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Some great music played on a Genos 2
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What keyboard model(s) do you have ?: Yamaha Genos 2, KORG PA5X, KETRON EVM, Crumar Mojo Suitcase, Genelec Speakers with sub woofer, King KORG and MK3 61 MIDI Keyboard.
Location: London
Bio: My name is James (alias James Tyros, I adopted as a username on some of my performances when I discovered Yamaha Tyros).
I was born in 1960 in a North East Coastal Town called Hartlepool (don’t mention the monkey!). I moved to London in 1992. In 1971 my parents were given an old upright piano from an elderly friend. My sisters took no interest but I was fascinated by it and kept hammering away at the ivory's almost daily. My school teacher, at the time, told me that I had an ear for music and a hidden talent. I was always listening to music, be it on the radio or record player at home. Often falling asleep with the radio plugged into my ears at night!

The first notes I started to pick out was identified from Beautiful Dreamer, which was constantly being played on the record player at home. I followed it repeatedly and with practice, trial and error, that became my first piece which I picked up by ear. Over the years I found I was able to listen to most music a few times and pick it up on the piano. I couldn't quite get the left hand too well without 'vamping' too much! I was then treated me to my first electronic organ. Actually it was a table top Bontempi in bright red with chord push buttons on the left. Bought from the Co-op with stamps, so you can imagine it. Small, plastic and tin box sound but to me was a joy! The rest is history but needless to say I adapted to the organ far better than the piano. I'd never consider myself a pianist, although I have hammered out some old time sing-a-longs at various charity events. But the organ became my foundation and still is today. I never learned to play off music. I don't consider myself a perfect keyboard player but am told otherwise.

To me playing by ear holds many advantages, ability just to listen to music and pick it up on the keys. But it’s not just playing by memory. I know what a key should sound like before I play it. Of course I would have loved to be able to study and read music but never had the opportunity. It's also a joy to improvise with various pieces and to create my own renditions.

I am now the proud owner of Yamaha Genos 2 and KORG PA5X and in 2025 recent purchase of a KETRON EVM Module with Touchscreen. Previously, Yamaha Tyros 3, 4, 5 and various electronic organs such as Orla, Yamaha PSR-540 and Yamaha Electone FE-40. I have had the pleasure of playing Hammond and Yamaha with Leslie speakers in club bookings. I had regular venues in North East pubs and clubs in the early years. Nowadays I play more as a personal hobby at home. I still enjoy composing my own compositions. Amongst my previous performances, I play pieces from the late great and inspirational Klaus Wunderlich on Tyros 3. The tracks are picked from what I think was Klaus Wunderlich best album 'Dream Concerto'.

I enjoy listening and reading about other performers, amateur or otherwise, in order to learn from each other. I particularly like to hear from other performers who play by ear.
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12-09-2025, 09:45 PM
(12-09-2025, 08:49 PM)I have actually got this power pack for the Genos 2. It’s brilliant. I have most of Keyboard World packs for the Genos 2 and KORG PA5X. Never disappoints. The chosen voices are perfect for the registrations but can also be changed and altered to suit your taste. James. Hugh Wallington Wrote: Some great music played on a Genos 2
 
It’s not often that I find keyboard music that is played the way I like to hear it .. but I have picked up a Thread put up by musicalmemoriesuk in response to a query from Fikke about a Power Pack for Genos 2.
 
https://chellos-keyboard-players-club.co...4#pid29174
The video I have been watching is the second one ..
 
Genos 2 Power Pack – The Registrations
 

 
He plays from REGISTRATIONS.
REGISTRATION 1 is always the INTRO; and REGISTRATION 10 (the last one) the ENDING.
 
What I enjoyed listening to was his selection of songs (all ones I knew); the perfect ‘balance’ he had between the VOICES and the STYLE used; and how he changed the REGISTRATION as he went along to introduce a new VOICE. He probably did this too often for most .. but then this is a DEMO and he was trying to show off all the different combinations of sound you could get. Another great thing about this video is that you can see quite clearly the chords he is playing .. and he played most of the songs in ‘sensible’ keys like C, F and G.
 
What I always have a problem with when playing a new song is finding VOICES that sound great with the STYLE being used. Listening to and watching this video has given me plenty of ideas to try.
 
Judging from the quality of the recordings, he would have used ‘direct’ recordings from the Genos 2 in the video .. hence no talking while he is playing.
 
Hugh
https://youtube.com/@Jamestyros4
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