We’ve been posting a lot lately – here’s a quick digest of the top posts from the last week, in case you missed them: More Psytrance Synth Fakery From DaliPosted on Wednesday, December 24th, 2008 in Music Videos – Comments: (6) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YckQXa6VnY It looks like Dali’s been faking it again! Bizarre VAX77 Foldable Music Keyboard… Read More Popular Posts On Synthtopia From 22nd December – 28th December
Strange keytar video: Freebird solo, on keytar.
While a tragic fate may still await most guys that play the keytar, there may still be hope. This photo proves that a guy can look completely badass playing the Zen Riffer Solo Axe – a custom MIDI keyboard instruments. Unfortunately, these start at about $3,000. Anybody made an equally bad ass portable keyboard?
After all the strange keytar pictures we included in the post Proof That Herbie Hancock Is The Only Guy Ever To Look Cool Playing The Keytar, I thought we’d be able to take a break from that for a while. There’s been a healthy debate over our original theory, but, unfortunately for guys everywhere, no solid… Read More More Proof That Herbie Hancock Is The Only Guy Ever To Look Badass Playing The Keytar
It’s an unfortunate law of the universe that guys always look stupid playing the keytar. While there are plenty of memorable keytar goddesses, Herbie Hancock is the only guy, ever, to look cool playing the keytar. Here’s Hancock looking pretty badass with a Roland AX-7: Jean Michel Jarre may have come pretty close to looking… Read More Proof That Herbie Hancock Is The Only Guy Ever To Look Cool Playing The Keytar
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeEo9a8rbYk Lots of strange synth gear pops up in quirky synthpop group Brett Domino Trio’s Christmas (This Year), but Santa’s helpers steal the video.
Red Martian posted this demo video of the Syntar, an extremely rare keytar designed in the late 70s by George Mattson. “I wanted to post a simple piece first and then later go into much further detail about what the Syntar can do that most mono-synths cannot and why it blows all other ‘keytars’ away.” Mattson’s company,… Read More Is This The Best Keytar In The World?
Yes – this is horrible and sexist, but it’s the first political keytar video of the election that we’ve seen: Election Memory Dance Off, from Barely Political.
Joining the awesome Juliette Commagere, Imogen Heap & Lauren Rocket as officially recognized Synthtopia Goddesses of the Keytar is Naomi Jarman of the progressive electronic band Crisium.
At oobject, you can vote for the worst keytar video ever, and see some fun keytar videos in the process: This list is a warning reminder of what people really look like when they play Rock Band. It features keytars from their earnest debut to parody, to some kind of post-post-modern resolution with self aware… Read More Vote For The Worst Keytar Video In The World
