Kevin Hastings
Many keyboard players would give their left foot to play a major world tour. Kevin Hastings drew the winning ticket as he landed the gig with Rihanna's current world tour. With Reason as his main instrument, he is playing in front of sold-out venues on a daily basis.
Coming from a musical family, he started playing the piano at the age of six. Starting from a classical background, he soon moved over to Jazz and Rock. At the age of 18, he enrolled at Musician's Institute in Los Angeles, California and it was there he started making the connections that got him several high-profile touring gigs.
We met up with Kevin during sound check at the Rihanna show at the Hovet arena in Stockholm, Sweden to learn more about life on the road and how he is using Reason as a performance instrument.
Patch download
In the video above, Kevin shows the Reason patch he is using to play the synth lead on the hit song Umbrella. Click below to download the combinator patch and try it out yourself!
Umbrella combinator patch
Published: July 2008
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Mini-bio
As a touring keyboard player, Kevin has quite a resumé despite his young age:
- Liz Phair
- Cheyenne Kimball
- David Martin
- Rihanna
When he is not on stage, he is busy with his own breed of piano driven rock in his own project Kevin Does Piano Rock.
Links
- Kevin Does Piano Rock
- www.kevindoespianorock.com
- Rihanna's homepage
- www.rihannanow.com
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