It's all about illusions, really. There are a lot of surprisingly easy things you can do to create insanely fast stuff, especially with mono leads. If you're talking about playing fast stuff, of course. A little hard to explain in text, though... Like some of the tapping tricks you can do on guitar.
Then you can also practice scales all day long, of course... :mrgreen:
My suggestion is to try to transcribe something that's not a keyboard solo. Guitar, violin, sax.. makes you come up with lines and ideas you'd never think of. And, it's fun to emulate another instrument, using a big fat synth lead.
It can be the keyboardists curse, just like guitar players, to always fall into the same pattern. We keyboard people tend to stick with our good old scales up and down, and the occasional arpeggio. Guitar players fall into the pentatonic and blues scale a lot. And then you'll just end up sounding like everyone else.
So I think it's a good idea to "learn other instruments" when coming up with your own soloing style. Focus on melodies more than just pure speed and wankety-wank-o-rama. A good balance of both can make the unforgettable solos.
And of course, it's all about practicing for ages, over and over again until it sounds and feels right.
Jem should do an 80's style "Learn to shred" video. The shred report, with solos from Million(notesasecond)town and Experiments in Fast Appeal
