The Keyboard Chronicles

Episode 7 sees us talk to Lisa Bella Donna , keyboard player, composer and synthesist. Lisa covers some huge ground, from the ARP 2600 to her current focus with live performance. Links to content mentioned during the show : Snowy Dreamscapes The Alan R. Pearlman Foundation Antonus 2600 Heath Kits – they still exist! Inspirations: Walter Kraft , Wendy Carlos The ARP 2500 Korg PS-3100 A GRP Sy...

Episode 6 sees us talk to one of the greatest Australian songwriters in rock history, Andrew Farriss . Both in his current guide as a country artist or as half of the incredible songwriting partnership with Michael Hutchence that led to INXS having worldwide success , Andrew talks gigging, songwriting and of course keyboards! Links to content mentioned during the sho w: Tania Kernaghan Lawrie Mins...

Episode 5 involves an interview with Paul Bindig, keyboard player with Echoes of Pink Floyd . We talk everything from the geographical challenges of touring to replicating the work of Pink Floyd.   Links to content mentioned during the show: Here, have a finger bun recipe Midnight Oil 1984 movie Desert island discs: Animals (Pink Floyd), Dark Side of the Moon (Pink Floyd), Back in Black (AC/D...

Episode 4 sees us move north to Canada, where we speak with Eric Doucet, who is keyboard player with Carter and the Capitals , amongst a range of other projects. We talk on everything from defining jazz-metal to balancing multiple gigs and some interesting desert island discs.   Links to content mentioned during the show: Studiologic Sledge Jim Alfredson Keyboard Rig – Echoes of Pink Fl...

In Episode 3 we speak with Ben Lewis, a Chicago-based keyboard player covering everything from jazz to country. Aside from his burgeoning solo career , he’s also a key part of Gary Sinise’s Lt. Dan Band , and we cover both aspects and more in our catch-up with Ben. Links to content mentioned during the show: Brad Mehldau – Jazz Pianist Don’t forget to click on any of the su...

In Episode 2 we go to the USA and chat to Dave Bryce who’s a well respected keyboard player (currently with Rabbit Valet ), voiceover artist and owner of musicplayer.com . We cover everything from Dave’s history as a player, to this desert island discs. Don’t forget to click on any of the subscribe links to automatically have each episode download, or just click play on the playe...

In our first episode we go to the United Kingdom and chat to Chris Gallagher from Man @ The Echo . As you’ll hear, this is a guy who loves what he does and has put in the hours to make sure he does it well ( check out Chris and the band playing a great live set here ).   We cover everything from learning Green Onions through to which of the (non-related) Gallagher brothers bothers us th...

We’re pleased to get the show on the road with a short introductory episode of the podcast. Episode 1 coming very soon! The post An Introduction appeared first on The Keyboard Chronicles .