ApprenticeGary

Avishai Cohen(bassist), especially after checking some rhythm 'decoding' vids on youtube.

IMHO, Roland gears aren"t the 'good at first impression' type thing. Hope the new fantom will be a future legend like the fantom x at least.

To me it"s a standard (better) version of major chord with 3rd in the bass. A 9th to avoid the doubling of 3rd and make it fuller. If you play a series of this chord in parallel, you"ll sense more of its 'major' flavor. I play it a lot while doing Stevie Wonder tunes.

In fact he practices quite hard, with a metronome and all the 'correct methods'. But his groove is very weak. It takes me forever to lock in with him. He"s the boss" friend and a local celebrity. Guess this job won"t last too long for me.

No, no one can 'play an anchor' for him. He just doesn"t interact at all.

Thank u for the input. Things are a bit complicated since covid. The drummer is a friend of the club boss, as the band leader I can"t fire him. Even if I can, there"s no one to replace him in this small town. The bassist and I moved here last year for this job, which pays good. Thx again.

I found some players (piano players) less affected by a problematic rhythm section, especially bad drummers. While I myself always end up not being able to play or just messing up my own playing. I know this sound silly..but any helpful opinions?

Composition wise, I prefer Billy.

I just "downgraded" from a CP4 to a Roland fp30. (Pior to Cp4, I played a Roland FP4 at home and gigged on a yamaha grand almost daily.) I couldn't belive the Fp30 has such a more piano-like action to me than the CP4. During the one year of owning the Cp4, I struggled to warm to it(sound and action) but with no success. The Fp30 also gives your finger some good workout. Switching from it to the yamaha grand I gig on is effortless. Also, I can play some classical pieces on the Fp30 with ease, while it seems impossible on Cp4(It may be just me.).I also own a Kawai ES 8,which is a beautiful instrument (better sounding than the Cp4 IMHO). But its key action is a little bit too light for a practice board, though it plays beautifully as a gigging board. So now the FP30 has my favorite action among the 3. Now I'm a Roland guy again, and I wonder how much better the FP90 and RD2000 are than the FP30(With my respect to all the fellow mumbers' opinion here, I have to try these myself and sincerely I think you should , too ).

Medeli made Kurzweil sp4-7 keybed.

A fatar action seems more like a response to the complaints for Fa 06's, instead of a purposeful upgrade.

My fantom x6 with 4 srx cards sounds and feels better than the jupitar 50 (which I owned and sold)to me. That's why I'm not too curious about the fa series since it's supposed to be lesser than the jp50. It may be just me.

Hank Jones & Roberta Gambarini's duo recording "You're there".

Big Thankyou to NoLights and Al Quiin !Your information and explanation solved my problem perfectly. BTW,I tried some new higher-end Yamaha clavinovas(not the top models) recently, to find the action to be more natural than earlier yamahas. In fact, they reminded me a bit of my Roland FP4, bottoming out softer, unlike CP300. I don't know if it's how CP4 feels like.

Hi, my dear cp4 owner friends, here I have some question. Is the cp4 keybed like Cp300 keybed? Here 's my story.I practice on the FP4 in the day and gig on a yamaha G5 grand at night almost daily. The best thing about FP4 is that it takes no warm-up during the transaction between it and the G5 grand. Practicing on the FP4 doesn't make the first 30 mins on the Yamaha grand feel weird. Everything's smooth and natural. But it's not the case with CP300. A month ago, I rehearsed intensely with a band on a CP300 which belongs to the reheasal room. A responsible and expressive keybed as it has, my first 30 mins of evening gigs was totally ruined , because I had to readjust my touch to the grand piano. I want to know if the keybed on these newer yamaha models like CP4 are improved to feel more natual. Anyone has the experience of playing some hours on CP4 and then switching to a real grand?