It is with great sadness that I have to announce that Brian Sharp passed away earlier today after a battle with cancer. He was 78 years old. The funeral will be for family and close friends only and has yet to be arranged. http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab92/tiercedepicardiecouk/august/b3edd1e7-...

Alan Haven passed away on Thursday last - he had been suffering with cancer for over a year. I had the pleasure of working with Alan on many occasions in the past - he was a real gentleman and an extremely talented organist - he will be sorely missed by his family, many friends and fans - RIP Alan. ...

Nice one Andy, brought a smile to my face

Thanks for sharing with us .... all the best,


mike

Anybody spring to mind?

Hiya folks, Well with the exception of the three members who have sent their music uploads for this year's Christmas video ... the response so far has been dire - yet again! Time is running out, so if anyone else is thinking of participating ... please submit your material before November the 10th. ...

Christmas Music Sheets ... to get you get you in the mood
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Christmas Styles for Yamaha Keyboards ...
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Wotcha folks, I would very much like to make an OKMF Christmas video this year to wish our visitors/guests a Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year ... I envisage a 30 minute video featuring around 10 x 3 minute mp3's performed by playing members ... to start off with perhaps we should limit to one ...

Not one I can help on I'm afraid ... I don't really have any interest in 'theatre organs' and consequently, other than hearing of Carolyn Riddick, I know nothing about her or her career. A great many theatre organists at some point in their career 'crossover' into the world of electronic organs even...

Apparently they are going to be featuring the new Lowrey Marquee at this event ....

Hi Jørgen,

They wouldn't even let me join to experience the pleasure of being 'kicked-off'

We are very quiet and experiencing site loading issues at the moment ... but you are always very welcome here

All the best,

Mike

The Roland E-A7 is an arranger keyboard with a massive amount of features combined with a nice simple layout. The vast array of lights, buttons and knobs may seem a little worrying at first. But funnily enough it actually makes it easier. Instead of looking through hundreds of menus to find the feat...

Roland introduces the E-A7 Expandable Arranger, a fully featured, versatile arranger keyboard for musicians needing professional-grade sounds and authentic backing styles. Weighing in at just under 18 pounds, this self-contained, powerful, yet compact 61-note keyboard dramatically reduces the amount...

http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab92/tiercedepicardiecouk/august/8ea95a31-f783-4991-80a7-6bc8fc8f8ee2_zpsz68nuyhs.jpg You bored with playing the organ and taken on a new hobby these days Andy .... or maybe you just can't sleep at night. :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :D Full Story: http://www.huf...

Synthesizer manufacturer Korg has released a new keyboard themed around The Beatles. https://image.ibb.co/e6ezoa/Korg_Liverpool2015.jpg The instrument, which is named The Liverpool in reference to the band's hometown, comes with the backing tracks of 100 of the Fab Four's songs built-in and is also ...

From the Troxy Wurlitzer's website ....

That should be a great evening Brian :D I was a big Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger fan in the late 60's but over the years I sort of lost touch with what he was up to ... an awesome organist for sure. I remember Driscoll & Auger's take on 'light my fire' and 'let the sunshine in' ... I wore the ...

I believe Mark Speight is the new organist ... very fine player indeed

All the best,

Mike

Another one .... only 8 views and not a single comment in 18 months!

Sigh ......

Hi Brian, You won't go wrong by having the Oberheim, their products are very good indeed .... an American company with it's manufacturing links with the Galantis (Viscount/GEM etc etc). As far as drawbar modules go they are all 'much of muchness' ... and when you get down to it, none of them really ...

I loved the way 'Farlowe' vanishes behind the amplifiers half way through ... probably for sit down a shot of 'glycerol' and a few puffs on a 'reliever inhaler'

Sounds like they still have what it takes though .... thanks for posting Brian

All the best,

Mik

Hello Pam,

I'm sorry to hear that you are still in the wars, they say these things are sent to try us I hope you are on the road to full recovery on both counts.

Take care Pam,

All the best .... Mike

Hi Tony, Congratulations on getting your new Viscount - looks like a super piece of kit ... is it a PCM sound generated instrument or one that employs Viscount's physical modelling technology? Very real sounding either way I bet 8) Looking forward to hearing you give it some 'wellie' (assuming the n...

This is what 'Google' say

Hi Brian,

The MRP is £1450 but most dealers seem to be selling them around the 1300 quid mark ... given it's a Yamaha with T5 technology, that seems to be great value for money .... for once

Mike

Hi Leo, yes it's a great style - in fact, it looks like a super keyboard altogether

Would have been nice to know what the rest of the members think about it ... but alas - it seems it's not of any interest

Wotcha John,

Thank you for keeping us up-todate on Pam's welfare - it doesn't sound like fun at all

Pam, if you're looking in ... I wish you a full and speedy recovery and I hope all goes well on the 24th

All the best,

Mike

Note: This Topic was started by Mike in 2015. Not to be confused with the latest PSRs with prefix SX. Another DEMO has been added to the end of this discussion. The Ultimate PSR The PSR-S970 is the flagship model of the S-series, and combines all the functionality of the other models in the range t...

Whenever I watch the Yamaha Electone competition videos they always seem to be dominated by youngsters with the very latest technology (ELX or ELS) knocking out perfect performances - So this video that Marco has just posted on Facebook was a welcome surprise - 2004 Organissimo, a guy called Gene Ro...

A new generation of digital keyboard With its stunning design featuring new voices and styles, DJ functions the PSR-S670 is a performance keyboard like no other. http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab92/tiercedepicardiecouk/tiercedepicardiecouk168/2ab3bccb-451f-4a88-8cb2-838f9bfd296a_zpshe7apiva.jpg...

Sad to hear that one of music world's favourite band leaders, James Last, has died aged 86. http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab92/tiercedepicardiecouk/70b0f8e4-f0e7-4213-91f8-bf1e0577cce3_zpscrnrsyri.jpg James Last 1929-2015 James Last at his very best ... from his 1967 album Hammond a GoGo volume...

Karl Denver did a version but not a patch on Ladysmith Black Mambazo in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJF87m4_k88 Keith Wotcha Brian, John and Keith, Now to me, there is no comparison whatsoever - it's sorta like a Ford Focus trying to 'stack-up against' a Koenigsegg Agera R ... with ...

A super performance of Shakatak's Invitations by Marco Bacchetta on the new Ketron SD-7