Diki, I've been here for close to twenty years and I don't remember it EVER being about MUSIC. it's been way more about "wow! I can play Mustang Sally to a Samba beat" (good taste and musicianship be dammed ). But if you dare suggest that this forum might not be the absolute best platform for the professional musician, you will immediately be cast with the likes of Hitler, Mussolini, Charles Manson, The Boston Strangler, and ....Prince Andrew . That's because many of the self-proclaimed 'professionals' aren't really professionals. 'Filling the dancefloor' with music created mostly by professional style creators may satisfy your ego but it doesn't necessarily qualify you as a professional musician. Hence the 'Professional ENTERTAINER'.....which is another way of saying "I can't play for sh-t and everybody knows it, so I'll just re-classify myself and constantly remind my fellow forumites how much the ladies love me.

Am I being too harsh? Maybe. But all I'm saying is that this forum has always been more 'social' than 'musical'. An excellent source for technical information.....if you're into Arranger keyboards (very few true professional musicians are), but technical information and musical information/education are two different things. I have plenty of 'haters' on this forum, past and present, and I like to think it's because of what they PERCEIVE as my attitude towards arranger keyboards but I'm not naïve enough to thinks that's all of it. For the umphteenth time I DON'T HATE ARRANGERS. I just think they occupy a certain level in the hierarchy of musical instruments, more like a very handy, sophisticated, and potentially (in the right hands) convincing arranging tool......OR, a toy for the rich and talentless .

Uh oh, it's crept past my dinner time. Diki my brother, hope your health problems get sorted out. Is this just a local move or.....? I still have some Roland gear (VM770, A70, Bk7m, Sonicell, Roland G7, A33, some other old module (memory fail) but I don't require a forum for those as I'm too old (and dumb) to learn anything new. I think all my instruments except my organs, have the original presets . Lazyness may also play a part. Well, time to go eat. Good luck and stay healthy.

chas