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Hammond B3 Pros and No Cons – An Short Interview

December 4, 2014 by Scott Healy No Comment

What’s So Great About a Hammond B3? Really, if you have to ask about the Hammond B3 you’ve got a lot of catching up to do–like about 50 years of history. But it’s not an easy instrument to play, made even more difficult if you move, rent, maintain or borrow one. Fortunately these days there are many alternatives. I endorse Hammond digital organs, basically their new line of digital B3’s. In this interview, Hammond artist rep Emiko asks me why I like the B3 (and by extension my new SK-2), and what my favorite toothpaste is. It’s pretty hard not…

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A Los Angeles Keyboardist’s Not Lost Weekend in “Last Vegas”

November 4, 2013 by Scott Healy No Comment

A Nice Rig on a Dream Gig Last June, a weekend recording session of Mark Mothersbaugh’s music for the recently released film “Last Vegas” yielded over 30 cues–just about the entire score to the movie. I was a memorable project not just because it’s cue after cue of me soloing over slamming grooves with a live band (really fun), but because it was live R n B band on an indie movie. The director, a musician himself, wanted a funky score with an old school vibe, and that’s what Mark gave him, with our help. I saw the movie last…

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One More Rock Organ Lesson from Keyboard Magazine

September 10, 2013 by Scott Healy No Comment

Rock Organ Credibility on the B-3 Here’s another lesson I did for Jon Regen and Keyboard Magazine back in 2011 about my favorite topic, the mighty Hammond B-3. I play so much rock organ on “Conan”, and these are some of my tricks, as best I could describe them–so much of this style is by feel and hard to explain. I think I recorded the audio examples on the set during a union break. (click here for the original article) 3 Steps To Rock Organ Cred By Scott Healy Sun, 1 May 2011 As a working keyboardist, sooner or later…

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B-3 Basics for Pianists

August 26, 2013 by Scott Healy No Comment

Here’s another reprint of a lesson from Keyboard from a few years ago. Despite quite a few musical typos (blame the copyist), you’ll get the idea. Many past lessons are available at the Keyboard Magazine website , so check them all out online, not just the ones I did. If you buy Keyboard on the stands you’ll notice that the print edition’s wide format makes the lessons look particularity great. The basic idea of this lesson is that no matter how good a pianist or keyboardist you are, there are some trademark and non-intuitive techniques you need to know, and…

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