Getting married, setting up home in Stockport and a change of career (proper job) meant I stopped performing and for a while played very little. However I did become a Brass bandsman for five years, learning to play various Brass instruments below cornet. In the early 80's and with a young family I purchased a second hand Yamaha EL Series Organ. However while I enjoyed playing it for a while, I never mastered the pedal board and eventually became bored with it's limitations. Especially lack of recording facility.
Following retirement from work I decided I wanted to renew my musical
activity, purely as a hobby, so began looking around for a keyboard
instrument with recording capabilities and discovered Arranger
Keyboards.
Consequently in 2008 I acquired a brand new Yamaha PSR S700
Model thus beginning a very steep learning curve of button pushing. Having developed new skills and playing technique and gained much 'know
how' from Web Forums such as YPKO & PSR Tutorial, when theTyros4
arrived I upgraded and am again on a learning curve though less steep.
Mostly I play by ear but often will use the dots if I have the score,
especially for classical or more serious music. My repertoire here so
far is all produced on my PSR S-700. Tyros 4 productions will follow in due course......
Regards, Jim.