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Liberace was a classical pianist, so I guess his chops were superior to Elton's. I would say his chops were equal to piano virtouosos of his era. Then it's a question of the music itself-there, Elton John wins hands down...

Actually I bought a Glogenspiel from Thomman a month ago. Got it to a pop songwriter gig in an Anglican church too 😃 for a couple of songs. I need practice 😉

Enjoyable: my Yamaha silent piano Useful: Nord Electro 5d Fun: stylophone. It generated more positive reactions from the audience than any other keyboard I've ever played 😉

McCoy Tyner had a very similar approach to the piano when doing fast runs. Just great non legato technique (not really staccato which can not be applied to such fast runs)

To my ears Neo Soul Keys Rhodes Pianoteq acoustic piano and VB3 organ are far better than any hardware emulations out there..

Don't break the bank if you're not sure you are going to use soft synths for a long time. It's a long process and I would advice you (as someone who uses software for more than 20 years) to go one step at a time and take the time to learn the workflow. Mainstage is wonderful and very cheap, and has plenty of very useful libraries to start with. If you need more horsepower, you can go unlimited third party VSTs. Just my two euros

Your first phrase was the bottom line for this whole topic! Thanx

I don't know if Nord electro 5 is considered "a synth", but this is pretty much my workhorse for all my gigs, for organ/ep/clav/piano and the occasional synth. Depending on the gig, I might use my Mainstage rig with my Korg bluetooth 37 or Axiom 49 for additional synth sounds, or even my iOS rig as well (mostly Mainstage though). Whenever i need a proper 88, the production will backline it for me. If there's no production to take care of it, there will be no 88

This will be like finding answer to the great mysteries of the universe

Unfortunately the second keyboard will be a controller a fly-easy Korg bluetooth 37 and an Axiom, so there are no internal bass sounds. I thought of maybe using the Korg as a sole bass controller from Mainstage but there's another problem in this scenario: playing bass on an upper keyboard while seated is gonna hurt my left hand. I was thinking maybe a stand that allows me to bring the Nord and the Axiom close together, and then having the bass from Mainstage in order not to sacrifice the Nord's stereo routing...

Yes, and the Mainstage synths which will be played on the Nord keyboard.

I'll have my Mac onstage either way. I prefer the simplicity of the Nord but the fact that I have to run the rest of its sounds in mono if I play the Nord bass, is kind of disappointing

So I got this gig in Hungary where I'll be playing keys and bass, and I have these two options 1) I either play the internal Nord Electro 5 bass on the left chanel, organ/ep/keys on the right chanel Or 2) I use the Mainstage bass through a different output from my sound card to a bass amp Normally I would prefer to use the Nord's bass and drive the rest of the Nord's sounds in mono to the FOH. But something's telling me that the Mainstage bass will be punchier and it will free up the Nord to run its sounds in stereo PS: in either scenarios the Nord will be my main keyboard and there will also be an Axiom and a Korg bluetooth 37 key for additional sounds, leads etc for Mainstage. What's your take?

+1 The iOS instruments are not yet there compared to the Mac endless libraries, both within Mainstage and others. I use both as sound sources for fly in gigs, but Mainstage always has the lion's share.

BTW I am still trying to assign my Nord Electro's 5 volume pedal (Roland EX5) to Camelot and I can't find my way around... Anyone knows the step-by-step procedure?

I was listening to Devil's Advocate yesterday and this exact Rhodes solo. I believe though, he was as good an all around keys player/sound designer as he was a soloist in a purely jazz way. That's why he was so busy playing with many greats on the jazz and pop world.

Some years ago a brave guy posted the full transcription of a Charlie Parker solo by Brad and his trio. He was playing somewhere in a hotel, many years ago, and the story said that he attacked the piece right after having breakfast 🥞😄😄😄😂 In each of the many choruses, a different jazz piano era pases by his solo, all with perfect accuracy, crazy speed and taste. The guy simply knew since his early 20s the full jazz piano literature in and out but he also commands newer music hipsters like AND classical idioms. His sense of polyphony and voice leading comes straight from Bach. I can't think of a better Keith Jarrett successor in our era

I use it for Ipad and it works flawlessly. I had some minor issues in the beggining but Camelot people are very fast and friendly to help me on line or through their Facebook page. Camelot, just like any other DAW, has its own logic and it's pretty simple when you get it, but you have to invest some tine to do so... I am an old Mainstage user on my Macs, but as long as Mainstage is not there for ipads, Camelot will be my choice and, so far, it works without any issues live.

Brad Mehldau has certainly shaped the way for myriad jazz musicians under 40-45. Of course it's not a horse course here. We all adore and worship Herbie, Chick Corea, Jarrett and countless others. But still Mehldau is younger of all these guys, so generation under 50 can easily identify with. And he has picked to record many staple non jazz songs of our times, so younger listeners from different genres can relate easier to (something Hancock did at his day) my two euros

"If a bomb drops in this studio, John Denver will have a new record career" 😂

Τhese two cheap Korg bluetooth mini keys are my latest purchase. Very lightweight and combined to my ipad 9th gen, almost zero latency. Less than perfect for any jazz or "serious" playing, but excellent for my 90s/pop/nu disco gig that needs a variety of sounds and minimal playing. The whole thing is no more than 5 kg and the pack-unpack time is near nothing-ideal for a crowded city. I'll even go to the venue with my Vespa Let's see how this is gonna work live

This is a dead end discussion, we both know it 😉 I was primarily talking about Nord offering new sounds, which is a good customers service. The rest takes us off topic

I use Nords since 1999 and never had a problem with their service, both locally here in Athens and in Sweden, when I had to send an old Electro for repair. They have high prices, but this is Sweden I always had my instrument repaired on time. But here we're mostly talking about how they are renewing their arsenal constantly. I like the fact that they're not sitting in their laurels (they sell products one way or another...) but trying instead to give more new and fresh sounds to their customers.

I want to invest more time to learning properly the accordion (mostly left a hand voicings) and, eventually, buy a new and better one if I become a better player. I want test my two bluetooth controllers/ipad rig for my pop band. No heavy keys, no cables, just nice sounds and zero weigh to move around. Especially for this project, I mainly need the sounds and nothing too fancy on the playing side, so small keys is not a problem. Next week I will know if this is just a dream or a new reality (Korg micro key 61+37+ipad 9th gen) Being healthy is not a resolution, but it helps for the rest 😉 Merry Xmas to all

Why? This is the right after sales service many companies don't provide