Gillies » Yamaha

Cool! Galaxy EP

Gillies — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:26:25 +0000

Not much this evening, except that I got a chance to toy around a bit with my Yamaha keyboard. One of my favorite settings is called “Cool! Galaxy EP.” What does that refer to? A Fender Rhodes? Something? This is what it sounds like.

Download: 4_8_10-mp3.mp3

Changing Strings

Gillies — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:54:20 +0000

My big activity this Saturday night: putting some new strings on the Yamaha.

The Other Yamaha in Action

Gillies — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:43:25 +0000

Well, it wasn’t much of a weekend for blogging. Supplies of free time ran out very quickly.

As a follow on to last night’s post, here’s a video featuring FBdN son #2 taking a keen interest in the Yamaha acoustic. Now, I don’t post this to suggest he’s a budding Yngwie – the guitar did indeed seem to fascinate him, but that probably would have held true for a paper shopping bag or a Deer Park water jug.

The Other Yamaha in My Collection

Gillies — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 22:03:54 +0000

World Premiere: FBdN’s 072709

Gillies — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:59:57 +0000

This one could probably use more work, but sometimes you have to just let it rip.

Download: 072709.mp3

The novelty for me here was hooking up my Boss ME-50 multi-effects pedal to the Yamaha keyboard. That made for some fun, I-wish-I-was-Matt-Holford style noodling. The Yamaha comes out pretty faint in this project, but it’s there. Oh yes, it’s there.