http://motifreak.com Chronicles of a Yamaha Motif Enthusiast Thu, 31 Jan 2008 18:02:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Presenting to you Bert, who is an "entertainer" first, and a "keyboard player" next. Click here for more Bert/Motif XS videos. http://motifreak.com/2007/12/28/bert-smorenburg-live-yamaha-motif-xs-demo-on-stage/ Talent vs Skill Skill can be acquired. Skill comes with practice, hard work, dedication, passion. But some are just born with talent. Sheer talent. I like to call it God's gift. But only some of those "gifted" ones have the passion, dedication, presence of life and awareness, to do anything with it. Here's one ... http://motifreak.com/2007/12/12/what-is-true-talent-enter-ethan-bortnick-a-6-yr-old-child-prodigy-and-pianist/ When I decided to sign-up for piano lessons, of course the first thing I did was to start thinking about which keyboard to buy. I did extensive research online for keyboards: I did Google searches, visited an insane number of web sites, musician forums, read reviews on Amazon and other e-tailers, ... http://motifreak.com/2007/11/30/how-to-sell-yamaha-motif-keyboard-youtube-videos/ Hi there, My name is Ravi Jayagopal. I have never played the piano or keyboard - until two weeks ago - November 15, 2007. I have always wanted to play the keyboard all my life, but never pursued that dream. I used to play the guitar when I was in school and college, ... http://motifreak.com/2007/11/30/welcome-to-motifreakcom/