Keyboard Player is the longest-running keyboard magazine
on the UK market, having been published monthly since 1979. Appealing
mainly to the home enthusiast and semi-pro player, the magazine covers
all types of keyboard instruments including portables, workstations, synthesizers,
pianos and organs, plus amplification/speaker systems, computer music
software and ancillary equipment. As well as product news and in-depth
reviews, Keyboard Player publishes expert playing advice, tuition plus
sheet music including exclusive music arrangements, along with interviews
and profiles, prize competitions and reviews of CDs, DVDs and books.
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Issue & Web Site Update - February
2010
Welcome
to the February issue
of Keyboard Player which is now available to download
and purchase.
The Yamaha
PSR-S910 is an update of the S900
which came out in 2007. Andrew Gilbert is pleasantly surprised
at the number of new sounds and the many improvements included
in this new model and finds himself in a quandary regarding
updating his own keyboard set-up.
The ‘Keytar’
- a keyboard with a guitar neck – has been around since
the 1970s. Roland who are not new to this concept having launched
the SH-101 in 1982 have now decided they are back in fashion
with the new AX-Synth
which John Bates finds highly individual and very desirable.
Read his in-depth review in this issue.
Two contrasting virtual instruments are featured in Computer
Music this month with Zero-G’s
Vocaloid 2 Prima which is based on the vocal characteristics
of a operatic diva. The other featured software is the self-explanatory
Chris
Heins Horns Vol. 3 Muted Brass. Elsewhere there is more
experimenting with the Mantovani project using Garritan
GPO for string ensemble sounds.
A few years back we interviewed the then up and coming
jazz pianist Hiromi
Uehara. Since then she has become not only Japan’s
best known keyboardist but is gathering a formidable international
reputation and plays and records with top jazz artistes
such as Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke and Lenny White. Prior
to a recent London concert John Bates spoke to her about
a new solo album and concert series.
With news on the new Yamaha CVP series and the usual tuition
and music features, this then is our February issue which
we hope you’ll enjoy. See you next time.
Issue & Web Site Update - January
2010
A very happy
New Year to all our readers, subscribers and visitors to the
Keyboard Player website. The
January 2010 issue is now available to purchase and download.
Let’s start the new decade with a bit of luxury. For
most of us space and money make the possibility of owning
a grand piano somewhat of a dream but there’s nothing
wrong with wishing and Andrew Gilbert doesn’t hesitate
in putting the new Yamaha
AvantGrand N3 on his wish list. Highly impressed with
the stunning looks, sound and touch of this digital grand,
read his in-depth review in this issue.
For those
of us with a more modest budget, Casio pianos usually offer
superb value and their top-of-the-range Privia
PX-830 is no exception. Read Andrew Gilbert’s review
in this issue.
Sweden’s top rock band, Europe, have been going for
25 years and Mic
Michaeli, keyboard player and founder member talks to
us about the groups new album and forthcoming UK tour.
Keeping with the piano theme this issue, Classnotes
features Chopin as well as items on advanced jazz chords
and some Elizabethan style music.
This then is our January 2010 issue which we hope you’ll
enjoy.
Issue & Web Site Update - December
2009
Welcome
to the December issue
of Keyboard Player which is now available to purchase
and download.
It seems these days that digital piano design and looks are
as important as the sounds and features. Andrew Gilbert looks
at Roland’s latest budget-price model, the F-110
and finds it scores well on all fronts. Read his in-depth
review in this issue.
For the
stage performer Yamaha’s S range of synthesizers have
been a popular choice over the past decade and the latest
series, the S70XS and S90XS have recently been launched. John
Bates looks at the S70XS
in this issue and finds this piano-weighted 76 note model
breaks new ground.
The second
part of the Ketron
Audya review is featured this month and Andrew Gilbert
concentrates on the styles section of this advanced music
station which he regards as the most impressive feature of
this keyboard.
If you
are looking for a powerful and compact keyboard amplifier
the Behringer
K1800FX may be worth checking out in the 2 page review
in this issue.
In Computer
Music this month Andrew Gilbert rejuvenates his guitar
skills with Overlaud’s budget amp simulator TH1 Triode,
checks out the Sibelius
6.1 update and reviews a book on sound mixing.
In Key People, Douglas McPherson talks to Britain’s
versatile and energetic jazz pianist and vocalist Jamie
Cullum who is more than happy to talk about his keyboard
collection, wide-ranging musical tastes and his desire to
integrate the pop and rock world with the spirit of jazz
and improvisation.
In Classnotes John Bates acknowledges that the festive season
is almost upon us with two helpings of Prokofiev’s
‘Troika’ and elsewhere Antonio Vivaldi’s
guitar concerto is featured. This then is our December issue.
Best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. See you soon.
