Word: keyboarding
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this were a music video, it would start in this living room in Havana, with a tight shot of the skinny kid in the white tank top at the keyboard. He counts it off from four, and with a sort of animal ease, his fingers fly, and a montuno rhythm swells through the dented amp, surging until the drummer can't help joining in with the five-beat clave that is the backbone of all music here. And then the camera swings to the timbalero with a pink star dyed into his fade, cracking into the rhythm, and here comes...
...built around common taste in some esoteric form of cultural consumption,” Kaufman says. As the volume and variety of multimedia content available on any computer across the globe increases every day, artists within these enclaves gain the ability to distribute their work to anyone with a keyboard. “Rock bands are just as likely to emerge through self-promotion via MySpace or YouTube as they are through major record companies,” Kaufman says. “In the not-so-distant future it will be just as easy to get new movies online...
...forcefully announces his return. The jazzy guitar licks, insistent bass line, sparklingly dissonant piano line, and tight drum beat tell the listener in no uncertain terms that Q-Tip is still an excellent producer. On the closer “Shaka,” the jazzy shades of keyboard strongly evoke A Tribe Called Quest—at least until a squiggly techno-sounding synthesizer riff enters. It’s wonderful how Q-Tip combines disparate musical elements, both past and present, into one cohesive head-nodding unit. Lyrically, Q-Tip is in top form as well. What stands...
...judges were wowed by Burruss’s incorporation of alternative materials. “I loved the keyboard,” says Whitman. Burruss broke down an old keyboard to create an original labels—her initials on the dress’s left pocket. She also created a bow out of the film found inside the keyboard...
...right now” in a track that sets his buttery vocals against a layered, electrified beat that would do well on any party playlist. The upbeat groove rolls on with the equally solid “It’s Over,” featuring a funky keyboard that harkens back to old school jams while electronic accents and an amusing rap by longtime supporter Kanye West keep things modern. With the energy of these two tracks propelling it forward, the album moves from one enjoyable tune to the next and stays fresh with the injection of reggae flavor...