It takes a little bit of a reach but that an old family style organ would work with its seperate keyboards, or two small electronic. Like a stripped down Paul Schaeffer.
Personally, I like approaching music as ignorantly as possible and consequently do many things "wrong." I don't have the dexterity to be a great musician, I can pass on guitar or Bass but I'm no virtuoso. So, what I do, is bounce from style to style and from instrument to instrument. It really helps me in songwriting and arranging. A lot of the time blending seemingly disparate styles is beautiful. It's like the chocolate in Mole sauce. If I'm trying to record a keyboard part that sounds normal I usually have to do it on a couple or more tracks. I can do simple bass lines and chords simultaneously but my hackishness shines like gold.
You can get some really funny results doing things the wrong way. Especially, if you have little knowledge of theory but write fairly lush arrangements. I had one song in my old band that the guitarist couldn't play because he couldn't get his head around the changes but the keyboard player who has chops and knowledge enough for a few people explained that what I was doing actually made sense and could translate it for him so it was acceptable. It was way over my head. heh.
It takes a helluva lot longer to write my way but it keeps me off the streets and I usually come up with something i like so...
Re: How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Personally, I like approaching music as ignorantly as possible and consequently do many things "wrong."
I don't have the dexterity to be a great musician, I can pass on guitar or Bass but I'm no virtuoso. So, what I do, is bounce from style to style and from instrument to instrument. It really helps me in songwriting and arranging. A lot of the time blending seemingly disparate styles is beautiful. It's like the chocolate in Mole sauce.
If I'm trying to record a keyboard part that sounds normal I usually have to do it on a couple or more tracks. I can do simple bass lines and chords simultaneously but my hackishness shines like gold.
You can get some really funny results doing things the wrong way. Especially, if you have little knowledge of theory but write fairly lush arrangements. I had one song in my old band that the guitarist couldn't play because he couldn't get his head around the changes but the keyboard player who has chops and knowledge enough for a few people explained that what I was doing actually made sense and could translate it for him so it was acceptable. It was way over my head. heh.
It takes a helluva lot longer to write my way but it keeps me off the streets and I usually come up with something i like so...