buy something I really want if I haven't physically played it before, just to avoid the returns on a bulky item, and especially since I usually buy used. I know that's extreme, but when you want what you want, the whole exercise anymore is a pain. But I may becoming around on such things. Got my most recent car from Carvana, sight unseen, and the whole process was great...but I had driven the same model car physically before, so I knew what I was getting. It is hard to lay down big bucks on a keyboard: one never seen or played before, and solely going off internet and forum descriptions and reviews. Every city used to have a serious keyboard store with tactile examples of the latest and greatest.....not any more.

Populations, esp. in underdeveloped nations are falling. May max out at 2050 or 2060 and then start falling. The big question is will we make it till then? I hope no one touches my beloved Great Lakes but a pipeline from the Lakes to the US West seems almost a must at this rate. This is a big long nasty topic.

...because best sandwich or favorite movie quote or NFL news just shows that keyboard players are well-rounded people who know about other things besides MIDI vs. CV/Gate, etc. This forum is terrific for that reason. It's like getting an old Keyboard Magazine with an occasional accidental issue of Time magazine stuck to it in your mailbox, that I can choose to read or ignore, but it's there. Bonus! And frankly, as great as Oberheims and Yamahas are, occasionally I still want to know what makes you all tick as fellow keyboard players. Turns out, we all have quite a bit in common. There's only a touch of digression on this forum, probably 90 / 10%. And it's digression you can choose to partake in or not.

---any large amount of non-roadworthy plastic. (MODX, etc) ---wall warts or external power, esp. as a power supply for a keyboard to be giggled with live. They are flimsy, the connectors break (either on the circuit panel (worse) or on the cord end, and nothing beats a good old 3-prong power supply cable----that thing ain't going anywhere and can't be stressed to the point of breaking. I have an older Mojo 61 and I had the power supply cable re-done at a repair shop. It's now better but not perfect. It's the weak link in an otherwise great keyboard. ---a lack of live performance unfriendliness (lack of knobs and buttons, menu screen you must ceaselessly scroll thru, etc)

Was always a great versatile synth. For sale used around only $500! Amazing considering the punch and user-friendlness of it. In every way still a gig-able synth.

Hey don't be dissing those Black Widow speakers

Yep. As a Browns fan who deals with the Steelers twice a year (and daily in my never-ending frustrations with my "team"), I predicted this happening seconds after the Wilson trade. They just have it down. The Steelers are THE great model for long-term success and have been since the Chuck Noll days. One writes them off at their own peril.