The Bonners Music News Blog

2008-10-14T07:39:00.001-07:00

TYROS 3 LAUNCH NIGHT

Date: 8th October 2008

Venue: East Sussex National Golf Club, Little Horsted

8th October was the night of the official Bonners Tyros 3 Launch Night and what a success!
Held in the stunning venue of the East Sussex National Golf Club, 180 people joined us to watch Peter Baartmans and the Yamaha team introduce the not yet released Yamaha Tyros 3 keyboard.
A drinks reception gave everyone an opportunity to get a close up look of the instrument before the main event began, and the promise of an inspiring evening was set!
Once Peter Baartmans took to the stage, the audience and indeed Bonners staff were taken on a 45 minute journey around the Tyros 3’s new features including a selection from the 540 new sounds and 50 new styles, super articulation 2, and TFT high definition screen.
A short interval gave way to a brief demonstration by Bonners’ Rod Pooley. Click on the link to see a short clip of his performance.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=yXfVEQPQhjc

The second half of the demonstration was a masterclass in how to use the Tyros 3 to its full potential, and quite frankly blew everyone away! We were treated to among others “The Typewriter Song” making use of the new hard disk recorder, “Stranger on the Shore” showing off the new Super Articulation 2 clarinet sound and a grand finale of the most spectacular “Pirates of the Carribean” theme tune!
The public are, as they say, the harshest critics, but there were no harsh words to be heard from the audience of this evening. Everyone was very impressed by the keyboard and indeed the evening as a whole, meaning that the event was nothing short of a Bonners success!
Many thanks to Peter and the whole Yamaha team for joining us in introducing the Tyros 3 to Sussex Coast.

New Yamaha Tyros 3 Teaser Advert Published

2008-07-31T01:58:00.000-07:00

Yamaha have released a second "teaser" advert in this month's copy of Keyboard Player Magazine. The Tyros 3 is tipped to be the best selling keyboard of 2008/09 and is creating much excitement throughout the keyboard industry.

The Yamaha Tyros 1 & Tyros 2 keyboards were groundbreaking when they were released in 2002 & 2005 respectively, so keyboard players all over the World wait with baited breath to see if the new Tyros 3 will live up to expectations. From what i've seen I think it will!!

More on this great story soon. But in the meantime if you want some more information, visit our dedicated Yamaha Tyros 3 pages on our main site.

Rhythm Fest '08

2008-06-17T04:50:00.000-07:00

Bonners are proud to announce their brand new drumming competition, taking place on 22nd July at the shop on Langney Road.

For all you aspiring drummers out there, this is your chance to show what you can do, and win some great prizes!

We are really excited about this event, as well as the drum competition, there will be entertainment from ECADO, Eastbourne's best African drumming group, who put on a fantastic show.

For more information, or to enter, go to http://www.bonnersmusic.co.uk/rhythmfest.pdf

Looking for a Music Teacher?

2008-06-17T04:40:00.000-07:00

If you are looking for a private music teacher, we have set up a new website based service with information on private teachers in the East Sussex area. This includes a picture and lots of info about their teaching.
Check it out on http://bonnersmusic.co.uk/browse/Teachers

This is a brand new service and we are adding teachers at the moment, so if you can't find someone suitable the first time, keep checking!

If you are looking for a cheaper option, or would rather have group lessons to start instead of one to one, why not try our music school? http://bonnersmusicschool.co.uk

Limms London International Music Show 2008

2008-06-16T11:23:00.000-07:00

This year’s music trade show at ExCel London was the best yet! Moving from Birmingham has given the show a new boost of enthusiasm. Suppliers were packed out on the public days and retailers were impressed with their own VIP day. Drummers were even given a dedicated exhibition area just for them.

Many of the suppliers pulled out all the stops with live shows from big named artists such as:

Jamie Humphries, Billy Sheehan, Paul Gilbert, Phil Hilborne, Yngwie Malmsteen, Joe Satriani, RD Crusaders

George Barnett (Young Drummer of the Year), Ray Luzier (Korn & Jonathon Davis), Derico Watson (Victor Wooten Band), Trevor Lawrence (Snoop Dogg, Independent), Jojo Mayer (NERVE)
Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers),

Josh Devine (Mapex Drummer of Tomorrow), Roy Mayorga (Stone Sour), Pete Ray Biggin (Mark Ronson), Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree), Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin & Foreigner), The Internationals, Surianne

Michael Messer & BJ Cole, Hot Lips & Chilli Fingers, Courtney Pine, Hot Lips & Chilli Fingers, Chris Difford & Boo Hewedine, Big Jim Sullivan.

This was a show not to be missed!!

There were many NEW products released, here’s just a few:

Korg:

The NEW NANO. It’s a three-part controller unit for laptops and like most Korg products it’ll be the next big thing!

Nano KEY Slim-Line USB Keyboard
nano PAD Slim-Line USB Controller
nano KONTROL Slim-Line USB Controller

PA588 this is an 88 note stage piano with rhythms

Roland:

NEW Juno-Stage Synth

NEW The new TD-12KV Electric Drum Kit
Peavey:
Revalver: a guitar amplifier modelling software that let’s you build your own tube amplifiers from all brands!

Yamaha:

Although released at Frankfurt they were proudly displaying the new CLP 3 series range of pianos.

Arius YDP140 YDP160

Clavinova CLP 320, 330, 340, 370, 380

I loved it, Greg

Roland Fantom G Keyboards

2008-05-20T14:55:00.000-07:00

I've just come back from a great Roland training day which focused on the new Roland Fantom G series fo keyboard workstations.

The Fantom G's are great keyboards = having been a pro keyboard player for around 18 years, I can honestly say that the design of these instruments has really been thought about before production. There are loads of features that make live playing so much better - for ecample the PERFECT PATCH REMAIN stops the sounds cutting off when you change patch.

The programmable pads can be used as a numeric keypad, and the new LIVE MODE makes layering/splitting the keyboard so easy to do.

I love this keyboard and will definately be getting one for my own personal use as soon I can!!!

Check out our dedicated Roland Fantom G pages here

Tony W

Bonners Music

Scouting For Girls shop at Bonners

2008-05-19T03:10:00.001-07:00

Last month when Scouting for Girls were touring, they were playing Brighton Dome. We got a phone call on the day they were playing from their tour manager asking for a Casio PX310 portable digital piano which needed to be delivered to them at the Dome that day. We have these in stock, so we got it over to them that evening. They even offered us free tickets for the gig!

They already had a Casio PX310, but wanted a spare one incase anything should happen to it. At £299, they got themselves a bargain!

Sanyko Flutes now in store!!

2008-05-19T02:46:00.000-07:00

As a flute player, I am very excited about the arrival in store of 2 Sanyko flutes, the 201 and 301 models.

These are fantastic professional flutes, the 201 has a solid silver headjoint and the 301 has the solid silver headjoint and body. They both have a beautiful tone and are a pleasure to play, the keywork is light and facilitates quick playing. The lower registers are rich and deep in tone and the higher registers are clear and bright and easy to reach.

The 301 is by far the superior, having a solid silver tube really does imrove the sound quality, if I had the money, I would buy this flute today! I currently own a Miyazawa, but these Sankyos have made me question my belief that Miyazawas are unbeatable!! If you find yourself near our shop, I would really recommend coming to try one, you will not be disappointed.

Written by Steph, flautist at Bonners

Hands On The Yamaha EZ200 Key Lighting Keyboard

2007-11-04T10:07:00.000-08:00

We recently exhibited at the Brighton Ideal Home Exhibition. The exhibition featured Yamaha keyboard & digital products and this particular keyboard had a lot of interest from the public. It is the Yamaha EZ200 key lighting keyboard and has lots of built in tuitional facilities, which make it playable right out of the box - even for complete beginners.

For more info on this keyboard, visit our website: www.bonners.co.uk

Korg Kaossilator Announced!!

2007-10-25T10:38:00.000-07:00

We have been priviledged to be one of the first shops in the UK to hear the new Korg Kaossilator. Visis our website to find out more.

We think this is going to be the big musical Christmas gift of 2007.

Awesome Korg Keyboard Demo In Our Store Last Night

2007-10-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

Last night, we were lucy enough to have two of Korg's top international keyboard demonstrators perfom live in our store - Joe Moretti and John Pacey. Both these guys are awesome jeyboard players and Joe's knowledge of the Radias & Korg M3 workstation is just mind blowing.

The instruments they used on stager were the Korg R3 , Korg M3 , Korg Radias , Korg X50 , Korg Zero-8 mixer and the massive sounding Korg Micro X mini synth.

One of the highlights of the evening was when Joe plugged a Fender Tele into the M3 and recorded a great guitar solo over a backing sequence John recoded live on the keyboard. Brilliant!!!

Visit www.bonners.co.uk to find out more about the great range of Korg instruments.

Yamaha CVP409 Clavinova Digital Piano Arrives At Bonners

2007-10-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

We are very pleased to announce that the new Yamaha CVP409 Clavinova piano is now in our store and on demonstration. In this video, one of our best in-store piano players Rod Pooley demonstrates the boogie woogie accompaniment style.

Rod really can play - it's well worth viewing this clip!

The new range of Yamaha CVP Clavinova pianos are much more than just pianos. As well as having all the usual high quality rhythms, sounds and accompaniments, these pianos are also capable of playing back wav files - meaning you can play along to REAL backing tracks with vocals and real instruments. Cool!

Visit our website www.bonners.co.uk for more information about this piano and the other pianos in the Yamaha range.

Welcome To Bonners Music

2007-10-14T03:19:00.000-07:00

This is the news blog for Bonners Music Superstore based in Eastbourne, United Kingdom.

Bonners is one of the largest music stores in the UK and caters for all types of musician. Here's a picture of our store!!!

As well as haveing one of the most impressive displays of musical instruments in the UK, we also have a great website. Check it out at www.bonners.co.uk

More news coming very soon.