YamahaSynth Artist Greg Spero Presents “The Scorpion Project”

Greg Spero has invited a group of incredible musicians to his Tiny Room studio to record and capture “The Scorpion Project”, an instrumental re-imagining of the 25 songs featured on Drake’s latest album “Scorpion.”

The performances feature Spero and guest musicians keyboardist Ruslan Sirota, bassist MonoNeon, and drummers Sput Searight, Ronald Bruner Jr, and Chesley Allen. Spero and Sirota use a Yamaha MONTAGE 8, all four reface mobile mini keyboards, and a DC7X ENSPIRE PRO grand piano to create their own versions of the popular Drake songs. The songs from “Scorpion” have broken industry records by accumulating nearly 2 billion streams since its release in June. Spero is releasing one song each day over the next 25 days.

Greg has most recently served as pop superstar Halsey’s music director, launched the eclectic jazz project Spirit Fingers, and continues to expand his Tiny Room Live project.

Watch performances of “God’s Plan”, “8 Out of 10”, and “Elevate” below, and go here to see the full 25 songs each day this month.

“God’s Plan”:

  • reface YC
  • reface CS
  • MONTAGE 8
  • DC7X ENSPIRE PRO

“8 Out of 10”:

  • DC7X ENSPIRE PRO
  • reface CS
  • reface CP
  • reface DX

“Elevate”:

  • MONTAGE 8
  • reface DX
  • DC7X ENSPIRE PRO


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Synthbits: Minoru Mukaiya and His Music for Japan’s Train Stations

Minoru Mukaiya, the wonderful keyboardist for the jazz fusion band Casiopea, created unique and catchy chimes for over 110 train stations in Japan. In the short video below, Mukaiya discusses the project and his process. Check out his studio, his dual MONTAGE set up and his train simulator:

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