TONIGHT: LIVE MASTER CLASS WITH JORDAN RUDESS
Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizardry
Sponsored by Roland
Keyboard is excited to present a LIVE online Master Class with virtuoso Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, the poster boy for exciting keyboard playing the world over. In this exclusive webcast, Jordan will show you the techniques he’s used to develop his amazing playing style, ideas for building and shaping solos, and how to create and tweak synth sounds to get the maximum effect in performance. Jordan will take your live questions, moderated by Keyboard’s own synth guru Tom Brislin, during this one-hour Master Class broadcast LIVE from The Collective in NYC.

Tonight's LIVE Webcast attendees will be registered to win a Roland V Synth XT and will receive special Music Player discounted pricing on the Musician’s Atlas and Atlas online!

Thursday, March 27, 7:00pm PST (10:00 EST) – LIVE from The Collective, NYC!
Register at: http://www.visualwebcaster.com/musicplayernetwork/storefront

Check out The Collective at www.thecollectivenyc.com

About The Collective
The Collective is a world-class learning center for Drumset players, Bass players, Guitar players and Keyboard players. Programs of study range from part-time weekly or bi-weekly private lessons, to 10-week to 2-year comprehensive full-time study programs. Collective Faculty members are some of the most respected players in the music community, with years of recording and performance experience. Courses are geared toward developing real-world performance skills. Whether you are coming to The Collective for a few days or two years, you can be sure of having the experience of a lifetime in the music capital of the world. www.thecollectivenyc.com

 

The Frankfurt Finalists
There was plenty of new gear at the Frankfurt Musikmesse, but the real action was at the Musikmesse International Press Awards (MIPA), where just to be nominated means that over 100 music magazines the world over think your product rocks. Here are the winning products and many nominees, with links to Keyboard’s reviews and behind-the-scenes articles about them.

Best Keyboard Workstation
Korg M3

Best Keyboards/Software
Dave Smith Prophet 08
Click here for Richard Leiter’s Keyboard Confidential on the making of the Prophet 08.

Best Stage Piano
Clavia Nord Stage

Best Sound Libraries
EastWest FabFour
Click here for Ernie Rideout’s Keyboard Confidential on the making of Fab Four.

Best Sampler
Winner: Native Instruments Kontakt 3
Digidesign A.I.R. Structure
MOTU MachFive2

Best Software Instruments
Winner: Cakewalk Rapture 1.1
Arturia Jupiter-8V
XLN Audio Addictive Drums

Best Organ/Portable Keyboard
Clavia Nord C1

Best Recording Software
Apple Logic Studio

Best Recording Hardware
Euphonix Artist Series Controllers

Best Recording Effects
Universal Audio UAD-Xpander

Melodyne's new polyphonic audio editing lets you reach into your audio files.

The next revolution in music is here. It’s polyphonic editing — of audio files. Yes, it’s from Celemony, and yes, it's in Melodyne, and yes, you can learn more about it here. Check out this video demonstration of how the amazing DNA technology works here!

The M-Audio ProKeys Sono digital pianos with built-in audio interfaces are perfect for songwriting. Check them out here.

The Mini-Mo gets 88 keys! Yamaha’s MM8 — the newest relative of the Motif family — has a serious graded hammer action and all the sounds, grooves, and computer integration of the MM6. Read more here.

Getting antsy while you wait for the Fall 2008 release of Spectrasonics Omnishpere? Increase your anticipation by checking out the new video by Eric Persing here; you’re not gonna want to miss this one.

An expandable guitar amp? Leave it to IK Multimedia to deliver — virtually, at least — with the new AmpliTube X-GEAR 1.1, a free download for all registered StompIO users and all registered owners of at least one “powered by AmpliTube” product. Check it out here.

Keyboard reports live from SXSW!
Want to find out about the coolest bands and shows at SXSW? Click here to see and hear associate editor Michael Gallant’s up-to-the-minute posts about the offical events — and the unofficial gossip!


Are  you the Next GUITAR SUPERSTAR?
Presenting Guitar Player's fourth annual guitar competition: Ten finalists will compete LIVE before a panel of celebrity judges and a sold-out house in San Francisco on September 13. Only one will be named Guitar Player's Guitar Superstar 2008.
ENTER here!


Presenting the Music Production Technology Webinar Series
Introducing a new series of FREE music production technology webcasts from EQ & Keyboard magazines that give you how-to tips and technique for the latest recording applications. In these one-hour web sessions you will learn how to maximize your music production with top software tools.

Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7.4
In this educational webcast, we share some choice tips and tricks for utilizing Digidesign’s Pro Tools 7.4 LE in the home studio.

Propellerhead Reason 4 
In this webcast Keyboard editor at large John Krogh takes an in-depth, real world approach to making music in side Reason 4, the premiere all-in-one software studio.

Native Instruments Kontakt 
Native Instruments’ Kontakt is the top soft sampler of choice for in-the-know songwriters and producers; Keybaord editor at large John Krogh shows you the ins and outs of making real-world music with this powerhouse.


The Music Player Network Artist Master Class Webcast Series
Ever wish you could have a private lesson with the pros? You can! Check out these webcasts: Keyboard's Jeff Lorber: The Art Of the Groove, Guitar Player's Larry Carlton: 335 Blues, Bass Player's Victor Wooten: Slap Techniques, and EQ's Master of Your Studio Domain with editor Craig Anderton. New! Check out the newly archived versions of our webcasts "Full Range Bass" with bassist Michael Manring and Keyboard Wizardry with Jordan Rudess.  Check it out here.