Samurai Keys Multi-Keyboard Multitasking

Sep 1,2010
Often, our jobs involve playing multiple keyboard parts at once. As important as the music itself is, it’s also vital to make sure that your multikey rig works ergonomically with both your body and playing style. Keeping your More...

Booker T Video Repost

Oct 12,2011
We've been meaning to catch up with Booker T. Jones since his Grammy win for the 2009 album Potato Hole--for which we interviewed him back in August '09. If you haven't heard his latest, The Road From Memphis, you're missing out, More...

Welcome to Keyboard's November 2011 Links Page

Oct 10,2011
Exclusive interview with the Flaming Lips! Evan Bogart talks songwriting, keyboards, and production. Miss our Summer NAMM gear wrap? It's online?     More...

Daniel Mintseris On Creative Wurly Comping

Jun 1,2010
The Wurlitzer Electronic Piano is loved the world over for its vintage sound. Songs like Ray Charles’ “What’d I Say,” Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” and Beck’s “Where It’s At” are just three of the countless More...

Get Funky on the Rhodes

Jan 22,2010
Influential recordings from the late 1960s by pioneering keyboardists (such as those by Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea with Miles Davis, and Billy Preston with the Beatles) brought the Rhodes electric piano to the forefront of modern More...

Chester Thompson B-3 Master Class

Feb 11,2010
In this web-only video master class, original Tower of Power keyboardist Chester Thompson--who over the past 20 years has played with Santana--explains some of the secrets behind his unique, bubbling, rhythmic Hammond B-3 style More...

Get Funky On The Rhodes2

Feb 1,2010
Pioneering keyboardists (such as Joe Zawinul, Chick Corea with Miles Davis, and Billy Preston with the Beatles) brought the Rhodes electric piano to the forefront of modern music. Soon it was the go-to keyboard of the ’70s More...

Michael Jacksons “Billie Jean”

Dec 1,2009
Michael Jackson created some of the most universally memorable — and downright funky — music of the last century. His hit “Billie Jean,” from the best-selling album of all time, Thriller, makes great use of synth bass and More...

New Orleans Piano with Josh Charles

Aug 18,2010
Josh Charles knows a thing or two about New Orleans-style stride, boogie, and gospel piano playing. He should--at 13 years of age, he approached the legendary Dr. John and asked to be his student. After hearing what the young More...