Members NickD101 Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Hi all.I'm the main keyboard player in our band, but thinking of getting the singer or bass player to also add some keys. It got me thinking - and also reading today's celeste thread - what's some good examples of bands with 2 or more keyboard players? I guess the synth bands (Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream etc) but more conventional bands as well. First off Bruce Springsteen / E Street Band:[YOUTUBE]R5wUCjQJOBQ[/YOUTUBE] Then how about this Steve Winwood clip with 3 keyboard players working together nicely:[YOUTUBE]Lusoi2csQto[/YOUTUBE] Any other suggestions? I can think of Procol Harum and various of the live line-ups used by Sting, but there must be others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members distance21 Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 There were a few songs by the Cure where there were two keyboard parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Steely Dan has almost always toured with two keyboard players: [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members augerinn Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Gary Wright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members The Audacity Works Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Some band played after my friend's at the Viper Room a few months back and they were awesome. Guess they're huge in their native Denmark. Three keyboardists (one plays bass occasionally), a drummer, and singer. All analog synths, played live through Moogerfoogers, plus backing sequences on two synced MPC1000s. SPLEEN UNITED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stillearning Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Rare Bird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members frogmonkey Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Bob Marley's band had two keyboard players. I see that in reggae a lot. Culture had two keyboards when I saw them. A band called Giant Pand Guerilla Dub Squad has two keyboard players- one on a Hammond and the other on a Rhodes and Clavinet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NickD101 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions. Anyone know how a regular band (as opposed to just a live lineup) with 2 or more keyboard players would split things up? I can see you could end up with a Hammond specialist and a piano specialist, but does anyone know what people do apart from that - d'you think they have their own favourite bits they always do? One guy likes doing all the pads but someone else only wants to play melodies? Take it in turns on solos? I guess it's no different from the 100 million bands with 2 guitarists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J3RK Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members no eats yes Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE]uoaBjHYsDAg[/YOUTUBE] Dire Straits have had two keyboard players since the "Alchemy" tour 1984. Since the "Brothers in Arms" album in 1985 they featured two players in the regular band (Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher). Guy Fletcher is playing with Mark Knopfler today - together with the fabulous Matt Rollins. In fact, keyboards have always been a very important part in Knopfler's music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members no eats yes Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE]ePjuCwuzqlE[/YOUTUBE] Bruce Hornsby is supported by keyboard player John "JT" Thomas. He's playing with Hornsby since 1990 and is still a member of Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers. Oh how I love Hornsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members setAI Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 I have pretty much only cared about bands where ALL members played synths and nothing else- my first band syn.bio.sys was two on keyboards and a mannequin with an unplugged guitar around it's neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members no eats yes Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 [YOUTUBE]JWnapx502uQ[/YOUTUBE] Pink Floyd's Rick Wright was supported by John Carin since the "Momentary Lapse of Reason" album. He played with Roger Waters before and is still plying with Gilmour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NickD101 Posted October 20, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Actually, is it a dying trend? Does everyone nowadays just sequence the extra parts their keyboard player can't cover? (or sequence all the keyboard parts if their music's got lots of synths on it but they don't have a "proper" keyboard player - U2, I'm talking to you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundwave106 Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Actually, is it a dying trend? Does everyone nowadays just sequence the extra parts their keyboard player can't cover? (or sequence all the keyboard parts if their music's got lots of synths on it but they don't have a "proper" keyboard player - U2, I'm talking to you). Yeah, it's hard to think of a recent example I've seen. The only one that comes to mind immediately is Ladytron (3 keyboard players last live show) When I saw The Faint (during the Danse Macabre days), I could've sworn that they used multiple keyboards. But it looks like in recent Youtube vid, they've switched to only one. If my memory is correct, then boo! to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members llamastorm Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 I can't stand them, but it seems very very common in hip-hop/rap acts to have two people with two Rolands each. This is how I usually know that I can change the channel, when I see that setup, it never ends well IIRC the Shins live had two keyboard guys /and/ a guy from another band joining them on Piano. Not something I'd think of being really keyboard heavy though, very much a "2/11" type of volume setting deal. They are also, live, exactly like listening to the freaking record, so, not that interesting. Trans Siberian Orchestra plays with two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Thanks for the suggestions.Anyone know how a regular band (as opposed to just a live lineup) with 2 or more keyboard players would split things up? I can see you could end up with a Hammond specialist and a piano specialist, but does anyone know what people do apart from that - d'you think they have their own favourite bits they always do? One guy likes doing all the pads but someone else only wants to play melodies? Take it in turns on solos?I guess it's no different from the 100 million bands with 2 guitarists. If a regular band has two keyboard players, they'll work out their roles by jamming. It just naturally happens. You'll experience this too when you have your bandmate try jamming with you on keys as you originally stated. An exception is if one of the keyboard players is the songwriter/arranger for that song. In this case, he/she will probably have a very good idea of what he/she wants to play himself/herself, and will ask the other player to play the other parts he/she has in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ChristianRock Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 A lot of Contemporary Christian bands (i.e. bands that play on church services) have two keyboard players, and usually one will focus more on piano sounds and the other on strings, pads and orchestration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thorhead Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Worthless unless its for the show and the other keyboard player is a bassist / guitarist... Not so many can play keys very well though, but there are exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members elsongs Posted October 20, 2009 Members Share Posted October 20, 2009 Actually, is it a dying trend? Does everyone nowadays just sequence the extra parts their keyboard player can't cover? (or sequence all the keyboard parts if their music's got lots of synths on it but they don't have a "proper" keyboard player - U2, I'm talking to you). They sequence a lot of their parts but they actually have a live keyboardist and live backing guitarist in their live shows...although they play offstage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Outkaster Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 E-Street Band is the tightest when Danny was alive. They hardly are conventional. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y28OiuX_Bo0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fdelvecchio Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 Kansas - Steve Walsh and Kerry LivgrenToto - Paich and PoccaroThe Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members ClavAnother Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 this is great...thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BonsoWonderDog Posted October 21, 2009 Members Share Posted October 21, 2009 two on keyboards and a mannequin with an unplugged guitar around it's neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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