From formercakid@yahoo.com Fri Jun 18 05:15:52 2004
Subject:Re: Deep Purple Hush - Lord Breaking Keys

There is a live DVD of Deep Purple circa 1970's and in
it Lord broke a key or for some reason a key came
loose. If your careless you can break a key but most
of the time it is because of sloppy technique.

- jake92028 wrote:
> --- In CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com, Gregg Anderson
> wrote:
> > >"HUSH" can pretty much destroy a keyboard if
> you're not careful.
> > Amen.
> > Hush is the final reason I decided to by an XK-2
> and start carrying
> three boards. If I played it on one of my
> synth-style keyboards, I
> would break keys almost every time I played it,
> requiring surgery
> between sets and a ready stock of replacement keys.
>
> > I switched to my sturdier weighted keyboard, and
> ended up
> constantly shredding my palms on the key corners,
> resulting in
> *blood* smeared up and down the keys, until I got
> callouses built up
> after a couple months.
> > it cost a couple of grand, but I've traded
> breaking keys and
> slicing palms for lugging an extra keyboard. :)
>
> Well, hell, you could just hit the keys with a
> hammer too and drag a
> crowbar up and down them for good measure! There's
> absolutely no
> reason, EXCEPT <<>>
> for a keyboardist
> to break keys or cut up their hands playing this (or
> any other) song.
> I can play it live and loud on my Electro '73 and
> Roland 'A' series
> controllers. I know plenty of list members also can
> and do on their
> keys. All the glisses, smears, hand-over-hand fast
> riffs, etc can be
> played without any damage to keys or self. You learn
> where and how to
> place your hands for the necessary workout on both
> keyboards. Give me
> a different set of good keys, except for
> piano-weighted, and I'll
> learn it on them in several sessions. It should be
> instinct from
> practicing to get the (no breaks/blood) feel of most
> decent keyboards
> after playing them awhile, to do all your tunes. The
> hair on the back
> of my neck stands up when a keyboard player that's a
> "Key-Hammerer"
> is even in the audience - I have radar, like Van
> Helsing for
> vampires. Some (thankfully) few players having a
> destructive "style"
> of playing is also why I never, ever, let players
> sit in on my rig,
> unless I've seen and heard them play - no matter how
> disappointed
> they and their friends are because "He's such a
> great player," "He's
> really a cool guy," etc. Screw 'em. I'd rather be
> their selfish jerk
> of the evening than let someone slam my keys. I'm
> not talking about
> an occasional accident. I admit to not knowing, but
> I seriously doubt
> John Lord carried/carries extra keyboards and first
> aid kits for this
> uh ?? "problem" ?? - maybe a good enough player he
> doesn't need
> to, 'ya think? I'm only making a wild guess here, so
> I could be
> wrong.. Walter
>


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