The Art of Synth Soloing: Sweep Dual Filters for Soaring Sounds

6.14.2012 6:53:00 PM
LAST MONTH WE STARTED EXPLORING FILTER TYPES AND DOING BASIC SWEEPS. More...

Power Warm-Ups

6.14.2012 6:00:00 PM
I’VE WORKED OVER THE YEARS TO DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF WARM-UPS THAT ENGAGE AS MANY of the muscles used in keyboard playing as possible. More...

Clave Concepts

6.14.2012 5:00:00 PM
I’VE ALWAYS BEEN FASCINATED BY THE PERCUSSIVE ELEMENTS OF LATIN JAZZ, SO IT WAS natural for me to adapt the ideas emanating from its potent percussion section to the piano. More...

Live on a Laptop: Top Tips for Hassle-Free Gigs With Virtual Instruments

5.8.2012 4:00:00 PM
CONSIDER TWO IMPORTANT RULES OF USING VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS LIVE: More...

The Art of Synth Soloing: Filter FUNdamentals

5.8.2012 4:00:00 PM
SINCE WE LAUNCHED THS COLUMN IN DECEMBER 2011, WE’VE COME A LONG WAY in exploring pitch-related performance techniques. More...

Monster Leads Part 2

5.8.2012 4:00:00 PM
LAST MONTH, WE LOOKED AT A CLASSIC APPROACH TO MAKING MONSTER LEADS VIA LAYERING AND blending multiple synths playing the same riff. More...

Hand Independence in Improvisation

5.8.2012 2:00:00 PM
ART TATUM ONCE TOLD A YOUNG, BOASTING BUD POWELL, “LOOK, YOU COME IN HERE TOMORROW, and anything you do with your right hand, I’ll do with my left!” More...

The Fine Art of Phrasing

5.8.2012 2:00:00 PM
PHRASING IS AN OFTEN OVERLOOKED BUT INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT ASPECT OF KEYBOARD performance, where two worlds merge: science and emotion. More...

Monster Leads, Part 1

4.18.2012 3:00:00 PM
A TIME-TESTED TECHNIQUE FOR CREATING A MASSIVE SOUND IS TO KEEP YOUR OVERALL TRACK VERY simple and focus on three components: punchy drums, bombastic bass, and a simple but massive lead riff that remains interesting throughout More...

The Art of Synth Soloing: Pitch-Bend as Manual Vibrato

4.18.2012 2:47:00 PM
IN OUR DECEMBER 2011 COLUMN, WE INTRODUCED USING AN LFO TO PRODUCE vibrato. More...

Think Like a Section

4.17.2012 7:00:00 PM
KEYBOARDISTS HAVE AN INHERENT UNDERSTANDING OF CHORD CONSTRUCTION AND HARMONY. More...

Strategies for Supporting Singer-Songwriters

4.17.2012 7:00:00 PM
FEW GIGS ARE MORE CHALLENGING AND REWARDING FOR A KEYBOARDIST THAN PLAYING BEHIND singer-songwriters. More...

Improvise With Intervals

4.17.2012 7:00:00 PM
INTERVALLIC IMPROVISATION LEADS TO A MORE INDIVIDUAL STYLE OF PLAYING. More...

The Art of Synth Soloing: Beyond the Whole-Step Bend

4.9.2012 7:38:00 PM
LAST MONTH WE STARTED TO EXPLORE SOME REPEATED NOTE EXERCISES, learning to play a “real” note and then repeating it with a bent note. More...

French Twists

4.9.2012 7:00:00 PM
ONE OF ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC’S MOST VIRAL VIDEOS IN 2011 WAS “POP Culture” by French whiz kid Madeon. More...