{"id":9047,"date":"2015-04-12T15:05:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-12T15:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=9047"},"modified":"2016-05-08T19:57:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-08T19:57:26","slug":"an-honest-mistake-records-presents-discovery-thursday-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glaringnotebook.com\/?p=9047","title":{"rendered":"An Honest Mistake Records Presents: Discovery Thursday (March 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n12th March 2015: An Honest Mistake Records Presents: Discovery Thursday (March 2015)<\/a> at Laundry Bar, The Curve.<\/p>\n


\nFirst up, a band of smartly-dressed dudes.<\/p>\n


\nCalling Relevance<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nEmcee and organizer Darren Teh of An Honest Mistake Records!<\/p>\n


\nHe introduced the next band, which had one very cool, desirable Korg RK-100S keytar.<\/p>\n


\nThe band?<\/p>\n


\nNightcat<\/b>.<\/p>\n


\nThis is another cool instrument – a neck-through Dean guitar in Classic White. I’d never seen one so pure in whiteness – Dean’s brand for me is all about Dimebag Darrell. I had to look it up before remembering Dave Mustaine also shreds on Dean guitars.<\/p>\n


\nI finally got to see Jie Er’s other band!<\/p>\n


\nJo-Ling and her 37 keys of coolness.<\/p>\n

I made the mistake of looking up how much this costed – it seemed quite affordable to me, for someone who doesn’t know how to read sheet music. I know the theory but I can’t read it quickly, and I don’t know my scales when not in C major\/A minor.<\/p>\n

I then looked up the price of the Roland AX-Synth and found it to be twice the price for 12 more keys, or one more octave! The KORG, however, has smaller than normal keys, which might help. I also considered that a 24-fret 6-string guitar has the equivalent of a 49-key keyboard in range, but it’s not as if keytars don’t have an octave shifter. How practical this is in use however, I don’t know.<\/p>\n

I’d been toying with the idea, since I love the sound of a synthesizer with a big fat 80s tone, and I also love the idea of creating chords using the keyboard layout (as opposed to a guitar). My guitar and bass hang on a double-neck guitar stand to the side of my computer, and I’d love to be able to just pull up a keytar from the side and jam on it out of boredom, without it taking up space permanently on the table. Heck, I could even play it strapped around my neck!<\/p>\n