Is anybody out there?

These forums seem very quiet lately...has everybody gone on holiday? It's all very well talking to that Mike bloke all the time but.....I bet there's someone somewhere with a story to tell or some gossip to share. I'll start it off if you like by sharing my profile with you.

My first "proper" keyboard was a KN6000 which I later upgraded to a KN65000.As technology is a major challenge I was not keen at first to explore the potential of the instrument and contented myself playing one-finger chords against a dodgy melody!! After a while I packed the keyboard off to the shed and it stayed there for a disgraceful length of time. It would probably still be there today if I hadn't discovered two work colleagues (one a singer and the other a drummer with a rehearsal room in his garden) interested in forming a band. Now, I don't count myself as a musician or a singer but I have an ear and a passion for harmonies and so we got together and gave it a go. I quickly realised I could not play live, push buttons and sing the harmony all at the same time...and then I remembered something called a sequencer! OMG.( Keep in mind that at this stage I was petrified even of pushing the "panel write" button in case I buggered up the keyboard! ) When I look back now I shudder at my lack of aptitude. But needs must and so I spent hours and hours and hours (yawn) studying the user manual and eventually things clicked. Well. our band ended up with 40-50 decent sounding arrangements and we had some really great laughs along the way though sadly we don't play together anymore. I have since upgraded to a KN7000 simply for the SD speed/convenience and this site has been an absolute Godsend.

PS no offense intended to Mike

PPS Mike, I still intend to get some of those arrangements to you but you just know I'll need your help! (about 8 ready to go)