Word: keyboarding
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Originally from Texas, the group formed in New York City in 1997, with Valle (guitar/vocals), Sean Donovan (keyboard, bass and programming) and Wayne B. Magruder (drums, programming and percussion). They later added Peter Gannon (rhythm guitar). With three albums released, Calla have received critical, if not commercial, recognition, including the distinction of “#1 Band You need to know in 2001” by Alternative Press...
...thing that TV on the Radio have going for them is that they really do sound like nothing out there at the moment. They may borrow beats and keyboard accents from the retro-wave fad that’s sweeping the current New York scene, but they add to them in such interesting and entertaining ways that it’s hard to make comparisons between TV and any of the old-time greats...
...were speaking. "It's not in the fingers. It's in the muscles of the body," he whispers cryptically about the secret of his technique. Sandor, who draws on a repertoire of works that numbers more than a thousand, is known around the world for his wizardry at the keyboard. Last year he played to packed houses at Cairo's Manasterly Palace, Seoul's Arts Center and London's Barbican Hall, to name a few. This week he's on his way to Rome's Teatro Ghione, and from there to Singapore's Symphony Hall for recitals. His rigorous performance...
...remarks. "But why retire? What I love more than anything is teaching and playing the violin." Legendary lyric bass Daniel Ferro, 82, concurs. "I couldn't think of retiring," says Ferro, who still has a booming voice. "I would be bored to tears. I'll probably die at the keyboard...
...Sometimes he’d come into my room and make me play ‘flashy’ stuff on my keyboard,” Aronson said. “I’d suggest playing something introspective, and he’d say, ‘It’s not flashy enough...