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The Modern Keyboardist In Commercial Music, Cooper R. Thompson
The Modern Keyboardist In Commercial Music, Cooper R. Thompson
Recital Papers
This paper provides an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed for the modern keyboardist to successfully function in commercial music. An overview of multiple keyboard instruments is presented and includes a brief history of each instrument, performance techniques specific to that instrument, and sound replication options available to the keyboardist. This paper also shows the influence of keyboards in commercial music.
A Violist In Nashville: The Viola’S Role In The Nashville Recording Industry, Patrick Monnius
A Violist In Nashville: The Viola’S Role In The Nashville Recording Industry, Patrick Monnius
Composition/Recording Projects
The viola, the violins larger and often overlooked sibling, is not the instrument people would typically think of when they think of Nashville. That honor would most likely go to either the fiddle or acoustic guitar. But present day Nashville is home to much more than the Country music that originally gave the city its' famous moniker Music City. The recording scene now encompasses almost every genre of popular music imaginable as well as a large amount of video game, television, and movie recording. Through this project, I attempted to explore the multitude of ways in which viola can be …