Ah, my brain is old. I swear I was listening to Atavachron earlier than that, but I guess not. I have the vinyl and the CD and I remember a guy telling me he couldn't understand how I could listen to it (sheesh). I also probably have the ticket stub somewhere; it was at the Trafalmador Cafe in Buffalo (now closed I think). I am probably mixing up the Holdsworth show with Jean-Luc Ponty's Individual Choice tour show or some other Jazz-Fusion shredder like Al DiMeola. I was a college kid.He used the synthaxe on Atavachron and the album was released in 1986. I think that was his first album using it. I saw the tour for that album he did with Chad Wackerman on drums….awesome show! I still have the ticket stub for the show, it was just $8.50.I chose engineering instead of music, though for jazz guitar not keys; I am still not sure it was the right choice. My former music theory, concert and pit band, and jazz ensemble teacher told me that after I had graduated he managed to convince our district to buy a DX7, but nobody could figure out how to program it so they used only the presets. The first time I saw one on stage was (I think) Kei Akagi playing keys for Allan Holdsworth sometime in the 83-84 time period; That was during Holdsworth’s SynthAxxe phase and they both just blew me away. Wives and kids, LOL.I begged my dad for a DX7 which was not affordable for us but he got me a Casio CZ1000 for Christmas that year which still wasn't affordable but he worked a lot of overtime to get it, something I will never forget. I played the crap out of that thing as the keyboard player in a bunch of really bad Hair Metal bands. Eventually got a used DX7 and then a D550 rack when they came out. Then an SQ80. That trio of DX7, D550 and SQ80 was killer. I then got a JV1080 and then an XV5080. Then I got a wife and a kid and had to get a real job lolSame for the "vintage" synths (kids but no grandkids - none of them wants kids - don't blame them). I remember seeing a Minimoog, Arp Odyssey, and Polymoog all in a row at House of Guitars in Rochester, NY (not sure if they were new or used). There was a guy on my street who owned a Minimoog and a 4-Track reel-to-reel, and we went over to his house to record stuff (guitar for me). One of my brothers had a Yamaha CS-15 for a while; bought new with some help from my dad.I am a grandfather and in my late 50s
How old is old AF? I will be 60 in less than one year.I remember when all the "Vintage" Synths were new
I remember when all the "Vintage" Synths were new
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