JORDAN RUDESS KEYFEST: Announcement.
March 2, 2018
Keyboardist/Multi-Instrumentalist extraordinaire, JORDAN RUDESS, member of platinum-selling, Grammy-nominated band, DREAM THEATER, has announced details for his third annual JORDAN RUDESS KEYFEST, which will be held April 26 ' 28 at SWEETWATER SOUND in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Registration is open now at:
https://www.jordanrudess.com/keyfest-2018/
and
https://www.sweetwater.com/events/2018/04/keyfest/
KeyFest is a 3 - day interactive keyboard gathering with Jordan Rudess (of Dream Theater), Tom Brislin (Yes/Renaissance), and Bill Laurence (Snarky Puppy). During the day, these 3 renown keyboardists will lead workshops on essential skills ranging from the art of soloing, keyboard technique, sound design, music apps, improvisation and more. In the evenings, they will perform intimate concerts and lead the participants in jams and master classes.
"Besides all of the learning that happens during the workshops, the best part of the past two KeyFests was just having the chance to hang out with other keyboardists, share our musical ideas and geek out together. Sweetwater is the ultimate musical instrument store so it's the perfect setting for the ultimate keyboard gathering", says Rudess.
Thad Tegtmeyer, Sweetwater Vice President, Campus Sales Operations & Artist Relations says, "Sweetwater is absolutely delighted to host KeyFest 2018. It's an honor to host Jordan Rudess, along with Tom Brislin and Bill Laurance. We're very excited to bring these amazing artists to the Sweetwater campus and we appreciate them sharing their talents with our customers"
Voted "Best Keyboardist of All Time" (Music Radar Magazine), Jordan Rudess is best known as the keyboardist/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire for platinum-selling Grammy- nominated prog rock band, Dream Theater. He trained at the world-renowned Juilliard School of Music, where he first studied as a child prodigy at age nine. As a teen, he defected to synthesizers in a classic act of rock 'n' roll rebellion. In 1994, Keyboard readers voted him "best new talent," and since then has become the universally acknowledged heir to the shredding throne of such prog-rock royalty as Keith Emerson and Rick Wakeman. He is renowned for his unique fusion of classical technique and influences with rock sensibilities.
In addition to playing in Dream Theater, Jordan has worked with a wide range of artists including David Bowie, Jan Hammer, Enrique Iglesias, the Paul Winter Consort, Annie Haslam, LMR, his side project with Tony Levin and Marco Minneman, Liquid Tension Experiment, Steven Wilson, Aviv Geffen, the Dixie Dregs, Rod Morgenstein, and Tony Williams, among others. Jordan's interest in state-of-the-art keyboard controllers and music apps are another area of his career in which he has achieved success. Jordan owns the successful App development company Wizdom Music, creators of award-winning apps such as MorphWiz, SampleWiz, and Geo Synthesizer. Wizdom Music's latest app, GeoShred, was created in collaboration with moForte, founding members of Stanford University's Sondius team. For more: jordanrudess.com wizdommusic.com.
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