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Other: Dream Theater?s Jordan Rudess Joins macProVideo.com

Posted on Tuesday, May 11 @ 00:03:06 UTC by nightowl

Online Music Software Education Community Launches Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom

macProVideo.com, the foremost online software education community, is proud to announce the launch of a new tutorial-video, Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom, with Dream Theater keyboardist Jordan Rudess.

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.



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 at the following macProVideo.com URL: bit.ly/cAnlJo

macProVideo.com released the Jordan Rudess: Keyboard Wizdom iPhone app on Monday, April 26.

macProVideo.com features in depth, high-quality real-time video training, created by the multimedia industry's top professional educators. macProVideo.com is committed to providing the best software training on the web for music, recording, multimedia and graphics applications including Logic Pro & Express, ProTools, Cubase, Reason, Ableton Live, Native Instruments, Spectrasonics and others.

Jordan states, "I discovered macProVideo.com after watching many of Steve Horelick?s in-depth Logic instructional videos, which I thought were not only really great, but also incredibly informative. I was so impressed by every aspect of what macProVideo.com offered its members, I wanted to be a part of their educational process.?

macProVideo.com?s Nonlinear Educating? System consists of HD tutorial-videos that use easy-to-follow live screen captures combined with clear voice-over instruction that allows you to see and hear how software works. Members can watch software tutorials that teach important workflow tips and tricks in their browser or download HD Tutorials right to their hard drive. There is no delay in learning when you use macProVideo.com. With an ADSL or Cable modem, you could be in class 10 minutes from now, anywhere you can connect to the Internet. Users can sign-up for a no obligation, unlimited three-day trial for only $1.00.

?The driving energy of macProVideo.com is our trainers,? says Steve Horelick, macProVideo.com?s Vice President of Audio Products, ?In this day and age, it?s very hard to find trainers who not only know their craft, but can teach their craft. To have someone like Jordan Rudess be apart of the macProVideo.com team, who is not only a brilliant musician and performer, but also an amazing educator, is an incredible gift to our members.?

About Jordan Rudess: In a musical career that spans over two decades, Jordan has performed and/or recorded with the Dixie Dregs, Annie Haslam?s Renaissance, Liquid Tension Experiment, Paul Winter Consort and David Bowie, and he appears on over 40 other recordings by numerous other artists. Jordan appears on six Dream Theater studio CDs and three Dream Theater Live CDs and DVDs, and his own eight solo albums, including a complete CD of Christmas Music. 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.

To sign up for macProVideo.com tutorials, please visit www.macProVideo.com

[Source: PRThatRocks.com]

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