TommyRude Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Not an x-stand in sight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-NgnympxAE 1 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 What the kids might call, cringe. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 3 hours ago, George88 said: What the kids might call, cringe. I remember being really excited for it as a kid and Thomas Dolby and Howard Jones fan and thinking it was cringey then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 What I found interesting was that John Denver did the intro, and he at least acted really excited by it. Quote "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...
DJkeys Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I had a KX-5 I played for years in bands. Actually, a great keybed and instrument- -dj 1 Quote iMac i7 13.5.2 Studio One 5.5.2 Nord Stage 3 Nord Wave 2 Nektar T4 Drawmer DL 241 Focusrite ISA Two Focusrite Clarett 8 Pre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Not a single keyboard plugged in, but hey — that was a great part played live on the 303 at 2:05. Wireless audio and MIDI back in 1985! 2 Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chummy Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I love the KX5 too, I have a black one, I bought it because I like Chick Corea and 80s pop Quote Catch me on YouTube for 200 IQ piano covers, musical trivia quizzes, tutorials, reviews and other fun stuff... https://www.youtube.com/p1anoyc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRollins Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 (With tongue firmly in cheek...) I would like to like to note that it took four guys to operate one Rick Wakeman's-worth of keyboards. Just sayin'... Grey 3 Quote I'm not interested in someone's ability to program. I'm interested in their ability to compose and play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George88 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 The first documented, “Okay boomer” at the Grammys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpl1228 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 I have a different take on this. I saw it as a look at where music was heading and where it was at that point in time: keyboards and keyboardists were going to be a huge part of pop music's future and not just being the hidden musicians behind the curtain (or sitting at a B3 or Rhodes way back there by the drummer) but as actual flashy performers of the newest flashy technology. I was 21 at the time, and with things like this the musical world seemed limitless as synth people made their way onto mainstream TV and videos and magazine covers. Bo Tomlyn showed up in this new world, for crying out loud. Anything was possible. I also decided to get a KX5 in no smart part due to the show. Time to get out front with the guitar players and see why they got all the cute girls, and at least pretend to have some stage presence. It worked. Mostly because I was 21. 3 Quote Roland RD-2000, Yamaha Motif XF7, Mojo 61, 2 Invisible keyboard stands (!!!!!), 1939 Martin Handcraft Imperial trumpet "Everyone knows rock music attained perfection in 1974. It is a scientific fact." -- Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o0Ampy0o Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 How much band can you fit on a small platform? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Hughes Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 9:27 AM, Joe Muscara said: What I found interesting was that John Denver did the intro, and he at least acted really excited by it. I remember seeing John Denver on the Tonight Show in the 80s, and his keyboard player had a rack bei=hind him that was six feet tall, and I think it was mostly filled with Yamaha TX816s, so maybe John was slowly easing his way into making technopop. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 18 hours ago, Jonathan Hughes said: I remember seeing John Denver on the Tonight Show in the 80s, and his keyboard player had a rack bei=hind him that was six feet tall, and I think it was mostly filled with Yamaha TX816s, so maybe John was slowly easing his way into making technopop. And let me guess: he used that entire refrigerator full of gear to play a pad sound? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H. Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 John Denver gettin' down with FM synths in the 1980s: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 On 12/26/2023 at 11:22 AM, o0Ampy0o said: How much band can you fit on a small platform? Yep that's a small space though they spent close to a decade playing Australian pubs in spaces like that so they probably weren't even fazed 1 Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Muscara Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 4 minutes ago, Dr Nursers said: Yep that's a small space though they spent close to a decade playing Australian pubs in spaces like that so they probably weren't even fazed And my ear says they're playing mostly to tracks anyway. 1 Quote "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...
stoken6 Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Joe Muscara said: And my ear says they're playing mostly to tracks anyway. That's one solution to cramped stages, I guess 👍 Cheers, Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Joe Muscara said: And my ear says they're playing mostly to tracks anyway. Yep absolutely Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redknife Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 Thank goodness nobody got hurt Quote Chris Main gear: Yamaha C7, Kronos 2 88, Moog Sub 37, CK61, Kurzweil PC2x, Pearl epro, Mac/Logic/AUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted December 28, 2023 Author Share Posted December 28, 2023 Watching John Denver announcing the next big thing reminded me of a few similar situations. Somewhere, I think in the 80s or 90s at one of the awards shows, the host announced INXS as the “best live band in the world” right before they gave a performance. Whoever writes and approves the scripts for these shows feels the need to say this stuff… it’s not needed. Just let them play, the audience will decide what they like. And announcing someone or something as the “next big thing” is often the kiss of death. Probably why Bruce Springsteen vehemently protesting against Time & Newsweek when they put him on the cover in the same week back in the 70s, best thing he could have said, helped avoid the kiss of death. Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dglcomp Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 I believe the piece of music used for the Grammy's event was recorded in Stevie Wonder's studio and Howard got to have a jam with Stevie. Also Howard supposedly had quite a few KX5's over the years and only stopped using them when failures became an issue and he switched to the new Korg one, he liked the smaller keys as he felt they worked better for a keytar. 1 Quote Stuff: Roland:SH-201/U-110/S-330/TR-626/M-48 Akai: miniAK/S6000 Yamaha:DX9/HS8/xs7 Korg:05R/W/AX10G Alesis: Vortex MK1 CME: UF70 classic V2/WIDI Behringer: DSP2024Px2/UMC204HD/101/340/D/03/8 ESI:1010e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 I love that video. It is so gloriously cheesy. Quote Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Take out Thomas Dolby and the cringe factor goes way down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABECK Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 12/27/2023 at 8:12 PM, TommyRude said: Watching John Denver announcing the next big thing reminded me of a few similar situations. Somewhere, I think in the 80s or 90s at one of the awards shows, the host announced INXS as the “best live band in the world” right before they gave a performance. If this was 1991, that statement would have had a ring of truth to it. The Live Baby Live show is a great example of a band that is dialed in perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Alfredson Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 Here's a copy of the article about this performance from the June 1985 issue of Keyboard Magazine. https://www.tmdrfan.com/tmdr/articles/keyboard_grammys_jun85.html 1 Quote Keep it greazy! B3tles - Soul Jazz THEO - Prog Rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsongs Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 6:27 AM, Joe Muscara said: What I found interesting was that John Denver did the intro, and he at least acted really excited by it. I think it was genuine. I mean he used that opportunity to school the world on how to pronounce "Moog" after all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsongs Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 12/25/2023 at 2:24 PM, kpl1228 said: I have a different take on this. I saw it as a look at where music was heading and where it was at that point in time: keyboards and keyboardists were going to be a huge part of pop music's future and not just being the hidden musicians behind the curtain (or sitting at a B3 or Rhodes way back there by the drummer) but as actual flashy performers of the newest flashy technology. I was 21 at the time, and with things like this the musical world seemed limitless as synth people made their way onto mainstream TV and videos and magazine covers. Bo Tomlyn showed up in this new world, for crying out loud. Anything was possible. I also decided to get a KX5 in no smart part due to the show. Time to get out front with the guitar players and see why they got all the cute girls, and at least pretend to have some stage presence. It worked. Mostly because I was 21. I was 13 at the time. I had been taking piano lessons for about a year then. I was getting by with a little Yamaha Portasound keyboard. It was this Grammy performance, Live Aid and pretty much every song on the radio that year that made me want a Yamaha DX7 soooooooo bad. Flash forward to Christmas morning, 1985: I found a huge box (and a smaller box with accessories) by the Christmas tree. It was a brand new Yamaha DX7. My best Christmas present E-V-E-R. And it's still going strong 38 years later. 6 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpl1228 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 17 hours ago, elsongs said: I was 13 at the time. I had been taking piano lessons for about a year then. I was getting by with a little Yamaha Portasound keyboard. It was this Grammy performance, Live Aid and pretty much every song on the radio that year that made me want a Yamaha DX7 soooooooo bad. Flash forward to Christmas morning, 1985: I found a huge box (and a smaller box with accessories) by the Christmas tree. It was a brand new Yamaha DX7. My best Christmas present E-V-E-R. And it's still going strong 38 years later. Great Christmas story. Sounds like it was your Red Rider BB gun. Mine's similar. I was 21 playing for not-much-better-than-beer-money in a awful bar band on the road in some hotel in Bellefontaine Ohio on Christmas weekend a million years ago when my parents showed up with a DX7 in a case to my gig. Guess they saw enough promise in my rookie year on the road to do a little investment. Turns out it was a co-signed loan and then they handed me a payment book, but still I was unbelievably grateful they stepped up for even that, as they had nothing and somehow got approved for a loan thru the local music store. I needed pro gear, I had scrimped for falling-apart old keyboards just to get a gig, and my parents knew it. The DX7 was all I talked about for a year, and I just couldn't get the $2K on my own, no matter how much I tried to save on the road. But 65 bucks a month? I could swing that. That DX7 made me viable and marketable and I went on to new bands and better gigs. But that DX7 was the catalyst. My first real newer pro board. The KX5 controller followed a few months later. I forgot all about that moment. A good Christmas memory. Parental involvement would be a good topic for this forum, actually. 4 2 Quote Roland RD-2000, Yamaha Motif XF7, Mojo 61, 2 Invisible keyboard stands (!!!!!), 1939 Martin Handcraft Imperial trumpet "Everyone knows rock music attained perfection in 1974. It is a scientific fact." -- Homer Simpson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Paxton Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 12/28/2023 at 1:53 PM, dglcomp said: Also Howard supposedly had quite a few KX5's over the years and only stopped using them when failures became an issue and he switched to the new Korg one, he liked the smaller keys as he felt they worked better for a keytar. When I was learning Chick Corea's "Got a Match" just a few years ago, there was one passage where I was having trouble finding a fingering I liked. So I thought I'd see if I could find video of Chick playing it to see how he tackled it. That was when I learned the secret: Chick only ever played the tune on a KX5, and the mini keys made that particular passage way easier to reach. I ended up using his fingering and eventually got used to the stretch, but it took some time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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