MIDI octave up using push swich

I was using this code for Sending control change using an ultrasonic sensor and sending noteOn/noteOff message to the MIDI software which was working perfectly. Recently I have added two push switch to octave up and octave down using the switches() function. But now my MIDI monitor is not showing any output.

#include <MPR121.h>
#include <Control_Surface.h>
#include <MPR121_Datastream.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <MIDIUSB.h>


USBMIDI_Interface midi;

//NEW CODE
int x=0, last_d, last_x;

// defines pins numbers
const int trigPin = 9;
const int echoPin = 10;
long duration;
uint8_t data;
int distance, last;
MIDIAddress myAddress =

{
  MIDI_CC::General_Purpose_Controller_1, CHANNEL_1
};


//X-Axis of my Joystick
PBPotentiometer potentiometer = {
  A5,        // Analog pin connected to potentiometer
  CHANNEL_1, // MIDI Channel 1
};

// Y-Axis of my Joystick
CCPotentiometer potentiometer2 = {
  A1,                                   // Analog pin connected to potentiometer
  {MIDI_CC::Channel_Volume, CHANNEL_1}, // Channel volume of channel 1
};

// touch constants
const uint32_t BAUD_RATE = 115200;
const uint8_t MPR121_ADDR = 0x5A;  // 0x5A is the MPR121 I2C address
const uint8_t MPR121_INT = 4;  // pin 4 is the MPR121 interrupt

// MPR121 datastream behaviour constants
const bool MPR121_DATASTREAM_ENABLE = false;

// MIDI behaviour constants
const bool SWITCH_OFF = false;  // if set to "true", touching an electrode once turns the note on, touching it again turns it off
// if set to "false", the note is only on while the electrode is touched

const uint8_t NOTES[] = {59, 58, 57, 56, 55, 54, 53, 52, 51, 50, 49, 48};  // piano notes from C3 to B3 in semitones

bool note_status[12] = {false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false};

const uint8_t CHANNEL = 0;  // default channel is 0

void setup() {

  Control_Surface.begin(); // Initialize Control Surface
  Serial.begin(BAUD_RATE);

  pinMode(trigPin, OUTPUT); // Sets the trigPin as an Output
  pinMode(echoPin, INPUT); // Sets the echoPin as an Input
  pinMode(LED_BUILTIN, OUTPUT);
  pinMode(2, INPUT);
  pinMode(6, INPUT);
  MPR_Begin();

}



void loop() {

  dist_ance();
  switches();
  Serial.println(distance);

  if (distance != last_d || x != last_x)
  {
    convert(distance);
    data = data + x;
    if (data > 127)  data = 127;
    Control_Surface.MIDI().sendCC(myAddress, data);
  }
  last = distance;
  last_x = x;
  Control_Surface.loop();
  sendnotemessage();

}

void dist_ance()
{
  // Clears the trigPin
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  delayMicroseconds(2);
  // Sets the trigPin on HIGH state for 10 micro seconds
  digitalWrite(trigPin, HIGH);
  delayMicroseconds(10);
  digitalWrite(trigPin, LOW);
  // Reads the echoPin, returns the sound wave travel time in microseconds
  duration = pulseIn(echoPin, HIGH);
  // Calculating the distance
  distance = duration * 0.034 / 2;
  if (distance > 50)
    distance = 50;
}

void convert(int dis)
{
  int y = 50 - dis;
  data = map(y, 0, 50, 0, 127);
}

void switches () 
{
    if(digitalRead(2)==HIGH) 
    {
    	while(digitalRead(2)==HIGH){
    	    // statement
    	}
    	x = x+12;
    }
    if(digitalRead(6)==HIGH) 
    {
    	while(digitalRead(6)==HIGH){
    	    // statement
    	}
    	x = x-12;
    }
}
void sendnotemessage()
{
  MPR121.updateAll();

  for (int i = 0; i < 12; i++)
  {

    if (MPR121.isNewTouch(i))
    {

      if (!SWITCH_OFF)
      {
        noteOn(CHANNEL, NOTES[i], 64);  // maximum velocity
        MidiUSB.flush();//To make data transfer immediately
      }
      else
      {
        if (note_status[i])
        {
          noteOff(CHANNEL, NOTES[i], 64);  // maximum velocity
          MidiUSB.flush();//To make data transfer immediately
        }
        else
        {
          noteOn(CHANNEL, NOTES[i], 64);  // maximum velocity
          MidiUSB.flush();//To make data transfer immediately
        }
        note_status[i] = !note_status[i];  // toggle note status
      }
    }
    else if (MPR121.isNewRelease(i))
    {
      // if we have a new release, turn off the onboard LED and
      // send a "note off" message (unless we're in toggle mode)

      if (!SWITCH_OFF)
      {
        noteOff(CHANNEL, NOTES[i], 64);  // maximum velocity
        MidiUSB.flush();
      }
    }

    if (MPR121_DATASTREAM_ENABLE)
    {
      MPR121_Datastream.update();
    }
  }
}

void noteOn(byte channel, byte pitch, byte velocity)
{
  midiEventPacket_t noteOn = {0x09, 0x90 | channel, pitch, velocity};
  MidiUSB.sendMIDI(noteOn);
  MidiUSB.flush();
}

void noteOff(byte channel, byte pitch, byte velocity)
{
  midiEventPacket_t noteOff = {0x08, 0x80 | channel, pitch, velocity};
  MidiUSB.sendMIDI(noteOff);
  MidiUSB.flush();
}

void controlChange(byte channel, byte control, byte value)
{
  midiEventPacket_t event = {0x0B, 0xB0 | channel, control, value};
  MidiUSB.sendMIDI(event);
  MidiUSB.flush();
}

void MPR_Begin()
{
  if (!MPR121.begin(MPR121_ADDR)) {
    Serial.println("error setting up MPR121");
    switch (MPR121.getError()) {
      case NO_ERROR:
        Serial.println("no error");
        break;
      case ADDRESS_UNKNOWN:
        Serial.println("incorrect address");
        break;
      case READBACK_FAIL:
        Serial.println("readback failure");
        break;
      case OVERCURRENT_FLAG:
        Serial.println("overcurrent on REXT pin");
        break;
      case OUT_OF_RANGE:
        Serial.println("electrode out of range");
        break;
      case NOT_INITED:
        Serial.println("not initialised");
        break;
      default:
        Serial.println("unknown error");
        break;
    }
    while (1);
  }

  MPR121.setInterruptPin(MPR121_INT);

  if (MPR121_DATASTREAM_ENABLE) 
  {
    MPR121.restoreSavedThresholds();
    MPR121_Datastream.begin(&Serial);
  } 
  else 
  {
    MPR121.setTouchThreshold(40);  // this is the touch threshold - setting it low makes it more like a proximity trigger, default value is 40 for touch
    MPR121.setReleaseThreshold(20);  // this is the release threshold - must ALWAYS be smaller than the touch threshold, default value is 20 for touch
  }

  MPR121.setFFI(FFI_10);
  MPR121.setSFI(SFI_10);
  MPR121.setGlobalCDT(CDT_4US);  // reasonable for larger capacitances

  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, HIGH);  // switch on user LED while auto calibrating electrodes
  delay(1000);
  MPR121.autoSetElectrodes();  // autoset all electrode settings
  digitalWrite(LED_BUILTIN, LOW);
}

How did you wire your switches? Are the momentairy push buttons?