Hammond? Leslie?
More information about Hammond and/or Leslie you can find on this sites:
https://www.hammondclub.nl/ (Dutch)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ (English)
Music was always there in my childhood —
surrounding me like a quiet friend.
With the music came understanding.
And with understanding…
came reconciliation.
~
The money I earned from my first part-time job was spent on a used Hammond organ with a Leslie speaker!
It was a massive instrument, with more keys and pedals than anyone really needs.
And the sound it produced was really, really, really loud.
My poor parents!
After some practice, it began to sound a bit like James Last.
That is — if you didn’t listen too closely.
And wore earplugs.
My organ's volume even outdid the howling of our dog,
who clearly wasn’t a fan of James Last.
So yes — it’s all a matter of taste!
Hammond? Leslie?
More information about Hammond and/or Leslie you can find on this sites:
https://www.hammondclub.nl/ (Dutch)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammond_organ (English)
The stutterer.
How doomed a learning path can be...
Believe me — it wasn’t for lack of attention. The organ teacher I hired (to please both my parents and the dog) really did his best… but failed.
Was that on me? Was I too impatient?
Or was it the fact that the poor man stuttered —heavily—
whenever he tried to explain something?
And by stuttering, I mean seriously stuttering.
Except when he played. Because when his fingers touched the keys, his speech became smooth — fluent, even.
So there I was, paying him by the hour just to listen to his music instead of learning what he was trying to teach me. Poor dog. Poor wallet! Poor me!
My patience ran out quickly, as usual.
After that little fiasco, I decided to take a different route. Because one thing was certain: I was never going to learn to play that old-fashioned box with a stuttering teacher standing next to it.
Lucky dog!
Poor teacher!
“You’re f-f-f-fir-ed!”
The new approach was as simple as it was expensive.
I bought myself a real keyboard!
Nice and modern, packed with technology — and no pedals.
Thank God!
My newborn already had a name:
Technics SX-K450.
What. A. Beauty.
A real Technics SX-K450 accompaniment keyboard!
For me, it was heaven on earth.
Bit by bit, I learned to play on that glorious machine — and I loved every second of it. But more than that, I discovered a whole new world behind the keys:
MIDI (.mid) and karaoke files (.kar).
And so, one thing led to another…
bedhippie.nl was born.
More information about Technics Keyboards
you can find on this site:
https://www.synthmania.com/ (English)
But hey, the world has changed. I still play the keyboard — though less than I once did.
Life moves in rhythms of its own: a family, a job, the everyday song.
And time...
Time slips through your fingers like sunlight through curtains.
The hands of the clock spin faster now, it seems.
Yet while time rushes on, so do the wonders of creation.
And that — that is something beautiful.
And now? Many years later?
The gates of creative heaven
swing open!
Music creation is suddenly accessible to all!
At last, even a simple guy like me — and let’s be honest, that’s exactly what I am — can do more than just mess around on a keyboard. Not that it ever gets dull, but still!
Ever since I discovered Suno and got the hang of its features, I’ve been able to unleash my creativity — turning my own lyrics into real, beautiful songs.
These are the songs I’m excited to share with you.
Right here on – Bedhippie.nl
It’s never easy to see someone leave...
But truly — thank you for being here.
It meant a lot.
Hope to see you again.
Alright, let’s see what Suno can really do with my creativity!
Who knows… I might just sign up and start creating too! 😉
Awesome!
Can’t wait for you to hear my tracks — enjoy! I’ll be right here when you get back. Deal?