Keyboards that Get You

Check out John Novello of Niacin (a dreadful pun: i.e. Vitamin B3) for masterly Hammond B3 organ work with Billy Sheehan and Dennis Chambers on drum'n'bass respectively. Niacin's Time Crunch album has great takes on Krimson's Red and Beck/Hammer's Blue Wind. The first Niacin album (also the live Blood Sweat & Beers) reminds you with their version, how heavy Vanilla Fudge's You Keep Me Hanging On was.

The ignored Jens Johnasson (but he will insist on earning his bread and butter playing keys for a naff metal prog band), plays the heaviest Hammond on the Jonas Hellborg Trio e album

Iv'e got a big enough back-catalogue of things to listen too.......So much prog and so little time !!

I've only just discovered Dream Theatre and Triumvirat and Per Lindh....Next Glass Hammer perhaps !

A while ago while researching Pamela Kurstin, who is a young, but well know Theremin artist (she's featured in the Moog video and was an artist at Moogfest) I remember seeing this paragraph on the cost of Theremins:

Where can I buy a theremin?
There are few places to buy the theremin outside of the USA so mail order is the main option. There are two questions you should ask before buying a theremin - how much do you want to spend and how serious are you about playing the theremin? It is a very hard instrument with a 90% estimated drop out rate, so think seriously before you spend. A 'coloursound pocket theremin' or similar (anything under £100) is just a buzzy little toy and not really a fully fledged instrument (as it does not have a volume circuit so it is always playing a continuous note) but it may do if your only aim is to make crazy noises. In London, UK, a shop called Macaris on Tottenham Court Road sells theremins by Elysian which you can try out, but they are rather overpriced in my opinion.   The model I play is thought to be the international standard in entry level theremins, the Etherwave by Big Briar, the most popular theremin in the world.  It is relatively cheap, portable and can sounds pretty good! 

If you are after a cheaper alternative, I recommend theremins by No. 1 electronics from London, UK, they are quite cheap, stable with good features for the money and make an excellent entry level theremin. A "classic" vintage RCA theremin can cost up to $15,000 and the Big Briar Ethervox midi theremin is $3,500 so it's worth starting off with a No. 1 electronics or Etherwave before you make a more serious investment.

For the entire article, which is a great history on the instrument and even a little guide to playing:

http://www.hypnotique.net/theremin/guide.htm