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The gift of music
Dec. 24th, 2004 02:11 pmFor my 'big' winter holiday present this year, I got a Yamaha PSR-275 midi keyboard. I knew about this present beforehand. Honestly, I helped Stacey pick it out and then she just hid it under Peggy's bed about two months ago 'n' I couldn't play with it until winter holiday. (We celebrated Solstice because it's more our thing, plus I drove Peggy to the airport this morning to visit her family)
Anyhow... I don't know how to play the keyboard, but I'm learning now. i've been practicing a couple hours a night. This keyboard has a MIDI plug and I can connect it to my Mac. A little more practice and I'll get around to opening up Garage Band and seeing if I can make noises that actually sound like something.
I've been thinking a lot about cartoons and it seems to me that one of the major things missing from a lot of modern cartoons is the kind of music that Stalling did for all the old Warner Brothers cartoons. I play flute, guitar, recorder, drums, ocarina, and a few other instruments already but a keyboard will allow me to get a whole collection of voices and mix them together in time to create my own personal orchestra (in theory at any rate)
I must say the quality of keyboard audio has improved dramatically in the past 10 years. I've been playing in a standard piano voice but the sound is really beautiful It makes even a rank hack like me sound really amazingly good. The notes are nice and rounded to the touch. For the $129 it cost, I'm really impressed. My brother's keyboard purchased in 1990 cost over $2000 and the sound quality was barely comparable.
Anyhow... I don't know how to play the keyboard, but I'm learning now. i've been practicing a couple hours a night. This keyboard has a MIDI plug and I can connect it to my Mac. A little more practice and I'll get around to opening up Garage Band and seeing if I can make noises that actually sound like something.
I've been thinking a lot about cartoons and it seems to me that one of the major things missing from a lot of modern cartoons is the kind of music that Stalling did for all the old Warner Brothers cartoons. I play flute, guitar, recorder, drums, ocarina, and a few other instruments already but a keyboard will allow me to get a whole collection of voices and mix them together in time to create my own personal orchestra (in theory at any rate)
I must say the quality of keyboard audio has improved dramatically in the past 10 years. I've been playing in a standard piano voice but the sound is really beautiful It makes even a rank hack like me sound really amazingly good. The notes are nice and rounded to the touch. For the $129 it cost, I'm really impressed. My brother's keyboard purchased in 1990 cost over $2000 and the sound quality was barely comparable.
