It's A Pleasure To Share The Passion For Music And Join Here!

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Posts: 3
City: Fiumicino

March 20, 2012, 11:38

Hello everyone,

it is with great pleasure that I join this community (very well organized, I would say) where I hope to be able to receive and, why not, give advice, suggestions, and insights into the world of music that has accompanied me (to my immense joy) since the age of 11 (I am currently 40...) without which, I swear, I have no idea what my life would have been like.

Anyway, that said, leaving the romantic moment behind, let me introduce myself: my name is Danilo, I am from Rome and I am 40 years old; as you might have guessed, my greatest passion (besides women... 😉) is music!!!

I began to approach this wonderful world at age 11, in middle school, when I became fascinated by what my music teacher did with the guitar... naturally, considering learning to play the guitar too difficult, I concentrated my efforts on the mythical "flute" (economical for my parents, not "deafening", didn't need an amp etc. etc.).

I thus began to notice that with great naturalness I was able to reproduce various little songs by ear with great ease, and it filled me with satisfaction!!! Even my teacher was happy because in class only 2 of us were able to follow him... 🙂

Anyway, that was my beginning; then at age 16 I signed up for electric guitar lessons and my life changed forever (I will take my Fender to my grave!!!). I can say that now, at 40 years old, the guitar is like a sister, a companion, a special friend, a lover to me, without whom I could never imagine myself... then at the tender age of 38, I wanted to sign up for piano lessons (it had been a fixation of mine for a long time) and so I learned to strum the piano as well (on this occasion I bought myself a beautiful digital upright, which sometimes I love just looking at, and it already gives me chills!!!).

Naturally, I own a MAC with Logic Pro 9 installed, and it is precisely thanks to this, browsing the web and finding Simone's video tutorials on YouTube (which is also my son's name 🙂), that I became aware of this site!!!!

Thank you MAC!!!!

And thank you to all of you!!!

Danilo

Thesimon

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Posts: 4,504
City: Ariccia, RM

March 20, 2012, 11:46

Well done!! Great Danilo!! Welcome among us... You absolutely must send me some photos of your digital grand piano because I would intend to get one for myself too. I have a Kawai grand acoustic but unfortunately due to personal commitments I am always out of the house and only have the chance to play it for an hour a day when things go well. So I also turned to a digital keyboard that I can play until late at night, but I would need to move up to something more professional; it is the repertoire itself that requires it, and I have already purchased an excellent sound library for the modest sum of € 500. It should arrive tomorrow, I have been waiting anxiously for a few days, all I'm missing is a nice digital grand piano. Ehh, music is a beautiful passion but dear, it costs me... I am happy to hear you so energetic and I am sure that you will be able to provide great support to our cause. Warmest regards...

Danny

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Posts: 3
City: Fiumicino

March 20, 2012, 12:07

Hi Simone, no problem regarding the photos (I realized I hadn't taken any of the keyboard yet.... and this is a great opportunity to do so!!!).

I understand you when you talk about how expensive this passion is for us...... it's like an illness.... a drug.... and now, with all the possibilities and simplicity of shopping "online", I have to restrain myself quite a bit from the temptation to always buy new "equipment"..... damn!!!

After a long market analysis, I chose the "ORLA Grand-450" keyboard which, in terms of quality/price, I believe (hope) is among the best; of course "Orla" is not a very well-known brand (Italian), but after trying it in the shop, it convinced me.

It has everything you might need to make music 360°, accompaniments, sounds, MIDI capabilities, USB interface, in short, everything needed to have fun 360° and give space to creativity; furthermore, the (acoustic) piano sounds won me over, they are truly beautiful (at least, in my opinion...)!!!

Anyway, the acoustic Kawai is another world, but digital (today) has reached levels so close to "real" that it's worth it (besides, you can play it with headphones all night!!!! 😉).

I am really happy to have discovered this site!!!!!!!!!!

Thesimon

Administrator

Posts: 4,504
City: Ariccia, RM

March 20, 2012, 12:50

No no, on the contrary, I know the Orla very well, by name and technical specifications, but I have never had the luck of being able to try it anywhere. More than the sound and various functions, I would be interested in knowing the quality of the action. Does it have double escapement? Hammer action, ivory touch, in short, when playing it, how much do you perceive the keyboard as a digital one?