Alesis started producing keyboards in the 1980’s in a small town in Rhode Island. Since then, Alesis keyboards have been recognized as a major keyboard brand in the music industry. They were founded by Keith Barr who had a long history with design circuits for electronic instruments. Personal Favorite Alesis Read more…
There are many different digital piano brands and if you are new to music, it can be difficult to know what the best brands are and which you should try and avoid. The following are my favorite brands of digital pianos, ranked from #1-#5. These rankings are based of my Read more…
If you own a piano or a keyboard, then you know first hand that you will want to keep them clean and looking nice. Not only can dust affect how pianos look, they can also affect the way the play. I have seen so many pianos over the years that Read more…
For the last couple years, Alesis has been owning the keytar game with their Vortex and Vortex 2. Roland has just brought back their staple keytar, the Roland Ax-Edge and it is making waves in the keyboard community. Roland has stated that their goal with this instrument was to make Read more…
The first keyboard that I ever purchased I actually still own. I purchased this about 20 years ago now and it was a Yamaha. With that being said, this has lead to me being a fan of Yamaha digital pianos as they are durable and quality keyboards. The Yamaha P-515 Read more…
Arturia has been making quality MIDI keyboards for a while now and when we heard they were coming out with a new version of the Arturia Keylab we were pumped. There haven’t been a ton of new MIDI keyboards in the last year so there was definitely a good opportunity Read more…
Ever wanted to sit down and make a song in a few minutes and move on to the next song or idea? The Roli Songmaker Kit is great for doing just that. However, the real question is, how practical is this instrument on the big-stage compared to other MIDI controllers Read more…
The keyboard workstation has been around for many years and it is a very powerful music production keyboard. These are truly some of the most powerful instruments on the market as they are basically full-on computers built into keyboards. Workstations are basically everything that an individual would desire with a Read more…
The MIDI controller is becoming the most used instrument in the music industry and for good reason: they’re universal. If you go to any concert and the band uses keyboards, there’s an extremely high chance that you see a MIDI controller or two on stage. The technology has also gotten insanely Read more…
Yamaha is the world’s largest piano manufacturing company and they have been making quality keyboards since 1897 when they began. What I typically like about Yamaha products is that their entry-level keyboards are much better than other companies entry-level. They also make high-end products that stand up to the big Read more…