10 Electro Bands You Ought to Know Nov 21, 2009
While characterized by synthesizers, electric guitars, and electronic keyboards, modern electronic rock has become deeply entangled with other sub-genres, most notably New Wave, post-punk, and synth pop music. As a result, the electro world can offer music lovers a range of styles, from feel-good dance beats to dark, haunting melodies. (Suite101.com)
Melody machine Jul 18, 2009
" Youth Music contacted music-based design agency Silent Studios and interactive artist Chris O'Shea to come up with a project in which kids of any age can make music, without having any training. Audio+visualInside the box is a seamless mix of high-tech instruments built into a round table: two electronic keyboards, electronic drums, and a digital turntable. Four people sit down at the table and are offered six music genres to choose from to make their song, providing them with a basic rhythm... (BBC News -- Technology)
Jackson's Kids Emerge from Behin00004000d the Veil Jul 8, 2009
It is from an era of excess, when electronic drum machines, and electronic keyboards replaced musicians. When dancers, flashing lights replaced groovy. (CBS News)
PIANO LESSENS May 24, 2009
Start with electronic keyboards and digital instruments, with their improving quality and alluring gadgets such as metronomes, USB ports, headphones and recording devices. Not to mention their generally lower price. (New York Post -- Opinions)
A sweet melody May 12, 2009
He also sells electronic keyboards and digital pianos. For 2008, about two-thirds of Vintage Piano Works $500,000 in revenue came from piano sales, Grossman said. (Louisville Business First, KY)
The First Information Age May 2, 2009
New technologies that debuted or were demonstrated at the fair included dishwashers, fluorescent lighting, nylon stockings, color film, electronic keyboards, speech synthesizers, new plastics (including Lucite and Plexiglas) and all sorts of networks (telephone, highway, electric power, airline). But television was the Fair's signature technology. (Forbes -- Business)
Musical exchange Mar 14, 2009
Other items on display included drum sets, bongos, electronic keyboards, drum pedals, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets and a French horn or two. Oefelein said some of the trumpets and saxophones were of professional quality. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Landmark Work Feb 19, 2009
Instrumental color is one - the ensemble of electronic keyboards and amplified woodwinds and voice presents a nearly monochromatic surface throughout - and dynamic level is another. But the topics that Glass does address here are endlessly productive and nuanced. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Music gala to benefit Americares Feb 9, 2009
At home, he plays a Steinway grand piano, a Yamaha Clavinova, a Yamaha upright and several electronic keyboards. William enjoys sharing his passion for music with others. (Town Times, CT)
