Yamaha Disklavier PianoSoft Chat

 http://www.nybergmusic.com

and learn more about him here:

Jason Nyberg has been composing and arranging music for over 20 years. His close association with Yamaha as a concert artist and music programmer has led to many opportunities in the music and entertainment industries.  Currently he is scoring Disney’s new television show, “Aaron Stone” which debuts on Disney’s new cable channel coming in February.

“I’m proud to have worked with Yamaha for the last two decades,” Nyberg says.  “They make the world’s best instruments and Yamaha keyboards are an integrated part of the music I write on a daily basis.”

Nyberg also writes music for movie trailers (”coming attractions”) such as the recent trailer for “Ghosttown” and has had music in over 50 trailers in all.  Recently he had another prestigious credit: “One of my most exciting musical moments was hearing my music during the 2008 Academy Awards.”

He also works with the development of Alfred Publishing’s popular piano course, creating accompaniment recordings that can be used along with the books.

Nyberg has also been featured in several “Watch and Learn” tutorial videos from MIDItainment Corporation which teach the basics of Yamaha keyboards.  “We’re working on some really big projects for keyboard players,” Nyberg comments.”  Along with Tom Folenta, an amazing musician and marketing specialist, we’re creating an online destination for amateur keyboard players that will be a one-stop shop for everything related to keyboards - products, lessons and entertainment.”

Nyberg currently lives in Minnesota with his wife Jenny and three (soon to be four) children; Ryan, Sean and Grace.

It’s not too late to download the latest fantastic Halloween PianoSoft Plus XG Collections!! They are both really great and here is a little more about them:

http://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/index.php?action=ProductDetail&product_id=1141657

A Haunted Halloween: This collection was arranged and performed by Joel Plimmer, a great composer, pianist and arranger. Joel has recorded many great PianoSoft albums and is a key Quality Control expert for new PianoSoft collections. It has a lot of great songs like Toccata and Fugue in d minor, Purple People Eater, Tubular Bells (theme song from “The Exorcist”), Beetlejuice and much more.

If your Disklavier can play PianoSoft Plus XG, this will work on your instrument.

Boo - Halloween Favorites: This is a collection by the talented Jason Nyberg. I’ve been waiting for Jason to send me his latest bio and photo so I can do a whole article about him but he’s been a little busy lately anticipating the birth of his FOURTH child! Good luck, Jason and Jenny!! This collection has some terrific songs including: Theme from “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” Monster Mash, Theme from “Halloween II,” Theme from “The Munsters” and more.  Here’s the link to this collection:

http://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/index.php?action=ProductDetail&product_id=1141656

This one also is for any Disklavier that can play PianoSoft Plus XG.

Visit: www.yamahamusicsoft.com

for many great Halloween products!

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Boo,
Cathy 

If you did, you’re going to love these new collections! 

Check out “That’ll Be the Day - Turning Back the Dial” by clicking here:

http://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/index.php?action=ProductDetail&product_id=1141215

Featuring such songs as:
That’ll Be the Day
Donna
I’m Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter

and more.

Here’s a good excuse to don your bell bottoms:

and many others.

Next time I’ll be telling you about some DO NOT MISS Halloween collections.

In an earlier post I talked about the fact that there are many people involved in PianoSoft development.  Many of the key people work outside of the home office and have their own successful music businesses and careers.  One of the best PianoSoft engineers lives and works in Burbank California.  During his long career as a producer, he has established relationships with some of the finest musicians on the West Coast.  With his expertise and the artistry of his colleagues, he has produced some of the most beautiful PianoSoft albums in the library.  Here is more about David Kreisberg (affectionately known as “David K”):

David Kreisberg has been a Los Angeles based producer, engineer and composer for over 30 years.  His credits include recordings with artists such as Herb Alpert, Elmer Bernstein, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, David Foster, Jerry Goldsmith, Dave Grusin, Jerry Herman, Fred Hersch, Shirley Horn, Roger Kellaway, Henry Mancini, Van Dyke Parks, Oscar Peterson, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Lalo Schifrin, Wayne Shorter, Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder among many including Grammy nominated recordings with Joe Williams and Maureen McGovern.

In 1992 he co-founded Virtuoso Piano Performance Software specializing in the production of solo piano performance recordings for Yamaha’s Disklavier series pianos.

In 2000 he partnered in creating Prescriptive Music, an independent record label specializing in original audio recordings distributed to the health and wellness industries.

In 2000 he also began independently producing Disklavier software recordings for Yamaha Corporation including works for PianoSoft Solo, Pianosoft+Audio and SmartPiano with currently more than 160 titles to his credit.

David also worked with David Abell at his renowned piano shop in Hollywood for 20 years where he designed, built and operated Studio “A”, one of L.A.’s premier recording studios dedicated to acoustic piano recordings.

In college, David studied composition with Aurelio de la Vega at the music department of California State University Northridge where he met his wife, composer Robyn Hutter.  Together they reside with their family in Burbank, California.

With over 160 David K produced collections in the PianoSoft library, it’s hard to spotlight only a few but don’t miss:

00501277:  Tribute to Ella - Songs of Ella Fitzgerald
00501282:  A Cunliffe Christmas
00501299:  Lars Roos - Classics Lite
00501300:  Rat Pack Faves
00501311:  Let’s Go to the Movies

I really could go on and on as there are so many more.  Suffice to say, David is a valuable participant in PianoSoft development.  Don’t miss out on enjoying this talent!O Tannenbaum