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I think the terms are wrong, I don't see this a precision issue to me it's about control. Is the player in control and the lack of precision is part of the sound, expression being sought. So when pounding clusters of notes is the player in control of the range he wants and dynamic, or just lost control and flailing at the instrument.

So for manufactures moving from MIDI 1.n to 2.0 is that a hardware change or just firmware? If hardware roll out to 2.0 could be slow.

His comment to me are related to the thread. Interesting what he was told at Berklee about how many graduate, how many actually make it in the biz. Scary when you consider the cost of Berklee these days and per an article I read a couple years ago comparing music school costs Berklee isn't the most expensive some of the universities are higher. [video:youtube] As for Berklee itself I hear a lot a stories. My guitar teacher for many years before recently switching to piano is a Berklee professor. My piano teacher was a Berklee teacher for over a decade. One of the local old guys like me recent went to Berklee as a retirement gift to himself and lasted about two years, but left and he was not pleased with Berklee, but is doing well playing and teaching in Mexico. FWIW: I'm very interested in music education because I went to two music schools and worked for almost a decade at the old Grove School of Music, some called the "Berklee of the West". So have seen and talked to a lot of students, teachers, and how the schools work.

I think they said they are going to make ten of them and price is a quarter million dollars. Kind of like the Korg Arp 2600 they are making a thousand of them and that's it at @$4000 each. I heard all pre-orders were filled before NAMM was even over.

I seen a number of videos of people who graduated at music performance majors and say not a good way to go in this day and age. They said it is too limited and too costly for income post graduation. They all seem to say if going to school cover all bases music recording, music arranging and composition, music business, and even some video classes. Today's world you need to be able to handle all things music related, that there just isn't enough work to only be a performer. So say if really want to be a performer might be best to skip school relocate to a good area for work and then invest good teachers. The real value if school is to be immersed in a music environment 24/7, the resources of the school, good teacher to learn from in open office hangs, making contacts and opportunity to play all the time. The actually school curriculum doesn't teach that much it all about the student and how much they go looking for answers from experienced musicians and getting to play a lot. Also be very well prepared before going to music school. Don't waste money going to music school to learn fundamentals, go to music school for filling in holes and polishing your playing. Going into music school as one of the top people in your classes gets you into the good ensembles, get the attention of the really good teacher who can recommend you for work outside of school. So better to delay school study privately, gig, and get yourself to the upper tier you school life will be better and your parent might still have some money left when you leave school. Music school is all about the student not the school.

I think it's good your going thru that thought process now, too many bands don't understand the difference between live and recording. It's different not only in arrangement, but live sound is fuller than what mic', mic' pre, console, DAW capture. In the studio you might have layers and layers of tracks low in the mix to fill out the sound that the volume and room ambience live would do naturally. To me this is a lot of the job of the producer and working with the band going out playing trying out the material or playing in a large rehearsal space and inviting some friends to check it out. Also give a change to do some basic recording so you can get an idea of how the material works live vs studio. One big act I worked for was odd in the fact they actually made money off their first album because their producer spent a month or so rehearsing them, timing songs and working on arrangement till the songs were worked out how they would be recorded in the studio. So they got into the studio and didn't take long to lay down the tracks and overdubs and it also made mixing faster too. working this way laying down extra tracks in studio you know they are only for filler in the mix. As I said it good your thinking about live vs studio and it will help a lot in arranging before the studio and in the studio.

That is really sad news. Being an old Laker fan and in my computer programmer days worked for UCLA and you'd see Kobe around campus taking classes in the off season. Thank you Kobe RIP.

Being old and screwed up my back yet again decided to get a small MIDI controller so I can play in at my desk in a office chair that reclines or in my adjustable bed in my lap so I can play (with computer or tablet) in any position. Wanting light weight and not to deep so fit on my desk with computer I was checking out the M-Audio Keystation 49 and the Roland A49BK Controller. Talking to my SW sales guy I decided to get the Roland A49 suppose to have better keyboard and I like it has a octave switch. So now can play piano or when under the weather use my tablet and MIDI keyboard. Now to find some piano sound app for my iPad.

In my early roadie day and bass player I had an large Ampeg bass amp that came with dolly that had a large thumb screw to attach to bottom of the amp for transport. As I started doing more roadie work I took that bass amp dolly removed the thumb screw so it was a flat surface and could move about anything with it. One time I thought it would be strong enough but moved a full size upright piano on its side with my little dolly. I still have that dolly almost forty years later and still moving stuff with it but wheel are starting to wear down. Then last tour I worked was with Yes/Ace tour and we had four semi's full of gear to load and unload everyday. They had 30+ large dollys they made for the tour. They were about a 36"x24" piece of marine grade plywood with heavy duty 4 or 5" wheels. With those anything that didn't have wheel were dropped ont to those and move be it PA boxes, lighting, you name it. We lost a lot of them on the tour with local stage hands or other groups stealing them, but they were a life saver. Looking at that rock n roller they weren't as tall so didn't take a lot of space so making something like that or my smaller dolly is really useful and easy to fit in a car/truck. With mine I have a heavy shipping strap to attach it if necessary and a movers quilt to cover or put on top of dolly to cushion what I load on it. Another option when I worked at a rehearsal studio we had a few of those inexpensive push carts that Harbor Freight sells. Nice because they have a collapsible handle to help push the cart/dolly and then it can fold down to put in a car. People would steal those from the studio all the time even with our name stenciled on them. Only bit of advice on those is the bolts that hold the wheels can come loose and fall out so best when assembling they use a little Loctite on the bolts and problem solved. So some easy DIY solutions.

I wonder if this is a result of Yamaha purchasing Line 6 a couple years ago, Line 6 was doing all sorts of modeling of amplifiers and effects pedals.

Since I come from the guitar world Bruce Forman talks about when he used to play with legendary bassist Ray Brown. Bruce was talk to Ray about the tunes and changes. Ray just looks at Bruce and says.... It's all just cadences! Frank Potenza was working with a pianist who was terrible at calling tunes and it messed Frank up a number of times. So Frank decided to tell the pianist to not even bother calling the tune just play. Said first week was a bit rough, but after that he got good at just listening and playing everything flowed. Then my favorite comment on the topic was trumpeter Jeremy Pelt sat in at one of the jam at Mezzrow. Pianist who was running the jam was having trouble getting rest to the people to decide on a tune and key and Pelt was frustrated hearing all this going on and just ignored them. Finally they seemed to of decided on a tune and she asked Pelt you know ? Pelt just said "just play I'll catch you by bar two" and he did.

The video above says it has synth like action but a little heavier.

As Dom Famularo said in one of the recent "The Sessions Panel" YT with pianist/producer Doug Emery said.... "rehearsals are for cowards".

Probably like the computer world I came from and developers don't have much say in anything it all driven by Marketing department who collects customer wishlists, competitors bullet points, and then if engineering has some new offering to present. Then Marketing makes their bullet points they think they need to sell/compete with and that's given to engineering. To complete the process then the Accounting bean counters come in and set the release schedule based on their needs for juggling the books for tax or stock market reasons. Manufacturing gets the dates and say we need X days lead time and everyone in engineering, QA, and doc' starts screaming schedule is too short. Then bean counters come back and say do it and ship even if not ready. Aw the behind the scenes mess of the corporate world.

Another Dave Frank Skype lessons fan here. I'm essentially a beginning keyboardist, but have fifty years of guitar playing and related background so Dave said he accept me as a student since I have deep knowledge of theory and playing guitar. I tried the typically local piano teachers with the usually books they put everyone thru and that wasn't working for me. With Dave everything is from a Jazz POV and making progress and enjoying the lessons. Dave is laid back and keeps you motivated. He has a lot of YouTubes with tons of advice and Dave himself studied with legendary teachers Lenny Tristano and Charlie Banacos. If you contact him he does a free intro lesson so you can get a feel for what he's like, his YouTubes have his contact info.

A few of the techie YouTube creator who make really nice video I am shocked when I see there setups or probably better put studios they have. Didn't realize how much money can be made being a YouTube content creator. Three of them have behind the scenes videos and they are shooting with 8K Red cameras and have a staff of video editors and content writers. Most have multiple studios with stages or one woman purchased a two story house and converted it to multiple studios and work areas. Scary what Youtube has grown into. But at same time one of the keyboardists who does a lot of video does excellent videos with a iPhone and MBP combined. No fancy studio, but good content which in long run is what's most important at least to me.

Brad Mehldau and Mark Guiliana duo [video:youtube]

Nord is Swedish so no tariffs same for Dexibell being Italian.

There are some YouTubes on this so worth searching. What I've seen some do I might try is they get a stand for a "green screen" so wide bar with horizontal bar on top that normally you'd hang a green screen from, but they put a smartphone or camera mount on it. You could probably make something with PVC pipe and lighting clamps to handle whatever you want overhead.

I just saw on IG Sweetwater saying it's a limited run. Guess it's a good way to test the market to see if enough interest in a mass produced version.

Another excellent video from David Bruce on advanced harmony. [video:youtube]

I saw one write up on the new 2600 and it said there is going to be only one run of these made and it over. Anyone see or hear more that this is a limited run product???

and the Korg site has the weight listed for both the 73 and 88 key and with and without the speakers. Andertons has a cool demo video with Luke from Korg playing it and he's making it sound great with layers, dig his playing the Simpsons Theme. Andertons videos are always fun to watch. Jump to 12:20 for the Simpsons theme. [video:youtube]

Great to hear you landing on your feet and moving forward. Just subscibed and rang the bell on your YT page and look forward to your always helpful posts. Have a prosperous 2020!

Cool article from and old interview with Bill Evans talking a lot about working with Miles Davis. Bill Evans on Miles Davis