midispaceho Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 DAMN! the Keyboard mag gear give away is to freaking die for. Who needs Viagra, I can just look at that spread and...well never mind. Any keyboard mag execs lurking...PICK ME! Nobody could possible love that pile of gear more! Heeeeeere kitty kitty kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Originally posted by midispaceho: DAMN! the Keyboard mag gear give away is to freaking die for. Who needs Viagra, I can just look at that spread and...well never mind. Any keyboard mag execs lurking...PICK ME! Nobody could possible love that pile of gear more! Mannnn! Kissing up to the wonderful, handsome, beautiful people that run the stupendous magazine is not going to get you anywhere. Casey P.S. pick me...pick me! "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midispaceho Posted January 2, 2002 Author Share Posted January 2, 2002 I would never stoop to kissing up to the incredibly talented and awe inspiring gurus at Keyboard! Heeeeeere kitty kitty kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Yeah, it's cool and all, but just what the hell does THAT have to do with KEYBOARDS???? Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted January 2, 2002 Share Posted January 2, 2002 Originally posted by joegerardi: Yeah, it's cool and all, but just what the hell does THAT have to do with KEYBOARDS???? I was going to bring this up in a separate thread, but... Sometime during the 1990s Keyboard's charter expanded and the focus of the mag changed dramatically. Instead of being a mag about and for keyboard players, it turned into this massive catch-all publication. The subtitle now reads "synths, samplers, music software, digital recording, players & remixers." Bass and guitar players still have focused mags, ones in which the guitar/bass masters grace the cover on a monthly basis. When was the last time Keyboard ran a cover that featured a real keyboard artist (I think it was the Joey Defrancesco - Beauty and the B issue). Now the covers showcase technology, products, pop songwriters, etc. And everything has to be ultra-hip. They are clearly going out of their way to focus on the latest trend setters (knob twisters) vs. talented musicians with real lasting power. I guess Jarrett, Corea, Zawinul, Handcock, Hammer, etc. have just stopped playing/recording and are of no interest to keyboard players any more. Look at the latest issue. The feature is about the keyboard players backing Madonna. Now I'm sure they're very talented players and of course they've got great equipment, but Joe Sample takes second billing to these guys? It makes no sense to me. A few months back the Access Virus Indigo got the cover (too bad the synth wasn't good enough to get a KeyBuy rating). IMHO Keyboard mag has lost focus and is nothing like the publication it once was. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 Originally posted by joegerardi: Yeah, it's cool and all, but just what the hell does THAT have to do with KEYBOARDS???? In the latest issue of keyboard there is another keyboard give-away. There`s a Motif 6 and other stuff. The Motif is all I remember, I would love a free one. That`s what it has to do with keyboards. The magazine is the same as I found it about three years ago. A lot of the articles make me go Hmmm!, but like I said, it`s the same as when I first found it. Casey "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joegerardi Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 KC: We must be looking at different giveaways. Sorry for the confusion. On the website the giveaway is for a Fab Four setup. That's what I was referring too. ..Joe Setup: Korg Kronos 61, Roland XV-88, Korg Triton-Rack, Motif-Rack, Korg N1r, Alesis QSR, Roland M-GS64 Yamaha KX-88, KX76, Roland Super-JX, E-Mu Longboard 61, Kawai K1II, Kawai K4. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midispaceho Posted January 3, 2002 Author Share Posted January 3, 2002 I agree the fab 4 give away does not have much to do with keyboards. I think I posted something about it a while ago. The new give away has a lot to do with keyboards and electronic music production. They threw in a guitar this time I guess just for fun? Heeeeeere kitty kitty kitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowly Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 Originally posted by joegerardi: KC: We must be looking at different giveaways. Sorry for the confusion. On the website the giveaway is for a Fab Four setup. That's what I was referring too. ..Joe Me thinks the web site is about ten days behind the magazine. Casey "Let It Be!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbox Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 Originally posted by burningbusch: Sometime during the 1990s Keyboard's charter expanded and the focus of the mag changed dramatically. Instead of being a mag about and for keyboard players, it turned into this massive catch-all publication. The subtitle now reads "synths, samplers, music software, digital recording, players & remixers." "...plus the occasional pro football thread." Enthusiasm powers the world. Craig Anderton's Archiving Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KTempo Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 OH MY GOSH!!! I'm drooling over the Yamaha Studio Giveaway!! Man, I'll learn how to play the guitar and beat the hell outta that DTXPress Drums! I'd never won _anything_ before in my life, but hell, that's not gonna stop me from entering. Keep up the _good_ work KEYBOARD mag!! Smooches--Love ya! I like the fact that they report/review on more than just keyboards for the keyboardist/songwriter. I've learned (and is still learning) a lot with the master classes and reading the write-ups in Composing and DanceMix (with Richard Leiter and Greg Rule)--besides the product reviews themselves which are stellar. I'm even gonna read the Studio Sense section in the latest issue (Jan. 2002). Even though I don't use PT & its Beat Detective but _maybe_ the tips and techniques given _might_ help me with the software that I use -- plus I love reading Studio Sense anyways! I dunno how Keyboard Magazine was in the past but I sure like what they are now! Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fortner Posted January 5, 2002 Share Posted January 5, 2002 I was going to bring this up in a separate thread, but... Sometime during the 1990s Keyboard's charter expanded and the focus of the mag changed dramatically. Instead of being a mag about and for keyboard players, it turned into this massive catch-all publication. The subtitle now reads "synths, samplers, music software, digital recording, players & remixers." Bass and guitar players still have focused mags, ones in which the guitar/bass masters grace the cover on a monthly basis. When was the last time Keyboard ran a cover that featured a real keyboard artist (I think it was the Joey Defrancesco - Beauty and the B issue). I've been an occasional contributor to Keyboard, and visited several times to participate in panel discussions, one of which was about B-3 clones in that issue with Joey D on the cover. The editors there would be the first to agree about the shift in focus, and I would have to agree with them that it was made in response to a perceived cultural shift in what people want to read about. It's worth remembering that the mag was originally called "Contemporay Keyboard," and I think they've always been motivated by a drive to be just that. Personally, I'd never get tired of columns like Freff's "Creative Options" and Dave Stewart's "Inside the Music," both now retired. But the Keyboard folks informed me that the single greatest thing readers are demanding is more coverage of new gear, so they give it to 'em. I would. What's now "contemporary" may, in a lot of people's minds, suck, but that's a larger issue. That Keyboard seems to cater more to aspiring Mobys and Fatboy Slims (neither of whom I think suck, BTW) than to aspiring Emersons and Rudesses is IMHO a mirror of society. I'll be the first to admit there may be flaws in the following analogy, but back in the day, I heard many jazz and classical purists diss CK for writing too much about synthesizers and rock players. Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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