The August/September edition of Yamaha Club Magazine has left the building… and is on its way to subscribers, together with a free DVD showcasing the Clavinova CVP509 – produced by James Woodcock of YPKO and featuring Yamaha artists James Sargeant and Glyn Madden.

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Total Transformation Technology (T.T.T.) have just released a new sample collection called ‘Strings & Things’ – compatible with the Yamaha Tyros2 and Tyros3 keyboards. T.T.T. tell us that the collection has been produced in response to requests from customers for a range of popular sounds and the company’s response was to record six of the most frequently asked for – with variations – and package them together in one set.

Link to: Strings & Things
Note: DIMMs must be installed in the keyboard before the samples can be loaded.

Well known composer Heather Hammond will be joining the Yamaha Club Magazine team in August 2010 for a second series of her ever popular ‘Soundabout’ music workshop series. The August edition of Yamaha Club Magazine is currently being printed and will start going out to subscribers next week.

Find Heather Hammond tutor and repertoire books at Kevin Mayhew Publishing

Subscribers can download MIDI and audio files of her first ‘Easy Beats’ composition from our members area.