Roland’s Instruments Take Center Stage at this Year’s 53rd Annual Grammy Broadcast

According to CBS, an estimated 26.66 million people tuned into this year's 53rd annual

GRAMMY® Awards, the largest audience since 2000. In addition to the performers and

nominees highlighted on the GRAMMY's, Roland instruments were a central part of many

performances and were as visible as the artists themselves onstage at the Staples

Center in Los Angeles.

This year's ceremony featured exciting performances by Janelle Monae, B.o.B. and

Bruno Mars. Mars, seated stage front, played the Roland's V-Piano® during his

performance of "Nothing On You," then used the Roland LX-10F Digital Upright Grand

Piano while performing "Grenade."

Other highlights of this year's show included performances by the The Avett Brothers

and Roland artists Mumford & Sons.  The Avett Brothers performed "Head Full of

Doubt/Road Full of Promise," with the Roland RD-700GXF as the central instrument for

this song.  Later, both groups and many other musicians joined Bob Dylan for his

performance of "Bringing It All Back Home."  Ben Lovett played his Roland FR-7x

V-Accordion as part of the jam.

According to Dan Krisher, Artist Relations Manager for Roland Corporation U.S.,

"Pianos such as the V-Piano, with its advanced modeling technology, and the LX-10F

and RD-700GXF, both with their SuperNATURAL® sound engines, offer an

expressiveness and nuance not found in most stage pianos, making them ideal for

telecasts like the GRAMMY's where the performance is everything.  And with the FR-7x

V-Accordion, players like Ben Lovett, can take center stage with the rest of the

band without being hampered by power cables or even audio cables if he chooses to go

wireless."