Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden

About Me

Hey there and welcome to my Page
I'm currently on the Nationwide UK Tour of The Meat Loaf Trilogy as Keyboards & Rock Organs Player. On the tour I have both my Korg Triton Extremes (the 88 key Piano and the 61 key synth) all midi-ed together. Most of the Sounds I use are Korg CX3 Organ and the mighty BÃ¶sendorfer Piano but I am also using Big Brass on the Synth and Mercato Violins for the soft, subtle songs like Anything For Love and Two Out Of Three.
Background - About Me:
I'm a classically trained Pianist and Musician. By the time I was 15 I was orchestrating 40s Swing for Big Band Sound. I spun sideways and studied as a Church Organist for 3 years playing in such places as Brecon Cathedral. I also studied the Clarinet, Sax and Bassoon of all things. In short, most instruments I picked up I could play with relative ease and enjoyed learning to play! But my heart and passion is for Keyboards.
Sadly I had a major sporting injury which crushed my fingers when I was 17 and my intentions of going to the Royal Academy were quashed as the injuries took nearly a year to heal and much more practice to regain my technique. Out but not down, I refused to give in and whilst building my daytime career as a Certified Public Accountant, I kept music in my life and taught myself the technology that went behind the art of modern Keyboard Players and finally formed a major Tribute Show to Meat Loaf just after the Millenium.
The challenge was immense! Long lamenting Piano based songs with plenty of Hammond Organ, Mellotron & Moog sFx so sink my teeth into. It required not just concentration and phenomenal memory! but also every bit of my classical pianist skills. Recreating this unique style of music has been so much fun and has grown me as a Stage Player in leaps and bounds.
I have also guest performed as John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin with American Tribute favorites Lets Zeppelin! Songs such as No Quarter and Kashmir live, you just can't beat it! Fantastic or What!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/15/2007
Band Website: KorgPowered.com
Band Members:
Current Projects:

The Meat Loaf Trilogy Tour 08
(Newark, Notts)

Ivories Angels Inc Function/Show Band
(Milton Keynes, Bucks)

Illusion (Metal/Classic Rock/Original Artist)
(Kettering, Northants)

Rhythm Junkies Function/Show Band
(West Midlands)

Influences: Info for Bands & Tour Managers:

Dates are now available for booking from End of August 2008 onwards.

Please contact me by email for work availability - most (but not all) dates are listed here on MySpace.

Travelling long distances to performances, gigs, shows & rehearsals is absolutely NOT a problem!

Own transportation supplied.

Also available for hire is a 24ch Allen&Heath Mixing Desk, Outboard Effects, 24tr digital recording, Wireless and Corded high-quality Mics, Drum & Instrument Mics, Cabling, 2kPA for FOH, upto six Floor Monitors, Stands and so on. Fees agreed based upon hire requirement.

Huge range of equipment available. Both Korg and Roland rigs:

ROLAND - Fantom X8 (88 Key Workstation), Fantom S (61 Key Workstation), RD-170 (88 Key Stage Piano) and two AX-7 Keytars

KORG - Triton Extreme 88, Triton Extreme 61 Synth and SP-200 (88 Key Stage Piano)

Baby Grand Piano adapted to insert either the Roland RD-170 or Korg SP-500 - It looks magic on stage

All equipment racks are interconnected via MIDI and use Edirol UM-880s to run complex merges and patches.

Support equipment which I carry with me is flightcased and/or racked.

Working Practice:

Fees, rates & expenses are negotiated in line with Casual Stage Rate defined by The Musicians Union (membership no. 488619)

Unless otherwise agreed, rehearsal fees are payable at a rate of 50% of the negotiated performance fee together with travelling costs

Dates available are on a first come, first served basis. Dates are allowed for tentative bookings. Should a contracted work offer seek a pre-reserved tentative date, I always obtain clarification. If no clarification is forthcoming, I will allocate the date to the contract.

Sounds Like:
Pictures courtesy of Jordan Bracewell

Taken at L'Hotel Montblanc, Chamonix - 2006

A bit of Bat Live!

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

2008 Tour Cast of Bat the Trilogy

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Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Thu, 01 May 2008 03:05:00 PST

Birdy - Ben and Nikky going wild

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Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:58:00 PST

Jordan - Nikky - Reenie and me rocking

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Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:53:00 PST

Nikkk Miller on Drums

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wssyJu6q3jI ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 01:41:00 PST

Wanna learn how to dance ?!?! ...

I got this YouTube like today in my email...so... I clicked to watch it and at first I was like ’whaaaaaa....’.Anyway, I kept watching and it’ really quite clever but ya gotta watch ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:11:00 PST

My youngest daughter ... giving feedback...!

This is my youngest daughter, Frankie. She's aged 2 and this is her first piano. Today we put the "special batteries" in it for the first time and this is what happened! And five minutes late...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:04:00 PST

Harry Potter Puppets

This YouTube I had on my main page for a while. It’s Good! ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:22:00 PST

Funky Hair ... !

Had a change of Hair today ... ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:57:00 PST

How I create the distinctive Meat Loaf sounds on stage ..

I got asked the other day how did I use my Rak to recreate the keyboards parts. So I thought i'd write a little about it in Blog! Those of you who have known me since the dark ages will remember that ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 12:36:00 PST

Pause for ...

OK so five shows done for the Steinman Trilogy Tour. It's good to be back in the theatres...I love theatres, different audiences, more dramatics. It's like Proplus for Gigs! I think taking everything ...
Posted by Keyboards Supremo ... Andrew Weeden on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 09:39:00 PST