The Keyboard Conundrum
Its that special time in a young music major’s life when one realizes that the practice rooms in Cove are either full or crap. Chances are, probably both. It is a time when one decides “The school is unable to help me practice, so I shall take matters into my own hands.” If I was a music major, I would be fine, since I have a Yamaha Motif ES 8 to keep me company. Others, like my sister, do not have such luxuries. So we just spent some time at Guitar Center looking at the latest and greatest keyboards to see what she might want to buy.
Today’s matter concerns only a few notables, labeled by me to be “Digital Pianos,” “Keyboards,” and “Workstations.” Workstations are also known as “Good great why on earth would you ever want to do something like that there are so many lights and buttons I think I am going to pass out?!?” (Please note the inflection of the last statement, to be read in the form of “I’m Ron Burgundy?”)
Needless to say, digital pianos are just that…no more no less. Keyboards are more than digital pianos…they have more sounds, but only sounds. Workstations can create majestic symphonies or be used to detect pulsars and other signals which may indicate alien life. Needless to say, the workstation looks great, but next to the extra features of a workstation, you want to go for a workstation.
Nevertheless, (Everthemore??) my Motif ES 8 still ranks as one of the most ridiculous pieces of hardware on the planet. Could be why I am one of Guitar Center’s top 5% customers, even though I’ve only shopped there twice. Anyway, at some point I want to buy a 12 string guitar.
The End.
I miss you Tim.
We went to Guitar Center together. I think the internet community just needs to be aware of that.
Everthemore, I hope you are having a good great holiday. “Merry Christmas.”
I miss you too Joe. I hope you’re having a great Christmas this year.
One thing you’ve missed this year is how much we use Wikipedia…always for research, but also for fun. I just read a fun article about “phishing.” Apparently it started in the mid-90s when some people pretended to be AOL employees and asked unaware AOL customers for their AOL account information over AIM.
I don’t know about you, but I’ve always wanted to have a lasting impact on history as we know it. Hopefully though I never start any socially negative trends like phishing though. 🙂
Christmas has been awesome, and I am looking forward to writing up a post about it and hearing about others’ posts as well.
Interestingly enough, it was about the mid-90’s when a young Joe Donahue began his exploration of cyberspace, and successfully “borrowed” an account while pretending to be an AOL employee. The greatest thing is that his password was definitely 12345.
In the words of 5-year-old Becca Quinlan, “Joe Donahue. True.”
Disclaimer: By reading this post you agree to not hold the author (Hereafter, “Joe”) liable to damages for any act occuring in younger, less wiser days. Joe has since learned that with great power comes great responsibility.
Others, like my sister, do not have such luxuries. So we just spent some time at Guitar Center looking at the latest and greatest keyboards to see what she might want to buy.
um…
#1) What does that mean?
#2) I AM YOUR SISTER AND I DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT THEREFORE THERE MUST BE SOME CORRECTION MADE BECAUSE I AM YOUR SISTER AND YOUR ONLY SISTER
#3) CHANGE WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!
Who are you?