Hi! I'm Lee. Welcome to my blog. Here we talk music: news, reviews, interviews, tips, tutorials and more. I'm also working on the upcoming podcast Influenced as a guest, writer and researcher alongside music aficionado Mark Williams and friends. Watch this space! I have been a lover of music for as long as I can remember, an amateur lyricist for 25 years, a music writer for 15 years and a hobbyist musician and blogger for almost 10 years. My tastes range from jazz to house to hip hop and I love helping artists from all genres develop their sound. My music, videos, reviews and interviews have been featured in a variety of magazines and websites, including: B-Boy Tech Report Gimme That Beat Humanhuman Audio Skills Dream House Beats Where Did the Road Go Beat Tape Co-Op Push Power Promo Drum Magazine You can find my music on Bandcamp: Monkey Mind Sounds AKA LeeTNB And you can find me on Facebook: The New Beatmaker page Lee's personal page
'When you want warmth and mellowness...Fender Rhodes...' - Quincy Jones
Shout out to bboytechreport and the good folks responsible for 'Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story'.
'Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story' is a documentary which brings together all-time legends including Quincy Jones, D'angelo, James Poyser, Patrice Rushen, Dave Grusin, Chick Corea and many more, to celebrate one of the most loved instruments of all time, the Fender Rhodes electric piano.
The Rhodes has been used in a variety of musics and settings, from the world of rock (The Doors), to jazz and - arguably most prevalently in the late nineties up to the current day at least - neo-soul.
For ten weeks, bboytech is bringing clips from the documentary. Above are snippets of two of the piano's most well known and loved proponents: the incomparable Mr Quincy Jones and the legendary Patrice Rushen.

'Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story' looks set to be essential viewing for anyone with even the smallest interest in keys, piano and soulful music of any shade. Check out more clips here and order / download the documentary (note: in differing formats and packages) here.
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'Down the Rhodes: The Fender Rhodes Story'