"If you want to get under the skin of any keyboard playing (other than your standard piano patch), you have to live and breathe it until it becomes a part of your soul. EXAMPLE: listen only to guitar music (try to ignore any accompaniment keyboard parts) for months. Play nothing but Clapton or Hendrix or Wes Montgomery or whatever guitarist who's style you want to nail for months. Play along with the records and only guitar solos and guitar accompaniment parts. Ignore your piano chops. Ignore your organ chops. Give your string or horn emulation a rest for a couple of months. Live, eat, breathe guitar."

Do you think this is sound advice?
Would it help you in any way (not just in learning guitar parts)?
Do you know who in the Synthzone wrote this and posted it a few years ago?

Hint...it definitely wasn't me.

At first one might think of Don Mason because of his keyboard guitar emulation ability, but the words sound like Uncle Dave ...

Diki, I think.

Diki fr sure!

Nope, not me!

Hi Mark,
Tend to think it was Diki, also?

Yep!

It WAS....Diki. How did you all know that? I thought he was long forgotten.

Speaking for myself, Diki could definitely be annoying, but his "teachings(?)" and comments were beyond your everyday lingo. He had so much insight and his finger right on the pulse when it came to playing ideas and music equipment.

I think this room was most productive for everyone in those Camelot days of Scott Yee, Ian, a few others, and.....Diki, before his forced departure.

But....nobody commented on the advice itself. I, myself, got a lot of mileage over that great advice. Did any of you?

Only that,while undoubtedly true,this strict regimen would be too daunting for me.

Hi Mark,
no, Diki is not forgotten. We used to have some great long chats about styles, and functions, even though we didn’t have the same keyboards.

Must admit , miss Scott and Ian too.

I'm 72, so not sure about taking that much time for each thing...but I do think the approach is a good one!

Me too. Between family, work, and preparing for different gigs, it would be a hard to plan to put into practice. Good in theory for those who have the time and dedication.

Have to agree with Bernie, way too daunting, there aren’t enough spare hours in the day as is.

Mark, this is how I learned my style of playing guitar. I listened without ceasing. No memorizing what was written in the book. Read it, play through t a few times, then buy the record and listen. Music is all about feel.
When we listen, we come up with a mixture of the original player and ourselves.

John C

Rikki...there were others. Who did I forget?

Those really were good days when everyone was working on getting better and open and receptive to the many ideas being floated around.

Hi Mark,
There’s a few I really miss, but not sure if they’re someone you would have known.
Went thru a soft synth/ software arranger phase, Nigel even gave us our own forum. Frank Rosenthal is someone I really miss. Don’t know what happened to him. I’ve had the odd break from the forum on a few occasions. When I came back,he wasn’t wasn’t around anymore .

How embarrassing, just checked the old posts, boy did I talk a lot in those first couple of years.

Bernie, I hadn’t realised you were on that forum to that extent also.

We used to hear a lot more from Nigel, and you might have known Scott Langholf

Hi Riki
Yes,I used to live there,and know Scott quite well.

I'd say it partly true. Pay most attention to whatever your trying to master but don't neglect to listen to whats going on around it. As the Jazz Guys say Listen with "Big Ears"

Hi Bernie,
I had forgotten till I looked up the old posts. Placed us more in the Technics forums together. Haha