Using Piano in a Rock Band

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In this clip we're going to be talking about when to use the piano in a rock and roll setting. Like I said before, this becomes more of a percussive instrument when it's in a group setting. There's a lot of other sounds going on so you know, the loudest part of a piano sound is that attacking so you don't get to hear the ringing, you just hear more like that baa, you hear that initial sound and then everything else just kind of drowns it out because of the decay of the piano sound. So, you know, if you're, most of the time you're not going to be bringing a real piano onto stage unless you're Ben Folds or somebody like that that has a bunch of roadies who are going to carry it for him. So if you're using, let's say you have the keyboard that has a piano sound on it, when do you use that? Well, you know, you can definitely use it. People think of a piano and they think of a ballad. Depending on the kind of stuff that you're going to be doing, you could put a piano into a slow song, you know, but if you're playing real rock and roll, if you're playing dirty, gritty rock and roll and you have a slow song, it's going to sound less cheesy and poppy than it would, it's going to sound less cheesy and poppy on an electric piano than it would on a piano because in the least it's going to have a different kind of vibe to it. So I tend to avoid the piano for slower types of, I use it more, almost like a country sense, you know, to do the, you know, like for little countrified kinds of solos and that sort of thing or to use it as more like a, like in a Beatle kind of context to accentuate what the drums are doing and bring the rhythm out for it. For my uses, the piano really becomes more of a rhythmic instrument. Think of it as, you know, kind of the extra percussion guy.

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