"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.