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Originally posted by Extended Play
That would be Jon Carin!
Yes, what is your relation to Ray Kurtzweil? Can you get me a good deal? (heh)
Same floor as Dream Theater?! Paul, I need to hear your stories!
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Hah! Thanks for jogging my brain cells about that keyboardist, Tommy. Actually, the name is Kurzweil, not Kurtzweil. Don't let any snobs tell you different! We pronounce it 'KURZ-while.' If vee ver in Austria or Germany, den it vood be pronounced 'KURTZ-vile.'
According to dear old Dad, in German it literally means 'a short period of time,' but it has a much more interesting colloquial meaning...'a form of entertainment.'
Ray Kurzweil is my dad's cousin, which I think makes him my 1st cousin once removed. My Grandpa had some outrageous number of brothers, and Ray is one of their kids. I did get to play quite a bit with the K-250 early on. I had instructors who were on the development team at the original Kurzweil Music Systems. I'll never forget how realistic sounding it was, as well as being quite noisy, and so heavy you needed 2 people to lift it! At ten grand a pop I didn't know many keyboardists back then who could afford one. Since Ray sold it, I think Young Chang Akki has done very well with the company.
Yeah, the Berklee dorms...what a zoo...I was there 3 out of the 4 years. I distinctly remember jamming with the super long-haired asian bass player...those guys had their prog rock clique, and me and my friends had ours, but we all mingled musically at one time or another. The proggers were definitlely a minority next to the jazzers.