Greg Phillinganes schools Clyde Lawrence on how to play the piano part in Toto’s Rosanna correctly

Sitting at the piano, Lawrence’s first task is to work out Rosanna’s starting key (G major) and the various modulations that ...

Tony Banks says that virtuoso technique was never his priority, but avoiding "lazy" chord progressions was

In fact, in a new interview with the LA Times, Banks suggests that part of the reason for his success was that he was able to ...
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Akai refines its classic MIDI keyboard and finally ditches the joystick

With the latest iteration, the Akai MPK Mini IV is still one of the best MIDI keyboards on the market right now. It’s jam-packed with features and functionality that will serve more experienced users ...
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“I didn't even mean to release it - I was working on another song and came up with the riff and then I just started freestyling”: A decade on, we analyse the inner workings ...

Released over a year ahead of its effervescent parent album Colors, Wow demonstrated that Beck’s penchant for genre-blurring was still in rude health ...