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Points: 14693 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 03 2012 at 11:28
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I'm not aware of any young ones ,seems to be a dying art. One young guy who is amazingly good is Matt Bellamy of Muse although he is obviously more well known as a guitarist/singer.


That is a very good call - Bellamy is a great pianist; small example:





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Originally posted by Aspiring hope Aspiring hope wrote:

Originally posted by sleeper sleeper wrote:

Reading through this thread, everybody has picked people starting out in the 90's or earlier so I'll be the first to actually get it right with Richerd Henshel from To-Mera and Haken. His work with To-Mera in particular is brilliant (though so far he's only recorded on the Earthbound EP and yet to be released third album).


You've got the right idea about this, and To-Mera sounds great from what I'm listening. Thanks!

My pleasure. I would have mentioned Hugo Sheppard, their original keyboardist, but he seems to have moved out of rock all together and into ambient these days.
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I'm not aware of any young ones ,seems to be a dying art. One young guy who is amazingly good is Matt Bellamy of Muse although he is obviously more well known as a guitarist/singer.


That is a very good call - Bellamy is a great pianist; small example:



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Michael Pinnella of Symphony X (Juilliard grad, like Jordan Rudess).  But, you would never know it from the Iconoclast album - he was so underused on that...
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Originally posted by SouthSideoftheSky SouthSideoftheSky wrote:

Erik Norlander. He's amazing!

 
Yes! Erik's awesome. He could just hold notes with that great analog gear he uses, and I'd listen.
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Michael Pinnella of Symphony X (Juilliard grad, like Jordan Rudess).  But, you would never know it from the Iconoclast album - he was so underused on that...
 
Michael's solo instrumental album was very nice and not what I expected from a guy who plays in Symphony X.
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If I count neo-prog, it is definitely:
- Mark Robertson of Cairo, too bad they haven't released album for some 10 years now.
- Chris Buzby of Echolyn.
... and of course also Neal Morse, Clive Nolan, Andy Tillison, Kevin Moore... but hey they are all already legends:)
I came to conclusion there are no keyboardists which deserve mention beginning 2004 and onwards. I would like to find someone charismatic, original and skilled as previously mentioned, but can't recall anybody now.  Bands like Haken bore me to death and so their keyboardist.


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Originally posted by stewe stewe wrote:


Mark Robertson of Cairo, too bad they haven't released album for some 10 years now.

I agree that  Mark Robertson and Cairo was great (their Conflict And Dreams is excellent). But it would clearly be wrong to call him a "rising" star due to, as you already pointed out, they haven't released anything in a long time and are not likely to ever release anything again. Sadly.

As I wrote earlier in this thread, Erik Norlander is a fantastic player and composer at the height of his career right now. He is in several ways a similar player to Robertson. Both heavily inspired by Keith Emerson. 
 

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One name I'm surprised no one has mentioned yet, including myself, is Michael Lapaj of Riverside, his work on ADHD in particular was brilliant and really fits the virtuoso spot without being over the top like Rudess.
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Glass Hammer's Fred Schendel is phenomenal. 
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Andreas "Kyrt" Söderin from Seventh Wonder, I like a lot his keyboard solos in the song Paradise and Break The Silence from their album Mercy Falls.
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Originally posted by gerdtheater gerdtheater wrote:

Andreas "Kyrt" Söderin from Seventh Wonder, I like a lot his keyboard solos in the song Paradise and Break The Silence from their album Mercy Falls.

He IS pretty good - it's hard to notice him sometimes though with the incredible guitar work of Johan Liefvendahl, the basswork of Andreas Blomqvist, and the silky smooth voice of Tommy Karevik.  Wink
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The trouble is, they're all a bit anodyne, albeit sometimes technically good. Where oh where is the wild side of life, with the greats like Emerson, Wakeman, and the original leader of them all, Ritchie. These present guys make Jon Lord and Tony Banks sound like rebels.
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Eric Norelander, anything he does as himself, Rocket Scientists, Lana Lane.
 
The only issue I have with their dvds is they seem to think giving a verbal discription between songs is beneficial.
 
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I like the guy Kerry Shacklett out of Presto Ballet. I do believe they found him via the internet:

Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CPb3SptGrc
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This may be a controversial pick, but...

Jem Godfrey of Frost*.  Milliontowon, Dear Dead Days from E.I.M.A., and he's on tour with G3 right now.

Apparently, he seems to rub some prog fans the wrong, but I dig him a whole bunch.
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Points: 901 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2012 at 11:54
Flashy complex keyboard solos are a thing of the past outside of metal and neo-prog, and for good reason
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Points: 28041 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 27 2012 at 14:15
Originally posted by Slaughternalia Slaughternalia wrote:

Flashy complex keyboard solos are a thing of the past outside of metal and neo-prog, and for good reason
what neo prog has flashy keyboard solos?
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Originally posted by Ursa Minor Ursa Minor wrote:

I like the guy Kerry Shacklett out of Presto Ballet. I do believe they found him via the internet:

Listen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CPb3SptGrc

Shacklett is really good, I prefered older PB keyboardist though - Brian Cokeley.

I also recalled two outstanding Swedish keyboard players besides Lalle Larson. Jon Gamble of Ritual and Carl Westholm of Carptree. Worth checking out.


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Points: 14117 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 01 2012 at 05:21
Nobody has mentioned yet the former Artension's keyboardist Vitalij Kuprij (btw I suggested him two years ago and I think he was rejected by PMT)
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