From rgafner@pressroom.com Wed Jul 31 18:28:30 2002
Subject:Re: clone war

Craftsmen (Craft-ones) don't blame their tools.
RG

on 7/31/02 11:27 PM, Dan Sevush at sevush@rcn.com wrote:

I sit in on a regular Sunday blues jam where the keyboard is a Korg N3 or
N1 - 61 note follow on to the M1. The piano is alright, the organ sound is
sorta cheesy, goes through a funky Peavy amp. Sounds pretty awful, really.

I don't have much choice, I just play it and get the most out of it I can.
Without a volume pedal, I just work it as much as possible and get as close
as I can to the way I'd play it on my CX3. I get complements on the "sound"
of my playing, which I find hilarious.

I tried to start a thread on this a while ago, meat vs. motion. I work with
what I'm given and I'm grateful for the ability to do so.

> Perhaps cognitive dissonance on clone purchase or B3 envy has set in.
> Wouldn't the biggest challenge be to make whatever we play, clone
> or the real
> thing, make the most music and stop blaming the instrument?
> Perhaps digging
> into the clone and using our ears more could make the clones work
> so that the
> real thing is not even missed. I have a B3/122, BC/222, had an old early
> 80's Cx-3, (sold it because I was moving overseas but I'm
> seriously looking
> at a new CX-3 and a V5 for my project studio) and had to make do a few
> months with a Yamaha YC-20. It was worth the experience because I learned
> that if you apply yourself, good music can be made. Some people
> have B3s and
> can't get a decent sound out of them because they don't use their ears to
> pull the sound out of the instrument. They want to achieve a sound as if
> turning the ignition key and flooring the gas pedal. The sounds are there.
> Look for them!

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