Tomas

Hello from Central Europe! Hello from Central Europe! I started with Yamaha Portasound PSS 480 (https://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/portasound-PSS-480) in 1990 when I was 9, and my ten-year-old kid plays the same piece today. I learned most kinds of harmonica when I was around 12, added flute a bit later, and started experimenting with computers and computer music in 1993 or 1994, trying to learn how to control a simple DAW (Fruity Loops). The computer was just another instrument, and I used it for fun. At around 19, I happened to serve a very decent 12 months for the MoD of Slovakia, where I had a lot of free time, a Steinway piano in an empty auditorium, and a pretty average guitar with steel strings. It was tough to play, but I got used to the pain since I gave it several hundred hours. A few weeks later, I finally understood what "I got blisters on me fingers!" by John Lennon means. Later, computer systems, networking UNIX and GNU/Linux, and programming became my hobby and profession.