{"id":4255,"date":"2022-01-30T11:54:41","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=4255"},"modified":"2022-01-30T11:58:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T11:58:39","slug":"live-review-rhodes-mk8-launch-ronnie-scotts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2022\/01\/30\/live-review-rhodes-mk8-launch-ronnie-scotts\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Review: Rhodes MK8 Launch, Ronnie Scott&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DG3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4260\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Rhodes.jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4256\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><b>Rhodes MK8 launch &#8211; Ronnie Scott\u2019s.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>My old friend Liam Narrie was the one that sent me a message about this event, and when I heard Dan Goldman was hosting it\u2026<\/p>\n<p>I had to be there.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dan is a killer keyboard player, more specifically Rhodes, and it was just a joy to hear him play. Check out his work with Morcheeba, his own project JD73 and more.<\/p>\n<p>I went down there, and I saw the two MK 8\u2019s on stage, and\u2026<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well\u2026 They\u2019re so pretty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Like\u2026 Really pretty.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bluey from Incognito treated us to a backstory of the Rhodes piano, its evolution to the artists and records it\u2019s featured on including his own personal experience of it.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Then it was centre stage for the piano.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Dan did not disappoint. First off he blasted into hyperspace with two instrumentals backed by a full band. Then he showed off all the little things this piano can do &#8211; it was blowing my mind, I was still recovering from what I heard and as a life long Rhodes lover before I even knew what it was called, it was just something else.<\/p>\n<p>Dan\u2019s passionate about his instrument and that much was evident, even the fact that the piano keys are actually Steinway keys\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Let me say that again.<\/p>\n<p>STEINWAY KEYS.<\/p>\n<p>Yes. STEIN-WAY concert grand keys.<\/p>\n<p>My God.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah I\u2019m still getting my head around that\u2026<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;I need to go for a lie down.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Make sure you check out the piano&#8230;.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wow!<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DG1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4258\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/DG2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4259\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Spotify Embed: JD73\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" style=\"[object Object]\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/artist\/2n1NhC6PKP4WpUNXFeKzjY?si=OD2TgjzxQ9myv0_EXq2z0w&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhodes MK8 launch &#8211; Ronnie Scott\u2019s.&nbsp; My old friend Liam Narrie was the one that sent me a message about this event, and when I heard Dan Goldman was hosting it\u2026 I had to be there.&nbsp; Dan is a killer keyboard player, more specifically Rhodes, and it was just a joy to hear him play. &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[181,234,235,139,143,30,76,198,37,142,140,233,232,162],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blues","category-dan-goldman","category-incognito","category-jazz","category-london","category-music","category-music-industry","category-music-news","category-piano","category-producer","category-review","category-rhodes","category-ronnie-scotts","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4255"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4263,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4255\/revisions\/4263"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}