Hi everyone, Has anyone heard of The 5 Browns? I just discovered them & they are absolutely amazing! What a talented family! If you like classical music, you...
Hi Fred, One of the amateur big bands I play in replaced their damaged Roland FP-8 with a Previa. All things considered, it was a good purchase. Pros: Light...
Hi all, I ended up picking up the m-Audio Keystation88 as my "throwaway" piano. I use it in venues where it might be damaged. Big uncontrolled crowds, ...
It doesn't take weeks of boring piano lessons, and you don't have to pay someone a fortune to come to your home and train you personally. And what's best is...
Every once in awhile I stumble around wwbw.com (Woodwind/Brasswind, a music wholesaler/retailer about the size of any Walmart Superstore). They've been around...
I've been using Music Pad for about a year now, average of 4 times a week have 450 organ pieces loaded saves me from lugging 4 big notebooks tis well worth...
Whew, what a relief! After years of playing professionally, I only have to put in 10 minutes a day to be twenty times better than I am now. What a chump I've...
Hey Tom, I received the 4 MusicPads Friday, but I won't have time to "play" with them until I get this latest show up and running, so I'm looking forward to...
Learning to play the piano is like learning how to speak a language. If you were learning Spanish, for instance, you would need to listen and speak it, and the...
Hi Rick, Are your scores oversized? That's the only reason I can imagine why you wouldn't use a $60 scanner to digitize them. I do that routinely. I've had...
Watch this video to the end to see that this guy really is awesome! At first I thought he was a dork then when he was finished I was amazed by how good he can...
Hi guys, My name is Martin. I'm a midi music programmer and am currently taking on projects to sequence. If you have a song or even a bunch of songs that you...
After 30 years of playing keyboards I finally bit the bullet and bought a keytar. To some keyboardists and other Rock musicians a keytar is very uncool. To...
Hi Eric, Thanks for your post! The closest I got to a keytar was screwing guitar strap knobs into the wooden sides of my MicroMoog and playing the odd tune out...
Hey Ken: I'm ROTFLMAO!! I LOVE that story. Thanks for sharing it. I too had a MicroMoog once upon a time and made a makeshift keytar out of it. Never knocked...
Hi everyone, Has anyone heard of The 5 Browns? I just discovered them & they are absolutely amazing! What a talented family! If you like classical music, you...
As the subject implies I'm looking to by a new synth/sampler. I've been trying to use my work laptop at church in a "one-man-band" type situation. The only...
I'm a professional midi music sequencer. As an introduction to my service I'm offering to sequence any 3-5 minute pop,country,rock,smooth jazz, or R&B song for...
Hey Ken, Sorry I'm late getting back, I've been (glurp) doing an outdoor production of Once Upon a Mattress in this heat. Arghh. Believe it or not, I haven't...
Just wanted to tell you about a great opportunity for all musicians... Bam Bam Slam is a new online video talent contest that has a "Instrument Soloist" ...
... Hi Tom, A call to the nearest Irish consulate should give you better information than we could muster. Be sure you know whether your dignitary comes from...
I am new to piano, and would like to begin to explore the Midi interface functions on my Casio keyboard. Initially, I would like to be able to create simple...
Hi everybody. I'm in the market for a keyboard to replace my dying Ensoniq MR76. Basically I need a stage piano with a good 88 key action that is well built (I...
... GeneralMusic Promega 3, Kawai MP4 (or is the MP8 the high end one?). And Roland RD-700's are popular. I've heard great things about the CP300. Haven't had...
RE: PC or Mac Situation: It's 11pm and your computer just crashed with your project that you need tomorrow morning. You call your local computer buddy to...
RE: Yamahas I find that in general, the Yamaha keyboards have the widest range for touch sensitivity. If you set it up high enough, you can run over the thing...