.....which is the exact reason we need (or SHOULD) go back to grass roots.....being a musician and not a manipulator/player of new sound sources for the sake of novelty. Too many choices NOW and by next week, at the rate technology is changing everything, those choices will double.

I was at a Festival last week and the headliner was an entertainer....comedian who also played the piano in the act. I've seen him over the years. He's good and plays fine piano. The point here is......I walked over to look at the piano he was playing. It was an old Roland digital piano and the keyboard was so old, I didn't even recognize the model #. But he made that piano talk. I don't think he spends, or even thinks about spending one second working with new technology. His performance comes from the heart....not from a do-it-all keyboard with 100,000 styles, 600,000 fills, and a 12 foot LED screen!

As DNJ usually suggests, the finest instruments in the world won't cover up an inadequate musician! Good playing starts on the inside and continues on the outside. It's very seldom the other way around!

MARK