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In your music/recordings/etc. how important is a piano? |
The piano is crucial to me. |
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55% |
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It's nice once in awhile... |
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35% |
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Piano? I'd rather have a cheeseburger. |
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2% |
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I do strictly electronic music....no piano. |
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5% |
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Other |
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2% |
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 2:34 am Post subject: Regarding the piano... |
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Just thought I would ask everyone this question and see where things go from here. _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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cnegrad Platinum Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 1961 Location: N. Carolina
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Piano and Rhodes have always been my instruments of choice. _________________ -cnegrad
Our Jazz CD: The Deanna Jones Orchestra: "Very First Dance"
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Our Christian CD: Jacob's Journey: "A Feather In His Hand"
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yamaha135 Senior Member
Joined: 12 Sep 2003 Posts: 476 Location: Ohio, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 5:34 am Post subject: |
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ditto... with the addition of an organ _________________ -Triton Classic 61
-Triton Extreme 88
-Yamaha Motif6
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mikee72 Platinum Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2003 Posts: 971 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 8:50 am Post subject: |
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~80% of my music has piano in it. It's a cornerstone of my music. _________________ The Triton Studio 76. Who needs Cable TV? |
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Diego Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2882 Location: Italy
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Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:50 am Post subject: |
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I'm a pianist, so I use my keyboard for solo-piano performance performance, too.
It's very very important for me a good piano, ep, rhodes and organ sound.
regards _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
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Synthoid Platinum Member
Joined: 17 Mar 2003 Posts: 3300 Location: PA, USA
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 3:30 pm Post subject: |
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Wow....I thought we would have more "strictly electronic" musicians participating. _________________ M3, Triton Classic, Radias, Motif XS, Alesis Ion |
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chordial Platinum Member
Joined: 27 Jan 2002 Posts: 3385 Location: UK
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I compose and play almost all my stuff on the piano patch (combi000), even if it ends up as something else.
Cheers _________________ Chordial |
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GregC Platinum Member
Joined: 15 May 2002 Posts: 9451 Location: Discovery Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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I am still inspired by timeless classical piano pieces.
The piano might be the most perfect musical instrument invented.
No filters or ring modulators needed for the acoustic piano. _________________ Kronos 88. MODX8
Achieve your musical dreams
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Sharp Site Admin
Joined: 02 Jan 2002 Posts: 18197 Location: Ireland
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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I guess nearly everything I sequence uses a Piano, but I wouldn’t mind that Cheeseburger right now
Regareds.
Sharp. |
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Stephen Platinum Member
Joined: 28 Aug 2002 Posts: 4709
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SLR Senior Member
Joined: 21 Jun 2002 Posts: 455 Location: Hampshire, England
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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I rarely get to go near my keyboard let alone a piano as I'm always on the web finding out how others are doing it ! and NOT actually doing it myself
I am not a pianist either but if I had to choose a sound that does it for me, it'd be a Rhodes. When I do write (or try to, before the web distracts me), it's normally around the Rhodes' sound. |
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Lorenzo Platinum Member
Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 3681 Location: Italy
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 6:52 pm Post subject: |
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Piano RULES! I'll never stop studying it
Lorenzo _________________ http://www.synthaddicted.com |
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Timo Platinum Member
Joined: 24 Jan 2002 Posts: 3109 Location: Kaoss central, England
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 8:45 pm Post subject: |
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I voted "It's nice once in awhile...", but in truth to me it's much closer to being crucial, but I don't use it every track, so didn't think I could vote that entirely. Although I don't use it in every track (more, say, about a half to two-thirds of my own tracks), I could NOT live without the piano sound.
About the "I do strictly electronic music....no piano." option:- I think Piano is an instrument, if indeed the only(!) instrument (ok, maybe possibly guitar too, at a push), that can transgress any genre and still not sound a jot out of place - even on the hardest of hardcore electronic music.
It's a very powerful instrument, but at the same time beautfully subtle with much variation and expression, and sounds great in absolutely any context.
Still understated since its incarnation, and never tiring.
Yet it's so complex, that it's almost un-emulatable (without sampling!).
Although not the only element of my music, it IS, however, my favourite instrument. |
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JohnnyAardvark Platinum Member
Joined: 25 May 2004 Posts: 1020 Location: UK
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Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2004 12:15 am Post subject: |
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Timo wrote: | It's a very powerful instrument, but at the same time beautfully subtle with much variation and expression |
Hence Piano Forte...
I also voted "It's nice once in a while...", but I often use piano (or guitar) when coming up with ideas or writing songs.
Sioux recently posted this article.
Jarre Hybrid interviews - (Hybrid link has now changed)
I remember a comment mentioned in the Hybrid interview about composing on Guitar before moving onto more complex arrangments. I agree with the idea that if all the lights go you can still perform.
I guess the same is true for a piano providing you have a "real one" laying around!
I do like purely synthetic stuff though and get quite a bit of inspiration from creating new sounds.
Regards,
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olivio
Joined: 17 Apr 2004 Posts: 31 Location: France
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2004 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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I always try to find a melody with Combi (000). I always start with the piano and add more sounds afterwards. It seems to me that I find my way and get something concrete through it. I have a work basis. |
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