"Jordan first gained national exposure when the readers of Keyboard Magazine voted him 1994's Best New Talent in the Overall Best Keyboardist category after his first solo release Listen. Since 1999, Jordan has been an integral member of and creative driving force behind Dream Theater, the most critically acclaimed progressive hard rock band in the world.
The Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom iPhone App provides an unparalleled handheld window into the mind, creative processes, techniques and tricks of one of the world's most revered, respected and prolific contemporary keyboardists, but in a compact and portable handheld version of macProVideo.com's recently launched, and wildly successful online tutorial-video program, Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom.
For more info or to arrange interview with either Jordan Rudess or Steve Horelick, macProVideo.com's Vice President of Audio Products, please contact yours truly, below.
Dream Theater released their tenth studio CD, Black Clouds & Silver Linings on Road Runner Records, in June 2009, and will tour with Iron Maiden during the summer of 2010. For more info, please visit: http://www.DreamTheater.net."
I have three performances I am doing out in California in April. Two for Roland premiering a new keyboard and another performance with the Stanford University Computer music dept. Here are the details below!
April 24th, 2010 - A special live performance and Q&A session with keyboard virtuoso, Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater
ROLAND KEYZ 'N BEATS SUMMIT AT MUSICIANS INSTITUTE
Learn About the Latest in Synth, V-Drum, and Electronic Keyboard Technology
WHAT:
Sponsored by Roland Corporation U.S., Keyboard Magazine, and Musicians Institute
Demonstrations of Roland’s latest keyboard, synthesizer, and electronic percussion products
WHY: Musicians of all ages have a chance to experience the latest in synthesizer and percussion products, learn some new sound creation tips, and catch some great live performances at the world-renowned Musicians Institute in Hollywood, California.
April 26th, 2010 - An evening with Jordan Rudess being held at Pyramind Studios including a live performance showcasing the new Roland GAIA SH-01 Synthesizer and a live Q&A session!
Pyramind Studios
832 Folsom St.
San Francisco CA, 94107
April 29th, 2010 - I will be a guest soloist with the Stanford University Computer Music department April 29th, 2010, 8pm at the CCRMA Stage, Stanford University, in a special event featuring original music created on their own custom instruments which they have designed for the Iphone/Ipod Touch, as well as for the laptop computer. The concert is free and open to the public! Seating is limited... Check out the event here
Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom provides an unparalleled
window into the mind, creative processes, techniques and tricks of one of the worlds most revered, respected and prolific contemporary keyboardists.
macProVideo.com members will learn how to harness the power of today's keyboard technology, develop new warm-up and practice routines through a series
of innovative exercises that will sharpen skills, and improve live keyboard performance abilities. In addition, Jordan demonstrates an in-depth look
at his unique approach to performance with Dream Theater using examples spanning much of the bands repertoire, as well select music from Jordan's
numerous solo projects. Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom
can be accessed through this link.
macProVideo.com releases the Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom iPhone app on Monday, April 26.
Jordan Rudess is excited to announce that he will be joining JamPlay.com for 3 upcoming live webcam question and answer sessions. The first of those sessions on JamPlay is free!
Jordan says this: "I've always wanted to reach out to students all around the world and be able to share what I have learned in my musical journey.
In this new relationship with JamPlay, I'm able to achieve a new level of communication and extend my passion for teaching to all those who are interested to study with me."
On Wednesday, January 27th from 8 to 10PM EST Author Chris Epting and Jordan Rudess will host a live Vokle event.
Chris has offered this title: "Inside the mind of keyboard avatar Jordan Rudess." In his interview he will lead
Jordan through his creative process, bring out great stories of the road and the studio, share some history and
take audience video and text questions. Jordan will play live and perhaps even jam with some lucky participants
who have the setup needed to make it happen. Hope we see you there.
The Jordan Rudess Online Conservatory is proud to announce a relaunch of its content-packed website. The OC is Jordan's personally developed music education website, containing several hundred music lessons on topics ranging from Technique, Harmony, Music Theory, Rhythm, Ear Training, and more. The instruments covered include Keyboards, Drums, and Guitar, with special satellite courses from guest instructors also covering topics such as keyboard programming, analog synthesis, and more. The OC has video instruction, MIDI files, PDF notation, and isolated keyboard tracks of Jordan's riffs from his solo albums, as well as from Dream Theater albums.
The 2010 relaunch boasts a new look for the website, great new features, and new content, including notation of Jordan's riffs from Dream Theater's newest albums, "Black Clouds & Silver Linings".
For the next 10 days (until Jan 20th), get a 20% discount on the sign up price by using coupon code: JROC2010
For more information, and a free preview of the OC, visit http://www.jroc.us
On Sunday, December 20th at 1:30AM CET (Saturday/Sunday night), join Jordan in his wacky wizardly world for a chat about Dream Theater, his solo projects and his adventures in the world of sound.
Dream Theater keyboardist, Jordan Rudess, calls An Endless Sporadic, "A wild progressive sonic ride.
It's thrilling to hear progressive rock that is this fresh and inspiring. These guys are obviously very skilled and their music is brimming over with youthful creativity and vitality." An Endless Sporadic is produced
by Roine Stolt, lead guitarist and vocalist with the Flower Kings and guitarist and co-vocalist in Mike Portnoy's musical side project, Transatlantic. If you love YES,
Rush, King Crimson, Asia, The Flower Kings, Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Transatlantic, and Dream Theater, you're going to want An Endless Sporadic as part of your music collection.
Click here for more info.
Jordan Rudess and his 13 year old daughter, Kayla, have recorded a song called "For the Moment" to raise money for an organization that is close to their hearts.
Proceeds go to the non-profit Central Asia Institute, to promote and support community-based education, especially for girls, in remote regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Jordan Rudess, the world-renowned keyboardist of Dream Theater, has collaborated with Amidio Inc,, the leading developer of iPhone music apps, in releasing JR Hexatone Pro - a unique iPhone sound sequencing app.
JR Hexatone Pro is a next-generation 6-directional loop generation tool that uses artificial intelligence and advanced randomization algorithms to produce constantly changing sonic structures. The app is capable of creating many type of drum loops, melodic sequences or rhythm patterns, thanks to its ability to load custom user samples and modify them in realtime. Users can also engage built-in Stutter or Chorus effects and control them with the iPhone's accelerometer.
JR Hexatone Pro is a great addition to the modern musician's rig. The application comes with a massive library of 400 original factory samples and 40 factory loop presets. After creating and recording the loops, users can export them to .WAV files (via the original ioLibrary technology) and use them on a desktop computer or directly in Intua Beatmaker.
The Jordan Rudess Online Conservatory is proud to announce a new video course now available,
Workstation Basics: Using Multi-Timbral Mode On Your Work Station, presented by former Directory
of Professional Products at Kurzweil, Chris Martirano, in conjunction with performance examples by
Jordan himself. Chris holds both a Bachelor of the Arts in Music and Master of the Arts in Teaching.
In the course, Chris leads you through the basic operation of the multi-timbral performance mode found
on your keyboard workstation, focusing on the primary skills you need, such as layering, splitting, and
creating complex timbral combinations, to make custom performance setups on your keyboard. Chris demostrates
these vital tools on four keyboards: Kurzweil K2600XS, Korg M3, Roland Fantom G8, and Yamaha Motif XS8.
Click here for more information about the
course, and to see a trailer video.
This solo album features Jordan's piano versions of some of Dream Theater's favorite ballads as well as three original,
progressive piano pieces. This album will be available on iTunes and CD Baby soon, but you can purchase it now only at
Jordan Rudess' online store.
DREAM THEATER KEYBOARD EXPERIENCE - Featuring Jordan Rudess
Not just a songbook, but a total experience! Note-for-note keyboard transcriptions of nine keyboard-intense Dream Theater songs from 1992-2007, plus amazing full-color concert and behind-the-'boards photos, and a personal Q&A conversation with Jordan Rudess in which he reveals details of his playing style and the experience of jamming and writing with rock virtuoso bandmates Dream Theater. What's more, Rudess wrote special "exercise" pieces to precede each song, each focusing on a challenging playing technique unique to the corresponding Dream Theater songs that follows. A must-own collectible for all fans! 212 pages.
Titles: Blind Faith (Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence) * Home (Metropolis, Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory) * Honor Thy Father (Train of Thought) * In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 1 (Systematic Chaos) * In the Presence of Enemies Pt. 2 (Systematic Chaos) * Lines in the Sand (Falling into Infinity) * Octavarium (Octavarium) * Space-Dye Vest (Awake) * Take the Time (Images and Words) * The Ministry of Lost Souls (Systematic Chaos).
We are very pleased to announce the release of www.keyboardwizard.net, an interactive, animated, flash-driven website featuring the sound universe of keyboardist, Jordan Rudess. The site is sponsored by Intel and created by animator Mika Tysska, Dream Theater cartoonist, along with audio by Jordan Rudess.
Visit www.keyboardwizard.net where you can interact with the Keyboard Wizard in his laboratory and create your own musical masterpiece.
Keyboard Artist Master Class Webcast with Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizardry
Sponsored by Roland
Keyboard is excited to present a LIVE online Master Class with virtuoso Jordan Rudess of Dream Theater, the poster boy for
exciting keyboard playing the world over. In this exclusive webcast, Jordan will show you the techniques he's used to develop
his amazing playing style, ideas for building and shaping solos, and how to create and tweak synth sounds to get the maximum
effect in performance. Jordan will take your live questions, moderated by Keyboard's own synth guru Tom Brislin, during this
one-hour Master Class broadcast LIVE from The Collective in NYC.
LIVE Webcast attendees will receive special Music Player discounted pricing on the Musician's Atlas and Atlas online!
Announcing new additions to the OC for the New Year
#1: 'Guitar Solo Techniques'
Our new satellite course presented by virtuoso guitarist Daniel J. Daniel was a featured guitarist on Jordan's album, Rhythm of Time. Drive your soloing skills to the next level as he dissects solos from his own recordings and teaches soloing techniques.
Check out the trailer at http://www.jroc.us/a/danielj
#2: OC Direct
You can now communicate directly with your satellite course instructors, using our new link located right on the lesson's page. Make the most of your OC membership and increase the effectiveness of your instruction!
#3: 25% Discount
The OC will be offering a 25% discount until January 10th. To take advantage of this, use coupon code: JROC2008
