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kay'lon rushing <k3zz21@gmail.com> was all: > it is about the music. But music is expression and often feel like i lack > that in performance. > Hmmmm, I'd say give yourself a break on this. These things come with experience - if you want them to. I like that you want to look at the expressive aspects. I'd say try this: When practicing, try different ways of expressing - seriously force yourself to do something like play keys hard and/or sloppy, or turn the volume way down while you're playing and learn how to use subtle sounds. Your first attempts will probably sound stupid to you at first. Over time, think about how the sounds could be closer to what you're looking for. "No, it needs to be more like this: (this lo-pass filter setting, a soft attack, not much sustain, and a pitch bend like so)". Meanwhile, think about what you really mean by expressiveness. Are you talking about moods? Language? What do moods sound like? (Anger is a real easy one - loud, sudden attacks and often a lot of distortion.) This is stuff you can strategize about while you're away from your instrument. Something that came up in the music discussion is that certain chords and note relationships can also invoke moods, but that's a department I don't know much about. There's no reason why electronic instruments can't be as expressive as acoustic ones - it just takes folks like you who want to tackle that issue. A volume pedal works wonders for expressiveness. Same with the pitch wheel and mod wheel on your keyboards. I have the mod wheel on my microkorg set to a band pass filter, and it works great! Using pitch, mod, and volume while playing notes, I can get really vocal with it. -- Matt Davignon mattdavignon@gmail.com www.ribosomemusic.com Podcast! http://ribosomematt.podomatic.com http://www.youtube.com/user/ribosomematt