I know, I was just kidding. Then again, the sound quality/mix isn't really all that great (recorded in a "home studio") and the playing could be much tighter, but at least it's a pretty accurate representation of what we could do back then.
Been drumming for about 20 years now, still learning new stuff on that front since moving from acoustic to an electric kit. QWERTY Keyboard player for Synths, about 3-4 years, and it is really a learning curve, compared to a standard keyboard for the same means. I dabbled in guitar and bass, but I have stupid fingers and am only good at maybe coming up with a neat riff every now and then. Though I haven't played in years, due to have small hands and stupid fingers.
You use the qwerty keyboard to actually play music in real time? What's the advantage over using a standard keyboard?
I play the piano, but I guess that's somehow not a real instrument. I've played since I was five. I also can play the violin. I'm a bit rusty on it, so it's more like a kid who's just about out of the beginner books now in terms of sound. I remember the note positions and so on, but I lost my intonation from lack of practice. Used to almost have perfect pitch, too. Still do sometimes, and I attribute it to playing the violin.
Instrumentalists! My first degree program was for musical performance. Mostly played woodwind instruments with my focus on Bb and A clarinets. Worked with the symphony back in Alaska; though I have since moved to Hawaii and now doot in my free time. Been fiddling with an old electric piano and recently (since Covid lockdowns) picked up an acoustic guitar and have been playing around with that.
I'm not a card carrying musician in any musician's union however I am a licensed composer with a CAE number and a lifetime membership to PRSforMusic as a compser and I get access to this whole registry of songs and composers and even get to see how the breakdown goes from the money seen from all my favourite songs and have my stuff registered and get to cite usage for all cover songs, so that's what I am, a card carrying licensed composer in the house. How PRSforMusic works is, in the UK and everywhere in the world except United States, PRSforMusic cover me, and due to some old turn of the 20th century era ruling, The UK and US have cross representation and so members of ASCAP and BMI are covered by PRSforMusic in the UK but ASCAP or BMI everywhere else and my works and myself is covered by ASCAP or BMI in the United States but by PRSforMusic everywhere else. I choose ASCAP for United States as whenever I register a piece of work, I am asked 1 of 3 [] ASCAP [] BMI []Unsure because ASCAP is what I need and if I were writing a musical like a rock opera or anything for the stage, then it'll need BMI, but to date, everything I have and do is ASCAP in the United States.
PRSforMusic also circulated that #BlackoutTuesday to me like a day before. I did it for my FB, PRSforMusic member standing in solidarity against Racism, and was touched when my FB friends did it, as my ego was like 'they're copying me, this cool user, this cool user ect, are all copying me'.... And I remember TheBeatles FB page, JimiHendrix FB page ect, a lot of big names all did it, and I'm like... 'Well they got the memo too, and ... my cool FB friends copy me and don't tell me' (due to me doing it first and then seeing a bunch of people do it too) just. Yeah. PRSforMusic. What can I say? Join your local PRO while you can before the membership cost increases.