Michael Gallant Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Hi everyone, Due to a number of factors, we had to postpone the Keyboard Challenge for a month. But never fear... it's back, with a friend:) Below are the Keyboard Challenges from our February and March issues. The top answer for each question, as chosen by the Keyboard editors, will appear in print in the May issue of Keyboard. Please post your answers to both questions here. Question 1: IMAGINE YOU CAN GET THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE KEYBOARD LUMINARIES, LIVING OR DEAD, TOGETHER IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. WHO ARE YOUR STARS, WHAT'S THEIR COLLECTIVE NEW ALBUM CALLED, AND WHAT DOES THE MUSIC SOUND LIKE? Question 2: MILES DAVIS KIND OF BLUE, FEATURED IN THE MARCH ISSUE OF KEYBOARD, WAS A HUGELY INFLUENTIAL AND TRANSFORMATIVE ALBUM WHEN IT WAS RELEASED IN 1959. IS THERE A KIND OF BLUE FOR THE 2000s? Thanks! Michael Michael Gallant, Associate Editor Keyboard Magazine More people pay for Keyboard magazine than any other music-tech magazine. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted March 11, 2009 Share Posted March 11, 2009 Question 2: Piano Possibile by Carlo Mezzanotte Jazz Trio (it's literally sitting on my desk with my CD of Kind of Blue right now) "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgoo Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Question 1: I started by gravitating toword my favorites- Wakeman, Emerson & Banks... and then I thought, "that'd be a noisy, self indulgent mess". So then I thought, who would be an interesting combo? Suzanne Ciani, Billy Preston & Bentmont Tench. Ciani sets up beautiful trance-like pads, sweeps, loops & other wonderful sonic backdrops, Bentmont subtly supports with Wurly & Piano, and Billy lights up the groove on B-3 & clav. The album is called "Chillin' with the Flame". Custom Music, Audio Post Production, Location Audio www.gmma.biz https://www.facebook.com/gmmamusic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gallant Posted March 12, 2009 Author Share Posted March 12, 2009 One of my own to add for #1 (not in the running to be printed in the mag...) McCoy Tyner, Trent Reznor, and Jon Medeski playing seething, explosively percussive experimental grooves. The album would simply be called "Burn." Michael Gallant, Associate Editor Keyboard Magazine More people pay for Keyboard magazine than any other music-tech magazine. Period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marino Posted March 12, 2009 Share Posted March 12, 2009 Question 2: Piano Possibile by Carlo Mezzanotte Jazz Trio (it's literally sitting on my desk with my CD of Kind of Blue right now) :blush: Thanks a lot Joe... um, are you sure you haven't had one too many tonight... :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthoid Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Suzanne Ciani, Billy Preston & Bentmont Tench. Ciani sets up beautiful trance-like pads, sweeps, loops & other wonderful sonic backdrops, Bentmont subtly supports with Wurly & Piano, and Billy lights up the groove on B-3 & clav. The album is called "Chillin' with the Flame". I'd buy that album for sure. When an eel hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's a Moray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted March 23, 2009 Share Posted March 23, 2009 Q1 - Beethoven, Bach and BT. Beethoven writing most of the melodies, Bach handling voicing, and BT adding pads, drum loops, and giving it a modern mix. The album would be called Dangerous Notation. It would be fast and slow electronic music with piano and workstation sounds. The main track would be Arpeggiate This, a song in which Bachs carefully crafted notes makes computer generated arpeggios sound, well, like stale computer generated arpeggios. This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RABid Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow. This thread took a quick fall from the front page. Should it be stickied? This post edited for speling. My Sweetwater Gear Exchange Page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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