A New Addition to the Family

For the past 10 years I have been using keyboards for all my recording and performing needs. Now thanks to Yamaha's breakthrough state-of-the-art digital piano technology, I have added a new piece of equipment to the studio - my very first piano.

As a pianist-composer I've been faced with the challenge of finding an instrument that has the tone of a concert grand piano, the mobility of a keyboard and doesn't cost so much that if you sold it, you could build yourself a brand new basement and still have money left over! Yamaha has taken their grand piano action and put it in a small format, upright piano with finely precisioned optical sensors. These sensors trigger a range of sounds sampled from Yamaha's world acclaimed concert grand piano. To put it simply, it's a hybrid piano. The keys feel exactly like an acoustic piano, everything else is digital.

What does this mean? It means I can record high quality piano tracks on a real piano keyboard. The sound is another step up in my quest for audio perfection. For now pictures will have to do. I am in the process of preparing a new single that will let you hear the difference for yourself!  Until then it's back to the studio. If you would like to see more pictures please visit the photo gallery.

-Kevin